OT: New York Mets 2024-2025 Off Season Thread
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I was good after he worked out that walk in game 3 against MIL, but the grand slam didn’t hurt
This kid may be more important than Soto.
You pay him almost nothing. It is like having a free superstar on the team.
And the sell really has to be if he wants to be the top Japanese player in NY or the 3rd guy in LA.
The problem is you HAVE to pay Sasaki almost nothing. Cohen's money isn't any good here.
The off field money is what you need to sell the kid on. But I do think LA is where he ends up.
As you probably know by now, Francisco Lindor is an MVP finalist. No Met has ever won the MVP. The closest any Met has come is second place, three times:
1969 - Tom Seaver
1984 - Keith Hernandez
1988 - Darryl Strawberry.
Lindor seems destined to be the fourth.
Also, Carlos Mendoza is a Manager of the Year finalist, along with Pat Murphy (who will win IMO) and Mike Shildt.
1969 - Tom Seaver
1984 - Keith Hernandez
1988 - Darryl Strawberry.
Lindor seems destined to be the fourth.
Also, Carlos Mendoza is a Manager of the Year finalist, along with Pat Murphy (who will win IMO) and Mike Shildt.
Strawberry should have gotten it in '88. Interesting fact: McReynolds came in third. He was an interesting player.
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Praying the Red Sox get him. As I've said a couple of times, I'd rather get 3 very good players than this horrible and lazy RF. Who at age 26, can only imagine after he collects on this huge contract. He will hit for high average and 35-40 HR's but I don't think this warrants a crazy salary structure demise.
There are so many fans that dislike him so much but he may be about as steady of a player as we have had play the outfield.
I would be ok to get Soto if it didn't mean that the Met's would stop there.
But would rather sign Pete, Burnes, Sasaki, Manaea and bullpen arms
What is the upgrade if they don't sign Pete and or Soto?
There isnt a ton of offense in the FA market right now. But give me Burnes, Senga, Manaea, Sasaki, Peterson as starters and arms to go with Diaz. The a lineup that has Lindor, Pete, Vientos, Nimmo, Avarez and even McNeil...isn't a bad place to start. Maybe make a trade using McNeil and Baty or something like that.
Give kids like Mauricio, Acuna etc a chance
Nothing is perfect but looking at FA's- it is loaded with starting pitching
I think Sasaki is a long shot, but Burnes and Manaea are realistic.
Regarding Pete, it may come down to how badly do the Mets want him. We shall see.
Not sure how much trade value either McNeil or Baty have. Mets would have to eat a big chunk of McNeil's contract, or take on somebody else's bad contract.
Exactly how I feel. I would love to see a cross town meltdown if the Red Sox got him though, lol
Lindor wins the Silver Slugger Award, 2nd straight year.
Also rumor is that Lindor is meeting with Soto.
Also rumor is that Lindor is meeting with Soto.
Which brings up a trivia question:
The 2014 Mets had three players whose last name begins with lower case "d". Probably an MLB record, although I couldn't swear to it.
I just gave you one of them. You know the second guy. He won Rookie of the Year that year, on his way to two Cy Youngs.
CAN YOU NAME THE THIRD?
Hint available on request.
I am ok with Soto if the Met's get the starters we need. But- the real question would be- what do we do at the corners?
Sign Soto and Pete? Or sign Soto and let Pete go- Soto will be fulltime DH before the age of 30.
Vientos is just learning 3B so, do we go out and try a 1B? Do we get a 3B and move Vientos over?
Mauricio could play 3B but not 1B. Acuna? Seems to be a guy for 2B here- but, what do you do with McNeil?
To me- the real simple answer is over pay Pete per year but not go more than 6 years. Stay away from Soto and go after the arms.
Sign Soto and Pete? Or sign Soto and let Pete go- Soto will be fulltime DH before the age of 30.
Vientos is just learning 3B so, do we go out and try a 1B? Do we get a 3B and move Vientos over?
Mauricio could play 3B but not 1B. Acuna? Seems to be a guy for 2B here- but, what do you do with McNeil?
To me- the real simple answer is over pay Pete per year but not go more than 6 years. Stay away from Soto and go after the arms.
Staton may be a liability in the field but his bat would help the Mets in a big way.
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for 75-90 games a year and then what do you do when the only player on the team that wouldnt get slowed up by him is Alvarez. And Alvarez may even be better on the bases.
Soto's 26 and hits a ton. He'll be playing the outfield for more than 5 years. He's nothing to be sneezed away, and our owner is unimaginably loaded. If Stearns is good with it, so am I. I'm OK with worrying about where to play Soto in 2032. Pete's contract will be long over by then.
Of course, we could instead divvy the money up, get multiple good players, and be fine. But problems arise the other way too. Remember the Wilpons and McCann over Realmuto.
Of course, we could instead divvy the money up, get multiple good players, and be fine. But problems arise the other way too. Remember the Wilpons and McCann over Realmuto.
I would be happy with signing Soto and figuring everything else out later.
I'm looking at it from the point of lengthening the lineup. Uncle Steve can deal with paying Soto and Pete to make an even more dangerous lineup. Then go get quality pitching. I'll be damn that the Dodgers are the only team that can spend for a championship. 😁
No, my clue was incorrect which is why I deleted it.
The guy who hit three homers in a game was Kirk Niewenhuis. I got them confused.
It's the outfielder with two words for a last name, one of which starts with a lower case d and the other of which suggests that he might set up a place for you to enjoy a drink in your back yard. Hung around MLB for a few years. The announcers, particularly Gary Cohen, made a big deal about these three guys throughout the year, or at least as long as they were all on the team.
Yes. But it's den Dekker. The capitalization is critical in this instance. BTW, he is still in the Mets organization as a minor league instructor.
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