MACK –
Wednesday Morning Observations
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/projected-arbitration-salaries-for-2025.html?s=03
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Projected
Arbitration Salaries For 2025
Mets –
Paul
Blackburn (5.018): $4.4MM
Luis
Torrens (4.105): $1.1MM
Tyrone
Taylor (4.093): $2.9MM
David
Peterson (4.089): $4.4MM
Alex
Young (4.085): $1.4MM
DJ
Stewart (3.144): $1.7MM
Sean
Reid-Foley (3.133): $900K
Tylor
Megill (3.031): $2.1MM
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/34-players-elect-free-agency.html?utm_source=twitter&s=03
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34
Players Elect Free Agency –
Catchers
Alex
Jackson (Rays)
Andrew
Knapp (Giants)
Andrew
Knizner (D-Backs)
Reese
McGuire (Red Sox)
Jakson
Reetz (Giants)
Ali
Sánchez (Marlins)
Brian
Serven (Blue Jays)
Infielders
Diego
Castillo (Twins)
José
Devers (Marlins)
Thairo
Estrada (Giants)
Danny
Mendick (White Sox)
Cole
Tucker (Angels)
Jason
Vosler (Mariners)
Outfielders
Billy
McKinney (Pirates)
Cristian
Pache (Marlins)
Designated
Hitter
Willie
Calhoun (Angels)
Pitchers
Phil
Bickford (Yankees)
Ty Blach
(Rockies)
Nick
Burdi (Yankees)
John
Curtiss (Rockies)
Kent
Emanuel (Marlins)
Cole
Irvin (Twins)
Casey
Kelly (Reds)
Matt Koch
(Rockies)
Steven
Okert (Twins)
Yohan
Ramírez (Red Sox)
Gerardo
Reyes (A’s)
Trevor
Richards (Twins)
Ryder
Ryan (Pirates)
Kirby
Snead (Mariners)
Touki
Toussaint (White Sox)
Tanner
Tully (Yankees)
Jordan
Weems (Nationals)
Mitch White (Brewers)
Bob
Nightengale @BNightengale
The
finger pointing has begun:
In the
aftermath of missing the postseason, Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick
blasts the signing of starter Jordan Montgomery to
a two-year, $47.5 million contract, blaming himself for making the
recommendation to the front office late in
"Looking
back, in hindsight, a horrible decision to have invested that money in a guy
that performed as poorly as he did. It was our biggest mistake this season from
a talent standpoint. And I'm the perpetrator of that.''
Kendrick
obviously is hoping that Montgomery (6.23 ERA) does not exercise his $22.5
million player option in 2025.
MACK – Let’s say Kendrick agrees to eat the
majority of the monies owed to Montgomery… is this guy worth considering for an
SP4/5 in 2025?
The
Original Pete
I was a big Ron
Hunt fan. Back in the day, I thought he was the best second baseman in
baseball. The problem was I was a minority of one.
Pete Rose was the original “hair on fire” baseball pro. He made Ty Cobb look like Pope Paul. Of course, I hated him, but I admired him from afar and wished Hunt had a lot more Rose in him, especially when he came to bat.
The banishment due to the gambling thing made a whole lot of sense at the time, but it sure seems watered down now, what with all the ways you can legally bet on these games; however, stemming from the final decisions after the Mizuhara/Ohtani rulings, players still can’t bet on ANY form of baseball games.
Pro, college, high school,
International, sandlot, pee wee, choose ups on 95th Avenue in Ozone
Park… nuttin’ honey.
Rose went
on to embarrass himself off the field. Making fans pay to shake his hand…
being in total denial… and then there was that sad documentary.
Fans in
Cincy loved him, but, looking closer, these were just the fans in the park when
Rose played. They were as old as Pete was.
Is Pete
Rose in Heaven? Sure, what the hell. Remember, God forgave a shitload of people
that did a lot worse things than this guy did. Is he playing on God’s team with
all the other legends up there?
I don’t
know. I wouldn’t bet on it.
The
Trades Of Those Two Aces
Chandler
Rome @Chandler_Rome
Justin Verlander did not make the Astros’ Wild Card Series roster.
Joe DeMayo @PSLToFlushing
Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford
Ernest Dove @ernestdove
Max Scherzer & Justin Verlander officially not on any
current playoff rosters.
Luisangel Acuña on one.
Top prospects Drew Gilbert & Ryan
Clifford in Mets farm system.
Mets
In playoffs.
Job well done prior front office & Steve Cohen for money
well spent/eaten.
