Ceetar

grain of salt. After all, reason number 25 in that series is 25. Because Derek Jeter Is About to Become a Publishing Mogul

OMG he's at 91!!! pitches! PANIC OPEN THE PHONE HURRY NEED CRAPPY RELIEVERS!

Frayed Knot wrote: Pelfrey re-ups with the Twins; 2 years for $11mil guaranteed plus up to $3.5 in incentives. Life can't be too bad when 5-13 / 5.19 ERA / 1.55 WHiP nets you a raise plus increased job security (coming off 1-yr/$4mil deal). Perhaps they saw improvement, he was coming off Tommy John fairly quickly to start. Not that his second half numbers look much better, though July and August were pretty good. It looks like he basically threw everything right down the middle in September. 0-3, high ERA, tons of hits (high babip too) few walks and a ton of Ks. (Looks like his velocity was down in September too.)

Should be fun. I plan to be there, haven't mentioned it to the wife yet, so I should probably do that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: If Justin Verlander isn't on the next plane to wine country then I don't know what. See, this is the perfect story for ESPN, who are basically the TMZ of sports. Why not set this up? From Verlander's standpoint, I'm not sure I'd want to go out to the middle of nowhere to be berated by Tom Seaver and basically told I'm soft.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, if you disagree, then it makes no sense to preface that disagreement with "Duh." It would actually be quite easy to move him. Now Bartolo..you might need a bulldozer to move. oops, wrong thread.

Lefty Specialist wrote: 4. Everyone else in the division must get hurt or play below their capabilities. Even then I'm not convinced. well not everyone, the Mets are probably better than the Marlins and Phillies already.

+1/-3 in the minor league side http://metsminorleagueblog.com/rule-5-draft/minor-league-phase-of-rule-5-draft-mets-add-a-pitcher-lose-three/

Centerfield wrote: New rules for this season: 1. No getting hurt 2. Everyone must play to full, or exceed, potential 3. Get lucky One can hope right? Really that's the case for every team, the Mets just need more of it at the present time.

Edgy MD wrote: I'm gonna stick with Mo Vaughn on that one. Watching Mo Vaughn run the bases is when my wife first started enjoying going to Mets games.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Andy Martino last night on Mets Hot Stove said that this makes the Mets a contender, at least for a wild card spot. I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but if it turns out that he's right, then the second year may just be the price that you pay for the first year. And who knows? Maybe he'll be pitching for the Mets in the 2015 World Series. It helps, but the thing that makes this team into a contender is more about Wheeler being awesome and the pitching staying healthy, coupled with some or all of Tejada rebounding, Ike rebounding for a full season, d'Arnaud being better than average, and such.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Can a runner barrel full speed into any other infielder. I don't think I've ever seen it happen. I've always wondered why guys don't just barrel into to the SS to break up a DP. Or jump around and wave their arms as they run towards second to distract them at least.

bmfc1 wrote: Memories of Seth Rosin? He was selected and traded to the Dodgers. They did this a couple of years ago too. Shady under the table agreements. What does Alderson get? An upgraded hotel room when the Mets stay in LA?

His contract was originally for 2/$22 but they deducted the cost of the signing dinner.

MFS62 wrote: MFS62 wrote: If they trade one of their arbitration eligible players for someone cheaper, the cash difference goes into that pot. Again, this presumes that the payroll figure is a set, specific amount, No, it doesn't presume anything. If you trade away a $5 million/yr player and get a $2 million/yr player, you now have more money to spend. It is mathematically true whether there is a limit or not. Later This is only true if you're up against that limit and need that extra $3 to sign a specific player.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think they're saying that you can't knock over the catcher in an attempt to dislodge the ball. That doesn't mean you can't come into contact with the catcher. If that was the case, then he wouldn't be allowed to tag you, would he? They seem to be saying that you have to slide into home plate feet first if the catcher is there, and that the catcher can't be there unless he has the ball or needs to be there to get the throw. My daughter's softball league had a similar rule. Anyone who didn't slide into home plate was out. (And that happened a lot because most of the girls in this particular league, at least, didn't like to slide.) Yeah sounds about right. Making the game safer and avoiding dangerous collisions is a good thing, but I hate injecting more subjective calls in to the game. The umpires are going to have to decide whether or not a guy was trying to take out the catcher or not. And catcher's are going to start fielding the throw in front of the plate and flinging random body parts in the way of the runner without looking, that might not be safe either. I suggest third base coaches err on the side of sending a guy more now. And my gut says to position the catcher, standing, behind the plate to take throws. bigger target, easier to catch errant throws. Then just swipe down at the runner. But that extra split second of bringing the ball down from 6 feet rather than catching it at the ground is going to score a couple more runners.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Confession: This one kinda scares me. Looking away from the specific $$, seems to be market value these days. I'm concerned about his GB% and lack of Ks coupled with a possible Tejada/Murphy/Duda infield defense, plus of course his age. But they do save 33% of that if he tests positive for PEDs again.

