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NFT: Mets Fans - Trea Turner

CMicks3110 : 12/20/2014 10:52 am
We need a shortstop, How the Hell did the Nationals get a prospect like Trea Turner for Steve Souza and Tyler Ott?

We couldn't have gotten him for something similar?
http://www.federalbaseball.com/2014/12/17/7412665/nationals-trade-steven-souza-acquire-trea-turner-joe-ross-rays-padres - ( New Window )
What makes him better  
Earl the goat : 12/20/2014 11:07 am : link
Than Cecchini?
The Mets  
pjcas18 : 12/20/2014 11:10 am : link
could have drafted him, but chose Conforto.

plus he's still isn't probably not major league ready and if Flores doesn't work out, Amed Rosario is 18 in A ball, so if he somehow finishes in AA, he wouldn't be far from a potential call-up.

Fangraphs calls Rosario the Mets "lottery ticket" and if I'm to mistaken he received the largest signing bonus of anyone in Mets history.
turner  
sshin05 : 12/20/2014 11:22 am : link
is in A ball, let's not go crazy here. He's got some ways to get to the Show. Also some scouts don't believe he has the arm strength to play SS and so might move off position later on.
How about we just sign Yoan Moncada when he's posted?  
arcarsenal : 12/20/2014 11:24 am : link
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Turner  
Shecky : 12/20/2014 11:38 am : link
Is the prototypical SS. Don't start throwing out the arm, etc silliness. And on top of everything, he is an amazing kid with a great head on his shoulders. Would have handled NYC perfectly. Would love to have seen the Mets go after him, even though he is far from ready now.
Shecky just described  
Headhunter : 12/20/2014 11:40 am : link
Cecchini
Mets are kinda like the Cuba of MLB  
oipolloi : 12/20/2014 11:45 am : link
Both are headed by an aging, myopic patron, who played baseball as a young man.

Both Wilpon and Castro were pitchers. Many think Fidel could have pitched in the majors.

Both head an impoverished organization that people attempt to escape from at their first opportunity.

Both have family members running the organization.

Both attempt to bolster their image through propaganda.

Both have a more powerful neighbor to the North, who relegates them to the margins through superior financial clout.

Both always promise that the future is bright.
Mets SS Prospects  
Samiam : 12/20/2014 12:05 pm : link
Do the Mets have any real good SS prospects in the minors that are a year or 2 away from the big leagues?
lol arc  
feelflows : 12/20/2014 1:03 pm : link
You and I are wasting our breath on the Cuban.
Cecchini vs. Turner  
Eric on Li : 12/20/2014 1:09 pm : link
It's probably parsing skills to judge them to each other without seeing both play frequently, but I believe Cecchini would be entering his draft year this year had he gone to college like Turner and they do have similar reports (MLB.com has Turner's overall grade at a 55 and Cecchini's at a 50). It's probably not unfair to consider them similar prospects, plus the Mets have Reynolds who is closer to the majors though a lesser prospect.
RE: Shecky just described  
Shecky : 12/20/2014 1:10 pm : link
In comment 12044205 Headhunter said:
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Cecchini

Lol. But with talent...
I've said this before but  
MartyGlickman : 12/20/2014 2:23 pm : link
Wilmer Flores is very young and has excelled at every level of the minors. Last year he hit .250+ in the majors, was adequate with the glove, and showed signs of improvement as the season progressed. I'm dumbfounded that guys like Drew (what did he hit last year?) and untested prospects are viewed as an improvement over Flores. IMO you should not judge Flores on what he has done in the majors at this early stage. He will get significantly better and I believe Alderson thinks the same, except he can't outright say it because of the uproar it would cause by the knee-jerkers out there in Metville!
Samiam  
Headhunter : 12/20/2014 2:31 pm : link
keep an eye on Ahmed Rosario, he might be 3 years away, has made all the Mets to 10 prospects lists and has the potential to be a power hitting SS
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