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10/17/19

OPEN THREAD: If You Were the GM...



From Tom Brennan...

 If you were the Mets' GM, who would you be considering to be available as a starter?  As a reliever?

 And when, in what role, and why?
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6 comments:

  1. Tom BrennanOctober 17, 2019 at 11:13 AM

    Me?

    Starters: Cole, Strasburg, Bumgarner, or Wheeler, in that order.

    If they feel Cole will be durable, he could be our Max Scherzer for the next several years.

    Relievers: Add one of the following - lefty Will Smith, Steve Cishek, or Daniel Hudson.

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  2. Mack AdeOctober 17, 2019 at 11:43 AM

    I'm old school.

    There will be savings from the loss of both Frazier and Lagares, but most of that will be spend on arbitration increases and our new manager's salary.

    Yeah, I know... it's not a player's salary but it all comes out of the same pocket.

    I would:

    1. Go big after Strasburg

    2. Still try and work out a multiple year deal with Wheeler

    3. And, if they don't work, go inside the franchise with Harol Gonzalez until Thomas Szapucki is ready.

    As for relievers, I would convert Stephen Matz to the pen if I could add both Wheeler and Strasburg.

    I also would start the season with Stephen Nogosek and Matt Blackham in Queens.

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  3. Tom BrennanOctober 17, 2019 at 12:06 PM

    Mack, good plan, but they should have called upand used Harol Gonzalez in Sept if they really wanted to rely on him, as of now, for the start of 2020.

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  4. Mack AdeOctober 17, 2019 at 12:09 PM

    He starts winter ball this week.

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  5. John From AlbanyOctober 17, 2019 at 12:16 PM

    Matz going to the pen could be a very interesting move. He seems to struggle the most when runners get on base. Either he would learn to pitch in those situations or not.

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  6. Mack AdeOctober 17, 2019 at 12:40 PM

    John -

    Doesn't Matz also pitch better in the first two innings each outing?

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