Hire Pat Murphy to replace Counsell. He was “my pick” for the Mets before the names of their actual candidates started leaking out. That’s nothing against Mendoza, didn’t even know he was on their radar until he was.
I recall that you posted a podcast interview with Pat Murphy. Listening to that interview, I came away impressed with the guy. I wish him luck with the Brew Crew, except when he plays the Mendoza Mets.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Puma says they expect to hire an ex-manager. Phil Nevin (who worked with Mendoza) in 2022 (and is up for the Padres managerial job) is one name I’ve heard, Clint Hurdle (might be joining Ron Washington in LA) is another. Doesn’t sound like David Ross is interested in coaching in 2024. Eric Chavez is almost certainly out unless he accepts a “demotion” to a lesser title than bench coach or FO position, though some teams are now carrying “associate managers” as well. Seems unlikely the Mets would do that with a rookie manager however.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Chavez was hired by the Yankees to be assistant hitting coach but it never happened as the Mets hired him away about 2 weeks later.
I recall that you posted a podcast interview with Pat Murphy. Listening to that interview, I came away impressed with the guy. I wish him luck with the Brew Crew, except when he plays the Mendoza Mets.
Fun to follow Brewers and Cubs considering the Counsell storyline AND Murphy being Counsell’s coach at ND.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Chavez was hired by the Yankees to be assistant hitting coach but it never happened as the Mets hired him away about 2 weeks later.
ah. I thought he was there the year prior. Ok so no real relationship there then.
Nevin looks like suitable pick. Hopefully he doesnt go to SD.
Is sort of this false narrative that Showalter was his own man and Mendoza won’t be. (This is in no way a knock on Buck Showalter) but Chavez, Hinske, Barnes, Hefner were all hired and/or promoted by the FO, not picked by Buck Showalter and that’s largely the norm in todays game. Buck brought in Cora, Wayne Kirby and Glenn Sherlock, so he had some say, and I expect that to be what happens with Mendoza. Ex-Mets GM Zack Scott told
me that he felt Jeremy Hefner was an asset to any organization and the Mets looked for ways to give him an even bigger role. Stearns opted to keep him so obviously he feels the same way.
were never totally on the same page, and id probably blame eppler for that more than buck because buck didnt hire himself.
i think buck is a quality manager who still has a stubborn side, is too deferential to veterans, and when things went bad last year didn't handle it well. he just kept waiting on veterans to make turns that didnt happen. neither was the right choice to transition the young players who we all knew we were on the way from before either of them were hired - though im also not sure there were any 'known' better options so it is what it is.
eppler was worse than buck because he was in charge of building org process and his org process was incoherent shit from the deadline of 2022 on. very muddled.
Sherman did a piece where he was now in charge of the Yankees and suggested calling the Mets and offering Jones/King/Hampton. I wouldn't trade Brandon Nimmo, but that's also not a bad package for the Mets. Usually these trade ideas are completely one sided.
RE: there is a narrative Showalter was his own man?
wasn't there just news that the front office was shoving Vogelbach down his throat?
Yes. The narrative very much is that Showalter was old school, did things his own way etc. But his coaching staff alone (especially in the roles that really matter ie bench coach, hitting coach, pitching coach... not his hires)
could see some trades today before the 40 man deadline. Teams looking to trade players to make room on their 40 and/or players they don't intend to add.
think Coleman Crow is the only absolute lock to be added today but I expect Jarvis to be added, they probably add Ramirez (though they may roll the dice) and I could see somebody like Suarez and/or Jackson added. I don't expect them to add a bunch of players. If they add more than 4 I'd be pretty surprised.
Jeff Young
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Something to watch for today: The Rays have a full 40-man. The Giants and Rays have connected on a few minor 40-man moves in the past. Someone like Kameron Misner could be added or on the move today. TB is a team to watch for trades.
Sherman did a piece where he was now in charge of the Yankees and suggested calling the Mets and offering Jones/King/Hampton. I wouldn't trade Brandon Nimmo, but that's also not a bad package for the Mets. Usually these trade ideas are completely one sided.
