Ceetar

I feel like there is a regular guy on this list, but I'm not coming up with any answers I like. Mike Piazza?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I recall that a few years ago Boras had one of his players sign a one-year contract, figuring that it would be better to try again a year later and hopefully find a more favorable market. I wonder if this will happen with Drew? From the Mets perspective, they may not want to lose that draft pick for a one-year shortstop, so maybe the middle ground is a two-year contract. Was that Madsen? Who signed a one year deal with the Reds in 2012 and promptly got hurt in Spring Training and hasn't pitched since?

wait, Turner said something? I missed that one.

This season isn't about competing for the Yankees, it's about a Derek Jeter farewell tour.

you can rightly criticize the Mets for always "kicking players on their way out" but players just as often spit back. Yes, the comments in the New Yorker were stupid. Arguing over how/when to have medical procedures is commonplace. I'm not sure which idiot decided to leak that Beltran did it "without" the Mets consent, which wasn't true, they just wanted to sit down with the Mets doctors again, whereas Boras and Beltran decided the phone call to tell them, I agree with this second opinion, I'm going for it, was enough. And the Walter Reed thing was a prime example of why I feel the way I do about most of the media guys. but blah blah blah. "My previous employers didn't value you me the way I wanted, but I know YOU will" is new-employee fluff in every field. also, "Always wanted to play for the Yankees" is code for "Knew they'd give me a ton of money" or "cheap HRs really pad my HOF credentials"

Eric Young can use the crying Mr. Met rain delay one since he can't hit.

Edgy MD wrote: Fulfills his photodestiny. Signs with Marlins. Sort of a perfect landing place for both parties. Minor league deal, tho. You do kinda wonder if he's a time traveler now though don't you?

Ceetar wrote: I don't remember who it was, but there was definitely a writer that said they were holding off on Piazza to see if he admitted to anything in the book. Peter Kerasotis

I don't remember who it was, but there was definitely a writer that said they were holding off on Piazza to see if he admitted to anything in the book.

I didn't declare them guilty (because they're not guilty of breaking any rules. Not even Barry Bonds.) I declared them all users. But whatever really. I've made my points earlier in this thread. I'm interested to see how it goes, but I no longer think of the Hall as an extension of MLB. It's a great museum and contains an arbitrary list of players representing a group of people's favorite players among the elite of the game.

Edgy MD wrote: No, I think saying they all are/were is as much of a washing of the hands as believing none are/were. It's unfortunately much harder than that. Maybe to you. It's not to me. Put the guys in that performed to Hall of Fame levels on the field and stop worrying about if the special substances they took were legal, not legal, legal in baseball, or even helpful. And if you want to play some sort of morality police, wait for actual freaking evidence of cheating the rules and regulations, not wild speculation or assumption.

breaking: They ALL were/are.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Did anyone know that Ike Davis led the NL in post All-Star Game OBP last season (.449)? yes. And that was after a 2 week 'slump' because he went a stretch where he was approaching .500

I'm surprised the idiot didn't just buy a Yankees Granderson and be done with it. crap..we're gonna see a fair amount of those at Citi aren't we?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Kong76 wrote: Do you really find stuff like this entertaining? Getting through that gave me a headache. I guess mileage varies. But it is entertaining. I never said that the piece is terrific, or even good. But entertaining? Absolutely? What do you like to read? 26 posts speculating about which team that ain't the Mets is going to land a flawed and declining free agent like Shin Soo Choo? Or threads about how the Mets can win 85 games next year if this player does that and this other player does that other that? And then the next guy jumps in and writes that this player doesn't' have to do that for the Mets to win 85 games if instead, that player does this? Please. Hit me over the head with a large ball peen hammer before I jump in and write that any team can win 85 games if this player does that and that player does this. You want a forum? That's what you got. Otherwise, go and write a blog. Sure, that stuff is much more interesting. It's nuts and bolts and actual baseball, which is why I watch the Mets. Give me reasoned analysis about why Chris Young is going to have a good year, or what Ike is working on to avoid the first half Houdinis. not for drama and silly mockery of the fringe stuff. Yeah, some of that is fun. uniform numbers, shirt designs, what not, but ultimately it's 99% about the game and the play. You could take the team to play in an empty abandoned warehouse in the dead of winter wearing rucksacks with the only concession being tepid water and weak old reheated hot dogs and I'd be thrilled to go watch.

dinosaur jesus wrote: Another factor with Seaver was that he was clearly the best candidate on the ballot; that's probably true of Maddux as well, but not as overwhelmingly. The only other candidate who made it in 1992 was Rollie Fingers, and several others, like Ron Santo and Tony Perez, eventually got in, but it wasn't one of the stronger ballots. Barry Bonds.

