O/T Cespedes to Mets
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Well, I mostly remember the guy missing most of those thirty games this past season while the mets were struggling down the stretch and in sore need of his bat. I think some mets fans were pissed at reports that he was playing golf while they were struggling to score runs.
But I'm a Yankees fan, so I'm kinda glad the mets resigned him. I could just imagine mets fans if the Yanks had been dumb enough to sign him for that kind of money.
Yeah, the Yankees front office is different now. I mean, it's dumb enough to do all sorts of stuff.
Try harder Yankees fans. You're not embarrassing yourselves just enough yet.
Guess you know more than all the baseball media who view this as a win for both the team and player.
Guess you know more than all the baseball media who view this as a win for both the team and player.
Detroit let him go because the Mets offered great prospects (including Michael Fulmer, who just won ROY) and because Cespedes had a clause in his contract that required the team to release him (rather than having the option to make a qualifying offer), which effectively would have prevented the Tigers from re-signing him. Their thinking was that they could sign him in the offseason after he was traded (and there was specific talk about that at the time of the trade). Fortunately for the Mets, Cespedes liked them and was willing to change that provision in a way that allowed them to sign him last year.
Uh...you must be a mets fan.
Your team signed him today because he is more valuable to the mets than to other teams and consequently the Amazins were willing to pay him way more than other teams. Where they found the money to pay him though is hard to figure. I liked them better when they were cheapskates.
Cespedes signed early because he wanted to be back. Last year he signed more cheaply with the Mets than some of his other options. Same is likely true here. There were other suitors, and he didn't even wait for the new CBA to sign.
Lol, Sure you did,it's tough watching the cross town team being relevant,and your team an after thought in the media. Oh wait, I forgot,they traded a possible playoff run,giving up way too soon, for all those studs that will lead them for the next 10 years. Don't hold your breath on that one.Yes, the Mets were one and done, but have made the playoffs 2 years running, something they haven't done in a long time. No reason to think it won't be 3. So glad to see your hate has no off season LMAO!!!!!!!!
This was probably more Colon than the Mets. He really wants the Marichal record and there may not be a spot for him in the rotation with the Mets next year. He was fun to watch the past couple years though and the Mets did get their money's worth.
You do realize who was pitching for SF that evening. Possibly one of the all time great post season pitchers.
Great piece of info I saw in NY Times. Cano and Pujols signed their massive 10-year deals when they were 31. Cespedes signed a 4-year deal at 31. Did they overpay about $2-$3 million a year? Probably. But its worth it because they have their pitchers locked up for cheap for the next couple of years. Plus, they kept Yo away from division rivals as well.
Sadly penned in as a 9 inning shutout from him going in - only hope IMHO was going extras and him being taken out.
It is as good a deal as you're going to get in a market where silly money is the norm.
It might not work out, but this deal is a no-brainer. There is a couple year window for this team to win a ring before one or more of these pitchers are gone. If they didn't sign him, they might as well have brought back Soup Campbell to man the clean-up slot.
Well, yes, I'm a Mets fan.
But my comment was talking about last year, when he waived the clause that would have prevented the Mets from signing him for 2016. He wouldn't have done that if he wasn't willing to come back to the Mets, and as others have noted, he signed a deal that probably was less than he could have gotten elsewhere (at least in total dollars) to go back to the Mets for 2016.
He definitely got paid in this contract, but as they were saying this morning on MLB radio, it's somewhat surprising that the deal was for 4 years instead of 5, which is a plus for the Mets and reduces the chances they'll be stuck overpaying at the back end. And I'm going to be curious to see if this turns out to be a top of the market deal or if it's a market-setting deal. It's hard to tell one way or the other on November 30.
We are really going to miss that 5.20 ERA this season. Get back to me when there is some real news from the Mets.
In the wake of the Verrett move, the AP is reporting that Brian Cashman, Yankee GM and Senior VP, is shopping players on the Yankee roster for cash. The AP reports that this is part of the Yankee front office's new approach to manage payroll and develop young talent now that the Yankee payroll no longer far outstrips that of other teams in baseball.
Asked to identify other aspects of this new approach, Mr. Cashman said, "Trading old guys for young guys. Drafting better." When asked what experience and past success he has with such an approach, Mr. Cashman pointed to the Yankees success starting in the mid-90s with home grown players. When the AP reporter followed-up by noting that he was appointed GM only after those players had been drafted, developed and placed on the big-league roster, Mr. Cashman offered the AP reporter a $256 million contract and left the room.
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Some Yankee fans think it's OK when they do it, but when the Mets do it,the sky is falling,lol. Didn't think we would have to play this game until April, oh well, Merry Christmas came early for the Mets with the signing. Pretty sure 2 days after the Mets lost in the Wild Card game,Yankee fans were chirping that they were going after Cespedes,they don't need him, they got all those all world players ready to come up this year,BBBBRRRRRRAAAAAHHHH.
