This one is simple...
Which current Met would you offer to, and finalize, a contract extension before the 2020 season starts?
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Syndergaard. There is way too much talent to not eventually be put together.
ReplyDeleteMy first reaction was McNeil and then Davis, but their body of work is smaller. With the price of the top end pitchers exploding, if Thor is open to something affordable,I’d jump on it.
Simple but difficult
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1. Thor - with what Wheeler received, anything he signs for now is a discount by the time he get to free agency... I would actually offer him Wheelers contract now...
2. Mcneil I would try to get him to sign like Ozzie Albies who agreed to $35 million contract extension
3. Conforto I do not know where we should go with conforto but I would try to sign him now and buy out 2 years of free agency
4. Alonzo while i think he was amazing last year i think I would wait to see him do it again next year. he may not have a huge hit tool so if he is a 220 hitter i dont see that a someone i would want to extend but if he can maintain a 260 + avg with 40 plus HR power then he can be worthy of extension.
I can't see any chance of having a winner without a one-two punch in your rotation.
ReplyDeleteMy choice would take little brain power.
Noah Syndergaard
Agree with Thor......Stroman will likely be cheaper now then he will be in a year when he is a full fledged FA, so I would approach him, too.
ReplyDeleteConforto is represented by Bor-ass so he isn't signing anything before his big payday, IMO.
I hope they keep McNeil, Rosario, Davis and Alonso but I think they can wait a season or two since they are
under team control for longer.
If you extend Thor to something reasonable, and he can be traded, even if he restricts which teams he can get trade to, I would think that his trade value goes UP.
ReplyDeleteI am not up on the economics of streaming revenues, but the Yanks just announced they will be streamed on Amazon. You wonder if the rate of revenue growth, due to that, will increase...and if so, Cole's deal in 5 years may look modest.
So...extend Thor now. Spotrac has him slated for $9.9 million in 2020, so he is already spiking salary-wise. He may decide there is not enough benefit to being extended unless he gets paid MORE than Jake - but at his age, he has more leverage than Jake does, so he might want more like 5 years, $140 MM, more than Zack.
Syndergaard is a no brainer.
ReplyDeleteThey simply have to budget for the next 5 years. I know Cohen might spend money but say you get him to sign Betts and Realmuto next year (that would be amazing), the payroll will be skyrocketing beyond what it already is. Try to get some certainty about players and your budget. I think you want to consider McNeil, Alonso, Nimmo, Lugo, Syndergaard (and maybe Conforto) as part of your core that you build around and get some cost control. I think you hope Allan, Maurico, Batty and Alvarez can fill in the gaps in 3 years around FA signing.
Syndergaard is the guy to extend. Looking around at our division. We're gonna have to desl.with Washington's big 3 of sherzer, Strasburg and corbin for the forseeable future. Atlanta has Soroka, Folty and a bunch other young talented arms, philly just added Wheeler. We need Thor to pair up with degrom to match up with these teams so he's the guy to extend for me.
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