dinosaur jesus wrote: You guys can keep taking your Jeter injections. When I'm on the verge of death, or just need a little help getting through the eighth inning, I take a dose of Paco Rodriguez. As long as you consult a sabermatrician for games lasting longer than 4 hours.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ceetar wrote: From the supposed word about the Brewers camp about the Ike Davis negotiations, it sounds like Sandy's sticking to his "GIVE US AN AWESOME PROSPECT. No? You're out." strategy that seems to have netted us Wheeler and others. We'll see if someone bites I guess. You can leverage Beltran like that. Hell, you can even, in a thin market, kindasorta leverage Marlon Byrd like that, apparently. But you CAN'T do that with Ike Davis, at full arbitrated price. Well, you can't, and expect to succeed. Depends. I've always said Alderson's biggest card to play is his willingness to walk away and NOT make a deal. I suspect he's got the 'nothing good' contingency for Davis and will end up playing him if that happens and dangle Duda or put him in the minors or something. Not trading Hairston is a similar case. It shows teams that he's NOT going to come down to your level and accept your crap trade offer. If you want Ike, you pay the price Sandy demands.

From the supposed word about the Brewers camp about the Ike Davis negotiations, it sounds like Sandy's sticking to his "GIVE US AN AWESOME PROSPECT. No? You're out." strategy that seems to have netted us Wheeler and others. We'll see if someone bites I guess.

I'm convinced it was writer people who set 2014 as the 'goalpost' for contention as their own little "Deadline for writing charming rebuilding/recovery pieces" and now will go on their own little crusade. Let's see how the the rest of the offseason shakes out, but I think the Mets might be better off at this juncture than last year. Why does no one mention a full year of d'Arnaud, or that even if they went with Tejada he'd be hard pressed to match the ineptitude of the Ruben Quintanilla tandem last year? Or that Rick Ankiel and others were a collection of outs? Or that they won't let Davis not hit at first for three months? More Wheeler and perhaps other prospects like Montero and Noah, who's last name I should learn to spell, may bridge that "No Harvey" gap a little, and again chances are we get a better veteran SP than Marcum.

It's worth noting that Lucas Duda's career is as an above average hitter (18% better by OPS+ actually). Davis is 12% but last year his injury cost his comeback at 89% This is really about Ike, who's the better defender so doesn't sap value that way, although it's minimized at first for Duda. Is Ike going to completely disappear for months at a time? You can live with a poor month where he's like .200/.300/.400..everyone slumps..but not .100/.200/.300 stuff. But it's not like he put up poor years uniformly, I'll take the second half of Davis over just about any options available to the Mets via trade or free agency or whatnot. The problem is now it's been two years of complete abandonment of participation in the lineup. You can't have that. But you won't. Davis won't last until May if he starts the season on the team and doesn't produce. The simplest solution is Davis at first and Duda in the minors (or sacrifice the defense in left with Young and Granderson making up a decent rest, but that's probably not wise) since Duda still has an option. Duda will fine and will produce. He's shown no real inclination to press and flail when he's in a funk, maintaining OBP and value at least. So if Ike flails, you get Duda. redundancy. Josh Satin fits in somewhere too. Probably going to be the 1b/3b backup if I had to guess. But certainly, if you can get a reliable piece for either of them, it's worthwhile, but they're not junk to be discarded either. Ike's peaks even the last two seasons (even without as much power last year, he had a .429 OBP after recall. That's elite level. 15 XBH. 170 PA) is certainly something every team would like. It's figuring out how/if it can be harnessed.

sloppy reporting.. did coworker chick get anything good in the giftbasket?

I wrote an entire post on this and didn't even consider 3.

Carlos Beltran.