A Boy Named Seo

cooby wrote: Jesse O was Mexican-American Yeah, prob a bunch of those guys including "Mex" who is not actually a Mex.

sharpie wrote: How could they forget Juan Acevedo, Rigo Beltran and Elmer Dessens? The Google machine probably didn't forget. I'm just mierda at Googling.

Adrian Gonzalez is just the 3rd Mexi-Met? Google revealed only Ollie P. and Fernando Salas to me. Shot in the dark - anyone here run a database of Mets players that can get us a ruling?

It was always hard for me to find out how buff or not buff Lagares was cause his uni is so baggy. But he's definitely looking prison-yard yoked in that pic.

Yelich is waaaay too young an inexperienced for the Giants.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you! Is there anyone with an iPhone who can give it a try? (Thanks.) Looks just like your mobile screen grab from above on iPhone/Safari. Cool stuff, man.

Indifferent. In a vacuum, Jay Bruce is fine, should be a decent value even if he doesn't replicate his good 2017 season, and he makes them team a better than a Jay Bruce-less Mets team. Big picture, I think we could've gotten a better fit somewhere, maybe a right-handed slugger OF/1B, maybe a real CF allowing us to put Conforto in RF, or an outlandish trade for a slugging infielder. I hope, but am doubtful, that more "big" moves are to follow. In the near-term dystopian future where the Mets have a DH position, I would have clicked "like".

Centerfield wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I guess it also means the end of either Lagares or Nimmo as a NYM. Probably Lagares as he's too expensive to keep around as a 4th OF I was thinking just the opposite. With the Bruce signing, our OF defense remains pretty weak. You almost have to keep Lagares as he's the only real CF on the whole team. I think McCutchen or Cain would have meant Juan gone. Plus, I'm curious to see what he's going to do this spring. Swing doctor. Pics show him getting jacked up and hammering tractor tires. (I didn't know tractor tires needed to be hammered.) He's either going to hit 50 HR's or tear his pectoral in March. Holy Jeebus, I just saw the tractor hammer picture.

SteveJRogers wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Indians - Omar Vizquel? No. Lemme get another swing. Jim Thome?

Indians - Omar Vizquel?

Here's a very interesting, combative interview between some ESPN rock named Dan Le Batard and Commish Rob Manfred talking the Marlins sale. 107K views · 796 reactions | Dan brought on MLB Commissioner, Rob... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Dan brought on MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, to discuss the sale and acquisition of the Miami Marlins, the trade of Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees, and what appears to be yet another Marlins... Manfred vehemently defends the sale and the ownership and claims he knew nothing in advance about their plans to strip the team. Le Batard guy keeps railing on Jeter and Manfred had to remind him Bruce Sherman is the majority owner. I kept wondering throughout how ownership would evaluate our own Wilpons compared to these new turds in south Florida, and wonder if MLB's relationship w/ the Wilpons would ever change now that Selig's been gone for a bit. Very much worth a listen, regardless of if, or how many craps you give about the Marlins.

Fangraphs on YOUR 2018 Mets: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-mets-shouldnt-blow-this-opportunity/ Last year, the Mets opened the season with a $155 million payroll. That might seem substantial. In one way, it was: the 2017 payroll represented a $20 million increase from 2016, which itself represented a $30 million increase over 2015, which was also a $15 million increase over 2014. A steadily rising payroll in a vacuum, seems positive. Once you consider how cheaply the Mets were run after the Madoff scandal, though — and factor in the New York market, the extra television revenue, and an average attendance of roughly 2.5 million fans — that $155 million payroll isn’t so great. The Mets nearly reached that mark back in 2009. While MLB payrolls have increased more than 50% over that time, the Mets’ spending figures trended downward for much of that interval. The club also traded away $10 million in 2017 while almost certainly recouping a significant portion of David Wright‘s $20 million salary through insurance. Putting it together, the Mets are running a below-average payroll in the massive New York market. The Mets are at a point on the win curve at which adding wins is incredibly valuable for their playoff chances. They sit about 10 games behind the Nationals right now, maybe even less if you lean towards ZiPS’ projections on Smith and Rosario. The gap is large, but not large enough to where it couldn’t be easily overcome with a few solid moves.

Nymr83 wrote: Keith gets a little full of himself sometimes. 1. it is never irresponsible to reach out. maybe you suffer an injury (or three) and the guy becomes your best option down the line. 2. maybe the Mets feel that his recent results were injury-related and can improve. Does Medical Doctor Keith Law know for sure this isn't the case? 3. I'm glad Keith thinks Smith is ready. If Smith is really ready, Gonzalez won't sniff the field. nobody is saying to guarantee him any playing time or even a roster spot past the end of spring training. 4. How does Doctor of Psychology Keith Law know that he isn't an "asset" in the clubhouse. maybe he would fit right in with the Mets guys. 1. Yepp, agreed. 2. For sure. But he had a bad back that made him terribly immobile last year. Hope he's better, but most soon-to-be 36 year-old ballplayers don't tend to. 3. Yepp, agreed. 4. I'd bet this refers to him going to vacation in Europe while the Dodgers were playing the WS. Probably rankled some.

I disagree with "irresponsible" and maybe "lolmets", but the rest I'm fine with.

