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He had an off-year coming off an injury-shortened season, so he's capable of bouncing back. On the other hand, the 175 IP he threw this year were a career high. There are probably better options on the free agent market that won't even cost us a draft pick, so call me back at the beginning of February if we're still looking for some rotation insurance. And don't ask for more than Plawecki.

I make the offer. The worst case scenario is a one-year-deal for somebody who was pretty good for us before the injury. PS $17.4M is the lowest that Fangraphs has him worth over the last six seasons. Seeing that made the choice really easy.

He played hurt most (if not all) of the year. I'm for giving him another chance.

Congratulations to Muddy Chickens for their superb season, and thank you to everybody in the league. Now back to the drawing board...

Absolutely horrified. Obviously the sky was the limit where his talent was concerned, but he was a husband, father (at least father-to-be), friend, and teammate. "Sad" and even "tragic" are not strong enough words.

Conlon's final appearance of 2016 (on September 7) was arguably his weakest (three runs and eight hits in four innings), but the home run he allowed was only the second in his entire stint at St. Lucie. He finishes the year with a combined ERA of 1.79, allowing all of six home runs over 146 innings. All signs are pointing to him starting next season at Binghamton.

You could consider a healthy deGrom because he was pitching at least as well as Syndegaard for most of the season. Holding on runners is not irrelevant, but it's hardly the main factor in deciding who gives you the best chance of winning. Given how things stand right now, I would hold Syndegaard for the wildcard game regardless of whether it was home or away. I don't see how the decision is even difficult.

I really liked the first season of Enterprise, but thought it nosedived from there. The one thing about the original series that I would add was that there was something about the interaction between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy that few shows of any genre have been able to duplicate.

For all the complaints about ST V, I thought it was better than the first one and a lot better than Nemesis. I still haven't seen the last two reboots (which has a lot more to do with fatherhood than any gripes about the direction of the franchise). The first one was visually cool but kind of dopey script-wise. The Search for Spock and Insurrection are both underrated. First Contact is overrated -- once you ask why the Borg can't just keep sending probes back in time until one succeeds, the plot crumbles. And any real list would have to put Galaxy Quest near the top.

themetfairy wrote: smg58 wrote: Gavin Cecchini might figure into the equation as well. He might. They'll be trying him out at second base in the Arizona Fall League. Cecchini officially got the call today. He's had issues with throwing errors at SS, and Rosario would displace him there sooner or later anyway, so I figure he'll see more action in the majors at second. But I guess time will tell.

Gavin Cecchini might figure into the equation as well.

Herrera has been outperformed by Gavin Cecchini this year (they're approximately the same age), plus playing Cecchini at short and moving Cabrera to second next year would likely help our defense. (Cecchini may very well wind up moving to second himself when Rosario is ready, but one thing at a time.) We didn't go from having an obvious middle infield option for next year in-house to having none. I do think it's a fair question why Cecchini didn't get a call this past month, given the quality (or lack thereof) of our options.

I blame the hitting instructor for that. To d'Arnaud's credit, he hasn't been striking out a whole lot (29 K's in 166 AB isn't bad). The problem is that he's been getting absolutely nothing on his swings (9 xbh in 166 AB). I get the feeling (much like Conforto) that he's been too banged up for most of the season to get anything going. Perhaps last night was the beginning of a turnaround, but I'm more optimistic about next season than this one for him.

His glove has gone the way of his bat, unfortunately, so he might be too banged up to have any sort of value right now. And that's considering that a righthanded centerfielder would fill a big need for us. That being said, it would be ironic in a funny way if we claimed him off waivers. Especially if he could somehow, you know, help.

Steven Pearce goes back to Baltimore for a catcher who can't hit. Hell, we have plenty of those...

Herrera is 22, for what it's worth. That still makes him very young, but he has regressed in his second season of AAA this year and never forced the Mets to call him up. The bigger concern is that the Reds passed on Nimmo for medical reasons. Well that, and the Mets have too many left-handed outfielders.

We've discussed this before. It's plagued the team more than once in the past couple of seasons, and I just don't see an obvious explanation for it. I can't imagine that they are taking a different approach in these situations -- and if they are, they should immediately start doing the opposite of what they've been doing -- but part of it may be than a run of poor results leads to some overthinking at the plate which leads to even worse results. It's possible that the best remedy is to just relax, but the catch-22 is that relaxing will be much easier when they get some timely hits.

Yo is still recovering from a leg injury, so I wouldn't read too much into it long-term. Yet. I think Granderson would make more sense in center than Conforto simply for reasons of experience. But at this point, I don't really care who plays where as long as they hit.

This strikes me as the "don't fool around, just get the surgery done" type of injury. I get the sense he's been trying to pitch with the condition for too long already. Rustich sounds like he knows what he's talking about, FWIW. I'd be curious to know, though, if the Mets' front office was really any more guilty than other teams of making valor the better part of discretion where injuries were concerned, or if it just seems that way because we pay more attention to them than to other teams.

The first start with St. Lucie on Friday was decent -- 7 IP, 2 runs, 7 hits, 3 K, 2 BB, 1 HR.

I'm not surprised, although his last start was easily his weakest of the season to date. His most memorable outing was 10 innings (yes, 10!) against Hagerstown on June 4. He avoids walks and the long ball (10 BBs and 4 HRs in 78.1 IP), and apparently is super efficient with his pitches when he's on. It will be interesting to see how his game plays at a higher level.

I picked him up in the Ottoneu league for a buck about a month ago. I'm hoping it pays off.

Conforto's .771 OPS overall is not screaming for a demotion, especially if the wrist issue had anything to do with the slump. Granderson's .779 OPS is fine and trending upwards. It would be easy to promote Nimmo if he hit righthanded, but he's lefty. I'm for being patient with the situation right now.

Centerfield wrote: In light of the Wright news. Assuming Duda will be back at the end of July, that's 6 more weeks of baseball to bridge. Loney started off nice, but has come down to a sub .700 OPS. My plan would be: 1B: Wilmer (and Loney spell him) 2B: Herrera 3B: Walker SS: Cabrera C: TdA and Rivera. KJ around as super-sub. If Conforto can get healthy and squared away, that should be enough to get it done. I wouldn't be surprised if it came to this. I'd like to see Flores and Herrera get some time to show what they can do before pursuing a trade.

There's no easy solution. The original contingency plan at first was Wilmer Flores, but he's on the DL and was not hitting when he was healthy. I still have to think he'll get the primary opportunity come Friday, and hopefully he'll deliver with the bat and render the rest of the discussion moot. Asking Walker or Conforto or Wright to learn an entirely new position on the fly mid-season is risky. Of the three, Walker makes the most sense because of Dilson Herrera (although Herrera's bat has gone cold this past week). I also think you'll have much better luck getting an infielder to learn first base quickly rather than an outfielder. I keep going back to why they waited so long to part with Tejada this offseason. The could have gotten David Freese the week before they released Tejada. Freese hasn't really played first before either, but (a) he'd have had the whole of spring training to learn it and ( unlike Campbell, he belongs on a major league roster. On the trade front, the Cardinals have Brandon Moss and Matt Adams and don't need both of them. I'm not sure what they'd want, and I wouldn't pull the trigger today, but I'd ask.