Mack – I loved these deals from the get-go. Sell off two dinosaurs
for three top 100 prospects. Who does this and how do the Mets pull that off?
metZZ
1986®️ @bkfan09
Mets IFA Prospect Rankings By Class
2025 Elian Peña #2
2026 Josua Chacoa Top10
2027 Cam Gutierrez Top 20
2028 Marlom Noguera Top 10
Francys
Romero @francysromeroFR
Sources:
The New York Mets named James Kang as their new
Director of International Scouting.
Kang
previously worked with the Padres, Red Sox, Dodgers and lastly Guardians where
he was the Senior Player Acquisitions Scout.
The Mets
interviewed several strong candidates such as Felix Peguero, Roman Ocumarez,
Brad Budzinski but ultimately moved in the direction of Kang.
Layki
Uribe was also among the candidates interviewed.
Daniel
Wexler @WexlerRules
Danny Young gained 2 MPH on his 2 seam FB, as did Jeffrey Colon, Brandon Sproat +
.4 MPH, Christian Scott down 0.2 MPH
Mack – Interesting…
You can’t tell me that the pitching
lab isn’t making a difference here…
16 comments:
Great column with information you don't see on any other sites.
Regarding Montgomery, do we also look at moving a bad contract swap with Arizona along with them assuming more of Montgomery's contract?
DJ, you beat me to it. As I was reading the article on MLBTR, I asked myself: Montgomery for Marte, straight up…. Would I do it? I would.
The mets have a nice crop of arb eligible players that aren't costing us a boat load going into 2025. Stewart is the only person to 100 percent cut loose. Blackburn is on the bubble, I'd be inclined to let him go but could be convinced to keep him as a 5th/6th SP
At MUSC HOSPITAL for lymphoma tests
Dan, you have to keep him as you will need healthy arms. He is a candidate for the pitching lab and further, he isn’t expensive. Stewart is gone for sure, and I would only keep Foley because he’s cheap. Personally, I don’t really like him too much.
Good luck Mack! Bring back some good news!
That makes sense with Blackburn. You've swayed me to put him in the "keep" column. I like Foley when healthy which is the ~$900k in this case. To your point, because he is so cheap I think he's worth retaining.
Doing an updated Blow It Up plan tomorrow at 9am
Mack, hoping for good news on the health front.
Max Kranick I guess is not arb eligible yet. Liked hearing he was hitting 98 in relief.
I do not want free agent Ali Sanchez back, nor other ex-Mets: Mendick, Bickford, Curtiss, Koch and Ryan.
Montgomery for Marte? Why? Monty was brutal this year: hitters .310+, very high WHIP, very low Ks (15% of batters faced). Marte gets hurt, but he is still productive when he is not. SO unless you think you can convert Montgomery into an effective reliever? No thanks. Remember, he did not have to pitch against the highest scoring team in baseball - his team. Arizona scored 42 runs more than the 2nd highest scoring team.
If we did take Montgomery, Arizona can give the Mets $10 million to make a Marte swap work.
I'd much rather keep Marte until the All Star Break, to see if Gilbert is ready by then.
Good vibes Mack.
Two more thoughts: 1) Amazing they are linked to an international kid for 2028, which would make him what, 13 now? And 2) Pete Rose and that Big Red Machine vs. Seaver backed by the Mets' pop gun offense? Seaver was 12-20 lifetime vs. Cincy. Had he pitched FOR Cincy his entire career, might he have won 400 games?
Best Wishes Mack!
My thoughts exactly
Had blood tests
Sitting to see Doc
200 mile trip
Great column Mack! A lot of good stuff here to digest - I'll hit some of them.
Montgomery: I really was hoping the Mets would sign him this spring. I did not follow him this year and did not realize he was that bad. I wonder if it was a pitching in the desert thing. For not much money I would take a flyer on him, send him to that lab and have Hefner do to him what Manaea, Quintana, and Peterson (fellow lefties) were able to do in the second half of the year. I'm a no vote on a Marte for Montgomery swap (Tom covered that well above)
Pete Rose: I'm bummed that he didn't live to see him get into the Hall of Fame. I have been on the Pete Rose for the HOF bandwagon now for many years. I get that he should not be INVOLVED in the game in any way as a player, coach, manager, or any other title, but they needed to give him his due as a great great hitter (which all (or most) happened before the betting). He is a baseball Hall of Famer. I am as sure of the heaven thing. There are a lot of bad people in the Hall of Fame. (For the record, I think the cheap 1973 all-start game 'slide' into Ray Fosse was bush and tainted his record. You can play hard without hurting someone in an inconsequential game.)
The trades: Yes, even though Gilbert had a down year, I make those 2023 trades every day of the year.
Arb-Eligible players: non-tender Stewart. Good argument on Blackburn in comments above. The rest are keepers at those prices
34 Free Agents: Geez I hope the final list looks better than this subset. Pass on all.
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