@DanClarkSports
@BauerOutage
Historic in what way? Yamamoto is about to win his third consecutive triple crown, third consecutive Sawamura and third straight MVP… he’s 24
Quite frankly keeping Escobar and having him be the primary DH vs. lefties is probably the ideal play here. 133 wRC+ vs. lefties in 2022, 130 in 2021. Don't overthink it
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Mark Canha has been outstanding for the Brewers. .303/.390/.459 over 35 games. Good for him. Beyond likable. Justin Jarvis (the Mets return) has struggled badly post trade
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A lot of bad takes including Baty for Bryant. You don’t trade a top 50 prospect for a rental because you may be able to sign said rental after the season. Baty will be in AA soon with 2022 a realistic MLB goal
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Per
@Ken_Rosenthal
@Mets
are expected to hire ex-
@Mets
OF Wayne Kirby as their new 1b coach. Kirby was with the Orioles 2011-2018 coaching alongside Buck Showalter
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That Naquin trade still makes me ill. Hector Rodriguez .302/.354/.565-144 wRC+, 14 homers, 11 steals, Jose Acuna 2.44 era over 66.1 innings pitched
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Rich Hill has allowed 4 runs or fewer in all 19 starts he has made this season, he's gone 5 or more innings 12 times. These are the relevant stats for
@mets
. Is he Berrios? No. Is he better than the AAA arms they have been throwing out there? Without question
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The reaction to this one should be interesting....
@NYPost_Mets
confirming Bill Madden's exclusive that Daniel Vogelbach was a major point of contention between Showalter and Eppler. Per Puma, Showalter was forced to play Vogelbach by Eppler
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Per
@JeffPassan
@mets
wanted to sign BOTH Gausman and Scherzer. Sucks they didn't land Gausman but it does suggest they realize they need another "good" SP. One of the Oakland/Reds "6"? Rodon? Somebody else?
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@MeidasTouch
"I thought about all the people [Sascha Baron Cohen] previously fooled and I felt good about myself because he didn’t get me,” Giuliani once said.
If
@mets
are hiring a GM... gimme Sig Mejdal. Mejdal (currently one of the architects of the current Orioles team) spent 3 seasons with David Stearns with the Astros.
@mets
reportedly showed previous interest in Mejdal during their previous search (2021). Brilliant guy.
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Lindor sure is held to a weird standard. Yes, he's in the midst of a slump. He's also tied for 8th in the NL (tied for 16th in MLB) in fWAR, ahead of players like Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson
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I’m not going to trash
@KDTrey5
for not wanting to be
@nyknicks
“savior” but whomever brings a title to
@TheGarden
is going to be regarded as a deity in NY sports lore. Also hat tip to
@CoachEwing33
for shouldering that burden without proper respect from many
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Who knows how they turn out but
@Mets
crushed the 2022 draft. Parada, Williams, Tidwell, Reimer, Stuart, Gervase, Ankeney, Tebrake all performing at a high level in 2023
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@allan_cheapshot
"He also appeared on an episode of Sex Sent Me to the ER, later admitting in an interview with Chris Van Vliet that the story was fabricated, as he needed the money."
"Funny" thing about Ottavino... they made clear they didn't want him back, then brought him back on a "bargain" rate... which was fine but... why is he pitching the 8th if you didn't really want him back in the first place?
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Steamer projects Sean Manaea for 2.0 fWAR in 2024 which would give
@mets
the 8th highest projected fWAR in baseball and
#5
in the NL and that's without addressing the pen or DH any further (obviously other teams will make additions as well)
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Another depth option for
@mets
might be Andrew McCutchen. Considered one of the best clubhouse guys in the game. McCutchen posted a 106 wRC+ vs. lefties in 2022 and absolutely hammered them in 2021 (169). He posted +5 DRS in 2022 in the OF
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WFAN’s hosts are trying to hit a nerve with
@mets
fans because it gives them something to talk about (+ helps them cash in on X) ignore them. Resist the urge.
