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Edgy MD wrote: I'm gonna come out and say I'm kind of delighted that the team that yanked their starter early ended up screwing themselves. Snell had struggled in the fifth inning all season (after posting a 1.25 ERA over the first four inning of his outings) and only made it to the sixth once, so I see the logic. That being said, he'd been stellar up to that point in the game, and it would take more than a single to make me think the roof was about to cave in. Of course, I felt the same way about Aaron Heilman 14 years ago.
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=Centerfield post_id=48516 time=1602682913 user_id=65] Gotta love everything we are reading so far. I think to make a good owner, one has to be: 1. Rich enough to fund a big market payroll 2. Smart enough to hire good baseball people to run the team 3. Humble enough to stay out of the way The Wilpons were 0 for 3. The rumblings around Cohen suggest he will hit the first two. The third remains to be seen.
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Frayed Knot wrote: I realize that pro athletes aren't like you and I, but these stories of guys 'putting on 15 pounds of muscle' in a short time are total bullseye and/or they need to be investigated. Mostly claims like these are just agent or club hype and those who cover the sport(s) would do themselves a favor by not simply repeating them as if established fact. That said, I had never heard of this Arozarena guy on TB (the latest subject of the above muscle story) prior to the series we played against them a few weeks back and right now he killing it. His latest HR, leading off the 5th, ta-knocked Tanaka out of the game. Arozarena found his way onto my Ottoneu team the last two seasons. He started killing it in the minors last year before getting called up by St. Louis, whose GM may have to answer for trading him even more than he has to answer for trading Luke Voit. He can play all three outfield positions and his floor was the right half of a platoon. The Rays did their homework on him, but he would have filled a need here too.
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Morgan in 75 and 76 was as complete a player (power, speed, defense, average, walks) as I can remember in my lifetime.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Hall-of-Famer-Joe-Morgan-one-of-Oakland-s-15639236.phphttps://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Hall-of-Famer-Joe-Morgan-one-of-Oakland-s-15639236.php Because the last couple of weeks have not been bad enough for Hall of Famers, Joe Morgan.
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Investing in a catcher is always a gamble. Piazza was already 30 when we gave him 7 years, and the first four of those seven years were worth the price, so you do have to consider that when making an offer. But you also have to consider how limited the alternatives are. I'd start at 6 and 150, and see where that goes.
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I pay for Zoom to go beyond an hour, if that is an option.
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Oh, and Luis Guillorme quietly made the most out of limited opportunities.
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I agree with Peterson and Smith. Nimmo proved his hitting performance from two years ago was not a fluke. McNeil hit .318 despite some rough patches. Alonso had an .817 OPS despite a rough patch that lasted all season. The hitting overall was a LOT better than you would guess from their record.
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=smg58 post_id=32694 time=1583278858 user_id=62] HUGE error bars on this one. I'll say a bit less Mr. Hyde than last year, with enough awesome outings to make his overall 3.80 ERA seem better than it is.
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Alderson did undervalue defense, but he also took the job when nobody else wanted it and has a trip to the World Series to show for his efforts. He needs to bring in some younger guys who do value defense, or are at least working with a later version of Moneyball than 1.0, but he will have the resources to do so and he strikes me as somebody who is aware of his own limits.
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I always liked d'Arnaud, although I didn't regret his release at the time (I thought he was as done as Matt Harvey still appears to be). And I'm always happy when guys I rooted for make nice comebacks, unless they REALLY wore out their welcome here (which d'Arnaud certainly didn't) or they do it in pinstripes. I agree with what 62 said about our medical staff, though.
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This Year's Jacob deGrom Deserves His Own Thread Thread
smg58 replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
Tweet from Anthony DiComo: [bLOCKQUOTE]Jacob deGrom says tonight's hamstring issue actually affected him in his last start in Buffalo as well, but he kept it quiet. And it was worse tonight. When deGrom said something, the Mets took him out. "I'm not too worried it's going to be a long-term thing," he said.[/bLOCKQUOTE] I can't fault his desire to get out there and help the team, but sometimes you have to make discretion the better part of valor. -
Edwin Díaz does not suck at all. In fact, he's very good.
smg58 replied to A Boy Named Seo's topic in New York Mets Talk
The BABIP over .400 tells me stick with him. The talent is still there, and we wouldn't be selling high (especially given the purchase price). I'm hoping Cano's performance makes him sellable, but we are better off keeping Diaz. -
Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was at the game on this date in 1987, in field-level seats at Shea (handed down to me from my boss) when Terry Pendleton hit one of the more infamous opposing homers in Mets history. (Thirteen months later I had the privilege of seeing another infamous homer in person, by Mike Scioscia.) Pendleton, Scioscia, Molina. But somehow, not Dave Henderson.
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I was perfectly OK with bringing in Wacha on the cheap as a sixth starter, even though it hasn't worked out. The money spent on Porcello and Betances could have allowed us to at least break even with Wheeler. Or the Mets could have spent more money. The former is on the GM; the latter, well, they'll be out by Thanksgiving. Appier wasn't bad at all for us. He wasn't Mike Hampton, and less money could have gotten us Ichiro, and trading him for Mo Vaughn was asking for trouble, but none of those were really his fault. Jeff D'Amico got off to a good start for us, but then he struggled for a couple of outings, and then Valentine rather bizarrely let him throw an absurd amount of pitches in a game, and then his arm fell off. He could have been handled better.
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Guy whose game revolved 100% around his speed slows a step, ends up running into bad outs because his legs can no longer cash the checks his mind keeps writing, defense not what it used to be because he's slower, has nothing else to offer. Like Roger Cedeno in his second tenure, the fact that he was once fun to watch made him that much more painful to watch now.
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In terms of WAR (via Baseball Reference) in the orange and blue: 1. Seaver 76.0 2. Wright 49.2 3. Gooden 41.6 4. Koosman 39.4 5. Strawberry 36.6 6. DeGrom 34.8 7. Beltran 31.1 8. Alfonzo 29.6 9. Leiter 28.0 10. Reyes 27.9
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The greatest Met. The guy who turned the team from lovable losers into lovable winners. The athlete you look up to the most if you root for this team.
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Fantasy Football 2020 CPF League?
smg58 replied to Fman99's topic in Crane Pool Forum Fantasy League
Alas, I am already in two football leagues. But I like the idea. -
Normally I wouldn't consider anything drastic until Memorial Day -- which, ironically, would be about sixty games. A little more than a week ago his OPS was in the low .800s, which is not what you'd want given last year but also not grounds for panic. It's evidence that the season is still young enough that things can change quickly, in either direction. You also have to consider that there are guys on the team hitting over their heads, too. But in a compressed season, everything gets magnified. Alonso has been awful all year, but "all year" is a month. By the time you get a real sense of how everybody's seasons are going, the season will be over.
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IGT 9/1/2020: NYM @ BAL — Maryland Crabbiness
smg58 replied to G-Fafif's topic in Archived Game Threads
And the Orioles are perfectly capable of making other teams look good. There, optimism. -
PS Conforto looked really awkward twice going from the pickup to the throw. Are we sure he's not hurt?
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I can't blame Ramos for this one; the throw took him too far up the line. But Diaz is no less brutal than last year.
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1) 2) 3) because I didn't have enough time already for that? 4) 5) zzzzzz... 6) it is.
