A Boy Named Seo

The Mets have quality at the top end of the rotation, but I would love them to match the Dodgers in depth. They had 7 or 8 legit starting pitchers last year. The inevitable injuries were automatically covered and the guys' workloads were managed in the bullpen the rest of the time. That versatility becomes huge in the postseason.

I'd like to see the Mets take a stab at a guy like Drew Pomeranz. He'd surely be cheaper than Vargas but his upside is > Matz.

In the first half, Nimmo was a darling in all the Baseball Savant stats (barrels, hard hit %, exit velo). Looks like he did have a pretty hard fall. He ended up #95 in avg exit velo in all of MLB (not bad!) and his 42% hard-hit percentage was good enough 75th overall. Everything else dropped pretty hard and his statcast expected batting average for last year was .231.

I've long crushed on Profar. Fun trade of youngins! As for Miller, I wanted him to be a Met, but his age, miles, diminished velo, I'm ok we missed (or passed) on him.

Wilmer's side eye and grin look a little evil. Looks like he wants to knife that bruh in the back.

[tweet:29lz8cep] [/tweet:29lz8cep] Was exclusively a starter last year but excelled in 2k17 as a reliever. Is owed $9.8M for each of the next two seasons. What bad contract + prospect is Brodie trying to unload?

This was the best Disney movie I’ve seen in ages

Just read about this film yesterday and it's showing in a real limited run around the country (only 1 day in my city), so wanted to share in case anyone was interested. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/they-shall-not-grow-old It's a Peter Jackson World War I documentary. It used insanely restored and colorized original video to tell some of these stories. The reviews are amazing and the trailer... [youtube:1k56u6zs]9-NRsMViJ88[/youtube:1k56u6zs]

In fairness, I think Theo and the Cubs statement was pretty good and I'd want my team to be along those lines if they were to employ someone who is getting a second chance. I think my issues are that we now know that as a human being, Addison had a whole bunch of chances with his then-wife and didn't show any inclination to stop being an asshole. This is his first second chance as a ballplayer, so maybe that rattles around in his brain differently. Theo in his statement said he was in communications with his ex-wife (a good thing, IMO) but in her piece released yesterday, she doesn't believe Russell will change at all because she's heard all that shit from him before. I think the Cubs did well to address it from an org-wide standpoint (training and awareness for employees), and support and involvement in organizations that work in DV prevention. I think Sheryl Ring's perspective as someone who has been abused and doesn't want to be reminded of their own abuse when they see an asshole ballplayer is a tough one for the team. Sadly, if Russell wasn't a young, inexpensive, talented asset, his ass probably woulda been bounced already.

Centerfield wrote: We gettin Harper guys. Bryce's brother Bryan is a LOOGY. Maybe that's the Harper we're in on.

It's nuts. The twitter cycle makes it feel like a quick escalation, but Russell had been like that for years and we just didn't know about it. Makes me wonder how pervasive this is and we're all in the dark, or we think it's one-off bad behavior when we do hear about it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Brantley-- a comparable, if lesser, commodity-- scored a 2 yr/$32M deal. If Pollock wants $80M... he'll be waiting a while. That AAV will have to drop if he wants anything above 2-3 years. 3/50 or 4/60, mebbe? Simultaneously agreeing with you and hoping this is the outcome.

You guys up-to-date on this? The Cubs re-signed Addison Russell for 2019 after he served a 40-game suspension last year for violating the league's DV policy, even though he initially denied all allegations of abuse from his former wife. The Cubs and Russell released simultaneous statements when he inked the contract. Both received a fair amount of praise for the statements. [tweet:2kjx56a4] [/tweet:2kjx56a4] After reading those statements, I happened across this amazing piece at Fangraphs. Bravo to Sheryl for having the courage to write this piece and bravo to Fangraphs for running it. If you're gonna read one thing on this topic, this should maybe be it -->> https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-human-side-of-the-cubs-addison-russell-decision/ Today, a website called Expanded Roster released a long piece where Russell's former wife Melisa Reidy recounts the entirety of their relationship. It's pretty awful and stunning stuff to read. [tweet:2kjx56a4] [/tweet:2kjx56a4] It's a trip to be able to read the perspectives of the team, the abuser, the abused, not to mention the conflicted emotions of the fan in the excellent Fangraphs piece, which puts a focus on how signing these guys affects human beings, beyond the basic sports fan implications.

Curious if anyone actually read the piece?

I like these kinds of moves and have historically wished the Mets would take more chances on burned out prospects or unlikely heroes returning from injury. Go Zach!

Actual text I received this morning. #Priorities

I think I would be very happy with that dude in the pen.

Such a weird time warp, seeing the Mets interested in expensive, established, injury-prone veterans so that they can ship off those inexpensive, controllable assets with underwhelming name recognition. I'm still firmly in the Nimmo + Grandal camp. Screw Pollock. Clown fish over imitation crab.

Yah, it's $5M this year and $3.75M each of the next 4 years. it's buried somewhere in CPF land.

Not a lot in this article and I don't pay for the Athletic, but sounds like there is momentum gaining to flush the shift in some form anyway --> https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-gaining-support-to-limit-defensive-shifts-report-says/ Changes to the way teams line up -- and are allowed to line up -- defensively could be coming to Major League Baseball. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has received "strong" backing from baseball's competition committee to try to "put something in place" to limit shifts, The Athletic's Jayson Stark reported Wednesday.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Realmuto isn't enough of a game-changer to warrant losing Conforto or Nimmo/Rosario. It's not like he's Wayfair free shipping or anything. lololol

I can't quit Dale. Checked his Twitter yesterday to see if any hints of more pro baseball in his future, but it looks like for now he's just enjoying the end of his little brother's esteemed, Al Bundy-like football career. I'll keep one good eye on Dale, just in case.

Fman99 wrote: Centerfield wrote: The difference between Realmuto and Grandal/Ramos is not enough to justify losing Rosario, or Nimmo or Conforto, or some combination of them. This I concur. Motion carried.

I think that Sandy one is great. The snake-oil salesman grin. The Ben Franklins (like $200 bucks) hanging from the pocket of that outlandish jacket perfectly feigns the Mets wealth. And the "wait there's more" headline nicely captures the infomercial spirit of "you've just bought some crap (Gonzalez) and you're gonna get some extra crap along with it (Bruce), but only if you order NOW!!!" .

Mets Willets Point wrote: Show us the plan! I was trying to find old pics of Ambler dressed up as a cowboy