OT: 2019-20 NY Mets Offseason "Hot Stove" Thread
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Still think Nolan Ryan, Leroy Stanton , Don Rose for an over the hill shortstop Jim Fregosi who you plan to move to third was much worse. I’ll withhold judgement on Cano trade at least until after this year. I would not have made that trade.
Seaver trade not much better.Who was that 5 tool player we got among the 5 in that disaster? Steve Henderson? What a joke
Don't know why he didn't get the job the 1st time. His experience blows away Beltran's,https://nypost.com/2020/01/25/mets-luis-rojas-earning-place-in-family-dynasty-had-to-be-a-manager/
We can only hope. All things considered, Diaz was the reason the Mets missed the postseason.https://metsmerizedonline.com/2020/...help-from-pedro-martinez-this-offseason.html/
The things that makes this comparable are the money involved and Kelenic. If Kelenic turns into a player this could be on that level.
The Seaver trade is truly awful but the reason I'd put this one as being worse is those Mets teams were awful and stayed awful. The Diaz/Cano trade helped tank a season and is a barrier towards being a good team going forward.
The Kobe Bryant tragedy had baseball repercussions as well. Also killed in the crash was John Altobelli and his wife and daughter. Altobelli was a baseball coach who managed Jeff McNeil in the amateur Cape Cod league in 2012. McNeil has credited Altobelli as being a significant factor in his getting drafted.
Marte to the DBacks. Guess BVW didn’t want to overpay.
2 non top 100 guys going back but apparently we had to give up Nimmo or Mauricio? LOL good thing BVW might have learned his lesson.
We always seemingly have to give up our best prospects while others can yield relative chumps :chairshot:
What makes the Seaver trade much worse was the prospects they could and shold have asked for. Guys like Ray Knight, Mario Soto, Charlie Liebrandt and Mike LaCoss. The first two were very good, the other two were serviceable major league ballplayers.
He wasn't even a Top 30 Mets prospect until 2018, the year he came up. Injuries may have had something to do with that though.
First let me state that I hated the Seaver trade. (Thank you M. Donald Grant & Dick Young). With that said, Henderson became the Mets best hitter for a few years, Doug Flynn was a gold glove caliper 2nd Baseman, (light hitter) and Pat Zachrey was a decent number 2 starter. Dan Norman was a complete bust. After the Dick Young article, Seaver wanted out. The Ryan trade will go down as the worst ever for the Mets, given the return. Honorable mention to the Amos Otis/Joe Foy trade.
Kobe Bryant was a Mets fan. Grew up loving Daryl Strawberry and still had Ron Darling's baseball card.
Met adviser Jessica Mendoza likely will not be part of Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. What exactly does she do for the Mets?
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I only care about the money because they're only willing to spend a certain amount. $20mil/year on Cano is wasted money that could go to a productive player. If the Cohen deal goes through and he spends like a big market owner I won't care about the money either, with the Wilpons you should care.
Well, the mets are the only team with 2 rival fan bases within the same state, so that is not unexpected.
There are others:
Connecticut has Met fans and Red Sox fans, both of whom hate the Yankees.
Ohio has Red fans and Tiger fans, both of whom hate the Indians.
Illinois has White Sox fans and Cardinal fans, both of whom hate the Cubs.
And California has Giant fans, Angel fans, and Padre fans, ALL of whom hate the Dodgers!
