Talked just now with someone in baseball that said I can fill you in as long as I don't identify this person
He said that he finds it amusing that fans, in general, and Mets fans, in particular, always assume free agent players want to sign with the team they root for.
Especially players that these same teams traded or dropped them in past
Said it just isn't popular to be a Met these days
No particulars
8 comments:
How quickly things turn.
After the signing of Francisco Lindor, when Steve Cohen sent the message to the baseball world that he was willing to spend to build a great team, word was that players wanted to come here.
After major investments in player development personnel and tools, one would think that this is the place to go to maximize the skills you have.
It seemed in 2022 and 2023 that these players really liked each other and would play hard for each other and their manager.
So this report makes me wonder if the issue is the fan base, the stadium, or the coaching staff, some of which have been changed this year.
Hinted that the current team suits have a hard time pulling the trigger and repeatedly have been used to set up deals with other teams
Also mentioned that the Max and Verlander deals have made it impossible to operate this team right now
They have to live with these two big mistakes until that money is off the board
It is some consolation that Cohen admitted the mistake, swallowed hard, and got back some potential future talent. Won’t help this year, of course.
I had a feeling that was the case Mack when I read players - like Giolito and Suter - that they were after signing decent deals somewhere else. Stearns is a bit too worried about the newspapers and being perfect.
This is why I'm always fearful of multi-year deals to players who haven't shown that they can handle NY.
The bad rep goes back a long way. Remember when we traded for Keith, and he said he'd exercise his right to demand a trade away at season's end?
Once he got here, he learned that the bad rep didn't apply.
I forgot that
Look, Cohen tried and we applauded that. We can’t turn against him now. He tried to buy, heck with the cost. It didn’t work. He is going another route now. We all understand what’s going on, and while NYC is a tough place to play with high taxes and a ridiculously competitive throng of a press corps, some people do like it. That’s probably a feather in Alonso’s cap that I respect. However, h Judge ain’t worth Judge money, and Pete isn’t either. Hopefully the negotiations don’t become outlandish.
Post a Comment