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  1. Centerfield
    A couple of days ago, Kristie Ackert had a column saying that we shouldn't assume that Doug Melvin is a no-analytics guy. Now she's telling us that we shouldn't assume the opposite about Chaim Bloom. Ackert: Chaim Bloom may be youngest candidate for Mets' GM opening, but don't assume he's just an analytics guy I like everything I read about this guy. I really hope Fred can be convinced to go this way. I'm encouraged that Ackert has such a positive piece on him. Maybe the decision hasn't been made after all. Fingers crossed.
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    Two things strike me. Every time someone like David Price is praised for an “amazing job” because he goes 6 innings and gives up 2, I think that the speaker has never seen a Jacob deGrom start. Every time someone mentions how weak the Red Sox pen is, I think that the speaker has never seen the Mets bullpen.
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    LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Should they have let Ryu-- who's got pretty significant reverse platoon splits and has cut down on his gopherballiness this year (11.8% HR/FB)-- stay in? On the one hand, he dug himself the hole, and had just issued a free pass. But... he has to be a better option there than up-in-a-hurry Madson. And if not... why Madson, who struggled yesterday and has been iffy all postseason? Why not, say, Baez or Maeda? Or, if you're feeling funky... why not aim high for a high-leverage sitch and slot in Jansen? Yup.
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    Boston is just amazing. I mean, it’s obvious, but if you want to be successful you just have to score runs. Boston, Houston, the Cubs. These teams’ lineups just had no quit to them. I like Nimmo, and have high hopes for Alonso and McNeil, but you look at our lineup and we are just light years away from these elite teams.
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    vtmet wrote: The Dodgers and Red Sox are big market teams that don't spend a lot of money on payroll. Also, they hardly ever sign top tier in their prime free agents. were you being serious or joking around? Dodgers are #3 in 2018 payroll with the Red Sox being #1 in 2018 payroll https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/ He’s joking VT. There are a few guys on the board that don’t think budget matters.
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    It’s just astonishing that after getting burned by not listening to the analytics team last year when they signed Vargas and Bruce, that they would double down and venture even further away. This sort of incompetence is how you end up creating a culture of losing. I am so sick of this team being a laughingstock.
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    Maybe I missed this. But why does Boston hate Manny? Did he kick someone there too? It seems like a lot of fan bases don't like Manny. Maybe I'll just recommend the Mets sign Harper instead and avoid all the drama.
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    How's this for a conspiracy theory. Bud Selig made the Mets hire Sandy Alderson and gave Sandy the directive to keep the budget under control. Bud Selig is now making the Mets hire Doug Melvin with the directive that the he keep the budget under control. Crazy?
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    But all kidding aside, Bloom sounds smart. I'd like to get him into the organization.
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cerrone suggests that the Mets hire both Melvin and Bloom, which is an interesting idea. I don't know how likely it is, though. Do the Mets want to hire two people? And would both candidates be willing to take the job under those conditions? Hey we're the Mets! Other teams win championships, but we have FIVE GM's! Name one other club that can say that. Can't do it can ya? Can ya?
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    He’s ok. A little too cool for school at times. But he’s fine. I liked that Anderson guy that worked with Darling on TBS. He was solid. That being said I feel like they should just give the World Series to Vin Scully for as long as he lives.
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    That inning didn’t help either. You figure as each game gets later, LA has the advantage with their pen.
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    Been reading up on the days events. It’s disheartening. Maybe he’ll surprise us but if Melvin is hired it’s hard not to think this is more of the same type of backwards thinking that Has handcuffed the Mets for so long. It’s like this franchise is just doomed to incompetence.
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    Beat guys seem to think Melvin handled himself fine, but wasn't exactly spectacular. So, not surprising at all. Says he would mix scouting and analytics, believes Fred and Jeff would give him control, and would be inclined to keep Mickey. I don't see anything indicating whether or not payroll was discussed.
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    Got it. That makes sense. I think I'd be interested to hear Chaim Bloom speak. So far he's my favorite, but only because he's been described as smart, and subscribing to analytics. I'd like to see how he handles the NY media.
