Hey Mack
I hope you are enjoying your week.
I've been thinking about your focus on JT Realmuto and you have won me over. I will join your quest to put him in Citi-Field.
I will differ on how to acquire him though. Instead of using Alonzo as the trade chip, how about possibly...Rosario.
Hear me out a moment before complete dismissal.
I'm looking at being able to move Rosario by having th ed Mets open the wallet and spend to get Machado. After all he is going to be priced as a power hitting Shortstop, so if paying that price, might as well pencil him in at shortstop.
If the Mets seem Alonzo as more valuable as a trade asset, then maybe he could be used to acquire a true centerfielder. Or, he can stay and maybe prove himself.
Imagine
Nimmo leading off
McNeil batting second
Machado
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th being filled by Bruce, Conforto, Frazier, Alonzo (or new CF), & Flores.
The Mets get a youth movement too!
Realmuto (27), Machado (26), Nimmo (25), Conforto (25), Jeff McNeil (26), Alonzo (23)
And... your favorite future Met Jimenez is waiting in the wings as Frazier moves on.
Now this is a nice core for the next 5 years!
Yankees are getting Machado - Mets will mKe a strong offer but when he signs elsewhere they will claim “we were his second choice” .. it’s on page one of their playbook
ReplyDeleteI disagree. "We're kicking the tires" on various free agents is line one of the playbook.
ReplyDeleteSemantics Reese semantics
DeleteSorry Bob... Can't respond 2day
ReplyDeleteEnroute to FLA for my wife's Mom's funeral
Sorry to hear that, Mack.
DeleteMy condolences Mack
ReplyDeleteSorry, Mack. Our condolences.
ReplyDeleteBob, you had me at McNeil. If the Mets, kidding aside, get bold and creative, they can build a beast of a team.
Job # 1, 2, 3, though? Fix the pen. If we had Houston's pen, we may have won 15 more games.
And if the Yankees had pur rotation they might've won 120+.
DeleteYour place is with your family, Mack. We'll keep the home fires burning here.
ReplyDeleteBob
ReplyDeleteSorry for the lateness on my comment.
Dealing Rosario for Realmuto is fine with me... If... You target the team for 2020 when Gimenez can open up in Queens
Interesting.......I wonder if the Mets would have to add to that deal to make it work?
ReplyDeleteAmed and ? for JTR.
Mike
ReplyDeleteMy guess, yes.
Which is fine. A deal fot J T is the right thing to do
If we make that deal now, who is our SS while we wait for Gimenez?
ReplyDeleteMACHADO!!!
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