tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post1003554038727309744..comments2024-03-28T17:57:21.603-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Reese Kaplan -- The Cardinals Way vs. The Mets WayMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-36526479807270962602016-01-21T07:54:43.623-05:002016-01-21T07:54:43.623-05:00On the Heyward trade, I suspect you might have a n...On the Heyward trade, I suspect you might have a negative take on it if the Mets were involved.<br /><br />Yes, the Cardinals aggressively traded for Heyward by sending Shelby Miller to the Braves. A very nice pitcher. A year later, the Braves flipped Miller to the Diamondbacks for a trio of prospects, a price that Keith Law described as "comically high."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Heyward walked. The Cards got a year and a draft pick.<br /><br />We can admire the aggressiveness -- and I do, actually -- but I don't think they came out winners in this example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-40691463185426736472016-01-20T14:53:02.239-05:002016-01-20T14:53:02.239-05:00@IB -- where is the even replacement for the loss ...@IB -- where is the even replacement for the loss of Yoenis Cespedes? Alejandro De Aza? Methinks one of these things is not like the other. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-26287339674804242572016-01-20T14:07:10.168-05:002016-01-20T14:07:10.168-05:00Still want Cespedes.
Still want Cespedes.<br />Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-59336356828379077872016-01-20T13:32:49.579-05:002016-01-20T13:32:49.579-05:00I'm not seeing that much of a stark contrast h...I'm not seeing that much of a stark contrast here, at least in your arguments. I will say the Mets have been in rebuild -- in stark contrast to the Cards who have been perennial contenders for years. When the Cards lose/add a player it's one man on a 25 man club that already knows how to win. Now the Mets are in that position (I pray), so a guy like Walker or Cabrera can come in and round out a team that's contending. I have no problem with Alderson's approach - which got them to the WS in 2015 after years of dismal play. <br /><br />IBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-80996205393351693662016-01-20T12:35:09.730-05:002016-01-20T12:35:09.730-05:00What I always remembered about the Cards in the pl...What I always remembered about the Cards in the playoffs were the countless amount of 95mph+ relievers, with names I couldn't pronounce, that they kept throwing at the other team.<br /><br />Oh, and I remember Red.Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.com