Not to mention that Brown allows you to give Granderson days off against lefties. There is nobody in the OF for Kirk to platoon with as EYJr is better from the left side and both Granderson and Kirk are lefties
If AZ or SEA offered Franklin or Gregorious straight up, would you do it?
I don't think I would but there's certainly an element of possibly selling high, plus at some point they're going to have to trade someone in the numbers crunch.
RE: Mejia looks like he's dealing - hypothetical question
If AZ or SEA offered Franklin or Gregorious straight up, would you do it?
I don't think I would but there's certainly an element of possibly selling high, plus at some point they're going to have to trade someone in the numbers crunch.
Mejia should be in the rotation going forward. That's the bottom line. if they want to transition him to a pen situation when his innings become an issue so be it but this kid should be looked at as an MLB starter. Sorry.
is oddly extremely "over discussed" by Mets fans. This is a guy who wasn't even considered one of the top 15 SS prospects in baseball when the 2013 season started and he went on to put up a very Ruben Tejada-esque 2013 (including a truly awful final 4 months). Do I think he's better than Tejada? Absolutely. But Mejia has the stuff to be a LEGIT 2-3 starter.I'm not saying he's as good but he reminds me a lot of Cueto.
just saying a Mejia for Didi trade could be fine... but the potential downside is absolutely massive. If Mejia stays healthy most would agree he could be a guy you want starting a playoff game for you, Gregorius realistic upside is "solid starter". I'd be pretty sick seeing Mejia become a bat missing all-star while Didi is a "solid" player for the Mets.
everyone is penciling in Wheeler for improvement and greatness, Mejia turns 25 in October, Wheeler 24 next month. Wheeler has made 21 MLB starts, Mejia is starting #15 (and most would agree he's been jerked around quite a bit). Mejia could be quite good. I don't care if he's 6'0 or 6'7.
on a 2015 rotation of Harvey, Mejia, Wheeler, Syndergaard, and Montero. Trade Gee, Neise, and Colon for a couple pieces. Its going to be time next year. Maybe keep Gee as the 5th starter to guard against injury and keep Montero in AAA but Montero seems pretty ready right now, let alone a year from now. We'll still have Degrom and talking about Matz super 2 next year as well.
These pitchers we've been going against isn't going to help these hitters bust out although Darnaud looks like he already is somewhat. I just want to split this series with the Cards and take 2 from the Marlins.
though for a while. I was firmly in the Ike over Duda camp. Im not even sure Brown is ever going to show the power that Ike has and I fully understand Im getting WAY ahead of myself.
can say Ike never would have succeeded at Citifield when he already turned in a 32 home run season there and lit it up for 4 months or so only a little over a year ago. He was also very good in spurts in other years but just had injuries and weird things happen to keep him back. He's still young enough where I would have given him one more chance this year. He had already fixed most of his problems in Vegas last year from what I saw.
They basically handed Duda the job and gave him the advantage out of the gates. I think they should have given Ike one more real good look. Maybe it would have worked out, maybe not. But after he hit that GS, he should have stayed in the lineup for a bit. He got one start after that, got 2 more hits then he got yanked out of the lineup for a few games and they started jerking everyone around again.
ridiculous HH. To speak in absolutes like that is completely over the top. Because Sandy chose Duda over Ike and let it be known that AUTOMATICALLY assumes Ike's little soul was crushed and could never succeed here again?? Thats some leap.
Exactly. And Ike's entire approach was much much better since coming back up from vegas last year. He may not have hit a lot of homeuns in September last year but it isn't arguable he was a much better hitter. He talked about it himself in spring training this year in that he wasn't swinging at pitches outside of the zone anymore. He had no idea what he was doing for most of last year before that. He never got a fair chance this year and with his pedigree and ceiling I would have given him another look.
kaput, the only reason he made it Spring Training was Alderson didn't get what he wanted. The " competition" in ST was bogus and it was a matter of time. That time came and there is no looking back
Was told the Mets still have not discussed whether they will make an offer to Joel Hanrahan.
Sarcasm?
I don't think I would but there's certainly an element of possibly selling high, plus at some point they're going to have to trade someone in the numbers crunch.
I don't think I would but there's certainly an element of possibly selling high, plus at some point they're going to have to trade someone in the numbers crunch.
nope but for owings for Arizona I would
Mejia should be in the rotation going forward. That's the bottom line. if they want to transition him to a pen situation when his innings become an issue so be it but this kid should be looked at as an MLB starter. Sorry.
Agreed. That is Fashion Week shit right there.
Love the Ike... Miss the Ike... Too bad he was unable to be successful here.
Like I said, just prepare for Ike to turn into a 35 HR player now that he's gone. We kept the wrong guy.. too late now, though.