1/16/19

From The Desk – David Wright, Marysol Castro, Peter Alonso, More Alonso, Dirty Laundry




Good morning.

           

How David Wright's  https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/how-david-wrights-restructured-deal-opens-up-millions-for-mets/  restructured deal opens up millions for Mets –

Wright will receive $9 million this season, with a $4 million lump sum coming on Thursday and the other $5 million given to him through the course of the baseball calendar. The remaining $6 million will be deferred with 2¹/ percent interest, compounded monthly, with annual $2 million payments coming each July 1 (better known in the Mets’ world as Bobby Bonilla Day) from 2021 through 2023 and the interest paid out on Dec. 31, 2023


The Mets’ first female announcer https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-mets-first-female-announcer-wants-to-level-the-playing-field-for-everyone-2019-01-08   wants to level the playing field for everyone –

           The Bronx-native daughter of two Puerto Ricans, who grew up on Baychester Avenue playing stickball and pulling for the Yankees (“I never root against the Mets,” she caveats), arrived at her Citi Field gig by way of broadcast news. Post-graduation from Wesleyan University, she taught high-school English and coached girls’ varsity volleyball at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn before attending the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She went on to stints at News 12 The Bronx, WPIX-TV, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” CBS’s now-defunct “Early Show” and ESPN; she also wrote and hosted her own shows on digital media platforms.




           1. Peter Alonso, 1B Video

Drafted: 2nd Round, 2016 from Florida (NYM)

Age     24.1    Height 6 2    Weight            225     Bat / Thr         R / R    FV       50

Tool Grades (Present/Future)

Hit       Raw Power     Game Power  Run     Fielding          Throw
45/50     80/80                 55/70          30/30      40/40              50/50

Alonso followed up a breakout 2017 with a minor league leading 36-home run 2018 campaign split between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A launching pad Las Vegas. In addition to clubbing the most home runs, Alonso hit some of 2018’s loudest individual blasts. He had the most prolific batting practice session at the Futures Game, then threatened a passing satellite with a titanic seventh-inning homer off of a grooved, 95 mph Adonis Medina fastball. He exceeded Mets Statcast-era records on a ball in play in the Arizona Fall League, out-hit Vlad Guerrero, Jr. during Fall Stars BP, then homered the opposite way off a 103 mph Nate Pearson fastball in the game. This is what top-of-the-scale, strength-driven raw power looks like, and it drives an excellent version of a profile we’re typically quite bearish on: the heavy-bodied, right/right first baseman. Alonso is tough to beat with velocity because his swing is compact and even when he’s a little late, he’s capable of muscling mis-hit balls out the other way. After some adjustment, Fall League pitching chose to attack him beneath the knees, and well-located pitches down there were successful, but Alonso crushes mistake breaking balls that catch too much of the zone. We think a typical Alonso season will look like something between what C.J. Cron and Jesus Aguilar did last year, depending on whether the 2018 uptick in Alonso’s walk rate holds water or not. He makes some nice effort-based plays at first base, but as a feet and hands athlete, Alonso is well below average. Perhaps more notable than what we anticipate will be several years of mashing in the heart of the Mets lineup, Alonso is also a favorite to become the poster child for player compensation reform. Already near the center of public discourse regarding teams’ suppression of prospect promotion, he is 24 years old and has a skillset and body type at heightened risk to enter physical decline relatively early. With his early-career earning power stifled by his parent club, Alonso might start to show signs of physical regression during his arbitration years and also struggle to find a lucrative market in free agency. His free agency is timed awkwardly between what will probably be the next two CBA negotiations, but otherwise the circumstances indicate his situation could one day be a focal point for change.


FantasyPros: https://www.fantasypros.com/2019/01/top-5-fantasy-baseball-prospects-per-position/   Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Prospects Per Position –

           First Base  -  #1 Peter Alonso (NYM)

Power, power, power. That’s what you’re getting with Alonso, and it’s pretty damn impressive. Alonso will bring that power to fantasy owners and Mets fans early 2019.


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9 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Alonso's flaws all pointed out. What people forget is he had just 500-600 PAs his first two seasons. Everyone not named Vlad Guerrero or Juan Soto needs time to refine hitting - in 2018, Alonso did that at a remarkable pace, in my view. He is not a finished product, but if he gets 500 at bats, I could see .230/.310./.450 in 2019 and .260/.350/.550 in 2020 from him.

I want to see Dave Kingman II, simply put.

I assume without reading the article that the Wright salary numbers are then reduced by insurance - great time for Mets to SPEND.

Susan Waldman, move over. (Waldman and John Sterling's average age is something like 76, BTW - pretty amazing they still are at it)

Tom Brennan said...

I donated something this AM - we get this site's stuff for free - hey, Netflix just raised their rates. Dropping a shekel or two here is a good investment, IMO.

Mack Ade said...

God bless you Tom

Mike Freire said...

I find it interesting that Alonso's projected defensive numbers are the same as his current numbers.....in other words, no improvement expected.

He is 24 and by all accounts, is a hard worker who has already shown some improvement in the field. I find it a bit lazy to assume he will not be a good defender and he hasn't even debuted yet! Gold Glover? Not likely, but league average in time? Very possible and if that happens, his bat will more then justify his spot in the lineup.

I would also raise his "comps" from CJ Cron to Jeff Bagwell, but I am biased after all.

Tom Brennan said...

Mike, I agree - Alonso is 80 in power, 40 in fielding. In 2017, I bet he was 20 in fielding. Maybe he can get the glove up to 45. I'd take that for sure.

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Anonymous said...

Reese's Not Sorry!

Actually Tommy Branyan's posting on Tejada and McNeil.

I must have been watching all the wrong Mets games last season or something. My own memory tells that Jeff McNeil was VERY impressive in the later ones he played in. I don't get why anyone would not want to to start him. If it is because of Andres Gimenez, he could be overrated right now because he hasn't materialized yet here.

Ruben Tejada was fine until the "fat label."