Nimmo isn't untradeable for me if there's a good return. He is pretty likely to a corner in the next few years, he's always been injury prone, so he'll probably be a little over paid even if he's still a very good leadoff hitter.
id more doubt that there's a good return with how much is left on his contract. an interested team should just sign bellinger since the QO is lower comp than nimmo. even if it's a bit longer bellinger is 2 years younger. or one of the LF'ers to a much smaller deal. or keirmaier for way way less.
if the mets could get a good return for nimmo and just sign keirmaier as placeholder until acuna/jett/gilbert, id be ok with that. mcneil can move up to leadoff which is probably a more natural batting order spot for him than 5th or lower. reinvest some of the money saved in a LF like gurriel.
a lot of risk in the nimmo contract if the defense doesnt bounce back. but since cohen presumably knew what he was spending, im not giving him away at a discount bc of the contract, so like i said need a good return.
Sherman did a piece where he was now in charge of the Yankees and suggested calling the Mets and offering Jones/King/Hampton. I wouldn't trade Brandon Nimmo, but that's also not a bad package for the Mets. Usually these trade ideas are completely one sided.
Nimmo isn't untradeable for me if there's a good return. He is pretty likely to a corner in the next few years, he's always been injury prone, so he'll probably be a little over paid even if he's still a very good leadoff hitter.
id more doubt that there's a good return with how much is left on his contract. an interested team should just sign bellinger since the QO is lower comp than nimmo. even if it's a bit longer bellinger is 2 years younger. or one of the LF'ers to a much smaller deal. or keirmaier for way way less.
if the mets could get a good return for nimmo and just sign keirmaier as placeholder until acuna/jett/gilbert, id be ok with that. mcneil can move up to leadoff which is probably a more natural batting order spot for him than 5th or lower. reinvest some of the money saved in a LF like gurriel.
a lot of risk in the nimmo contract if the defense doesnt bounce back. but since cohen presumably knew what he was spending, im not giving him away at a discount bc of the contract, so like i said need a good return.
The proposal from Sherman (and again, he flat out admitted he the piece were about if he were running the Yankees not some news piece) is potentially a very strong one for the Mets on paper, in fact I find it very hard to believe the Yankees would do it.
Szymborski's NL ROY "ballot". Obviously has Carroll #1 but here is his Senga blurb for #2
"The Still Pretty Easy Part: Kodai Senga
I’m inclined to like Senga considerably more than his WAR simply because he has a significant history of outperforming his peripherals in Japan as well, so there’s more basis for believing in his ERA than for the typical pitcher in this position. Because of that, I’m closer to bWAR on Senga (4.4) than I am to fWAR. If forced at gunpoint to name the Dan’s Brain WAR for Senga, I’d probably put him at 3.8–4.0 or so. Also, that’s a very weird use of a firearm.
There’s always a writer or two who complains about Japanese players being eligible for the RoY award, but I think the idea that they shouldn’t be is preposterous. Nippon Professional Baseball appears a bit closer to the majors than Triple-A ball in the U.S. is — something like Triple-A 1/2 — but it’s a very different kind of league. While Triple-A hitters may be easier than NPB hitters, you’re also facing a rather different style of play and plate approaches, and now that some of the recent rule changes have hit in the majors, Triple-A ball is roughly a not-as-good MLB.
Despite facing different types of hitters, a spate of different rules, and against the backdrop of New York pressure and a collapsing team behind him, Senga was one of the few players who could really be counted on there. He had some issues with walks early on, and to his credit, he adjusted. But it wasn’t actually his control that was the issue; he actually threw more strikes earlier in the season! Instead, the issue was that after putting up an out-of-zone swing rate above 30% in each of his last two seasons in Japan, he was down in the low-20s early on with the Mets. As time went on, he got a better feel on how to lure MLB batters to their doom; in the second half, his 31.1% out-of-zone swing rate was right where it was in Japan. " Link - ( New Window )
that obviously doesn't stop most trades (max, jv) but who knows. i dont think they extended nimmo to trade him, unless they plan to also trade alonso and do more of a real reset.
