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Watch Josh Donaldson who hit 235 HRs for ATL against the Mets last season. Washington wants him to play 3B. Hopefully, someone else will get him. Texas and Minnesota are looking at him, too. Side note: when researching for this post, I should have been more specific in my Twitter search: https://twitter.com/sukandaersiba11/status/1205105057089368066https://twitter.com/sukandaersiba11/status/1205105057089368066

Rendon says "I hate you!" to his awful teammates; that he is happy to leave the ignorant, front-running fans; and then says, "I don't want to play any longer in such a bland stadium with idiots for TV announcers" and leaves town. Or perhaps it was the money.

Last season, the Mets had their starting 5 pitch in order from the first game of the spring without having anyone else "stretch out" or have a turn as a starter (with one or two exceptions at the end of the Spring). The Mets then had the good fortune not to be hit with major injuries to their starters. I suggest that they not do that again and have a few others (including Lockett and Oswalt) pitch for more than 2 innings, especially with Wacha injury history.

The important thing is that they got him for cheap. If he's good, he'll earn it and if not it's walking-around money for Jeffy. https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1204882956122148864https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1204882956122148864

I'm old, white and listening to Martino and Gelbs via Twitter. https://twitter.com/Jacob_Resnick/status/1204872007797612544https://twitter.com/Jacob_Resnick/status/1204872007797612544

Ahem!

https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1204870061955010560https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1204870061955010560 https://www.fangraphs.com/players/michael-wacha/14078/stats?position=Phttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/michael-wacha/14078/stats?position=P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wachahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wacha https://static.decalgirl.com/assets/designs/large/wocka.jpg>

Marte's fielding WAR was 5.2 in 2018 and minus 5.7 in 2019. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/starling-marte/9241/stats?position=OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/starling-marte/9241/stats?position=OF He was suspended for PEDs (so he and Cano have something in common): https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-starling-marte-suspended-80-games-c225044864https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-starling-marte-suspended-80-games-c225044864

He can opt-out after 5. Not my $ and insane or not, he's great.

"It's profoundly depressing that we apparently have to sell in order to afford a Porcello or Betances." Definitely. And that the Mets can't afford even Porcello, Betances, Will Harris, and Robinson Chirinos. All 4 might not be enough but they would help and yet the current owner apparently requires the novice GM to trade one or two players before even getting one of those 4.

https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1204580464188514304https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1204580464188514304 Holy crap, the Wilpons are so cheap/budget-conscious that they can't sign a 5th SP or a RP unless and until the GM trades his former client who he signed last year even though they didn't need him.

Edgy MD wrote: They can pick up somebody, they just have to make a move to clear a roster spot if and when they do. Right, before the Draft. https://twitter.com/Jacob_Resnick/status/1204491206849380353https://twitter.com/Jacob_Resnick/status/1204491206849380353

The Rule V Draft is tomorrow but the Mets have every slot on the 40-Man Roster filled so they can't pick up anyone. Remember that Jacob "The Hit Man" Rhame is on the 40-Man Roster.

I don't care if the MFNs eventually regret it unless they regret it from Opening Day 2020. For now, and at least the near future, the f'ing World Champs still have Strasburg, Scherzer and Corbin. Even if they lose Rendon they can sign Donaldson. This, plus Wheeler to PHI and all of ATLs signings, make it that much harder for the 86-win Mets to compete with what might be the same roster, plus Marisnick, a RP, a 5th SP, minus Wheeler. Saul Cohen can't take over soon enough.

There will be at least three Sundays when Gary, Keith and Ron are off, Howie is grumbling and we're missing the Mets until 7 PM: March 29 7 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers April 5 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants April 12 7 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs April 19 7 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets April 26 7 p.m. New York Mets at Atlanta Braves May 3 7 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers May 10 7 p.m. Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees May 17 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Houston Astros May 24 7 p.m. Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox May 31 7 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets June 14 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox June 21 7 p.m. Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs June 28 7 p.m. Chicago Cubs at New York Yankees July 16 8 p.m. San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers (Thursday night second-half opener) July 19 7 p.m. New York Yankees at St. Louis Cardinals August 23 7 p.m. GEICO MLB Little League Classic: Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles

Rojas had that job last year. He was also in charge of positioning the OFers (DiSarcina positioned the infielders). Look for Rojas at the left end of the dugout when the Mets are in the field. Look at that, the Mets have a Di and a De.

Hold me closer Folly Rancher? No, that cover could have been run any day. The Newsday cover perfectly captures Alonso's enthusiasm.

Despite the tribute to Col. Sherman Potter in the Post cover, the News' cover is a clear winner (and is one of the best pictures in the competition).

There were tweets that Flexen is Korea-bound so his "whacking" may have been self-imposed (as most whackings are... "this is a family show, stop it!"). https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/1203499679020916737https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/1203499679020916737

I'm not in favor of the color red at the moment but it's used well in the Newsday cover.

I think that's one of the myriad reasons why we love him.

Some of the players that we'll see in the 7th inning of the early Spring games. You never know, right?

https://twitter.com/danconnolly2016/status/1202635717429604360https://twitter.com/danconnolly2016/status/1202635717429604360

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1202625279128227843https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1202625279128227843

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Marisnickhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Marisnick https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11339&position=OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11339&position=OF Negative WAR for hitting, positive WAR for fielding. https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1202621386155577344https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1202621386155577344