Ceetar

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I agree. Heyward looks to me like the kind of guy they should be going after. I hope that the reports that he's "off the table" are inaccurate. And he was born in my town apparently. well, my mailing address town. my actual town is Johnny Van Der Meers.

Not as much as Niese being a talented lefty pitcher that's not old, has a friendly contract (in terms of value per $ anyway) and the Mets have some depth. He's worth more to another team and the Mets might be able to leverage that to fill positions that can't fill as easily by buying a free agent.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't think much of Parra, and he's coming off a bad season, but Span's a player. At least, he is when healthy. (I could say the same about Cuddy, I guess.) Is he healthy? Span, hip surgery on 9/1, 4-6 month recovery time. So he will be recovered, and 'healthy' but hips make me nervous. I feel like it might be one of those injuries that even post surgery limits your rotation/swing/first step defensively.

d'Kong76 wrote: It was a dumb signing, many people here thought so at the time. And now he gets a contractual $4 mil raise. You can joke about me in 2016 if you're right... "safe money's" on Cuddyer to be mediocre more... he was 95% of an average major league hitter last season. I bet he's at least 12% better than average next season. also, btw, it doesn't matter if the runs are scored by the left fielder or the shortstop, as long as they're scored. Even if you have above average offense for a shortstop, it might not be enough to score more runs than the other team.

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm fine with Cuddyer being a bench player, team spokesperson, club- house coach, DL vs AL... he just better not be the starting LF next year hernia or no hernia and Ceetar's needing to assess his spring. I'm not the one assessing him. I just am capable or reading a stat sheet and trusting a LONG history of being very good when not injured. Conforto had a good month and 2 bad ones and you're all ready to hand him the job, no questions asked. But then many of you criticized me when I told you Duda was a very good player, something he's been for a long time now. So what do you know? You can joke all you want about me, your opinions based on nothing won't sway mine based on statistics..

Centerfield wrote: I think he is arbitration eligible right? Does that make him a risk for non-tender? I know it's natural to want to dump the guy, but if he can be anything close to what he was without the roids, that's a very valuable piece to be getting mid-season. What say yous? I don't dump a potentially useful piece just because he was taking the traceable stuff instead of the untraceable stuff. But you can't rely on him. He's too risky. I'd let him ramp up and work out next summer and if he's useful and getting guys out, use him. And use him hard. I wouldn't treat him like a young talented arm but like a veteran on a 1-year deal. milk him for anything value he's got and be done with it. He's not eligible for the postseason anyway.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Wow, remember when everybody was up in arms that Colon got the Opening Day start? Oh, until he won, that is. yeah. I also remember when Verrett starting once or twice pretty much clinched us not making the playoffs.

Queens for a day was a little force, but okay except for the allusion it was _only_ for a day. Joy in Metville. The others mostly sucked.

TransMonk wrote: Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson, Juan Lagares, and Wilmer Flores all had a lower OBP. (Also Plawecki and Nieuwenhuis and Ceciliani and Muno and Recker) Cuddyer in 2015: $8,500,000 Uribe in 2015: ~$2,600,000 (40% of $6.5M total salary) Johnson in 2015: ~$600,000 (40% of $1.5M total salary) Lagares in 2015: $528,696 Flores in 2015: $513,543 I'm not sure what the point of comparing Cuddyer's OBP to these (much lower paid) bench players is...unless it's to illustrate that the Mets are overpaying him to produce slightly more than non-everyday players. I'm not really sure I care what they're making. I care how about how much they contribute to winning, and Cuddyer, in his worst year in a long time, and marred by injury, was better than various other players last year, 2 of who, right now, might be 2016 starters. (and were for most of last year) Safe money's on Cuddyer to contribute more, at least offensively, to the offense in 2016.

Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson, Juan Lagares, and Wilmer Flores all had a lower OBP. (Also Plawecki and Nieuwenhuis and Ceciliani and Muno and Recker)

he has to reject the QO pretty soon. Before he negotiates with other clubs.

once a player has a somewhat streaky and ineffective season around an injury, he's basically done for his career. clearly release him.

Centerfield wrote: Ceetar wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: So he did mean Cuddyer instead of Conforto. He's not counting on Conforto and still doesn't think the Mets should add a bat. I don't think I'll be starting a Ceetar-for-GM campaign any time soon. We're talking about day one. And I didn't say the Mets shouldn't add a bat, I said trying to target a 'middle of the order' bat is probably a poor way to go about things. Agreed. No good hitters for us! You know, instead of magic healing elixir, it might be cheaper to hire Mr. Miyagi to do that handrubbing thing. again, do you have a suggestion of a good hitter that's attainable and fits? I mean, we're basically talking Heyward and Justin Upton right?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So he did mean Cuddyer instead of Conforto. He's not counting on Conforto and still doesn't think the Mets should add a bat. I don't think I'll be starting a Ceetar-for-GM campaign any time soon. We're talking about day one. And I didn't say the Mets shouldn't add a bat, I said trying to target a 'middle of the order' bat is probably a poor way to go about things.

