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Today was the deadline for setting your 40-man Roster before the Rule 5 Draft (which might not happen because of the lockout). As noted, the Mets did not include Robert Gsellman. They also did not include Stephen Nogosek and Mark Payton. I wasn't sure if we'd see Maz again but we will. https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-roster-moves-96b1eb4b0aa7https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-roster-moves-96b1eb4b0aa7

A magician on the basepaths. And now he'll never find his earring.

Damn. They gave up PCA for 2 months of Baez. LAD gave up two top prospects for 2 regular season months of Max but he helped them get to the NLCS. Jeff McNeil and/or Robinson Cano at 2B?

Welcome, Max Scherzer!!! Number 30, 34 (he can't have 31 or 37)? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/max-scherzer/3137/stats?position=Phttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/max-scherzer/3137/stats?position=P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Scherzerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Scherzer And welcome Erica! https://twitter.com/emayswayhttps://twitter.com/emaysway Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM Start #1, game 2, April 2, home v WSH Start #2, game 6, April 7, WSH's open opener (assuming that the Mets skip the 5th starter in the first week of the season). https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1465375754070499337

IF this happens, and IF deGrom is healthy, holy shit at the top of this rotation next year. (We're going to play .400 baseball because the other three starters will still be terrible, but hey, whaddya gonna do.) Carrasco, Taijuan, and someone else they sign (Rondon? Cobb? Kikuchi?). https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/starting-pitcher/available/https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/starting-pitcher/available/

Kevin Gausman is off the board and headed to Toronto.

That's what they offered Bauer and Scherzer isn't a dick. I'm fantasizing about Scherzer pitching game two at home on 4/2 v. WSH and then the WSH home opener on 4/7.

https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1465127201490223105

Even if the pursuit of Scherzer is Boras' way of driving up the price for the west coast teams it's fine because it gives them less money to spend.

BG: this is the content we want!

Tim Britton: "He's one of the game's best base runners; the Mets have been one of its worst base-running teams." 5.5 WAR in 2021. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/starling-marte/9241/stats?position=OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/starling-marte/9241/stats?position=OF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling_Martehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling_Marte Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. https://twitter.com/Starlingmarthttps://twitter.com/Starlingmart AWESOME!!! (Someone else will point out that the 3 players are 32, 32 and 33.)

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mark-canha/11445/stats?position=OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/mark-canha/11445/stats?position=OF 2.0 WAR last year. https://twitter.com/outtadapakmarkhttps://twitter.com/outtadapakmark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Canhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Canha Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. (he's a foodie)

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/eduardo-escobar/6153/stats?position=3B/SShttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/eduardo-escobar/6153/stats?position=3B/SS 2021 Games Played: 3B: 99 2B: 42 1B: 18 SS: 1 Switch Hitter, 32 years old An upgrade to Villar? First "E.E." in Mets history. "in a small class of just 32 position players to put up at least 3 WAR in each of the last three full baseball seasons." https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-top-50-free-agents/https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-top-50-free-agents/ 32 and has 5 kids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Escobarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Escobar Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM https://twitter.com/escobardelapicahttps://twitter.com/escobardelapica Likes Fogo de Chao: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/08/03/fogo-de-chao-open-milwaukee-pop-up-brewers-eduardo-escobar/5474966001/https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/08/03/fogo-de-chao-open-milwaukee-pop-up-brewers-eduardo-escobar/5474966001/

Lots of innings in the 2d half of Spring games.

Lots of innings in the 2d half of Spring games.

"tremendous franchise" v. instability and/or 4 years in a less-pressured market v 2 years in NY where they already know that you are mediocre.

I don't care about Matz but other teams must be telling FAs "you don't know who the Mets manager will be and their FO is a cluster f**k". Hiring a new Manager and coaching staff soon might be a good idea. Steve might be used to pointing his finger and outbidding everyone by a million dollars but human beings are not dead sharks floating in formaldehyde. Instead, they are represented by figurative sharks who take your best and final offer and go back to another bidder, tell them your price, and give them a chance to submit a new best and final offer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Physical_Impossibility_of_Death_in_the_Mind_of_Someone_Livinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Physical_Impossibility_of_Death_in_the_Mind_of_Someone_Living

Steve is unhappy this morning:

4 years? No thank you.

Is Crash & Burn the first fence picture not to advance?

Here's 11:34 on Seiya. https://youtu.be/YTKuwktc97chttps://youtu.be/YTKuwktc97c If you go to around 8:30, he explains why Seiya's skills might be more transferable to the MLB than with other recent position players.

The decision not to sign Kumar Rocker might have been right and the Mets did get a 2d 1st round pick but the downside is that the 2d pick is #14 and if the Mets were to sign a FA who rejected a QO, such as Robbie Ray, they would forfeit pick #14 (the 1st pick is #11). No other team has a 2d pick that high. If the Mets signed Rocker, and I'm not saying that they should have, the 2d pick would be around #35 so losing that pick would be seen as less of a drawback. Here, it's a deterrent to signing a "restricted" FA, such as Ray, Marcus Semien, or Nick Castellanos. From Ken Rosenthal, today in The Athletic: [bLOCKQUOTE][T]hey are unlikely to add a free agent who rejected a qualifying offer from another club because of the unique circumstances following their failure to sign Kumar Rocker, the 10th selection in this year's amateur draft. Such a move would cost the Mets their second-highest pick, as well as $500,000 from their international bonus pool. And with the Mets receiving the 11th choice as compensation for losing Rocker, their second-highest pick will be their first rounder, and a fairly high one at that – the 14th selection. Ten free agents who rejected qualifying offers remain available, including Conforto. Of the others, Semien, left-hander Robbie Ray and outfielder Nick Castellanos would hold greater appeal to the Mets if the acquisition cost did not include the No. 14 pick. [/bLOCKQUOTE] https://theathletic.com/2973703/2021/11/23/rosenthal-best-bet-for-freddie-freeman-why-rangers-are-so-aggressive-how-high-for-marcus-semien-more-notes/https://theathletic.com/2973703/2021/11/23/rosenthal-best-bet-for-freddie-freeman-why-rangers-are-so-aggressive-how-high-for-marcus-semien-more-notes/

=Ceetar post_id=81600 time=1637629375 user_id=102] gotta hate players that look out for themselves right? BLEED FOR ME