Jon Morosi
@jonmorosi
Yankees are among the most active teams in the starting pitching market, and sources say they're showing early interest in Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Aaron Nola, among others.
Very encouraging words from Szymborski about Kodai Senga.
My minor concern with NPB Pitchers is that the baseball is slightly smaller (better spin rates over there), and that the NPB pitchers mound is a little different.
Kodai-san adjusted nicely last year. Now he just has to convince his good ol' buddy Yoshi Yamamoto to join the Mets.
to the rumors that Japanese players don't like to join teams with other Japanese stars out of deference to the star already there?
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
Ken Rosenthal reported that and he said it in reference to joining MLB teams. Japanese players are viewed in a "hierarchical" system so if you join a team in which there is another Japanese star you are expected to defer to him and treat him as a superior (that per Rosenthal's reporting).
to the rumors that Japanese players don't like to join teams with other Japanese stars out of deference to the star already there?
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
lol at the second question. Doesn't make much sense.
yeah, it intentionally didn't make sense, because I did not ever see the explanation DMM provided from Rosenthal.
Maybe the Mets have to trade Senga to get Yamamoto (if the Mets become a serious contender for Yamamoto but he is hesitant because of the presence of Senga).
Says SD is looking for MLB ready SP for Soto and as such has the Yankees, Mariners and Cubs as the favorites to land him
looking for pitching makes sense for them given the likely loss of snell and the fact that they are still going to have machado, bogaerts, tatis, kim, etc.
settling for mediocre return would be dumb though. megill and vasil as MLB ready SP options in a package headlined by Gilbert or Acuna seems like something that should be tough to beat. throw in marte fully paid for too.
Says SD is looking for MLB ready SP for Soto and as such has the Yankees, Mariners and Cubs as the favorites to land him
looking for pitching makes sense for them given the likely loss of snell and the fact that they are still going to have machado, bogaerts, tatis, kim, etc.
settling for mediocre return would be dumb though. megill and vasil as MLB ready SP options in a package headlined by Gilbert or Acuna seems like something that should be tough to beat. throw in marte fully paid for too.
Cubs/Yankees/Mariners all have good to very good SP options to offer in a Soto trade. Not sure why it would have to be "mediocre"
Cade Horton is a potential MLB #2, Ben Brown a 3 both are "close"
Yankees have King, Hampton, Thorpe, Will Warren
Mariners have Woo, Gilbert (MLB), Hancock, Bryce Miller
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Puma says they expect to hire an ex-manager. Phil Nevin (who worked with Mendoza) in 2022 (and is up for the Padres managerial job) is one name I’ve heard, Clint Hurdle (might be joining Ron Washington in LA) is another. Doesn’t sound like David Ross is interested in coaching in 2024. Eric Chavez is almost certainly out unless he accepts a “demotion” to a lesser title than bench coach or FO position, though some teams are now carrying “associate managers” as well. Seems unlikely the Mets would do that with a rookie manager however.
With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Chavez was hired by the Yankees to be assistant hitting coach but it never happened as the Mets hired him away about 2 weeks later.
Fun to follow Brewers and Cubs considering the Counsell storyline AND Murphy being Counsell’s coach at ND.
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With all this talk about Soto, curious if Ryan Flaherty would be a discussion.
Should we assume Eric Chavez is out too? He did have some time with Yankees as ast. hitting coach so maybe Mendoza has enough history with him to keep him.
Chavez was hired by the Yankees to be assistant hitting coach but it never happened as the Mets hired him away about 2 weeks later.
ah. I thought he was there the year prior. Ok so no real relationship there then.
