if the deal is good and short who cares. If he got what he was looking for or more than deGrom its a disaster.
OT: New York Mets 2020-2021 Off Season Thread
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Say goodbye to Conforto and/or deGrom.
I'm not even beginning up Syndergaard, Lindor, and others
I'm not even beginning up Syndergaard, Lindor, and others
What the hell is going on with these reporters this year??? And these aren't no name schmucks! But they are getting played.
Even Mets catcher Tomas Nido called out Nightengale on Twitter.
I’ve heard it’s 3 for $95M with player option after year 1. Hopefully Trevor bails after a year after being a mediocre #4 starter with a slightly better than .500 record. Caveat being that Trevor has admitted to cheating last year, so if he is willing to cheat this year and maintain his inflated spin rate, I’m a fan.
Will this put their salary higher than the Yankees? Oh, and why are you in here? How's buying a Championship worked out for the Yankees the last 12 years? Have you seen how pathetic the traffic is on the Yankee thread? Embarrassing how little interest the greatest fan base in baseball has. 23K-5k views, 2K replies to ,are you ready, 232,replies, oh my, what a joke.
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It's hard to find any detail on the Mets' offer to Bauer. The little info I've read on the deal is the Mets offering a 3 or 4-year deal for $100 million. There may be an opt-out clause after one year for Bauer. The deal may be front-loaded and have deferments.
Front loading is dumb by any team but not as bad as deferment aka Bobby Bonilla
"Don't have a fit" ????? Who is having a fit ?
For years I've listened to Mets fans cry about the Yankees opening their checkbook to acquire talent.
I'm actually happy that the hypocrisy is now out there in the open.
I've always maintained that I want every team that I root for to do everything it could within the rules to improve its talent. And I have no problem with any other team doing so. I just wanna remind fans of the Amazins of their change in attitude when it's their team doing the shopping.
I see Cohen biting the bullet for now, but it will be easy to unload him since the remaining part of the contract isn't bloated if it doesn't work out. The homegrown talent like Dom and McNeil will be in a position for big contracts by then.
I wasn't stressed. And in fact the Amazins schedule WAS indeed easy back during a stretch of games in the season in which I pointed it out. It wasn't 2020.
Their division has gotten much tougher.
But then you know that. Why can't you be honest about that statement of mine from a few years back ?
Show me where I cried about the Yankees spending that much money? I dare you. I thought they were stupid for spending that money and going away from what got them the 4 rings in the 90s, which was the home grown talent that got them there.
And with Bauer, they shouldn’t even think of this overrated pitcher.
Front loading is not at all dumb in this instance. Cohen is probably very willing to take a big bath this year. The luxury tax for a one-time offender is currently minimal. What he does not want to do is consistently be over the tax. Especially since the rules may change in 2022.
Front loading may serve as an incentive for Bauer to opt out, figuring he's already made his money. Which might just be exactly what the Mets are hoping for.
Yes, deferment aka Bobby Bonilla is dumb. However, I doubt that Cohen is counting on Ponzi scheme revenues to offset an 8% interest rate on the deferral. Deferral is quite common and beneficial to both parties. I know that a good chunk of Mookie Betts' contract is deferred. In this case, deferral might help Mets get under the luxury tax when Cano's salary kicks back in.
No matter how they slice to pie it affects the cap number so they could have dead salary when he plays on another team. And deGroms agent won't be happy
Evan Roberts is reporting that the Mets offer is 3 years at $93 million, with the first year at $37 million, followed by an opt out.
Why do you say that? How does the offer to Bauer impact Conforto or Degrom? Bauer can opt out after year 1 and Conforto has Boras as his agent.
Absolutely love all the activity this off season Mets board has had. Hopefully spring training starts on time as well as the season. Mets fans are all about the team and baseball, pure love of the sport.
Still don't really want Bauer but the shorter contract makes it a little more palatable if the 3/93 with a player opt out after year 1 is accurate. Seemed important to him to top Cole for highest annual salary and if the offer is $37MM for year one than I guess he can technically claim victory for the coming season. Rings hollow to me given the financial commitments associated with both contracts
The Bonilla deferment was and is not a dumb thing...It allowed the Met's to do many things at the time and let's be honest, what does a million or so do in any given year going forward. It has not stopped the Met's from ever doing something. BTW- there are so many worse deferments in baseball. BTW- was quoting you as yours was the last comment- was more toward the post you are referring to..
Here is the issue kbee- during that time, you non stop posted it for weeks. And I am assuming you are far from a dumb man, you know that in every sport and every season, there could be a team or two that go through an easy stretch and the next year if could be a difficult one. In baseball, more than any other sport, a bad team can beat a good team on any given day. But again, it was because you took over our thread with non stop posting to the point of being banned.
So, we only ask this- bring something of value to a thread that is created by a fan or fans of a team. Even if it isn't all roses, bring it up, maybe even bust our balls- but your way of just being an annoyance is, in fact, annoying...I think we have one of our fans that does the same in the Yankee thread, and he is treated the same way.
Too much recent bad news for Sandy and Cohen. Signing Bauer = full panic move.
Earlier on- werent you delighting that Met's were only going with the bottom shelf FA's??? Ins't it great when you can talk out from both ends?
True, but I have been negative on TB from the beginning. He can be a team wrecker.
I actually don't disagree...besides what it may mean going forward with deGrom, Conforto, Lindor etc...what happens when he steps into a clubhouse that actually seems to be very functional and tries to have them change everything up to conform to him...
Before Mets made offer to Bauer, they asked Lindor about him who said Bauer is a very good teammate
And paying all of this money for someone with similar career stats as Marcus Stroman? Hell, I dare say he’s not even Noah Syndergaard. But yeah, sure, let’s give him more money than two of the best pitchers in baseball because of a great two months in a sterile environment.
Fake news.
Why is Cleveland Indians' Trevor Bauer MLB's most hated man?
A climate skeptic and Twitter troll, the pitcher claims he’s only good at two things: ‘throwing baseballs and pissing people off’
Yeah, him dragging the Mets and Dodgers through all of this is proof of this lol.
+1Fake news.
Why is Cleveland Indians' Trevor Bauer MLB's most hated man?
A climate skeptic and Twitter troll, the pitcher claims he’s only good at two things: ‘throwing baseballs and pissing people off’www.google.com
TB was essentially kicked off the team for being such an ass.
FWIW - DiComo recently opined on the likelihood of the following players agreeing to extensions:
Lindor - 80%
Conforto - 50%
Syndergaard OR Stroman - 20%.
IMO if Bauer is signed for more than one year, that last projection becomes 0%.
Lindor - 80%
Conforto - 50%
Syndergaard OR Stroman - 20%.
IMO if Bauer is signed for more than one year, that last projection becomes 0%.
Am I the only one here who wouldn’t mind extending those 3/4 instead of signing Bauer?
Noah has a lot to prove especially after TJ Surgery and he has not been exactly overwhelming the past few years. I would not resign Stroman
Pertaining to Conforto, Boras is a prick. Will be a nasty and possible extension not to occur given Boras.
Lindor will be extended
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