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I'm calling him Cannonball...

Edgy MD wrote: At the beginning of this extension of the thread, I linked an article quoting Doug Melvin, "They�ve indicated that they have extra first basemen, and we have a need,� Melvin said. �Again, it�s all about keeping your options open. � Nothing imminent, and I don�t anticipate anything imminent. But first base is one of our needs, they have excess first basemen, so you can tie two and two together � and come up with three.� While "lusting" is an embellishment, that quote was what I was what led me to solicit opinions earlier about possible matchups. okie dokey....

Spend it carefully LaTroy....

Edgy MD wrote: Think Milwaukee here for a moment, though. With the Brewers openly lusting after the Mets first base glut (I know, right?), I was just trying to see what we could best hope for there. lusting? I don't believe their interest in Met 1B's is that frothy...I haven't seen anything beyond Ike-Aoki..Maybe I missed something.. in twitterland. I do like Aoki..

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Here's where Markakis looks pretty good. I would expect Nick to be reasonably priced, but then again it is 2013...

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I think you try to trade Ike for some other team's Ike. Swap ceiling for ceiling, suck for suck. Starling Castro? Do you mean trade a problem for a problem here? Starlin may be a pain in the ass but the Cubs would likely be looking for a generous bounty to move him...

Class act and a valuable 2013 Met...Happy trails LaTroy...

Getting Peralta is not going to make or break the 2014 Mets but I don't believe a strategy primarily of "getting lucky" with guys like lesser looked at players Byrd and Young is going to lead to championship baseball. Why not try to target some known quantities and blend in some speculative picks... Bourn was a bust, but that is one convenient example.. OK Sandy...start with Jacoby Ellsbury.. While you are at it please move Ike and Duda and change the air freshener in the bathroom....

The future of the franchise does not depend on Jhonny Peralta being in a Met uniform next year. I'll take him if I can get him but, if not, you live with an alternative and try to improve the team by spending your allowance elsewhere. Well put. I'm with FK on this. Do you have a place where you might start? In short: Elsewhere. - You try other, maybe lesser, FAs: Drew, minor league FAs, roster cuts, DFIs, DNRs, whoever. - You try trade possibilities (will Baltimore move Hardy to make way for Machado?) at either the major or minor league levels - Or you return with Tejada and hope he either bounces back or that a different alternative comes up at a later date. At this time last year no one here (or anywhere else that I know of) was thinking of Eric Young, Marlon Byrd and Juan Lagares as the Mets everyday OFers, or that that trio would be 3rd, 4th & 5th on the entire team in ABs. Things change, and the 2014 rosters aren't required to be set in cement prior to Turkey Day. The point here isn't to say that Peralta won't be an upgrade--of course he would be--only that he's not a 'do whatever it takes' kind of guy or the final piece of the puzzle that we "have to get" now because he'll make such a difference in the 2014 season anymore than Michael Bourn* would have been that guy for the 2013 team. You don't want to get into a deal that he becomes a detriment to the budget in the short term or to the roster three or four years down the road, and if that means you don't improve the roster at SS this winter then so be it. In the meantime, you husband the resources (both financial and human) that would have gone to that spot and use them to improve the roster somewhere else. * Would Bourn have been even a two-win** addition to last year's team? ... and, if so, would that have been worth the multi-year deal ($48 mil through 2016 plus a vesting option for '17), the loss of the draft pick, and maybe the overlooking (or trading?) of Lagares simply because he was the best guy out there and the call to "do something" from the fans and the press needing scratching, even if it were partly just for pr purposes? ** Not according to BB-Ref, who list Bourn's offensive WAR at less than 2 wins better than Lagares, a gap which is then wiped out and more by Juan's advantage in defensive WAR FK...I just don't believe the approach you are endorsing is aggressive enough...

Ernie Banks just exudes joy.. Maloney... Heard Sandy offered him two years with a club option...

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: The future of the franchise does not depend on Jhonny Peralta being in a Met uniform next year. I'll take him if I can get him but, if not, you live with an alternative and try to improve the team by spending your allowance elsewhere. Well put. I'm with FK on this. Do you have a place where you might start?

Being that the SS alternatives are underwhelming for 2014 I would make a serious run at Peralta. It is quite an upgrade to Tejada and Qball. Wilfredo Tovar could work out just fine; experienced and taking over in 3-4 years... As far as money and contract stuff...Everyone would like to pay less but to fill this need I would be willing to move with the market. I agree that there is no one signing that is indispensable but I do believe you need to step up ocassionally to get the deed done. In other words I am not buying in to Alderson's we are just going to fill holes mantra. I do not believe that approach will work in this city. Isn't there some need to a go little above and beyond to placate fans in the biggest market in the world??? Going beyond does not guarantee more wins but probably allows fans to feel better about their brand.. having blabbed all this J.J. Hardy is out there and surely less expensive the Jhonny... You can sign Peralta and be financially prudent in filling other spots...

Maybe you just don't buy anybody...

And folks wonder what Ike's problem is...

Bada bing...

It is scary that Medgal's audience finds this forum...

Sandy is insulting our intelligence...

Ethier has done little since that 30 game hitting streak a couple of years ago. pass

Saw on the twitterverse Sandy met with Peralta and Ike to Colorocky may have some traction...

metirish wrote: Numbers and $$ aside, did he attain true Yankee status? Nah.. we're safe...

One can only hope...aint gonna be Granderson or Cruz...

Good for Marlon...He had quite a run with Pittsburgh after the trade...he earned the 16 million he has signed for.....

Some interweb yap about Choo and Drew to the Mets...and Ike to Milwaukee...

Those are just butt ugly, well intended or not...

Which team is that?