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The guy bled Mets blue and did incredible things on the field for which I am grateful His passion was boundless even if pointed in the wrong direction at times He will be missed and remembered warmly I'm sure

Not surprised at all Agitators leaving

I saw a Gary Cohen short video yesterday as I'm sure many of you have. I took away three things 1. Believes Mets should be all in on Kyle Tucker even if he is a lefty bat and not of the 40 homer type 2. Acknowledged the possibility of a 1B platoon of Paul Goldschmidt and Jeff McNeil 3. Mets are keeping the runway open for the young guys The White Sox just spent 34 million on a free agent. Luis Robert gots to go. Guessing the White Sox demands for him have lessened My updated 2026 lineup as of today C Alvarez 1B Polanco 2B Semien 3B Baty SS Lindor LF Benge CF Robert RF Soto DH Vientos No Tucker Bellinger etc, today

Stearns loves him. That's all that matters The guy has the tools. I don't know that he doesn't have a ten cent brain He will be our starting CF

It seems counterproductive to trade Jonah Tong for a chip to get a better shot of winning a wildcard three bid

The Padres are not behaving like a team that is going to sell assets willy nilly anytime soon Steve Cohen got cranky with Puma online today regarding team payroll. You can see the stress from within the organization right now And on cue former Mets manager and dick pick specialist Mickey Callaway says that whatever the Mets are doing "it better work"

Ouch

The lineup could be Semien 4 Soto 9 Lindor 6 Polanco 3 Vientos DH Baty 5 McNeil 7 Alvarez 2 Taylor 8 MacLean 1 All of this changes with the addition of Cody Bellinger and possibility of Carson Benge on day one That is all.....

Andruw Jones I need to get over the Beltran cheating thing, but I'm not there yet I forced myself not to vote for David

He was elite in surrending leads

The Ji Hwan Bae City Rollers could be providing entertainment on a frosty, to early for me 3/26

We shall see if Mr Tong remains a Mets as the Padres conundrum plays out Back to Christian Pache. He may not hit much be he will be an excellent defender for the handle of games he will be needed to fill

He will be needed with the big club at some point

The Padres paid Leo DeVries, the current #3 MLB.com prospect in all of baseball for Mason Miller So Jonah Tong is likely not enough I'm happy to have Pivetta even if he would only be good and cost effective for one year. It's less of a gamble than looking for a Griffin Canning type to come in and be better than a backend starter. Pivetta has and should continue to pitch like an ace on occasion It would not be surprising if the Padres asked about Francisco Alvarez who is young cheap and serviceable Aside from the Padres is Fransisco Lindor going to be back? I'll give it an 80% likelihood

Jorge is deliciously mediocre A fill in the numbers signing Next

I've assumed for some time that McNeil will not not be back Polanco's role is yet to be divined

Polanco is 32 and deliciously mediocre

In effect Cohen has said they will out a playoff quality team on the field I have no clue if they are just happy to make the tournament and take their chances or shoot to get a post season bye or both I believe we will be looking at a signature David Stearns in either event. Just too soon to tell

To think Joe Namath was torched for Bachelors 3

I thought of that. It feels like Cohen gave Mets fans the big effyou with Pete Cohen says I understand how upset the fans are, do you? Even with this and the prospect the Mets are cutting their budget and may actually stink next year I'll be watching every game and posting here, it's what I do

I don't think they're going after Kyle Tucker or Alex Bregman or even Framber Valdez or any other bigger names I do believe they may be in on the two Japanese 1B/3B guys The splashier of the two is Munataka Murakami. He is 26 years old and the guy that crushed Sadahara Oh's record with 56 homers in 2022 He strikes out a lot. 28% in NPB is considered high for a league that chases less. He is considered a below average defender. He does have a big personality for what that's worth and does project big power The less talked out player is Kazuma Okataka. He is thought to be a 1B only position player. He hit .337 last year. There are some scouts that believe his hit tool translates best to our game Okataka is the player I would think to most appeal to Stearns. Analytically sound and not terribly expensive Someone mentioned some signings similar to Michael Cuddyer back in the day How about Trent Grisham or Harrison Bader for the OF. Josh Bell for DH power. Miguel Rojas of the Dodgers as our utility guy. Sorry guys, Jose Iglesias had his moment Wouldn't Chris Bassitt fit in nicely now at a lower price for two years or so. He makes starts and stays available You've got today in no particular order (I'm not counting Senga) as a basis for a rotation Peterson Maclean Sproat Tong Manaea Among a few others There is nothing sexy about any of these proposed options. They do provide some found for the Carson Benges' and Jett Williams of the Metsworld to settle in Just Thursday musings

I'll be over this by Monday

Steve Cohen "Oligarch" He should be ashamed of himself

Me too I reckon there's more Mets to be a traded Starting with Jeff McNeil

I have it today as C. Alvarez 1B Clifford 2B Semien SS Lindor 3B Baty LF. Benge CF Jett RF Soto DH Vientos Now they "could" sign Volgelbach I'm getting the feeling Stearns is listening to offers for Lindor I hope it's just interweb nonsense