When he returns from his expected DL Stint, I think we have to bench the guy. Every thing he puts in play is almost always a double play ball, and the rest of the time he Ks. What a god awful signing he has been. I wonder if he used up all his energy in spring training because he was socking the ball then. It is such a Kick in the balls we had to give up a 1st round pick to get this guy. I'm very much in the bring up Conforto crowd, not that I think he will do amazing, but i think he is the best option until the trade eadline arrives and we can get a zobrist type player.
Gomez & Byrd are 2 guys I'd be highly interested in adding (obviously at different costs).
I don't like Alderson and his offensive smugness but god forbid any of these signings just played to their career averages. Is that so much to ask?
When you are signing players on the downside of their careers, yes it is too much to ask.
You'll get Kirk N.
and most of us posted when he signed "Cuddyer is going to be hurt a lot"
shitty signing.
100% Yes - that was the exact comp I made in the offseason. They need to add a potential full time OFer over the next month and deal with Cuddyer's PT later on. One of the Dodgers guys, Byrd, Gomez, Braun, whoever - but they need a full time OF'er.
the contract wasn't unreasonable, no. And yes, the pick stung, but whatever..
it's the fact that management thought he was dependable enough, given his past and age, to contribute a full season at a high level.
I wonder just exactly what it would take to get Gomez from the Brewers ?? He's in his walk year, right ?? He's a Boras Client, right ?? I wonder if the Brewers would let him go for 2nd tier cost-controlled pitchers like Niese and Montero or something ??
You'll get Kirk N.
"Minaya-level aggressive"
You mean, the last time the mets were good? Blast minaya all you want, fact remains that he built a damn good team. I wish alderson had a little minaya in him.
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Promoting Conforto would be Minaya-level aggressive. That's not Alderson.
You'll get Kirk N.
"Minaya-level aggressive"
You mean, the last time the mets were good? Blast minaya all you want, fact remains that he built a damn good team. I wish alderson had a little minaya in him.
Not knocking Minaya. History has proven him to be a very good talent evaluator and a good GM who made free agent mistakes. It's fact that he believed in aggressive promotions in the minor leagues.
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In comment 12351279 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Promoting Conforto would be Minaya-level aggressive. That's not Alderson.
You'll get Kirk N.
"Minaya-level aggressive"
You mean, the last time the mets were good? Blast minaya all you want, fact remains that he built a damn good team. I wish alderson had a little minaya in him.
Not knocking Minaya. History has proven him to be a very good talent evaluator and a good GM who made free agent mistakes. It's fact that he believed in aggressive promotions in the minor leagues.
Got it. Understood.
Sometimes a radical move is what's needed. To the bold go the spoils. It's hard to give Alderson the benefit of the doubt for yet another year, but I guess what else are we left to do? I'm tired of complaining but I have absolutely zero faith that Alderson will do anything but sit on his hands. Because that's what history has shown us. That bullet he says he has is probably to a BB gun.
If Conforto is a better option than Kirk N or Travis Taijeron then I think you bring him up.
He would NOT be the first player with almost 500 minor league at-bats to go from AA to the majors
Mets don't think cuddyer will miss more than a few days. No DL for now.
Mets don't think cuddyer will miss more than a few days. No DL for now.
Let's hit a round of GIDPs in celebration.
Many people here judged Herrera had 'nothing to prove' so bring him up. That hasn't worked out very well to date. His approach at the plate is pedestrian. He has no clue how to handle off speed offerings.
I guess it's too much to ask the Mets organization to approach these things the smart way. The only thing we can count on is they will approach them in the cheapest way possible that won't get them publicly vilified.
Gets a B to a B plus for his drafting. Conforto. Nimmo. Smith
Gets an F- for his free agency. Granderson and Cuddyer. Maybe raise it to a C cause of Colon