Giving $5 million to Lincecum right now is foolish. That money is better spent on someone else. But if the choices are $5 million for Timmy, or $5 million to Fred’s boat payment, then you pick the $5 million on Timmy. MAYBE IT'S NOT FOOLISH http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/12/19/263767180

metsmarathon wrote: Also, and let’s be honest here. If uneven acting and odd pacing are dealbreakers In a movie undone by pointless side quests, magically instant Jedi training and light saber mastery, dubious space physics and questionable military tactics with deeply flawed and oddly specific implements of war, unearned relationships, with space battles between improbably close ships with terrible aim, and timelines that fall apart under scrutiny, then I dont think we saw the same version of empire strikes back. I don't believe I made any of those fine points and I love Empire... Sounds like a dude might be to convince himself the movie was better than his deep-down inner-force is telling him it is!

All the below is gonna be spoilers. *** I thought it was frustratingly mediocre. Poe Dameron, Jesus what a liability that guy is. He decimated like 85% of the rebel fleet on his own with all his swash-buckling, and 10 minutes after he pulls a gun on his own commanders, he offers to lead the last of the rebels through the ice caves, and Leia's, like, "what are you lookin at me for? follow that guy." I thought the super, slow-mo chase of the rebel ship by the empire was also frustrating. "Let's not blow it out of the sky, guys, let's just sort-of tail it til it for the next 18 hours til it runs out of gas, then they'll be ours!" Doesn't Admiral Ginger Bad-Guy even say at one point something to the effect of "lets just shoot at them once at a while to remind them we're still here"??? And Laura Dern. I guess planning the sacrifice the whole time then? Except for the obvious 'we have to make it fit in the movie timeline', why would she stand around in silence and wait til the very end? Load up the escape pods and kamikaze that shit as soon as you realize they can track you through hyper-speed, no? Other shit that kinda bugged me: -Episodes 4-6 were great at sexual tension. This movie was devoid of it til the last 3 minutes where there was this awkward Finn/Rose kiss and then a creepy "hello" from Poe to Ray. What the crap. -Cute creatures. Seems like you have to have a cute new thing to sell a billion plush toys and Doritos bags. The crystal fox things were alright, but just eat the adorable furbie thing, Chewbacca. Eat it. On screen. -Tupac hologram Luke Skywalker. metsmarathon perfectly hit on the overall theme, and as such, Luke didn't need to hang around anymore just because he's a Jedi. I thought he was gonna go full Obi-Wan and let Kylo strike him down, but why just teleport and disappear? His actual disappearance/Copperfield farewell was somehow a little anti-climactic for me. Good stuff: -Snoke is dead. Yay, he sucked so much. Snoke's palace room was awesome, his guards kicked ass, and the Kylo/Rae team-up was very cool. The tribute and good-bye to Carrie Fisher was touching and was done pretty well, I thought. Flying through space was kind of a reach, but it was alright still. 5 light sabers out of 10! Maybe the 5th best Star Wars movie? 4th tops.

Ceetar wrote: I think the Wilpons want to not lose money on the Mets, whatever that means. Once that's accomplished, I think they want the team to do well, compete, and hopefully make the playoffs. They can't bank/budget on Wright's salary being insuranced and acquire players to cover that, so it's either not spend the money and reap $20 million or so in extra profit or get Wright back for some on the field value. Wright won't necessarily be 'worth' his salary, but $15-$20 in insurance profit is a drop in the bucket to the Wilpons and I can't imagine that's what their preference is. I think the analogy here is like if the Mets are 4 back in early September rooting for them to not make the playoffs because we don't think they have what it takes to win it all and we don't want to spend money on NLDS tickets if they're just going to lose in that round. I don't think in any way that $15-$20 mils is a drop in the bucket for those dudes.

Centerfield wrote: Love Yelich. Send them Harv! After they accept my modified offer, their payroll for 2018 will be like $45M so they're gonna be so happy, they'll take whatever I tell them to take. Marlins get: -Matt Harvey -Juan Lagares -Gavin Cecchini -marginal A-ball dude -$6.5M dollars Mets get: -Christian Yelich -Starlin Castro -Wei-Yin Chen Lagares is free for the Marlins this year (free!), and they have a year to trade the $9M left on his 2019 salary. Mets get a cornerstone centerfielder, a decent, kinda expensive middle-infielder for $10.8M this year and $11.8 next year, plus Chen who makes a not-outlandish $10M and can be our very poor man's Mike Minor, spot starter, mop-up, etc. And $30M for these bums, plus the $6.5M sweetener for Lagares doesn't break the team this year. I don't think. Does it? What do I know. Marlins are stoked because they dump ~$30M in salary immediately, and about $48M more for the rest of Castro and Yelich. Harvey goes full Johnny Manziel within 8 month of living in Miami. THE END.

Immediately my phone notifies me that "Yelich is next".

Man, for the $20M posting fee, the scant signing bonus, and league minimum salary, I'd still take this dude in a split second.

Feck it, why don't we call get both Yelich and Castro. I propose Juan Lagares, $10M bucks to pay 2/3rd's of his salary, Nimmo (they're gonna need outfielders), Gavin Cecchini, and some marginal A-ball guy. They'll do it. Watch.

Not Rodney. Please no Rodney.

He was our Plan C, huh. Aside from Shaw, which other reliever did we whiff on?

Carig sez 2 years/ $14 mil. [tweet:8ffi2psa] [/tweet:8ffi2psa] So far consensus seems "I think I probably like this move, maybe?" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