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The Hot Corner wrote: I really don't care that Syndergaard left. Likely did the team a favor. After professing his love for New York and his desire to remain a Met, his departure just seemed rather abrupt. I think the $18.4 mil. of the quality offer made to Syndergaard would be better spent trying toward resign Stroman. At this point, I would much rather retain Stroman than to have kept Syndergaard. This is a good analysis except it omits that he can go f**k himself.

WTF? He wanted to stay. He was great last season. Are the Wilpons running the show again?

There's good speed in addition to the power but his SBs dropped the last two seasons: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=suzuki001seihttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=suzuki001sei If you read his Wiki page you will see various injuries over the years. I wonder if he played through something(s) so as not to hurt his $ value this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiya_Suzukihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiya_Suzuki

"Make-Up Six" is clever even though I'm not sure what they are making up (for all of the losses?).

I don't understand how a cover that contains a MFY won. The 2d option only has a Met and still mocks the MFYs without having a picture of one of them.

There were groups within the Round: Taijuan "fumes" (same picture, same word); the "thumbs down" anger; the Baez redemption. I chose to accentuate the positive with the last 3 options.

Pete and Ms. Pete were at The Vatican today and received the blessings of The Pope. Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM

But you're first in line for playoff tickets!

Logan Roy is here to encompass my feelings about Syndergaard, especially after his whiny comments today: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEkz93LXIAUjDP4?format=jpg&name=large>

Just wondering, is there a Tuesday plan but you chose to go a la carte to avoid conflicts and bad games and also to move around the place?

Nicely done, TransMonk!

In some of the pictures, Eppler looks like Kendall Roy (of Succession).

It's fun to relive this portion of the season. We see that the "thumbs down" signal was displayed on the road before the "we're giving it back to our fans" explanation. Maybe that was an out-of-town tryout before bringing it to Broadway.

Uh... remember Matz?

The NL MVP is announced tonight. Soto/Harper/Tatis. https://www.mlb.com/news/case-for-2021-mvp-award-finalistshttps://www.mlb.com/news/case-for-2021-mvp-award-finalists I'm pulling for Harper because it would doubly piss off both Nationals fans as they hate him and their guy would lose.

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Joel Sherman has a column that I won't link to with declarations without attribution or quotes about how the Mets handled Noah. Sherman said that the Mets were silent, didn't follow-up, and allowed LAA to swoop in. He also said that the uncertainty with the Mets factored into the decision. To me, giving him the QO he wanted meant that they weren't silent and the Mets didn't have any obligation to check-in during the short acceptance period.

Do you think that MLB should give out the awards at a ceremony rather than one at a time on their network?

It wasn't to you, batmagadanleadoff. Somewhere above was a request about the process. I'm not griping about the process, just about Syndergaard.

https://franchisesports.co.uk/mlb-compensation-picks-explained/https://franchisesports.co.uk/mlb-compensation-picks-explained/ If a team extends a QO to a player and he turns it down that team gets a bonus pick to compensate it for the loss of a player who did not accept the QO. It can be looked at as a restriction on free agency. There's more in the text portions from last year's draft page: https://www.mlb.com/draft/2021/orderhttps://www.mlb.com/draft/2021/order

The Mets gained a pick that wouldn't have existed if Noah stayed with the Mets.

Edgy MD wrote: Let's have an all-faceplant-into-the-outfield-wall final four! We could also have subcategories for: Best cover with Pete flexing Best cover using "de" pun.

From Keith Law in The Athletic: [bLOCKQUOTE]I just don't understand the logic of giving Syndergaard a one-year deal, and surrendering a draft pick for it, when he is far more likely to be worth the investment in 2023 than in 2022, even if we're only talking about his potential workload. Maybe Syndergaard will be able to handle 30 starts and 170 innings in 2022, but that seems rather optimistic when he hasn't made a proper start at any level of baseball in two years and his last healthy season was also his least effective one. ... The Mets, meanwhile, might have mixed feelings about seeing Syndergaard reject their qualifying offer after they'd invested time and money in rehabbing him from the surgery, but they do get another draft pick as compensation for his departure. Add that to the extra pick they'll get for not signing Kumar Rocker in the 2021 draft, and they could end up with one of the largest bonus pools of any team this winter — and that's before we know if Michael Conforto will reject the qualifying offer or return. (I think he should accept it, go have a typical Conforto year for the Mets, then go get a five- or six-year deal next winter.) The Mets should look for a back-end starter to replace the innings they might have gotten from Thor, but this isn't the worst outcome for the team, either.[/bLOCKQUOTE] https://theathletic.com/2960809/2021/11/16/law-with-a-one-year-contract-noah-syndergaard-and-the-angels-arent-on-the-same-page/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983https://theathletic.com/2960809/2021/11/16/law-with-a-one-year-contract-noah-syndergaard-and-the-angels-arent-on-the-same-page/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983

=whippoorwill post_id=81216 time=1637156317 user_id=79] Please what is QO?