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Ceetar wrote: yes, and none of these things suggest his teammates care about it. I didn't suggest that it was. I suggested that he has publicly and repeatedly demonstrated asshole behavior. You ask for evidence all coy-like and pretend it isn't raining from the sky. Come on. Don't jerk people around. Please.

Feel free to google "Matt harvey" + "douche." You can use variants. "Matt harvey" + "huge douche" "Matt harvey" + "enormous douche" "Matt harvey" + "asshole" "Matt harvey" + "headache" "Matt harvey" + "scalawag" "Matt harvey" + "rapscallion" "Matt harvey" + "cocaine" "Matt harvey" + "biggest dick" Judge for yourself or not. But please don't act coy and pretend the evidence isn't out there. It is.

I shouldn't need to document Matt Harvey's douchecraft.

Ceetar wrote: you mean the showing up late stuff? I mean the publicly and repeatedly demonstrating asshole behavior.

Ceetar wrote: and why do we think he's an asshole, particularly to his teammates? Because he's publicly and repeatedly demonstrated asshole behavior. That's not the last word, but it's certainly indicative.

Brian Dozier gets my blood pumping. Cesar Hernandez has me intrigued. Jason Kipnis looks like he could step it up on the rebound and be pretty expendable if he doesn't. Those are three. Maybe in that order.

seawolf17 wrote: I can't imagine his value being lower than it is right now. I can.

It's not like the Yankees don't move on from an exciting young pitcher when his career doesn't gain traction. #IvanNova It's not the money but the amount of patience you are or aren't willing to give a guy who is losing games for you and acting like a tool. I hope they keep him, but understand if they don't.

I thought it would be about moving a pitcher who stunk up the league last season, who perhaps still has value but not so much for the Mets. He had the worst ERA of any pitcher in Mets history who made as many starts as he did. Going back to 1962. He's certainly not untouchable. OE: And he's been a chronic jerk.

And I don't mean to sound insulted that he's in the Hall or anything as he was a very good pitcher over a lengthy career. I just think he falls short in the final analysis and find the arguments otherwise to be lacking and filled with empty sounding platitudes which basically come down to: he's better than his record/numbers show because I say he was and the fact that I can't prove it is proof of how good he was. Or something like that. I actually read a sportswriter from Baltimore a year or two back, supporting Morris' candidacy, writing "You had to be there." As if he was the only one paying attention to baseball in the eighties. If there's anything sillier than crediting a guy with pitching to the score when it's the 1980s Tigers doing the scoring, it's crediting a guy for pitching to the score when it's it's the 1930s Yankees. Way to go, playing for that team, Red Ruffing. A Hall of Fame move, there.

Wait, Roberto Hernandez?

If Alderson is tempering expectations, he's just doing what he's always done. I don't particularly have any expectations. They'll probably add an infielder. I'm not sure if he'll be a starting-quality one or a platoon/reserve one. They'll probably add an outfielder. And I'm also not sure if he'll be one of their top three. They'll probably add a reliever or two, maybe one righthander and one lefthander. The real drama to me is whether he works primarily through the trade route or through through free agency. I'm curious to see if he wants to be dealt out on any of the players that haven't matured.

Know who was better than Morris? Jerry Koosman was better than Morris. Pretty easily, to my thinking. Morris' main calling card is "Most wins in the eighties." It always has been. He had the most wins in the eighties! How do you keep him out? But both the rewarding of pitcher's wins and the framing stats in decade-long frames are pretty arbitrary and unscientific constructs. George Foster was the best leftfielder of the seventies. Nobody's backing the truck up for him. Wait ... I said that earlier in this thread, didn't I? If so, never mind.

The highest ERA in the Hall of Fame belongs to Red Ruffing at 3.80. Morris will advance that record a full tenth of a run to 3.90. I'm a little uncomfortable with that. He was a good pitcher. But his real successes, apart from a great day in the World Series (which certainly matters), seems to me to be staying healthy and playing on a team with a stack of hitters like Alan Trammell. Trammell, though, is a fine choice who should've made it through the front door.