Nevin looks like suitable pick. Hopefully he doesnt go to SD.
me that he felt Jeremy Hefner was an asset to any organization and the Mets looked for ways to give him an even bigger role. Stearns opted to keep him so obviously he feels the same way.
i think buck is a quality manager who still has a stubborn side, is too deferential to veterans, and when things went bad last year didn't handle it well. he just kept waiting on veterans to make turns that didnt happen. neither was the right choice to transition the young players who we all knew we were on the way from before either of them were hired - though im also not sure there were any 'known' better options so it is what it is.
eppler was worse than buck because he was in charge of building org process and his org process was incoherent shit from the deadline of 2022 on. very muddled.
Yes. The narrative very much is that Showalter was old school, did things his own way etc. But his coaching staff alone (especially in the roles that really matter ie bench coach, hitting coach, pitching coach... not his hires)
@BaseballJeff1
Something to watch for today: The Rays have a full 40-man. The Giants and Rays have connected on a few minor 40-man moves in the past. Someone like Kameron Misner could be added or on the move today. TB is a team to watch for trades.
Nimmo isn't untradeable for me if there's a good return. He is pretty likely to a corner in the next few years, he's always been injury prone, so he'll probably be a little over paid even if he's still a very good leadoff hitter.
id more doubt that there's a good return with how much is left on his contract. an interested team should just sign bellinger since the QO is lower comp than nimmo. even if it's a bit longer bellinger is 2 years younger. or one of the LF'ers to a much smaller deal. or keirmaier for way way less.
if the mets could get a good return for nimmo and just sign keirmaier as placeholder until acuna/jett/gilbert, id be ok with that. mcneil can move up to leadoff which is probably a more natural batting order spot for him than 5th or lower. reinvest some of the money saved in a LF like gurriel.
a lot of risk in the nimmo contract if the defense doesnt bounce back. but since cohen presumably knew what he was spending, im not giving him away at a discount bc of the contract, so like i said need a good return.
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Sherman did a piece where he was now in charge of the Yankees and suggested calling the Mets and offering Jones/King/Hampton. I wouldn't trade Brandon Nimmo, but that's also not a bad package for the Mets. Usually these trade ideas are completely one sided.
Nimmo isn't untradeable for me if there's a good return. He is pretty likely to a corner in the next few years, he's always been injury prone, so he'll probably be a little over paid even if he's still a very good leadoff hitter.
id more doubt that there's a good return with how much is left on his contract. an interested team should just sign bellinger since the QO is lower comp than nimmo. even if it's a bit longer bellinger is 2 years younger. or one of the LF'ers to a much smaller deal. or keirmaier for way way less.
if the mets could get a good return for nimmo and just sign keirmaier as placeholder until acuna/jett/gilbert, id be ok with that. mcneil can move up to leadoff which is probably a more natural batting order spot for him than 5th or lower. reinvest some of the money saved in a LF like gurriel.
a lot of risk in the nimmo contract if the defense doesnt bounce back. but since cohen presumably knew what he was spending, im not giving him away at a discount bc of the contract, so like i said need a good return.
The proposal from Sherman (and again, he flat out admitted he the piece were about if he were running the Yankees not some news piece) is potentially a very strong one for the Mets on paper, in fact I find it very hard to believe the Yankees would do it.
"The Still Pretty Easy Part: Kodai Senga
I’m inclined to like Senga considerably more than his WAR simply because he has a significant history of outperforming his peripherals in Japan as well, so there’s more basis for believing in his ERA than for the typical pitcher in this position. Because of that, I’m closer to bWAR on Senga (4.4) than I am to fWAR. If forced at gunpoint to name the Dan’s Brain WAR for Senga, I’d probably put him at 3.8–4.0 or so. Also, that’s a very weird use of a firearm.
There’s always a writer or two who complains about Japanese players being eligible for the RoY award, but I think the idea that they shouldn’t be is preposterous. Nippon Professional Baseball appears a bit closer to the majors than Triple-A ball in the U.S. is — something like Triple-A 1/2 — but it’s a very different kind of league. While Triple-A hitters may be easier than NPB hitters, you’re also facing a rather different style of play and plate approaches, and now that some of the recent rule changes have hit in the majors, Triple-A ball is roughly a not-as-good MLB.
