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  1. Ceetar
    Not really on board on spending big on relievers.
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: But I would like to see them import an infielder and an outfielder and hopefully they won't both be sluggers who strike out 150 times per season. I mean, 26 guys struck out 150 times. And that's just volume. Almost 100 guys struck out at what would be a 150k rate.
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    If fart's are the criteria, I guess we need Adam Lind? [tweet:33xt16iv]https://twitter.com/aarongleeman/status/832301527201103872[/tweet:33xt16iv]
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    I want Darvish AND Ohtani!
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    career 4.5% BB rate. 10.5 mil, 13 mil, 13.5 mil contract. Can I get a hell no? Like, I'd take him if it was a stipulation of the Stanton deal maybe, but as a throw in. I'm not GIVING up anything for what's at best a major league average player.
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    I mean, Cleveland's trotting out their racist imagery. Astro's have been my primary preference the whole time. Get an All-Time great that ring.
  7. Ceetar
    They seem prepared to hear Utley's case before game 3, though I guess it being actually in NY plays a part. But maybe they could be prepared and fly people out to Houston. or have the players association appear on behalf of Gurriel, who probably doesn't actually need to be present. In any case, MLB could've tried anyway and had the PA take the blame for the delay rather than appearing soft on racism.
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    Torre said the suspension "sort of lost its impact" once it became clear that Utley, who signed a one-year, $7-million deal with the Dodgers this winter, would not miss any postseason games. They tried to expedite the appeal, and they could have, if they really wanted to. The players association asked for more time and hence didn't agree to a hearing before game 3. They very well could've done the same thing here, and at the very least (From MLB's standpoint) it would've shifted the blame to the players association if they dragged their feet.
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    41Forever wrote: So what's the real reason he's getting the boot, and what happened to MLB's "no news during the World Series" edict? it was never really an edict and it went out the window years ago.
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    better hope I don't get to the 2018 thread first, because I'm thinking of circus-themed thread titles taunting them and their dysfunctional organization. REEKS of Steinbrenner meddling. nostalgic if that nostalgia time wasn't mostly before I was aware of it. The Red Sox fired their playoff manager, the Yankees gotta keep pace.
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    d'Kong76 wrote: After hitting rock bottom, thought today's event was refreshingly optimistic. Really only heard, read or experienced one negative vibe. was it Wally's personal PR guy? cause that's all I saw.
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    Maybe they simply hoped Turner would renegotiate on a minor league deal like Hefner did, to give them more roster flexibility. Hell, maybe he was a little lazy or whatever and it was only his release that make him take stock of himself and work hard enough to get as good as he did. Or maybe they keep him and he's 4/28 through April and they release him then and the Dodgers pick him up and it's the same thing.
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    Omar doesn't factor into the roster crunch as Turner didn't play SS. or couldn't. or they felt he couldn't. They believed in Flores. Hell, Campbell had a 149 wRC+ in Vegas, 3x the walkrate as Turner, and was younger. Campbell ended up giving them in 2014 almost exactly what they got from Turner in 2013. There's plenty of reason to think that the Mets saw them as fairly interchangable. And sure, Turner was better in 2014, but it was mostly a BABIP driven increase. He started driving the ball harder, but he was getting lucky too. It doesn't seem unreasonable to think some time within a different system working on different things helped him become what he is now (and a juiced ball, certainly) I'm not saying that personal feelings didn't enter into it, but he was understandably a guy on the fringe of the roster. It's not like he was a 3 win player and Jeff was like 'I hate him, get him out of here' He hadn't, and wasn't, adding much value. He was completely expendable, and he was already 30.
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    Omar Zero was garbage, yes, but the Mets had decided Turner couldn't play SS. the roster crunch was mostly 2B/3B. They had Flores and Herrera available too. But Turner had a .3 career fWAR and was 30 years old. He'd played bad defense, and had a subpar OBP. I agree that they should've kept him, cost-controlled and all that, but it's not hard to believe that there was no use for him on the Mets.
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    Barwis or not, does seem to be an argument that he wasn't going to become what he has with the Mets/within their system. two seasons of sub-par BB%, increasing Ks. No real sign of improvement. Was still a pretty silly move not to keep him for at least another year, versatility wise (it wasn't like he was _bad_) He also had bad defense numbers with the Mets that magically got better with the Dodgers. He's also one of those guys that really benefited from the juiced ball. It really just seems like they believed Turner couldn't provide value at SS (which is funny since they played Flores there not a year later) and was too blocked at the other positions to be worthwhile. I don't think it's an unreasonable gamble to suggest Duda, Wright, Davis, Herrera, Flores, Murphy could more than adequately cover the rest of the infield and would be at least as good. Still should've kept him. but they chose others guys and he got lost in the roster crunch.
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    mickey and anna
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    #36 should you be interested.
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    And from our standpoint, I think we want someone strong in the role. Someone we can trust to take the decision from Callaway about who's ready, who's hot, who's gonna get this guy out. We don't want Mickey running out there to talk to the pitcher instead of the pitching coach.
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    Mex17 wrote: I think that you can count out any pitching coach that you have heard of to get the job. Callaway's fist move is not going to bring in a guy for his old job who might try to override him as the manager of the team. If you want to speculate for pitching coach, it's probably better to start digging around the Indian's official website to see who they have as minor league pitching coaches/coordinators. My guess is that Callaway will try to poach one of them away. I figure it's either that, or the exact opposite. Someone big and grand who Callaway can feel comfortable distancing himself from and won't get the "is Callaway guiding X?" treatment that others would.
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    the pitching coach is most interesting because you wonder how much Callaway will have his toe in.
  21. Ceetar
    Other than Utley, I have no dislike for any of these players/teams, but rooting for Beltran/Astros.
  22. Ceetar
    Frayed Knot wrote: Sounds like I had no idea of the lifespan of contact lenses. I guess I always assumed they lasted much longer. they make like, permanent ones that last a while and various others. I think the dailys are actually more expensive because they're meant to be disposable and you need like.. a lot of them. My wife mostly wears glasses but she switched to daily contacts a while back because they aggravated her eyes less. I guess the idea is they have to be less sturdy/durable so they can make them a little thinner or something along those lines.
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    metirish wrote: Got to say I loath the can't or can handle NY BS that rolls around when these jobs open it's literally a threat. "We going to be rough on you and if you can't handle it we'll be even worse. Don't come if you aren't going to be buddy buddy with us media folk"
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    bmfc1 wrote: He's the opposite of new blood but should the Mets consider newly available Dusty Baker? no
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    HahnSolo wrote: No matter who they hire, I kind of hoped that they might have spread a wider net for candidates. Maybe they have spoken to more people and we don't know about it, but you would think if that were the case it would have slipped to someone in the media. The reports are they did talk to other people on the phone prior to having first rounds. I don't know what/who that entailed but like if it was a call between just Sandy and someone we don't know, hard to leak.
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