Edgy MD wrote: Is all this Harvey stuff in relation to him watching a basketball game? If by "all this" you mean one radio personality saying something and everyone else feeling like they then have to say something, yes.

There are probably more than 10 candidates this year, so even if people were being realistic, they're all going to have to decide to leave someone off who deserves in and will inevitably choose silly reasons to do so, so a guy like Maddux would get left off just cause he struck out a writer's favorite player or something.

Frayed Knot wrote: In other Baltimore news, longtime 2B Brian Roberts inks a one-year deal with the Yanx. 36 y/o and has missed 4,578 games over the last four seasons due to injuries, the Yanx are hoping Roberts makes them both younger and healthier. Hard to say because he's barely played, but seems like his defensive ability has mostly dried up. So if when you play against the Yankees if you're at YSIII, you want a pop fly to right, if you're home, you want a dribbler up the middle.

reminder that Jared Diamond is probably the best beat writer follow on Twitter. Friendly, doesn't seem to take himself too seriously, and seems to write some fairly intelligent stuff, or at least stuff that he's put thought behind.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Big time. And frankly, while Francisco and Marcum didn't pan out, they were short-term deals and worthwhile risks. It's the long, expensive deals that damage teams. I'll take Sandy's track record. yeah, those seemed like okay deals in themselves just didn't quite work out. I'm not, and wasn't, thrilled with say the Pagan trade but baseball players are violtile and you're never going to have everything go right. There are minor things too, like Rick Ankiel, which never seemed smart. But then you've got Hairston and Byrd so I figure his OF record is above average anyway.

dgwphotography wrote: A couple of random thoughts here: He's an egotistical jerk, but I wish Matt Harvey would act a little more like Jeter when out in public. (I guess they're both egotistical jerks, but in different ways...) Most players are really. But hell, I want Matt Harvey to act like Matt Harvey. (Maybe he's acting a little like Ralph Kiner? hmm..) I'll enjoy the off the field silliness, it's not like he's actually done anything wrong. Thought the Qualcomm thing was stupid, but whatever. Much rather enjoy him like that than Jeter's pansiness that he's so afraid of being thought of as human or fallible that he freaks out at the idea of someone taking his picture and runs away from the media as soon as possible. But ideally the Mets will win the World Series next year (and this, but irrelevant to the Harvey angle) and he'll forever be that god that can do no wrong, even if he plays like an aging statue at a prime defensive position and really doesn't hit all that well for half a decade.

Can we call him Tiger? Anyway, I think people just cherry picked the Yankees because they could pay the stupid posting fee if it was like $60 million, but at $20m there will be a bidding war, no doubt.

Centerfield wrote: This is a smart policy. If I were a pro athlete I can see myself doing the same thing. Jeter is great at protecting his brand. You will never see him tweet something idiotic. Of course, he's still an overrated ass that deserves to catch an STD. catch, or give? Isn't the rumor that he gave Jessica Alba herpes? This is why the gift basket article says he has friends sneak the girls out the back door of clubs and bars. But hi again media double standard. If it was someone else, the media would probably be stalking him anywhere, and people visiting his house would have a decoy phone.

you missed the re-signing of Jeremy Hefner. No longer a free agent, nor on the 40 man, so he'll get well acquainted with PSL doing Tommy John rehab. Perhaps SNY can get a zany weekly show going, Jeremy and Matt's crazy Port St. Lucie adventures! It can be romantic comedy even. Matt bangs every super model in Florida while Jeremy (and wife Sarah) sadly shake their heads and repeatedly try to set him up with one of Sarah's friends. After Matt agrees and does his usual pump and dump routine, he realizes that perhaps she really is the woman for him, and embarks on a quest to win her heart. Just as he's about to do so, he meets old flame Anna V and they spend a night together that Sarah's friend is heartbroken and breaks off contact. Matt then gets called up for a "prove you're healthy" start in late September, and after no-hitting the Phillies for 5 innings and getting pulled because of a pitch count, she's waiting for him in the tunnel to forgive him. Cut to the late November wedding on the Pitcher's Mound at Citi Field. The End.