Despite facing different types of hitters, a spate of different rules, and against the backdrop of New York pressure and a collapsing team behind him, Senga was one of the few players who could really be counted on there. He had some issues with walks early on, and to his credit, he adjusted. But it wasn’t actually his control that was the issue; he actually threw more strikes earlier in the season! Instead, the issue was that after putting up an out-of-zone swing rate above 30% in each of his last two seasons in Japan, he was down in the low-20s early on with the Mets. As time went on, he got a better feel on how to lure MLB batters to their doom; in the second half, his 31.1% out-of-zone swing rate was right where it was in Japan. "
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Yankees are among the most active teams in the starting pitching market, and sources say they're showing early interest in Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Aaron Nola, among others.
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Alonso
Peterson absolute locks
Smith/Gott/Stewart/Lucchesi "likely" tendered
Guillorme I guess could be a surprise non-tender
Vogey is probably a goner
I guess we could see a surprise tender with SRF or Coonrod but both are out of options so sort of limited utility.
The Cincinnati Reds are expected to non-tender Nick Senzel
My minor concern with NPB Pitchers is that the baseball is slightly smaller (better spin rates over there), and that the NPB pitchers mound is a little different.
Kodai-san adjusted nicely last year. Now he just has to convince his good ol' buddy Yoshi Yamamoto to join the Mets.
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
lol at the second question. Doesn't make much sense.
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
Ken Rosenthal reported that and he said it in reference to joining MLB teams. Japanese players are viewed in a "hierarchical" system so if you join a team in which there is another Japanese star you are expected to defer to him and treat him as a superior (that per Rosenthal's reporting).
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to the rumors that Japanese players don't like to join teams with other Japanese stars out of deference to the star already there?
If it is true, what do they do on Japanese teams?
lol at the second question. Doesn't make much sense.
yeah, it intentionally didn't make sense, because I did not ever see the explanation DMM provided from Rosenthal.
Maybe the Mets have to trade Senga to get Yamamoto (if the Mets become a serious contender for Yamamoto but he is hesitant because of the presence of Senga).
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Maybe sell them on the idea that more Japanese players is better not worse.
Maybe sell them on the idea that more Japanese players is better not worse.
i'd also try to play that card, perhaps even adding imanaga to the list as well. not sure there's another team willing to pay all of them like that.
doesnt sound like it's in the cards though.
yamamoto and soto seem like realistic possibilities though.
Cohen needs to be persuasive.
Lets trade for Soto and sign Yamamoto to a deal he can't refuse!
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Sure. Add him in the Soto deal, please.
Ouch. That would not make the Mets a good candidate
So, just to clarify, Stanton and Yamamoto have the same agent?
If so, fantastic!
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Joel Wolfe is Yamamoto’s agent
So, just to clarify, Stanton and Yamamoto have the same agent?
If so, fantastic!
Yup. Joel Wolfe.
Who also represents Senga and Edwin Diaz.
looking for pitching makes sense for them given the likely loss of snell and the fact that they are still going to have machado, bogaerts, tatis, kim, etc.
settling for mediocre return would be dumb though. megill and vasil as MLB ready SP options in a package headlined by Gilbert or Acuna seems like something that should be tough to beat. throw in marte fully paid for too.
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Says SD is looking for MLB ready SP for Soto and as such has the Yankees, Mariners and Cubs as the favorites to land him
looking for pitching makes sense for them given the likely loss of snell and the fact that they are still going to have machado, bogaerts, tatis, kim, etc.
settling for mediocre return would be dumb though. megill and vasil as MLB ready SP options in a package headlined by Gilbert or Acuna seems like something that should be tough to beat. throw in marte fully paid for too.
Cubs/Yankees/Mariners all have good to very good SP options to offer in a Soto trade. Not sure why it would have to be "mediocre"
Cade Horton is a potential MLB #2, Ben Brown a 3 both are "close"
Yankees have King, Hampton, Thorpe, Will Warren
Mariners have Woo, Gilbert (MLB), Hancock, Bryce Miller