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Division Opponents for 2018: Atlanta Braves
smg58 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
Gonzalez has apparently already been DFAed. The Dodgers are trying to get under the luxury cap threshold to be in a better spending position for next offseason. I'm not sure what value the Braves think they're getting. -
Division Opponents for 2018: Atlanta Braves
smg58 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
That's a lot of guys not worth their contracts. I'm not sure any of these guys should bother unpacking their bags. -
I hope that means that Kipnis is Alderson's plan A and we're closing in on him. But I guess we'll see.
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Carlos Santana goes to the Phillies for 3 years and $60 million. Even if I was looking for a first baseman, that's about 15 million more than I'd have offered.
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They aren't done; they just signed Zack Cozart to play third for three years and $38M.
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For the record, I would have beaten the Angels's offer for Cozart (who will be moving to third base).
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Kipnis (when healthy) is the better player, and I don't really think it's close. In fact, there are multiple second baseman I would take over Frazier. The free agent pool next year is a consideration (and don't forget Nolan Arenado will be a free agent in 2019), but ultimately you want the player who's the best fit right now.
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He's trending in the right direction, which is encouraging. My guess is that the Phillies would want quite a bit to trade him to us, though, and there are too many other options right now.
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Lots of viable 2B options still out there. I'm in no rush. On the third-base front, are the Orioles seriously considering trading Manny Machado?
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Why does every Mets-related tweet have to begin with a snarky comment?
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Given the deals that Minor and Morrow got based essentially on one standout year in the pen, this is not an unreasonable price at all.
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Second base and the pen are major needs and Reed and Walker are viable options. While I'd rather focus on the infield and pitching instead of the outfield, it's possible that an outfielder like Bruce will be the better value play. I certainly wouldn't dismiss any of them out of hand, and I'm beginning to think a reunion with Reed is likely.
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That's a huge red flag. He pitched 25 IP last year, and he is a TJS waiting to happen. And I don't think his bat will be better than adequate here. Glad he preferred the West Coast.
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Still plenty of relievers on the market. Shaw's price got too high. Morrow's deal (with the Cubs) wasn't cheap either. I fell a small amount of regret over Mike Minor, but he may have gone with the team that was willing to start him anyway.
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The best thing about this is, if they're even considering Napoli, it means they're not considering going with eight relievers.
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There are all kinds of reports concerning Harvey. Like I said, this is the time of the offseason where you talk to everybody about everything, and there appears to be genuine interest in Harvey from a bunch of places. So he might be dealt, but he won't be given away. (And again, if the Mets were truly interested in "dumping" Harvey and his contract, they could have simply non-tendered him.) Mark Carig of Newsday doesn't think the Mets would trade Harvey given the current state of the rotation, but I was working under the assumption that a starting pitcher ranked high on the Mets wish list. (It's at the top of mine.)
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We have two infield roster spots to fill, one starter, one reserve. Goins is an option for the reserve spot, but on an NL team I prefer my backup infielders to be bat-first rather than glove-first.
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Harvey would have been non-tendered if the Mets were simply looking to dump him. Which means if they offer him to other teams, they are expecting value in return.
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Well I'm all for bringing in a safer bet for the rotation, which would mean moving either Harvey or Wheeler (or perhaps both, if you feel more confident with Lugo or Gsellman). We're at a point in the offseason where you talk to everybody about everything.
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Which is all the justification for tendering contracts to Harvey and Wheeler that you need.
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He's another option. My plan A, if he is willing to play second, is Zack Cozart. But there are plenty of acceptable options.
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Mex17 wrote: Mex17 wrote: Plus, I thought the entire point of Stanton playing hardball with his no-trade clause was because he wanted to orchestrate getting closer to Southern California if not directly back to LA. Why would you think that? Because I have heard for years that he would prefer to be on the West Coast. The possibility of the media presenting narratives for years that turned out to be entirely wrong is too remote to even consider.
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From Stanton's perspective, he probably wanted to go somewhere where he didn't have to constantly worry about whether his team could afford the contract. From the Marlin's perspective, given that Stanton missed a large chunk of two of the last three seasons, the risk of that contract becoming an albatross that would set the team back a decade was uncomfortably high. Plus, the chance to sell any higher on Stanton later on than they could do this offseason was basically zero. The question then becomes, what constitutes selling high? The Yankees, of course, had to bear the unimaginable burden of almost making the playoffs in three of four seasons from 2013-2016 as a result of taking on contracts that became albatrosses. They'll worry about that when they need to.
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The Mets could use a rightanded reserve outfielder (assuming they don't bring in somebody that relegates Lagares to the bench), and Kendrick qualifies. There are a few other options, too (Austin Jackson, for example), so I'd be surprised if they act quickly here. But I'd be neither surprised nor disappointed if Kendrick cane here.
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His strikeout rate (as a hitter) in Japan is a bit of a red flag. I bet that, much like Kaz Matsui, he can turn on a fastball but he'll struggle when pitchers start throwing him a steady diet of breaking pitches. The other red flag is the lack of innings pitched; can he hold up to a full season's workload? Still, the talent is there if you're willing to treat him as a high-end prospect and not as an established star. I'm not sure that's how most Angels fans are going to view it, but I think that's the realistic approach.
