We've all seen the guys who left the Mets to flourish -
Ryan, Otis, Murphy, Kent. A long list.
Add Paul Sewald to the list.
1-14, 5.50 as a Met. Appalling.
11-4, 3.16, 114 Ks in 74 IP as a Mariner. Appealing.
Of course, with the Mets, he was instructed to keep the ball down.
Ball down, ERA up.
With the Mariners, it was suggested to him to pitch up in the zone.
Ball up, ERA down.
Fixed!
Of course, the Mariners also score for him.
Something the Mets never thought to do while Paul pitched for them.
Something in the water in Queens, perhaps.
Clean water in Seattle, I surmise.
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He has had a remarkable turnaround. Not only ball up vs ball down but changes in secondary pitches. Did it really require a whole new organization to realize that what he used to be doing wasn't working?!
Paul Articulates (and Steve Cohen), when you cannot figure out excellent cheap fixes, you then play worse as a team, and you then resort to clearly overpaying for a guy for 10 years, $341 million, when the scary possibility (not probability, but possibility) is that the guy you failed to cheaply fix might turn out, from 2021 forward, to be the better player of the two.
After all, since the start of 2021, Sewald is arguably better than Lindor.
Happy for Paul.
Knew him well back then.
So Tom, are you referring to that guy in Cleveland that in 2 years is slashing .276/.318/.392 who was replaced by the $341M guy that is slashing .230/.320/.407 over the same period?
Paul, it will forever be known as the Carrasco trade. Carrasco for Rosario, with 2 other guys thrown in, one by each team.
Speaking of change of scenery, Khalil Lee demoted from AAA to...no, not AA, no, not High A....demoted to Low A St Lucie. I guess they want him to gain confidence again?
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