Lots of talk about how this is a ruined season by injuries - and it gets under my skin hearing that over and over again, with the assumption that if we stay the course next year they will win a World Series.
1) How many years have we said/heard "oh, if it weren't for the injuries ____" followed by "next year, IF we are healthy..."
2) When you rely on players who haven't proven to be durable, guess what you have to deal with? Injuries. So as long as things remain the same - why would you expect a different outcome?
The prior issue fans had with the Mets Front Office and ownership was that they were "too cheap"
1) Payroll isn't top in baseball nor close - but ownership has clearly spent a ton of money. Enough to win it all? No
2) Enough to contend with the Dodgers? No - but the Dodgers aren't dominating with their money. They are winning with Seager, Turner, Taylor and Bellinger (total cost about $15mm)and despite A Gon ($21mm)
The problem with the current construction of the team is relying on unreliable players. The result? Way more players are producing below their pay grade than above.
Who on the team is outperforming? DeGrom and Conforto, maybe Bruce.
Who is under performing? Walker, Cabrera, Cespedes, Wright, Matz, Harvey, Gselllman, Salas, etc.
Of those underperforming - who can you say with certainty will outperform their salary next year? There folks, is th eproblem with the 2017 Mets. It's not injury.
Zimmerman will fall back to Earth from Mvp candidate. Gio gonzalez and Strasburgs arms will fall off. Maybe Scherzer too
So their window will be closing fast.
Then we will have to contend with the Braves for many years
Just like TJ, we never knew what he had until injuries forced the issue
But I think a more realistic solution for next year would be Lance Lynn. Will he leave the Cardinals, though? I think he's the kind of reliable, 200 innings of quality pitching the Mets need in their rotation. Is it going to push someone out of the rotation like Wheeler, Matz, Gsellman, or Lugo? Yes. But they need that kind of guy, badly.
You go: Noah, deGrom, Lynn, Harvey, Wheeler, and if you want, open the season with a 6-man rotation, that will hopefully keep some innings down and keep these guys fresh.
I think AsCab is the 3B next year, because he'll be cheaper than Walker. You can let AsCab walk for $2 million, or keep him to play third for an additional $6.5 million. I don't think that's a difficult decision, and I think he has the best glove for third base. I think Neil Walker is gone.
Lugo goes to the pen as the superstar reliever
Wheeler and Matz duke it out for the fifth starter spot.
He's 38 years old..
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But Beltre would fit in real well
He's 38 years old..
Too young, good point ;)
I'll settle for MOustakas
Scratched due to elbow tightness
Tried that approach with last years first rounder...
Is Sandy under the delusion that he is going to swing some kind of significant deal for these two broken-down players?
Let's find out what we have with Flores so it doesn't turn into another Justin Turner.
Flores has the stroke to hit .300 and 25+ HR if he can if he can can become more selective. And, yeah, baseball history is filled with guys who never did become more selective. But there are also Turners and Murphys. So let's not make that mistake again. Especially to give ABs to guys like Walker and Cabrera who are both on the slippery slope.
but to me, this really seems to be about saving money by getting some team to take on their salaries. Mets are not getting anything significant back .
There's plenty of time for the kids to play, there's still over a quarter of a season to play. Another 7-10 days won't stunt anyone's future...
There's plenty of time for the kids to play, there's still over a quarter of a season to play. Another 7-10 days won't stunt anyone's future...
Fans overlook this fact. Good luck signing future vets if you shit on them on the way out the door.
I avoid speculating on health. Assumption is precautionary - but it's the Mets...
Speaking of Dunn, something very near and dear to my heart.
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You throw strikes in the GCL, it stands out
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He's played 1 game. He'd be tied for 4th on the Mets in stolen bases.
He was on fire in the PCL before being called up.
He'd be perfect on the Mets even short-term.
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Jay Bruce is heading to #Indians in a trade. The #Yankees were also involved in Bruce trade talks before #Mets dealt him to Cleveland.
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Bruce had roughly $5M owed still this season and #Indians are taking on all of it. #mets
I assume there's a Drew Smith-esque prospect packing his bag right now.
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I read a couple years ago when selling the Mets was a hot topic that Mark Cuban was interested, but from what I recall it's tough to break into ownership and it was unlikely Cuban would have been approved.
I don't care if the Wilpons sell or not, I just hope they do a few things like get a local AAA team, stop spitefully refusing to trade with the Yankees, and if they have any influence over Sandy in any area beyond LT contracts then remove that influence (or replace Sandy and ideally with someone who won't be influenced beyond normal ownership influence).