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I've never felt like Mauricio has gotten a fair shake. You can't exactly argue that his path is being blocked by too many infielders having solid seasons for us. As for Polanco, you call a Mulligan and start over. Maybe a year of barely playing will get him healthy enough to be a useful bat-first reserve who can move around the infield. But I wouldn't plan around him being more than that.
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I'm worried that he'll need to have Murakami's level of power to make the strikeouts tolerable and will likely come up short in that regard. I think Ty France would be a better fit for less money.
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Far too young. Jay Horwitz apparently indicated it was a blood clot in his lung.
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You would be hard-pressed to find too many non-Dodgers who are 27 or less and have been to the World Series twice, winning one of them. The three previous teams he's played for have all gotten at least as far as the league championship series with him. If you want to argue there are holes in Soto's game, go ahead. Personally I'd have moved him to first base once it was clear Alonso wasn't coming back. But he's also been the toughest out in baseball since he was a teenager, and has 40-HR power to boot. Guys like that win ball games, and then win pennants, as Soto has done. The list of people (on the field, in the dugout, and upstairs) who have far more obviously let this team down these past two seasons is very long.
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His ISO of .098 is slap-hitter territory. He's basically getting nothing on his swings. I have to think he's playing hurt. I'd be curious to see if the Jays are willing to sell low.
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I don't know if we will have much need for a lefty outfield reserve/DH bat going into the offseason, but if we do I wouldn't oppose bringing Conforto home..
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New York Mets Minor-League Hitters of the Month: July 2026
smg58 replied to Braden Ramsey's topic in New York Mets Talk
Bay and Collins are a bit on the old side, which explains why they haven't been on the prospect radar, but they have live enough bats to have a shot of getting to Queens.- 1 reply
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A 50. I'm not a fan of it, but the team needs somebody to get pumped up and make it spread.
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Question of the week: Grade the trade deadline
smg58 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in New York Mets Talk
Judging it by itself and not on the fact that we knew we needed to sell by mid-June, I'd go with a B. The deal with the Cubs brought in our new #1 prospect, which is a big win, but the rest of the deals fall under "OK, I guess." -
His definition of excitement differs from mine.
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I think we're still judging the Peralta return by what we dealt. I'm all for blaming Stearns for overpaying in the first place for a pretty good pitcher on paper, but Peralta isn't pretty good right now.
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I was intrigued by the the Red Sox dealing Marcello Mayer. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with Mayer or Kristian Campbell that's not a direct result of their injuries. Mayer was a good buy-low for the Giants, and Campbell will be the same for somebody as well. I think that other than the Cubs and the Dodgers, nobody really went for it. That's frustrating as fuck when you are rooting for a seller, but it is what it is. Most teams overvalue their prospects. The Brewers and Rays were probably thinking that not outbidding the Dodgers for a playoff run with Skubal will give them more opportunities down the road to be buyers and then not go for it. To accommodate the Arraez acquisition, the Phillies are moving Byson Stott to third, Alec Bohm to first, and Bryce Harper back to the outfield. It will be interesting to see what kind of hellfire rains down on their GM over this.
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Picking up Robert's $20M option would make giving Alex Cora an extension with a vesting option look shrewd.
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It was as good as could be reasonably expected. It looks a lot better with Rojas.
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Clay Holmes AND Tyrone Taylor to the Cubs
smg58 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
He was #1 on the Cubs and top 50 overall, according to Fangraphs. I kept saying that if they wanted a high-end prospect, they had to make a package deal. He's also played some second base, which is probably where he winds up here (unless they think it's time for Lindor to move to second, which we may need to start considering). -
A five-game losing streak at the wrong time turned the Nats into at least partial sellers. I guess the Nats felt they needed to trade offense for pitching, but I still don't make this deal if I'm them.
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It looks like they got more for Minter, which is actually kind of surprising/disappointing.
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I acknowledge that his age makes him a risk, but it's a very cheap and controllable risk. I don't think I would have bothered if that was the best we could do.
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(sniff) I've given this forum everything I've had for over twenty years...
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In all seriousness, Taylor is quietly having a great year despite a clearly unlucky BABIP. Robert has had an unlucky BABIP too, but the power has been absent and that might be contributing to it. I said over the winter that Robert is a short-side platoon player on a good team, and with a little luck and a clean bill of health he has an OK chance of getting back to that level. Talylor should get the better return. That doesn't mean he will.
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That's not fair. I can think of a lot of ways that a third nostril could be useful.
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I for my part certainly wasn't specifying anybody here. My main point was that there are several contending teams that have the farm system to beat the Dodgers' offer, and chose not to. Anybody who is angry over that should not blame the Dodgers. Also, the fact the the Dodgers have that deep of a farm system despite always being buyers this time of year suggests that they are doing more things right than throwing money at the problem. And, as every Mets fan can agree at this point, it takes more than money to build a steady contender.
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Rays Enter The Fray For Mets' Freddy Peralta
smg58 replied to Steve Drumwright's topic in New York Mets Talk
The package (the #8, #15, and #21 players in a pretty deep system) is very generous for two months of a pitcher who is quite frankly pitching poorly. I'm all for criticizing the initial deal -- Peralta was a 3.60 pitcher who got lucky last season and shouldn't have been treated like an ace -- but we shouldn't judge this deal by that deal. -
The Red Sox, Brewers, Rays, and Phillies could have beaten that offer. The Mets, assuming things went well enough for them to be buyers, would have needed to part with one of Benge and Ewing, plus one of McLean or Scott, plus maybe Tong. Our best prospects at the beginning of the season have either graduated or disappointed.
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From Fangraphs, it's the #22 and #57 prospects overall, plus the #16 prospect in their system. It's not unreasonable for the league's best pitcher. At some point, blaming the Dodgers for actually wanting to win has to stop.