If Wright isn't part of Plan A, I don't particularly see Frazier carrying the football. The Mets have had plenty of high-strikeout, low-average power hitters. He had something of a breakthough in the walks department in 2017, but I'm not sure I trust it. I trust his .222 batting average a little more. I wouldn't kick him out of bed, but I don't think he's the guy to knock Flores out of the lineup.

When a dippy grad student returns to her Brooklyn home, she finds herself exiting the subway just as a massive invasion of mysterious origin is under way. A hostile foreign power? Domestic crackdown? Domestic terrorists? No clue! Communications are down! She makes her way through the streets trying to get home as soldiers advance and civilians alternate between fighting back, looting, and shitting their pants. But there are no answers, just bullets flying and the borough burning. She is fortunate enough to stumble upon a massively-built Marine veteran and together they try to navigate the streets and try to stay alive and put the pieces together. Now stuh-reaming on Netflix.

With a good chance that neither Rivera nor Wright will be ready for opening day, or possibly beyond, they are currently projected to open with Reynolds and Cecchini on the roster. They seem committed to pursue a big league quality infielder to create more certainty. The question here is that, if this is going to come to pass, who would you have it be?

Well free agents cost something that is often equivalent to prospects, as they may get three or four year commitments at this season's rates, while trade acquisitions might mean one or two years at rates reflecting a market from a few years prior. And, of course, trading allows you to get the guy who you want, rather than just the guy who is available. That said, I hates them trades.

Nymr83 wrote: A similar player can he had on the free agent market for nothing but Wilpon's cash, ... Who's your man?

Among the pile of infielders that have been rumored as Mets targets — Kipnis, Dozier, Hernandez, Kinsler, Walker, Nuñez — a new name has been added: [tweet:eouieyf7] [/tweet:eouieyf7] I never particularly liked this guy. And still don't even as he's coming off probably his best (partial) season. He's a solid starter but I think opinions about him are inflated because he's got a cool name. And his power is inflated by hitting at YSIII.

If you want an Eddie Kendricks themed thread title, I'll suggest Keep on Fucking (with us): They get Stanton and we're talking Howie Kendrick here. #truth You actually don't have to talk about him. And we're also talking about Stanton in another thread. This thread was put up before that deal was reported. All teams have a 25th man, the Yankees too.

I ain't pointing fingers, but weren't folks not too long ago describing his contract as untouchable?

He's a .750 player who could easily go 100 points lower or 100 points higher, and his PT should be pinned on which of those he gravitates toward, but his versatility suggests he's a good choice for the 25th man on any roster, and and shaves off some of the uncertainty with regard to all of the team's young infielders. He strikes me as a good bet for a guy who will still be playing at 40.

Mex17 wrote: Plus, I thought the entire point of Stanton playing hardball with his no-trade clause was because he wanted to orchestrate getting closer to Southern California if not directly back to LA. Why would you think that?

Howie Kendrick is supposedly getting his tires kicked by the Mets, and he may have a perfectly good chance to be a less volatile version of the super-utility guy that José Reyes never quite became. After spending the first half of his career as a regular secondbaseman, Howie in recent years has floated from team to team (Dodgers, Phillies, Nats), and from position to position (182 games in left, 93 at first, 18 at third). While a lot of his production is tied up in his batting average, it's been pretty consistently high. He's walked more as his career has progressed, he still gets around well, and he seems to have taken to the National League in recent years, where his versatility makes him a useful guy on double switches, whether entering the game or moving around to accommodate somebody else. He's got a big mean swing reminiscent of Juan Uribe, and I can hear Keith saying "He doesn't get cheated" even now. Howie is a free agent, projected by Steamer to go .274 / .334 / .413 // .747 in 2018, which is OK, depending on what position or positions you're getting that from. [fimg=600:2u7vklsf]http://theunderdogsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/howie-kendrick-01.jpg[/fimg:2u7vklsf]