Jaylin, Mets 2024 Payroll, Oca, Nogo, Mangum
Mets, Jaylin Davis Agree To Minor League Deal -
Davis, 28, has reached the big league level in each of the past four seasons. He’s seen action with the Giants and Boston but always in a limited capacity. Davis has played in 38 MLB games and tallied 95 trips to the plate, hitting .207/.274/.299 with a 30.5% strikeout percentage.
Mack - Davis was drafted in the 24th round of the 2015 draft, by the Twins, out of Appalachian State University (Boone, NC).
2022 stats: 0.2-WAR, 24-AB, .333
Mets’ payroll is the talk of baseball and where might it go? -
Is there room for Shohei Ohtani and/or Manny Machado?
Yes, of course. The Mets’ payroll may not be limitless, but whatever limits that exist are self-imposed. The current collective bargaining agreement is in effect through the 2026 season; the penalties aren’t changing before then.
Adding Ohtani on a deal that would pay him, say, $45 million per season would push the Mets’ luxury tax payroll over $300 million for 2024 (to 13 players) and past $100 million each season through 2031. Adding Machado at about $35 million per season would only change the last year in that previous sentence to 2030.
Mack - Me? I open the cash drawer for Ohtani in the off season. I wild get a solid rotation piece, someone that would solve the DH questions going forward, and a credible OF-4.
Notes about players that missed the Top 20 list:
Right-hander Bryce Montes de Oca is very big and throws very hard but walked 16 percent of batters he faced as a reliever in Double A and Triple A; he had a cup of coffee last year and he’ll probably be on the Syracuse shuttle again this season. …
https://theathletic.com/4245052/2023/02/24/mets-bullpen-candidates/?source=user-shared-article -
Bryce Montes de Oca (27)
Acquired: Drafted in the ninth round, 2018
Status: On the 40-man roster with options
Repertoire: Sinker, slider, cutter, splitter
2022: 10.80 ERA with six strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings
In terms of intimidation, Montes de Oca is right there with Ridings, standing at a more filled-out 6-foot-7. There’s no question about the filth of the righty’s stuff: He, too, can hit triple digits and pair it with a wipeout slider. There are plenty of questions, however, about Montes de Oca’s capacity to corral that stuff in the strike zone. Over the course of his career, he’s walked just under 16 percent of opposing hitters.
“That’s what we challenged Bryce with this offseason,” Hefner said, “is controlling the ball in the zone. Not necessarily having elite command but controlling the zone, getting the ball in the box.”
Montes de Oca has added a splitter this winter that Hefner called “a monster.”
Mack - The Mets signed so many seasoned bullpen veterans this off season, so I don’t see a road for him in Queens this year…. unless this “monster splitter” finds its way over the strike zone.
This one is for Tom.
https://theathletic.com/4245052/2023/02/24/mets-bullpen-candidates/?source=user-shared-article -
Stephen Nogosek (28)
Acquired: Trade with Boston, July 2017
Status: On the 40-man roster, out of options. If Nogosek doesn’t make the team out of camp, he’ll have to be designated for assignment and pass through waivers.
Repertoire: Fastball, cutter, slider, changeup, curveball
2022: 2.45 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 22 major-league innings
Nogosek has a leg up on the competition thanks to three different factors: his excellent performance in limited major-league time last season, the deeper repertoire that allows him to pitch multiple innings and his lack of options. Half of Nogosek’s 12 big-league outings last season were two innings or longer. The right-hander revamped his repertoire during the lost 2020 season and has been significantly better for it at the major-league level, and he carries into this spring the confidence derived from succeeding in the bigs last year.
“I was finally confident in myself and in my stuff and felt like I had what I needed to get guys out consistently,” he said. “After a few outings, I felt like I finally belonged and felt like I could truly do this.”
Mack - I hope Nogo gets his shot this year. He’s pitched well where most have failed… limited major l eague appearances, There really is nothing more he can do in the minors and he is out of options.
In my pen, he goes to Flushing for opening day.
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article272549935.html -
Outfielder Jake Mangum had the web gem of the game. Mangum, who the Marlins acquired as part of a trade with the Mets this offseason, made a diving grab in center field to rob Hayden Senger of a hit and end the seventh inning against his former team.
“Years and years of getting reads,” Mangum said. “I’ve been in center field for a long time now, and it’s just a lot of work. I’ve loved working with [Marlins outfield coach] Jon Jay. He’s been fantastic. It’s been really fun to be around a new group of guys. You just keep learning.”
Mangum is a non-roster invitee to camp and is coming off a solid-albeit-injury-hampered 2022 minor-league season in which he hit .306 with an .804 on-base-plus-slugging mark over 72 games (56 of which he started in center field).
Mack - SMH
4 comments:
I agree completely about Nogo. I don't see any way he'd clear waivers if we want to send him upstate. If he can't make the 26, he should have trade value, but I see him as a keeper.
As for Ohtani, I am the only Mets fan I know of who does NOT want him. His two-way talent is a double-edged sword which creates a huge injury risk.
I wanted Manny, but the contract he got from the Pads hopefully will weaken their ability to re-sign Soto, who would be my prime target if I were Uncle Steve.
Bill,
Soto, if he rebounds this season to his previous stats, is certainly a player to look into. Outfield is a weak area for us in our minors.
I like Nogo too..rooting for him.
It's hard not to love Ohtani, but the potential price tag for a 30 something guy would scare me off. At half a billion you could sign a top end pitcher and impact position player, get the same production, and split the risk.
Mauricio could be a nice RF in the near future...I'd love to see him get some OF reps in Syracuse.
Per Jacob Resnick: Bryce Montes de Oca threw a pitch (yesterday) at 101 mph with 21 inches of horizontal break.
Almost 400,000 fastballs were thrown in the Majors last year. None matched those numbers.
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