The Hot Stove League is underway and the Mets are supposedly
in the running for every free agent since Steve Cohen has unlimited funds to
spend. I’m going to guess that when all is said and done, the team will make
prudent decisions to keep the team under the salary cap.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Speculation is that Juan Soto will sign with one of the Red Sox, Yankees or Mets, with the Mets being the favorite. Recently, someone posted that Judge was a better player than Soto. While both are potential Hall of Famers, Soto is by far the more impactful player. Look no further than the past World Series performances of both.
Adding
Soto to the Mets roster automatically makes them betting favorites to challenge
the Dodgers for the top spot. Alonso could then be retained, under a reasonable
contract, to form a starting lineup that would be second to none. However, I have
never been in favor of long-term contracts and believe they eventually become an
albatross around your neck.
RUMORS
The rotation for 2025 is a big question mark at this point with only Peterson and Senga signed for next year. I would love to have Scott Manaea re-signed as SP3. He has shown the ability to be a top of the rotation arm. Corbin Burnes or Max Fried would look good in a Mets uniform with Burnes as my preferred choice for SP1.
Recent news
has the Mets making an offer to Yusei Kikuchi, an intriguing lefty who could
fill the SP5 role. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
SPECULATION
The Mets have several prospects that would interest other teams if they decide to go the trade route. The one getting the most circulation is trading some combination of Jett Williams, Rony Mauricio, Blade Tidwell and Brett Baty for Garrett Crochet.
In my humble opinion, giving up top prospects for Crochet would be
insane. Why would you give away your future when there is so much talent available
through free agency? The Mets are currently one of the oldest teams in MLB. It’s
time to make room for the prospects ready to graduate.
Ray
November 19,
2024
5 comments:
I feel Mets need to break camp with Jett still in the organization. His OBP and speed with pop can perhaps blossom at some point.
Totally agree on the "not trading prospects" post. I'm on board with the "Use Stevies money instead" line.
I agree with both Ernest and Gary and that’s why I said to punt this year and only get Sasaki and Soto. Soto claims that dollar amount is his only motivation - and that isn’t a surprise. I enjoyed the last season push, and if the Mets want to go all in every year with the top free agent available, they will always be at $350MM, always be spending like drunken sailors, and more importantly, always being penalized in the draft, always losing international spending money for signing QO’s, and always losing a higher draft pick for signing QO’s. In other words, just because Cohen doesn’t care about the money, shouldn’t he care about the talent?
It sucked to see Brandon Montgomery fall to 12 when the Mets should have gotten the #9 pick and could have taken him. Instead, at #19 they took Carson Benge. He is a good player as well, but Montgomery is already #47 in MLB prospects. Already! Man, I wanted that kid…
I want Crochet. If you watched him, you’d know why. Beast, if he stays healthy.
If the Mets trade for him a huge package for him, then they have a Soto situation where they have to pony up anything he wants or wait it out. Now, he could get hurt…. If there could be a “Tyler Glasnow” trade, where the Mets have a three day window to negotiate with him or no trade, Crochet’s leverage goes way down, and he will get an extension that he so dearly wants.
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