We're introducing a new feature here on Mack's Mets called "Comment of the Day", an arbitrary highlight of someone's comment on the site about one of the stories that was particularly cogent, humorous or otherwise worth a read.
For our initial segment we'll look at Tony Plate's article on whether or not the Mets need to replace Zack Wheeler and the several comments that followed suggesting he was not worth the money being bandied about.
Our first comment of the day goes to reader ReyesMets who wrote:
Indeed, Patrick Corbin did have very similar numbers, but he put together a single monster year that coincided with his free agent departure from Arizona. In 2018 he went 11-7 with a 3.15 ERA and made the All Star team. While ReyesMets raises a good point, Wheeler does not have the benefit of that single monster season and thus it may depress his market, particularly with alternatives like Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg, Madison Bumgarner and Hyun-Jin Ryu. Even lefty Dallas Keuchel has better career numbers than Wheeler, greater health and signed for $13 million last season with the Braves.
By the way, here's the link to the video ReyesMets referenced about Wheeler's market.
GREAT idea
ReplyDeleteI echo Mack (mack, mack, mack)
ReplyDeleteIt is a great idea.
I posted this comment back on the comment thread from the original article, addressing some of the responses to my comment of the day LOL ... and thought I would add it here too:
ReplyDelete“But that’s my point ... it’s NOT “overspending” ... the market dictates what a player is worth .. by definition, a free market wage isn’t an overspend
In other words, THIS IS WHAT PITCHERS COST on the open market ...
The Mets aren’t just electing to pass on Zack Wheeler... they are electing to pass on ALL high quality Free Agent Starting Pitchers ... and they’ve been doing it for years,.. the evidence is right in front of our eyes:
Think about it: the last time the Mets signed a FREE AGENT that was one of the TOP HUNDRED Starting Pitchers in baseball was Pedro Martinez back in 2005.
Every FA SP they have signed in the last 14 years has been some type of reclamation project (Chris young, Shawn marcum, Tim Redding, Bartolo Colon, etc etc etc)”
I think ReyesMets was answering my column from earlier, or at least I thought so.
ReplyDeleteI am all for adding talent to this team, but I don't see Zack as a wise investment. Our rotation is still pretty strong, but we need some help in the bullpen and in CF, etc.
I would back load any large contract offer, so that it kicks in after 2020 when significant money comes off the ledger. I am still smitten with Anthony Rendon and think he would look great at 3B, while hitting next to The Pounder.
That would improve the team defense and add a righty power bat to the lineup.
There was a righty power bat on video today hitting off Endy Chavez.
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