-The Mets signed RHRP Brandon Lyon to
a 1-yr. deal…
-This is a
very good deal. He’s 32-yrs old and 58th in career holds. His 2012
season was: 4-2, 3.10, 1.25, 67-G, 12-HLD, 61.0-IP, 63-K, 20-BB. From
Wikipedia:
Lyon survives on five pitches: a four-seam fastball at 90–92
mph, a two-seamer at 90–91, a cutter at 89–91, and a curveball at 78–80.
Occasionally, he also throws a changeup to left-handed hitters (85–87). Lyon's
most commonly thrown pitch to right-handed hitters (and overall) is the cutter,
while his lead pitch against lefties is the two-seamer. The curve is his most
common 2-strike pitch
First we heard that Terry Collins has
told all the reporters in camp at Frank Francisco is
the Mets closer. I’m sure that it wasn’t a coincidence that announcement came
out before this one. Still, this cleans up the bullpen is a great way. Lyon
steps in immediately as the favorite for the setup role, taking all the
pressure off of Bobby Parnell. Josh Edgin is your first lefty. The rest is to be
worked out in camp but there now seems to be enough pieces (Greg Burke, Jesus Feliciano, Scott Atchison, Robert Carson,
Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Jeremy Hefner, Elvin Ramirez) to get that
done. Good more, Mr. Alderson.
5. The Mets acquire Travis D’Arnaud,
Noah Syndergaard, John Buck, and Wulimer Becerra
from Toronto - As I said above, I like this deal for Toronto, and I
think there was a case to be made for the Mets keeping Dickey signing him to an
extension themselves. But, in D’Arnaud and Syndergaard, they were able to get a
couple of pieces in return that could have much more long term value to the
Mets, and D’Arnaud is close enough to the Majors that they could start seeing a
return on the move this season. Because Dickey was willing to take a discount
on an extension, the Mets were able to pry a premium return from Toronto, and
having these two guys around is probably better for their future than having
Dickey under contract through his age 40 season. This wasn’t the Mets only
option, but when you see what they were able to command in exchange for the
reigning Cy Young winner, it makes the decision
to trade him more understandable.
RH Felix Hernandez has agreed to a seven-year, $175
million contract extension with the Seattle Mariners, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
This is a tremendous franchise builder. It also is
the largest contract ever given to a pitcher. Ever. This is a team that started
the day with a 2012 team payroll around $85mil. Of the $29mil already committed
in 2014, $21mil of that is to Hernandez.
The new money will be paid out at an annual salary of $27.1mil for 5-year
And the amazing part of this who deal is he will still be only 33-years old when it runs out.
It will be interesting to see how this club operates in the future. Giving a $175 million dollar contract to one pitcher on a dead last team in a small market pretty much takes this guy off the trade market forever. No one is going to want any part of Hernandez, no matter how great a pitcher his is or was. This contract didn’t raise the bar. It is the bar.
The new money will be paid out at an annual salary of $27.1mil for 5-year
And the amazing part of this who deal is he will still be only 33-years old when it runs out.
It will be interesting to see how this club operates in the future. Giving a $175 million dollar contract to one pitcher on a dead last team in a small market pretty much takes this guy off the trade market forever. No one is going to want any part of Hernandez, no matter how great a pitcher his is or was. This contract didn’t raise the bar. It is the bar.
I’m sure Justin Verlander is
smiling.
You know… I don’t have
the contacts I used to have when I was “on the beat”… listen to me, as if
writing for a Savannah, Georgia newspaper about the Sand Gnats meant anything,
right. All the guys that shared things with me are either long gone or up in
Queens with their lips closed, but I did talk to someone in baseball today that
gets paid a lot more that I wish I was paid and, you know what? I think all the
times we Mets fans pissed and moans that the Commissioner and Fred Wilpon were joined at the ass is actually going
to pay off. Michael Bourn is going to be the centerfielder for the New York
Mets, in the 3-4 year, $14-15mil/yr range and the Mets will forfeit one of
their second round picks. Everything that’s going on right now looks like
foreplay between the league, the agent, and the Wilpons.
We’ll see, but this is
what I’m hearing.
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