3/22/20

Mack – FWIW – Resale of Mets, Stephen Matz, Will We Play in 2020?, Top Ranked Relief Pitchers



I have a strange question to ask. Do you think that the coronavirus will create a quicker sale of the Mets? Let’s face it… the Wilpon’s were bleeding cash before their chief revenue source dried up overnight. Can you imagine what their second quarter balance sheet is going to look like? My guess, right now, is that the Wilpons are doing everything they can to get the deal Cohen deal back to a living, breathing thing.



Dan Szymborski had his weekly Q and A:

Bighen: should the Mets have Matz in starting rotation just to make sure they have a lefty or is there really no benefit added there? I think he’s better than or beats out wacha so point might be moot anyway.

Dan Szymborski: I think he’s better than Wacha

Mack – The writers on Fangraphs seems to be in lock step on Wacha being a reliever this season.

I don’t think anything can now be determined with this delay. My guess is it could stretch to June. What then? How long will the players be given to get into game ready shape?



https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-many-games-can-mlb-realistically-play-in-2020/  -

Baseball seems very likely to lose some number of games that it won’t be able to make up over the course of the season. Given how quickly the course of COVID-19 is changing, attempting to guess exactly how many seems like an exercise in folly right now. But just as we are experiencing a pandemic the scale of which is unprecedented in our lifetime, this baseball season is likely to be without precedent as well.



https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/2020-reliever-rankings/ ranks the relievers. Don’t look at #19:

2020 Reliever Rankings
NAMETM
1Josh HaderMIL
2Roberto OsunaHOU
3Aroldis ChapmanNYY
4Edwin DiazNYM
5Kirby YatesSD
6Kenley JansenLAD
7Taylor RogersMIN
8Liam HendriksOAK
9Ken GilesTOR
10Raisel IglesiasCIN
11Nick AndersonTB
12Hector NerisPHI
13Craig KimbrelCHC
14Brad HandCLE
15Archie BradleyARI
16Hansel RoblesLAA
17Ian KennedyKC
18Alex ColomeCWS
19Jose LeclercTEX
20Brandon WorkmanBOS
21Sean DoolittleWAS
22Mark MelanconATL
23Giovanny GallegosSTL
24Joe JimenezDET
25Daniel HudsonWAS
26Keone KelaPIT
27Will SmithATL
28Brandon KintzlerMIA
29Mychal GivensBAL
30Andrew MillerSTL
31Scott ObergCOL
32Ryne StanekMIA
33Kyle CrickPIT
34Seth LugoNYM
35Diego CastilloTB
36Ryan PresslyHOU
37Dellin BetancesNYM
38Blake TreinenLAD
39Emilio PaganSD
40James KarinchakCLE
41Tony WatsonSF
42Shaun AndersonSF
43Hunter HarveyBAL
44Michael LorenzenCIN
45Matt MagillSEA
46Yoshihisa HiranoSEA
47Carl Edwards Jr.SEA
48Pedro StropCIN
49Matt BarnesBOS
50Will HarrisWAS
51Trevor MayMIN
52Sergio RomoMIN
53Kevin GinkelARI
54Steve CishekCWS
55Drew PomeranzSD
56Amir GarrettCIN
57Andres MunozSD
58Jose AlvaradoTB
59Joely RodriguezTEX
60Lucas SimsCIN
61Adam OttavinoNYY
62Seranthony DominguezPHI
63Zack BrittonNYY
64Chad GreenNYY
65Corey KnebelMIL
66Emmanuel ClaseCLE
67Richard RodriguezPIT
68Robert StephensonCIN
69Tanner ScottBAL
70Rowan WickCHC
71Sam TuivailalaSEA
72Jose UrenaMIA

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I don't know how smart Steve Cohen is, but he could be bleeding cash right now like a lot of other potential buyers, what with the Wall Street crash. The only thing these guys are investing in at the moment is cash.

As you say, no determination can be made on the season until we see how the disease progresses. China and Korea seemed to move in and out relatively quickly. Europe not so much. I'd have hoped Italy would have turned the corner by now.

Bob W.

Mack Ade said...

Bob -

I don't think any of us know anything anymore.

Raw said...

How come South Korea is playing baseball again and we are not even close? People are talking about losing the whole season eliminating the draft. What did they do right and we do wrong?

Raw said...

What happened to breakfast links? I missed it this morning. I read it every morning with breakfast.

bill metsiac said...

I've heard several times about the Wilpons "bleeding cash", but nothing about where the cash is going.

Is it Mets - related, leftover Madoff effect, real estate, or what?

Mack Ade said...

Raw -

John takes Sunday off and eats the links with his family breakfast.

Mack Ade said...

Bill -

The bleeding of cash by the Mets have nothing to do with other Sterling Equities properties.

It is just about the Mets cash in and cash out situation.

The stadium is tremendously leveraged. Couple this with their high payroll (entire org.), taxes, and limited attendance ... well...

Tom Brennan said...

A Congress person who did insider trading in February may be the only one left to have enough cash to buy a team. This drags out, and the team will be available for $10.

If there is a season, Edwin Diaz at 4th best works me. But Lugo at # 34? Way too far down. Has to be Top 20.