Mets
Curtis Granderson, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, 1b
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Bobby Abreu, lf
Juan Lagares, cf
Ruben Tejada, ss
Zack Wheeler, rhp
Brewers
Carlos Gomez, cf
Rickie Weeks, 2b
Ryan Braun, rf
Aramis Ramirez, 3b
Khris Davis, lf
Lyle Overbay, 1b
Jean Segura, ss
Martin Maldonado, c
Yovani Gallardo, rhp
Wheels Up!! Wheeler has been fantastic lately. Feel he is really getting ready to take off. Wilmer out of the lineup after one day. Shocker. F U Collins.
Thor, Matz, Flores, and someone in A- or lower who isnt in the our top 15 like Urena, i would do for Tulo. We are giving up 2 of our top 3 pitching prospects and a our top infielder prospect that Collins seems to hate.
I don't want to get into the hole Tulo debate again, but I just think that's an awful lot to give up for an injury prone, older, Colorado player, that makes 20 mil per year. Thor is one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, Flores is one of the best hitting prospects in baseball, Matz has been raved about, plus more? Maybe I give all that up for Stanton, but not so much for Tulo.
Nelson Cruz just went yard for his 29th.
Nelson Cruz just went yard for his 29th.
Its like beating an old horse. Cruz is a diff story than Jose Abreu. But apparently, the white sox blew everyone out of the water with their offer to Abreu.
Seething.
Oh well. Over and done.
Anyway. Moving on.
Huge K. Finish this off, Jenrry.
Wonder if Francesa will stick to his "all of Duda's HR's are meaningless" narrative.
Anyway. Moving on.
Huge K. Finish this off, Jenrry.
Half of his games are at DH, and his defensive WAR is -0.9 on baseball reference.
I know he spends a lot of time DHing, and to be honest I have no idea how bad he is in the field. I'm not a scout.
My point is, the argument against it was because of his fielding. I don't think anybody doubted his hitting..at least I hope they didn't.
Oh well.. they didn't sign him, they didn't sign Abreu.. I'm sure they did their due diligence. The answer for slugger has to come from somewhere.
- Conforto tearing it up in Brooklyn
- nobody calling Wheeler a bust anymore
- Lucas Duda helps Francesa look like more of an idiot
things are good
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A lot of people made it seem like he was an awful player, though.
Anyway. Moving on.
Huge K. Finish this off, Jenrry.
Half of his games are at DH, and his defensive WAR is -0.9 on baseball reference.
Like feel said.. apparently we have no issue trotting an ancient Bobby Abreu out into LF often these days, so.. does it really make a difference? Lagares' range in CF also helps.
Look, the guy sucks in the field. We all know that. But to act like we wouldn't be a better baseball team right now with his bat in our lineup is silly.
But whatever, it's moot.
Abreu starts like once a week at most, so let's not get carried way of comparing defenses. Look at Nelson fielding on fangraphs.com, its not pretty. Mets didnt sign Cruz, fine, he'll now cost heck of a lot more now that we are in an era of the pitcher. Power is now the premium and trading or signing one is gonna cost a lot. Orioles lucked out in this, do you think they are going to pay up now? Possibly, but i see the Yankees/Red Sox doing that more than anything.
it would've been nice for management to say "fuck fielding stats" and got a slugger to fortify the lineup and given this team much needed balls.
it's not like it was a surprise. we ALL knew they needed a slugger to make a difference this year.
As it stands we have a really solid 8th and 9th inning with Familia and Mejia... Is he just another arm out of the 'pen?
Are they going to show him off as trade bait?
their management wanted more power for the lineup and signed a slugger.
he is what he is. a slugger. he's not a triple crown winner, a gold glove winner or a base stealer.
why does every player have to be a complete player?
I understand the contract he took... it's not CRUZ that pisses me off. It's the REASON they didn't get a slugger. It's cheaper to HOPE that Duda or Davis hits 35 HRs.
don't forget Leathersich.
Mejia
Familia
Black
Parnell
Leathersich
Edgin (need a lefty)
it could be a nasty pen
Not sure why, Black gets the most irrational hate I've had for a Met since Jose Valentin and his lil douche-y mustache.
maybe there's another in the minors? I don't know.
their management wanted more power for the lineup and signed a slugger.
he is what he is. a slugger. he's not a triple crown winner, a gold glove winner or a base stealer.
why does every player have to be a complete player?
I understand the contract he took... it's not CRUZ that pisses me off. It's the REASON they didn't get a slugger. It's cheaper to HOPE that Duda or Davis hits 35 HRs.
I guess the Orioles lucked out in that people thought his power was artificially inflated when in fact it's the same as of last season (unless of course it is inflated by other means and hasn't been caught yet.)
July - ba .288 - OPS .996
It looks like we have our first baseman and clean up hitter.
Duda has been great which is awesome for us. It made me go look at Ike's numbers and it looks like he is still sucking.
Just sayin..
Herrera article - ( New Window )
Just sayin..
feel better if the team can at least get back to 500 in the first 10 days of august