-First let me say that this really isn't about "trashing" Sandy and the job he has done
-I'm vocal about my dislike of ownership. I fully realize that a large percentage of the Mets "problems" is due to budgetary issues. Reading between the lines of Sandy's comments yesterday you should expect a lower payroll in 2018. That being said improvement doesn't have to come with spending.
I am of the belief that we need a regime change. Sandy's "patience" has been a virtue in many ways.... going forward the Mets need to be bold, they need to be open-minded, they need to be proactive and they need to willing to make moves on the fly. I do not personally feel Sandy and this FO is best equipped to partake in such a vast change in philosophy. The Mets likely need a younger, more energized person who will be willing to "tinker" more. Trades like the Hicks deal for the Yankees, Beckham for Baltimore, Dyson to Seattle. Moves like these "minor" deals that sometimes work out big.
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Not one game the whole series? Ugh.
Maybe they think they are about to trade Granderson? Other than that I have no idea.
Has to be the reason but Nimmo can't even get in one day out of 4? I think most teams know what they are going to get in Granderson. Hell, give Cespedes a day off. Do we need him playing every day for something?
Junior Wilpon could not run a Dairy Queen let alone an MLB franchise.
TJ for everyone. mets got a group discount
TC has to play "his guys"
I viewed him as a placeholder but agree he has hung on too long. He had guys who played well and hard for him, but he was not a good gameday manager. Of course sandy let those clubhouse guys walk.
I also blame sandy for letting Reyes walk at his peak for value for nothing. I had not problem with not resigning him but never understood why we didn't try to trade him when we knew we weren't resigning him.
All that said, do you have any confidence in Alderson's to hire a suitable replacement for Collins?
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...he was a bad hire from day one and he's only gotten worse.
I viewed him as a placeholder but agree he has hung on too long. He had guys who played well and hard for him, but he was not a good gameday manager. Of course sandy let those clubhouse guys walk.
I also blame sandy for letting Reyes walk at his peak for value for nothing. I had not problem with not resigning him but never understood why we didn't try to trade him when we knew we weren't resigning him.
All that said, do you have any confidence in Alderson's to hire a suitable replacement for Collins?
The replacement will likely be someone like Hale/Melvin. 100% someone with some level of upper level experience and almost certainly not a "young" guy.
As of right now they would be picking 7th. Oakland is sitting in the 5 spot at 53-68, the Mets are 53-66, Tigers 53-67, The Reds have 5 more losses so realistically the Mets will be picking 5-9.
So they aren't going to give Cecchini a look (a guy they fucking picked in the first round) so appease Cabrera? Instead, they are going to play a guy with a 74 career wRC at 3B. Maybe this team really does need a complete overhaul in the front office and on field management.
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Mets have confirmed Reynolds will be "the" 3b right now. All I can guess is they aren't particularly high on Cecchini and/or Cabrera was only willing to play 3b when he thought he might be traded and they don't think Cecchini can handle 3b in a passable way.
So they aren't going to give Cecchini a look (a guy they fucking picked in the first round) so appease Cabrera? Instead, they are going to play a guy with a 74 career wRC at 3B. Maybe this team really does need a complete overhaul in the front office and on field management.
They haven't said it's because of Cabrera but one can only assume. Cecchini can't play 3b so now he won't be playing? Sure seems like Cabrera refuses to move over there so Reynolds is the only option.