A pending FA Gleybor Torres, at a position the Mets have multiple top 100 prospects (Williams/Acuna) + Vargas/Jeremy Rodriguez.. at the low low cost of Jeff McNeil (team friendly deal) and taking back some portion of Stanton... and this guy gets paid for his opinions on baseball?
🚨 TRADE PROPOSAL 🚨
Yankees ship Torres AND Stanton to the Mets, Mets ship McNeil to the Bronx.
NYY eat agreed upon % of Stanton's remaining deal.
Who says no?
Sonny Gray is a very good pitcher. He’s also 34 years old and would cost the Mets their 2nd round pick, their 5th round pick (and the associated draft pool money) + 1 million in IFA money. He makes sense for a good 2023 team one piece away, not the Mets.
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Maybe a low bar for recent
@mets
young player decisions but I love the fact Mendoza made clear Butto is here to stay. He’s earned an extended look.
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So… fans wanted a top 100 prospect… they got a top 100 prospect (and a second interesting prospect) and *some* are still unhappy? They didn’t trade a 25 year old with 3 years of control.
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Look, I'm not saying Mark Vientos will ever be J.D. Martinez (88 OPS+ first 975 PA's) or Justin Turner (92 OPS+ first 926) (he probably won't be) but the same people complaining he may get an extended look will be furious if he breaks out somewhere else
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"You don’t need to evaluate Vientos. I know who he is. I’ve evaluated him. He ain’t it. Go get a real DH"
Sal lost it when pondering the likelihood of Mark Vientos getting heavy DH at-bats for the Mets in 2024:
Genuinely curious... if you were one of those partying in the streets when
@mets
hired David Stearns, how can you then be upset with his managerial hire? Either you believe Stearns is an elite baseball mind or...?
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Drew Gilbert is not skipping AAA and opening the season with
@mets
.... that being said, if he hits like he's proven he can (when healthy) a mid-season call-up would be far from shocking
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*Some* Mets fans are so odd about Francisco Lindor. Ignoring the fact MLB deals can't be "restructured", he's been worth 134.5 million since joining
@mets
(
@fangraphs
) 44.83 per, and paid 34.1 per season....
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Gotta give Martino credit... now if
@mets
make ANY player move within the next few days he can say "see, this was the player I was talking about" lol
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This Bassitt deal is the kind of deal I've been jealous of when other teams pulled them off. "Anybody" can spend 43 million on a great SP, seeing the FO make a "smart" aggressive move makes me very optimistic
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The Houser/Taylor trade was an outstanding trade even with Houser being a pending FA. So hard to find viable SPers and Taylor is a solid 4/5th OFer
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@adamjmoussa
My suggestion to all of New York is dead people... leave. Let us have to "deal" with the corpse of NYC... oh yeah but no coming back. Thanks.
I'm anti-trading Carrasco but there IS something intriguing about Carrasco for Hendriks straight up. In theory you could still add a Rich Hill/Kluber/Greinke/Wacha to maintain the SP depth
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@JoMommaP4
@TMZ
There are very valid reasons to dislike PETA, but you should retire any argument defending something potentially needing change with "it's been X forever"....
@jacobed25
@electricsnuff
Career 122 wRC+ (tied for
#1
in baseball amongst C since 2015), + late start to his big league career aka the epitome an example of a guy who hasn't made a "ton" of money despite already 31 years old.
7 years ago today, the Mets acquired Yoenis Céspedes right before the trade deadline.
Céspedes hit 17 home runs in 57 regular games and 2 more in the postseason in 2015.
RIP Howard Hessman. What great times we had. Great laughs and fun going to see Etta James in Manhattan Beach and Joe Tex at The Parisian Room. Staying at your beautiful house in Ramatuellle. Oh god this hurts.
I'm not suggesting anything nefarious in any way but Morosi sure seems to leave
@mets
out of tweets regarding players they are known to be interested in. Most recently Yamamoto and Taylor. Kind of odd.
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