I know I'm not a baseball fan, but figured some would find this of interest
Jeff Passan& #8207;Verified account @JeffPassan
Source: Indians finalizing a deal to acquire Jay Bruce. Cleveland taking on all of Bruce's salary. @jcrasnick first on it being close.
the QO to Bruce was kind of a no-brainer, I don't think there was a chance they'd offer it to Walker, though I have read they may try and work out a short-term deal with him if he's not traded.
Walker wont get a QO because he took it last year
We got Wilmer as our new 1st baseman
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The Mets will wait just long enough to call up Smith where we aren't sure if he's ready to take over at 1b to open 2018 #Mets
We got Wilmer as our new 1st baseman
It would be a very Mets thing to bring Dom up and have him platoon.
the QO to Bruce was kind of a no-brainer, I don't think there was a chance they'd offer it to Walker, though I have read they may try and work out a short-term deal with him if he's not traded.
I think the worst case is that he would accept the QO, eating up close to 15% of the team's payroll (based on a $130M payroll), and revert back to the player he was throughout 2013-2015 (essentially zero WAR over 3 full seasons). Even worse, he'd also add wear and tear on Conforto by exposing him to another full season CF.
I'm glad he's gone and the Mets won't stupidly offer him the QO. If he makes $18M next year I'll come here and own it and say I'm wrong but I'm not worried because there's zero chance that happens.
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have offered Bruce the QO if they didn't deal him, worst case is another year of a guy hitting 30+ HR's for 17M in RF and Conforto plays CF for a season, best case is he rejects it, signs elsewhere and the Mets get a 2nd round comp pick.
the QO to Bruce was kind of a no-brainer, I don't think there was a chance they'd offer it to Walker, though I have read they may try and work out a short-term deal with him if he's not traded.
I think the worst case is that he would accept the QO, eating up close to 15% of the team's payroll (based on a $130M payroll), and revert back to the player he was throughout 2013-2015 (essentially zero WAR over 3 full seasons). Even worse, he'd also add wear and tear on Conforto by exposing him to another full season CF.
I'm glad he's gone and the Mets won't stupidly offer him the QO. If he makes $18M next year I'll come here and own it and say I'm wrong but I'm not worried because there's zero chance that happens.
Who do you replace Bruce with that is going to duplicate or improve his production and cost less than 18M?
Smith, Flores, Rosario and Cabrera (if not dealt). Let Reyes play utility to give other guys a day off every now and then. Let's see if Flores can keep hitting and let's see if Cabrera is worth his option. Hopefully they find some sucker to take Walker because he looks shot and has no future here and any playing time he gets is a waste.
For OF, start Conforto and Cespedes pretty much every day and give the rest of the time to Nimmo/Lagares. I'd give Cespedes an additional day off every week too which should give even more ABs to Nimmo/Lagares.
Bat first corner OFs are pretty cheap now in MLB. If the Mets really want Bruce back, they'll be able to get him for a lot less than $18M.
And $18M would be total commitment for Bruce if he accepts the QO, like Murphy, assuming he rejects it, he'd likely get a 3 year $35M offer somewhere and I'd rather the one year $18M. And Bruce is far more likely to accept $35M than $18M guaranteed.
His 2014-2016 numbers (0.2 total fWar over 3 seasons and almost 1600 ABs and an OBP under 300) is a much larger sample size than 4 months in 2017. I'm not willing to gamble $18M of payroll that 2017 Bruce is the real player, especially since we're an NL team and he has to play the field here.
If Bruce gets a Murphy contract from someone I'll come here and admit I was wrong but I think zero chance that happens. He was a sure bet to accept the QO since no one will come close to paying him $18M. The last thing the Mets need is more dead money.
If Bruce gets a Murphy contract from someone I'll come here and admit I was wrong but I think zero chance that happens. He was a sure bet to accept the QO since no one will come close to paying him $18M. The last thing the Mets need is more dead money.
Bruce's WAR is impacted by his defense. I do not subscribe fully to being able to quantify defense through advanced statistics, you do, so great that's how you sign players.
If you really need an advanced stat I'd use wRC+ before WAR, especially after watching practically a full season of Bruce, while he's not a gold glover out there I felt like some of his defensive reputation is over-exaggerated.
And you have to replace Bruce with someone, and my sense is there is no one ready in the system and no free agent is going to do that in 2018 for less than an $18M commitment (total commitment).
But again, this is worst case, I feel fairly confident Bruce would reject the QO and get an offer like Murphy got and accept it to go elsewhere, probably to an AL team that can DH him.
but obviously it's a moot point.
I'll just add that viewing his defense through my eyes matches what the metrics say.
I'll just add that viewing his defense through my eyes matches what the metrics say.
Even if it does, I am pretty confident he would have rejected the QO. But like I said it's moot now, so we can both claim victory and it's not provable either way, LOL.
That alone should be a fireable offense. You trade Bruce to get Nimmo consistent AB's PERIOD
LOL, this is ridiculous.
I guess Terry really doesn't give a shit about the future of the team, it's not like he'll be here so what does he care.
Might as well stay close with the older guys.
Oy.
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Collins says Granderson will remain the starter. Too hot to bench him. Moron.
LOL, this is ridiculous.
I guess Terry really doesn't give a shit about the future of the team, it's not like he'll be here so what does he care.
Might as well stay close with the older guys.
Oy.
Let TC go and put Dick Scott in charge. David Wright can be bench coach .