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2/19/21

Breaking News - Mets have deal with RHP Taijuan Walker

 

Reports are that RHP Taijuan Walker has signed with the Mets.














 FanGraphs: Taijuan Walker Talks Pitching



11 comments:

  1. Great - I feel this team is much closer to complete now. Walker has been effective, and should be an asset to this team.

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  2. Nice going! I am now satisfied with what the Mets have going into the season.

    Bob W

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  3. I am very excited about this signing, now go get Odorizzi as well. This season every team will need an extra starter so not to over use the arms coming off only a 60 game season last year. I think the Rays have a great idea and went ahead and got themselves a bunch of starters for this reason as well.
    Hopefully this Walker signing is real and we sign Odorizzi will be even grander, so if we lose out on Stroman and Synndergarrd next free agency period, we will still have a pretty good rotation going forward.
    DeGrom
    Carrasco
    Odorizzi
    Walker
    Peterson/ Szapucki

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  4. Two great observations Zozo. First, the need for depth after last year's 60 game season and for next year with the pending free agents.

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  5. John

    I think most teams have spent their allotment of offseason money, so we may even be able to get him a bitter cheaper than he probably was requesting at the beginning of the offseason?

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  6. Odorizzi on top of Walker would put them over the limit unless they dumped more salary. So I don't see that happening.

    Remember, they need to keep cap room for mid year acquisition(s).

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  7. Bob W, they may be set - I just wonder if they can squeeze in another reliever and maintain flexibility

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  8. What is the expression? "Good things come to all who wait"? Well, the waiting is over, the rotation is full, Spring Training is underway and it's time to play ball.

    With some of these other pitchers - McWilliams, Lucchesi, Yamamoto, etc., it seems like one of them will win the long man job in the spring. I can see one (or more?) of them being used for a 3 or 4 inning hold a couple times a week. Lucchesi may have the inside track as the lefty.

    Hopefully, Nimmo and Smith are spending hours and hours upgrading their defense in center and left, respectively.

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  9. A necessary signing.

    There are red flags with Walker, of course, an inability to stay healthy is the biggest. But Mets absolutely needed another starter.

    They are not getting Ororizzi.

    Need to add one more legit reliever to the pen and we're good to go.

    Jimmy

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  10. I agree with that, Tom. Adding Jeffress would be icing. However, they will need to find innings for guys like Lucchesi, Gsellman, etc who are now not going to make the rotation initially.

    Another starter may make it difficult to find work for all of them in a 5-day rotation. The depth they have now in the majors and minors should carry them as far as starts.

    Bob W

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