Good
morning.
Gary Seagren asked –
Hi Mack, A few questions if I
may. In a post this week a mention was
made of trading for Mike Trout and Harvey and
Wheeler were mentioned as players to start the conversation with but in my mind
if I'm the Angels any talks have to start with Syndergaard and knowing Thor
isn't a FA until 2022 and at a bargain basement price but Trout is owed 144
million until 2021 when he's a free agent
I would think the Angels might be tempted....your thoughts.
Mack – Boy, I
miss your questions. Most of the others that used to ask me questions
(including my own writers) now ask other Mets blog editors one-third my age.
Ironically, I
mentioned Trout yesterday. The last thing I want to do right now is to break up
the majority of this team, but I only consider Noah Syndergaard and Michael Conforto as untouchable. Anyone else
on this team could be either offered one-on-one for Trout, or packaged with
another Met talent as well.
I want Trout but
I would never trade Conforto or Syndergaard for him. Even a Cespedes for Trout
even up is in my wheelhouse.
You posted the other day about
Herrera, Rosario and Becerra and didn't mention Smith when referring to the OD
2018 lineup ..why not?
Mack – Gary, I’m
not ready to turn first base over to someone that can’t hit the ball out of the
ballpark. Lucas Duda has proven he can hit 30+ home runs in a season and that should
be worth at least a qualifying offer in 2018. Additionally, there’s another
first baseman in Binghamton, Matt Oberste, that can outslug Smith and has pushed him over to the DH slot
for the majority of the games this season. Oberste is currently leading the
team with a .305BA with an .843OPS (Smith has .288/.763).
Right now, I can’t
project Smith to be any more successful than Matt Reynolds
BTW… Going into
Friday’s game, Matt Oberste is 32 PA, 0.400/0.438/0.733, 5 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 BB.
With the fragile nature of
pitchers it would behoove SA and company to forgo any long term contracts for
pitchers and instead go the one or two years from FA trade route. After seeing
the haul the Braves got for Shelby Miller and
the surprise return to competitiveness of the Phils and some of their wise
moves it seems like a much smarter way to stay competitive going forward. Jeff Passan was talking about a book he wrote on FAN
the other day called The Arm and concluded that a pitcher that has had TJS is
far more likely to need surgery again than a pitcher who hasn't had it before
and of course we all know only one of our fab five escaped.the surgery....so
far ....so its at least food for thought. Hope all is well with you.
Michael
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Mack – Michael,
the least I can do is put up your information here on one of my Morning Reports
and let my readers know of your work and how to get in touch with you. Good
luck.
Jenrry Mejia invited me to play 8 Ball Pool on Facebook… I rest my case.
Great story (When
Noah Syndergaard Frightened The Dodgers) on Fangraphs
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After Syndergaard homered his
first two times up, the Dodgers treated him like a real hitter the third time.
And, by the way, Syndergaard batted a fourth time, against Joe Blanton. The bases weren’t loaded, but the Dodgers
kept on taking care. They’d seen more than enough.
No more fastballs. No more
pitches over the outer third. All of these were supposed to be down and in, and
one of them missed, with Syndergaard fouling it off. Pitchers make mistakes all
the time, and hitters miss mistakes all the time, but I’m sure, as that pitch
left Joe Blanton’s hand, he momentarily held his breath. Because he knew what
he’d just done, and because he recognized what Syndergaard could do. The
Dodgers didn’t really recognize that at the start, but they learned quick. Not
quick enough, but they won’t forget this lesson.
Noah Syndergaard gave
the Dodgers a fright. In the span of two at-bats, they went from overlooking
him to showing deep concern about his ability. As the game began, both sides
had eight hitters and a pitcher, but by the end the Dodgers might’ve felt they
were in the other league.
Mack – Going into
Friday’s game, Mets pitchers are hitting .400 with 2 doubles, 3 homers and 7
RBI in the last 5 games.
6 comments:
Ernest is very upset with your comparing Smith to Matt Reynolds...at least I think he is! Pitchers are hitting, no one else is.
Dilson Herrera had 2 singles and e Homers (5, 6) last nite. We could use some of that. Send Campbell down, bring him up
Ernest is very upset with your comparing Smith to Matt Reynolds...at least I think he is! Pitchers are hitting, no one else is.
Dilson Herrera had 2 singles and e Homers (5, 6) last nite. We could use some of that. Send Campbell down, bring him up
I've been rolling my eyes at these Trout fantasies, but lets say some deal is made and you have an OF of Trout, Coforto & Cespedes; who plays where?
I ask because I still feel the best current team would include Legares in CF and Grandson (who is more the 2014 than 2015 model) on the bench ... or traded in a Trout deal :-)
Let's start a campaign: HIT FOR HARVEY. Hard to look good when they never hit for him.
Matt oberste is 24 years old.
Dom is 20.
In 4 years Dom will be a starting 1B in the majors, not in AA ball.
I understood the reasoning behind bringing Gilmartin up in case Verrett were needed in relief Thursday or last night. I do NOT get the pointing of keeping him up after his 3IP Thursday. Why wasn't an IFer who can play SS brought up yesterday? If Cabby gets hurt, who fills in?
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