Centerfield wrote: Also keep in mind that Yoenis Cespedes might not be available in July 2016. And even if he is, we no longer have Michael Fullmer to trade for him. I'm not sure there's someone available even this offseason who had as good as year as Cespedes last year.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cuddyer-Lagares-Granderson? I assume you meant Conforto-Lagares-Granderson. We'll see how Spring goes. I'm not handing Conforto the job based off 3 good weeks back in August.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ceetar wrote: Signing one big bat that you're reasonably certain will have a good year here is not enough if you lose Wright to 150 AB of Campbell for lose Granderson for Kirk Nieuwenhuis for a month. Having that additional "one big bat" on the team doesn't prevent Wright from getting hurt, but it certainly gives you more depth if he does get hurt. Are you signing a guy that can play third? Because I'd rather roll with Cuddyer-Lagares-Granderson and have a Murphy or Zobrist type guy who can play 40 games at third than Cespedes and 40 games of Eric Campbell or Casey McGehee or Aaron Hill. Much like last year, I'm looking for a more rounded lineup that features less holes than one big bopper. Granderson and Duda and hopefully Wright and d'Arnaud are very good players already and we've got other useful players to sprinkle in defensively and platooningly. And yes, like Edgy points out, a 'big bat' doesn't always end up being a big bat. There aren't a lot of locks out there that are even available by trade, where overpay has a whole other meaning, nevermind by free agency.

his BABIP was pretty much in line with his career averages, so I'd suspect his batting average to remain roughly where it was. He cut out the Yankee strikeouts and walked at a career high rate. This seems to have allowed him to buy into the Mets philosophy of hitting your pitch and what not. He saw more fastballs this year, probably as a result of patience. He also saw the fastest average fastball of his career (I suspect everyone did) which gives a good sign that he's not losing bat speed. He didn't make less contact. What he did was stop swinging at crap. He swung less in general, swung and missed 30% less, and made the same amount of contact. This suggests the ISO bump in power was a result of the patience, was a very obvious and conscience decision and speaks well to him being able to repeat it. In 2014 he hit a lot of balls at people. He was unlucky and also fished more, but his overall numbers offensively were still good. Nothing about this suggests we should expect a dropoff from Granderson.

Vic Sage wrote: And just for clarity, who is the (other) top 30 bat you think we have on our roster now? Granderson? Until this season, his last 3 years he hit .232, .229., and .227, and he'll be 35 next year. Yes, he had a terrific 2nd half this year, giving him a very solid year overall, and a great post-season. But please forgive me if i don't think he can carry the offense next year. In fact, he didn't carry it this year, with the team floating at .500 until the July trading deadline, despite his solid June-July. IF you don't think Cespedes didn't have a seismic effect on this offense (which stopped producing at the same rate as it had been, when he cooled off), then we aren't watching the same team. And if we go into next season without a similarly impactful bat in the middle, we'll have similar problems scoring runs. Yes, batting average. There's a stat that tells us anything useful.

Centerfield wrote: You know what? I take it all back. Ceetar is right. Instead of investing in a middle of the order bat, let's spend the money on magic healing elixir. Invest in smart trainers, manage rest time, etc. We don't actually need a 'middle of the order' bat because Wright, d'Arnaud, Duda, and Granderson are all that. Cuddyer's a good hitter. Signing one big bat doesn't help if we lose another, and thinking about the games where those guys might not play is important. Does a Zobrist or Kelly Johnson type play up in value to keep us from Campbell-type AB? We should be more concerned positionally. We probably have someone that can play 2B between Flores and Tejada and Herrera, but is Lagares good enough for center? Does it hurt defensively too much to play Granderson there? or do we need to acquire one. Is there a SS to be had? even at overpaying prices? Can you roll with Flores/Tejada if you upgrade somewhere else? "Just overpay for a big bat" misses the whole point. Vic Sage wrote: Ceetar wrote: The Mets are already over the top. It's not a stretch to say figuring out how to maximize the health of Wright, d'Arnaud, Cuddyer, and Duda, all who had injury-related hits to their seasons, is more important than adding (another) top 30 hitter. Of all the ceetarted things you've ever written here, this... well, this is another one. The way you "maximize the health" of those guys is to play them less or not at all. 3 of them are over 30, with no expectation of either greater health or significantly greater production on the horizon. and the 4th is a catcher with a resume splattered with injuries. Yes, by all means, instead of getting an impact bat, lets hope EVERYBODY has a great year! yeah, nowhere did I say hope And your statement here actually reinforces my point. Signing one big bat that you're reasonably certain will have a good year here is not enough if you lose Wright to 150 AB of Campbell for lose Granderson for Kirk Nieuwenhuis for a month.

The Mets are already over the top. It's not a stretch to say figuring out how to maximize the health of Wright, d'Arnaud, Cuddyer, and Duda, all who had injury-related hits to their seasons, is more important than adding (another) top 30 hitter.

better black _Mets_ cap than bs camo or NYPD.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just finished eating my free Crunchwrap! I'll say this: it was better than horrible. oh no! I forgot! (also none of the Taco Bells here are open that early. *mutters*)

Centerfield wrote: If Jason Heyward wants Robinson Cano money, tell him to go fuck himself. But if he will sign for a reasonable value, time to go get him. Or another elite bat that will be reasonable. Unless he signs someone merely good for 'great' money, there will be allusions to it being because of finances. Cespedes, or Heyward, or whoever.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Of course Gomez had injury issues. That's what gave the Mets a plausible bullshit cover story. They're not so stupid that they were gonna announce that they backed out because Gomez puts ketchup on his hot dogs instead of mustard. It's neat how they forgot the part about how players have contracts and are owed money up until they looked at his medicals. "It's weird that you put his salary on this MRI, but that's a huge red flag for us."