- Luis Severino has joined the Mets in free agency after a mixed history with the Yankees. His career with the Yankees was marked by both success and extensive injuries. Severino signed a one-year, $13 million deal with the Mets.
Mets' Catching Depth:
- The Mets' catching depth is a concern, regarding Omar Narváez's performance and health. Cooper Hmel is considered a potential replacement for Narváez. They also picked up Tyler Heineman.
- Joey Wendle was picked up to replace LG as the utility man.
- Kyle Crick, a new Mets relief pitcher, has joined on a minor league deal with hopes of strengthening the bullpen.
The Mets have signed Austin Adams, Joseph Yabbour, Andre Scrubb and Cole Sulser to aid bullpen depth.
Mets Winter Meetings Focus:
- The Mets are expected to be active at the Winter Meetings, with a focus on acquiring an outfielder, starting pitching, and relief pitching. They are also interested in improving run prevention and outfield defense.
- The team may engage in trade talks, expect to hear the usual prospect names such as Kevin Parada, Brett Baty, Mark Vientos, and Ronny Mauricio.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Player Meetings:
- The New York Mets are planning to meet with Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the next week and he is expected to continue to draw significant interest from MLB teams.
- Shohei Ohtani is also expected to make a decision on his next team soon, with bids for his services surpassing $500 million.
- The Mets are also considering Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee.
Summary from pre Winter Meeting thread:
Hall of Fame Ballot Newbies: Inclusion of players like Big Sexy, Wright, and Reyes in the Hall of Fame ballot.
- Several iconic Yankees and Mets greats were in contention for Hall of Fame induction, but they fell short of the required votes.
Management and Coaching Updates: Significant changes in the Mets' management and coaching staff, including a new contract for manager Mendoza. Bench coach vacancy and role shifts for Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes as hitting coaches. Introduction of Kris Gross and Andy Green in player development and amateur scouting.
Pitching Strategy and Market Moves: Focus on fortifying the rotation, implications of the Cardinals' signings, and the pursuit of high-caliber pitchers.
Bullpen and Player Performance: Signing of BP arms to minor league deals and review of the players.
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have they televised before? just curious if it's like a 15 minute lottery or excessively drawn out.
They televised last year but don't remember if it was dragged out.
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I know nothing about draft prospects
I know nothing about draft prospects
Weak at the top of the draft. No clear 1/1 this year
(ignore the teams this is last year's slot values, which will go up by the delta's should remain the same)
were they to sign Snell, they just recouped most of that penalty.
(ignore the teams this is last year's slot values, which will go up by the delta's should remain the same)
were they to sign Snell, they just recouped most of that penalty.
Nope. They are picking 19th.
wait what? did they make a mistake?
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Once the first three teams announced were postseason teams, it meant the Mets, Padres and Yankees had all dropped 10 spots.
guess they dont need to re-write any new cohen rules.
You aren't the only one. I was so pumped thinking they had a top-2 pick
so i think a QO free agent will cost them:
rd 2 1.8m (last year r2p9 was pick #48)
rd 5 430k (last year r5p9 was pick #140)
+1m IFA
so a $3.2m penalty.
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You aren't the only one. I was so pumped thinking they had a top-2 pick
same - they also had the met logo illuminated on the side. just a shitty broadcast. probably intentional to f w/ cohen.
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You aren't the only one. I was so pumped thinking they had a top-2 pick
same - they also had the met logo illuminated on the side. just a shitty broadcast. probably intentional to f w/ cohen.
MLB is a joke. Disgraceful.
if they miss on yamamoto, id pivot big to snell.
snell/senga is a quality 1-2 both entering a31's. snell just won cy and senga was 7th.
i wouldnt complain if they did something like montgomery + giolito, those are some reliable innings, but snell has a career 3.2 era. montgomery's career year was just 3.2. snells career fip 3.44. montgomery's career year 3.56. 1 guy you are hoping the career year was the breakout, the other is pretty reliably that good just not super reliable from a durability standpoint.
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don't understand how this works
You aren't the only one. I was so pumped thinking they had a top-2 pick
same - they also had the met logo illuminated on the side. just a shitty broadcast. probably intentional to f w/ cohen.
I was watching and that was a really really terrible broadcast. I figured there was no way Mets and Yankees were top 2 possibilities so figured we had to be dropped those 10 spots. They should not have kept us illuminated like that.
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don't understand how this works
You aren't the only one. I was so pumped thinking they had a top-2 pick
same - they also had the met logo illuminated on the side. just a shitty broadcast. probably intentional to f w/ cohen.
Terrible Broadcast. That chart with the Met logo on the side was the worst graphic I've ever seen on TV -- it looked to me like the Mets were still in the running for a top 2 pick !!
And they kept cutting away to show Brad Paisley pulling cards out of his ass......you couldn't really get a clear view of that awful graphic.
Mets reportedly would not guarantee him a rotation spot
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Mets reportedly would not guarantee him a rotation spot
So that's actually good news.
Onward
@JeffPassan
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BREAKING: The New York Yankees are acquiring outfielder Alex Verdugo in a trade with the Boston Red Sox for right-handeres Richard Fitts, Greg Weissert and Nicholas Judice, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.
if soto and judge are your every day corners and stanton DH does verdugo on a 1 year make sense?
Andy Martino
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The Yankees are still in on Juan Soto, per sources.
Michael Marino
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Sources tell me the Mets were one of the 3+ teams involved late in trade talks for now formerly Red Sox OF Alex Verdugo. Verdugo instead goes from Boston to Yanks. Sources also told me this move does NOT impact the Yankees pursuit of Juan Soto, which is said to be ongoing.
Jon Heyman
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Juan Soto (or Cody Bellinger) still in play for Yankees even after Verdugo deal. If it’s Soto, Judge presumably plays CF
no he is 1 year from free agency and due to make $9m in arb.
if that was the price id have preferred one of the FA.
Fitts doesn't completely trust his fading mid-80s changeup, which shows promise but also needs more work. He has a sound arm action and a delivery that he repeats well, allowing him to pound the strike zone and rank sixth in the Minors last year in walk rate (1.6 per nine innings). The next step toward becoming a possible mid-rotation starter will be refining his command because he's hittable when he doesn't locate his pitches well.
Fitts doesn't completely trust his fading mid-80s changeup, which shows promise but also needs more work. He has a sound arm action and a delivery that he repeats well, allowing him to pound the strike zone and rank sixth in the Minors last year in walk rate (1.6 per nine innings). The next step toward becoming a possible mid-rotation starter will be refining his command because he's hittable when he doesn't locate his pitches well.
an overslot 6th round pick (183rd pick) in 2021 (vasil went 50 picks later at 232nd and got half as much $).
now pick up a phone and swoop in on soto pls. if we are entertaining any prospect with a pulse for verdugo as a rental we can make a call on soto.
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With Alex Verdugo added, Yankees’ projected 2024 CBT payroll, via Cot’s, is roughly $256M
Add in Juan Soto and they’re at $289M
That’s before doing anything else
If you add Yoshinobu Yamamoto on top of that, they’re around $320M
Could they do it? Sure. But I don’t see it
unless verdugo was someone the pads specifically wanted or the yankees are going full cohen, getting both seems unlikely.