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    Doug Melvin will interview today, then speak to the media at 1 p.m. Pretty strange for a candidate to speak to the media during the hiring process no? If the Mets want us to believe that the interviews were an actual process, and not just a charade knowing all along that they were going to hire Melvin, they are doing a pretty bad job of faking it.
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    smg58 wrote: I think the Marlins did more to help their team than the Nationals did. Yeah, I would like to make fun of Jeter and his teardown as well. But he is committing to a rebuild, and investing heavily in young talent. This is the right move. Barraclough does nothing for him. The international talent does. I hope that it all blows up in his face. And ultimately they will have to draw to be a consistent contender, but I don't like that he seems to have a plan and is executing that plan. Not all rebuilds work, but it certainly did for Kansas City and Houston.
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    Edgy MD wrote: How so? I mean, he clearly wouldn't represent deGrom (or Syndergaard or Céspedes) anymore. Any kickback he'd get if he signed one of 'em to an overly generous contract would clearly be illegal and hard to hide. I think it's a pretty clear conflict of interest. Any information he has on any of his clients as their fiduciary could now be used to their detriment. Put it this way. You are Jacob deGrom. You've told your agent what you want in terms of a deal. How you should start the bidding, what you will ultimately accept. Now, a month later, he goes and sits on the other side of the table. Are you happy about this?
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: It's chances of winning are... slim. And speak for yourself. This might be the Metsiest cover of 2018. "Hey staffers, listen up. These orders from directly from the boss. I need you to find me a badass picture of Doug Melvin. I want everyone to look at this picture and say "Wow, that is one cutting edge mother fucker. You have an hour. Go!"
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't know where people get the idea that Melvin is "old school" or that his ideas are outdated. He's using a cell phone! And wearing sunglasses! Come on!
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    I wonder if Kim Ng gets sick of clubs talking about how qualified she is, then proceeding on to hire another guy.
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    Lefty Specialist wrote: G-Fafif wrote: "Brodie Van Wagenen" puts mind of "Earl J. Waggedorn," the best friend of Corey, son of the title character, on the groundbreaking multiracial (if painfully dull) NBC sitcom Julia. Sort of like I can't hear a reference to "Nido" and not think, "you say neato/check your libido/and roll to the church/in your new tuxedo" from Young MC's "Bust A Move". Which is not to say Van Wagenen wouldn't make a good general manager. Or that Tomas Nido won't develop into a splendid catcher, assuming Van Wegenen doesn't trade him. Brodie Van Wagenen sounds like something from a Marx Brothers movie. Maybe Brodie could explain to us why I'd be the best man at the wedding of my best friend's brother.
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    I had to refresh my memory on this. This is from the Los Angeles Times from November 15, 2003: PHOENIX — New York Met official Bill Singer, a former All-Star pitcher with the Dodgers and Angels, directed racially insensitive remarks at Dodger executive Kim Ng in deriding her Chinese heritage this week, baseball officials who witnessed the incident said Friday. Singer, hired last week as a special assistant to Met General Manager Jim Duquette, confronted Ng, a Dodger vice president and assistant general manager, late Tuesday night at the general manager meetings here. According to witnesses, Singer approached Ng in the bar of the hotel where the meetings occurred. After asking Ng, the highest-ranking Asian American in the major leagues, questions about her background in a sarcastic tone, Singer began speaking nonsensically in mock Chinese before eventually leaving. If I recall, it was the "Where are you from?....No, like, where are you really from?" line of questioning that we Asian Americans so thoroughly love.
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    In other news, Mike Puma is reporting that Ng is out, and that it's down to Melvin, Bloom and Van Wagenen. Melvin, not surprisingly, is the front-runner. I get the feeling it won't be long before it's official.
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    Poor Bill Singer. Had he made those comments 20 years earlier he would have suffered no consequences. And had he made them in 2018 he probably would have gotten a standing ovation. If he had then moved from insensitive comments to sexual assault, he might have made the Supreme Court!
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