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  1. Cowtipper
    22 home runs, 68 RBI, .279 RBI. At Triple-A. In baseball terms, he ain't no spring chicken no more and I'm not envisioning a sudden breakout at 26. .204 BA, 4 homers, a trade in June for a reliever to help shore up the weak bullpen.
  2. Cowtipper
    I could have totally glanced over it, but Sean Reid-Foley was outrighted to Syracuse. Also they released some fella named Jeremy Peguero.
  3. Cowtipper
    He'll be better than he was in 2021 and 2023, but not quite as good as last year. I'll assume 30 starts, 175 IP, and a 11-7 record with a 3.75 ERA. It's interesting he did better last year by NOT being the strikeout ace he was in years past.
  4. Cowtipper
    I liked him and really wanted him back. OMG brought a real spark to the club, even though they drove it into the ground in about two weeks. A .337 average and .381 OBP from THIS guy? Really? However, there must be something off-putting about him that we don't see as Iglesias, who is outwardly viable in terms of years and ability, didn't play in the majors at all (and spent just 28 games in the minors) in 2023, didn't reach the majors with the Mets until the last day of May, and didn't sign with the Padres until just recently. That's three years in a row where teams were hesitant with him or not interested in him.
  5. Cowtipper
    .201 batting average, 3 home runs, an ego that is 1,000,000 times greater than his baseball ability.
  6. Cowtipper
    Jeff McNeil is/was an illusion. He's had one good season in the past four and he had only one good full season before that. I don't think McNeil is a Rey Sanchez, but he's not the post-Mets Daniel Murphy that he sort of looked like, either. I'll say .260-13-60 if he plays a full season, but I could see a good showing by a Ronny Mauricio for example getting him shown the door at the trade deadline. He's an empty hitter and will continue to be one.
  7. Cowtipper
    I don't think he'll be quite as mediocre as Braden Looper when Looper tried out starting, but he won't quite be the revelation Lugo was when Lugo made the transition. He had starting success in the minors, though that's going on a decade ago. 12-10, 4.02 ERA. He'll develop into the consummate #3 starter, that steady innings-eater that's always there but sometimes gets taken for granted.
  8. Cowtipper
    He'll never achieve the stardom we wanted, and continue to underwhelm in a way that doesn't really hurt and might even be a net positive in the long run, as he has done most of his career, based on what was expected of him. 20 home runs, 75 RBI, .349 OBP, .255 BA. Enough to keep the wolves at bay. The dude had 90 RBI and 88 runs last year after all was said and done. He managed 23 home runs and 15 steals, despite a legitimately lackluster line of .224/327/.399. That's the sort of "underwhelming but still be a net positive" that I'm talking about.
  9. Cowtipper
    He's 31 and still in his prime. He's comfortably ensconced in New York. Physically, he doesn't really look like the kind of guy to hit more than 33-35 home runs—even though he managed 38 one year. He's still young enough to steal a lot of bases. So those numbers—homers and steals—will likely remain stable. He's too old to add too many steals, but he can still steal as many as he did in 2024. He's still young enough to improve that BA. So we'll likely see a repeat of 2024, which potentially a higher BA. I'm thinking 32 HR, 91 RBI, 30 steals and a .285 BA. This is the one Met that I think is almost a guaranteed future Hall of Famer (sorry Pete).
  10. Cowtipper
    He's going to be bummed that he didn't get that 45 billion dollar contract that he wanted and slip to .235 with 30 home runs and 85 RBI....which actually isn't that far off from his 2024 performance.
  11. Cowtipper
    Still not at his full potential. .260-35-90. 50-homer potential when he actually hits his prime (he's still just 25!).
  12. Cowtipper
    .230 BA, 28 homers, 72 RBI, good energy that legitimizes the .301 OBP he'll have. Let's remember he's still just 23 and has the potential to be a 40 homer catcher in 5-6 years.
  13. Cowtipper
    One day he'll land incorrectly and tear his Achilles and totally regret his silly dance.
  14. Cowtipper
    =AMonkey post_id=186312 time=1740841334 user_id=208] #distraction #StandWithUkraine #ProtectTranspeople #FireTheFascists
  15. Cowtipper
    Before last year: 39-69 W-L, 4.89 ERA, 84 ERA+, 1.7 WAR...in nine seasons. Might as well just re-sign (the ghost of) Jose Lima or Brian Lawrence.
  16. Cowtipper
    I loved him in Dr. Doolittle.
  17. Cowtipper
    Ur-en-a real heap of trouble if you're signing this fella.
  18. Cowtipper
    I was born with a natural squint; after being hit in the face by a Jorge Velandia foul ball in 2003, my squint was gone.
  19. Cowtipper
    Other examples of new big name Mets underwhelming in their first years in New York: Edwin Diaz— Year One: 2-7 W-L, 5.59 ERA, 74 ERA+ Year Two: 2-1 W-L, 1.75 ERA, 246 ERA+ (in the shortened 2020 campaign) Francisco Rodriguez— Year One: 3-6 W-L, 3.71 ERA, 110 ERA+ Year Two: 4-2 W-L, 2.20 ERA, 179 ERA+ Tom Glavine— Year One: 4.52 ERA, 93 ERA+ Year Two: 3.60 ERA, 110 ERA+ (looking back, it's kind of crazy that we had the Tom Glavine on our team for five seasons) Jay Bruce— Year One: .219/.294/.391 line, 84 OPS+ Year Two: .256/.321/.520 line, 121 OPS+ Granted, those are mostly pitchers, but a Mets adjustment is fairly common. Also granted, some guys don't actually need one, like Pedro Martinez and Billy Wagner, who were rather excellent right off the bat.
  20. Cowtipper
    Seems to happen a lot with new big name Mets. 25 home runs, 80 RBI, a .260 average, and fans left and right saying he's done and was a waste of money. Then next year, he'll become the Juan Soto we all thought he could be.
  21. Cowtipper
    37 homers in the minors in 2022. Still just 24 years old. Worth watching.
  22. Cowtipper
    Lots of good veterans—including those not named Quintana—still on the free agent market. No one stupendous, but plenty of solid innings-eaters. Guys unsigned include: Kyle Gibson Lance Lynn James Paxton Spencer Turnbull (who could be a diamond-in-the-rough) and so on and so forth. Not sure of their health statuses, though.
  23. Cowtipper
    I started following the Mets in 1999. The whole 2017-2020 stretch is a bit of a blur. Amed Rosario was the primary shortstop in 2018 and 2019? He played over 150 games both times?! He had 616 ABs in 2019? Who knew? It's weird, because I was actually following the team during that era, but I must have just been watching fewer games (though I know I was at least still watching highlights online). But I know I was actually following the team during that run because when I see clips and videos online from that time, it's like, oh yeah, I remember that. For whatever reason, that run just didn't burrow itself in my brain very deeply. Then, for whatever reason, in 2021 I became fully re-engaged and I actually have an attachment to that, and each subsequent, season. 2023 still feels like it was yesterday.
  24. Cowtipper
    Zero positive memories. The worse half of the weird facial hair-having duo of Diekman/Garrett, and that's saying something. My favorite memory of him is when they got rid of him.
  25. Cowtipper
    Losing a guy who's hit .250 with a 73 OPS+ since 2022 isn't that big a deal. Players like him are what might be called "fungible."
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