tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post2053028637733893006..comments2024-03-28T06:55:33.470-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Reese Kaplan -- Alternate Histories for the NY MetsMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-12184295423806575482017-09-16T06:31:44.837-04:002017-09-16T06:31:44.837-04:00Hobie, I heard a Cabrera deal was wrapped up until...Hobie, I heard a Cabrera deal was wrapped up until the unnamed team insisted on Victor Cruzado as part of the deal. Not true, of course, but I hadn't written a thing involving VC lately, so I created some fake news about your favorite guy :)<br /><br />Truly, the fact that the Mets could see some 17 year old kid in Wyoming like Nimmo, not have him turn into a complete flop, and actually have him doing pretty well right now amazes me. Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-45964917114176323452017-09-15T22:52:49.350-04:002017-09-15T22:52:49.350-04:00SA was on record stating he was dumping salary to ...SA was on record stating he was dumping salary to fulfill a promise he'd made to the Wilpons. Paying down salary was probably not even an option.Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-59584607908044633512017-09-15T12:34:35.510-04:002017-09-15T12:34:35.510-04:00Alternative histories are fun--the butterfly effec...Alternative histories are fun--the butterfly effect of Bobby Thompson popping up could have been the arrest & conviction of Lee Harvey Oswald for the attempted murder of Maj Gen Edwin Walker. Maybe not.<br /><br />But it's all 20/20 hindsight because we forget our 1st guesses that went wrong, only the "I told you so" guesses stick. Nimmo, yeah I was scratching my head too--never heard of him (with my fave, George Springer, gone a few picks ahead I was aiming at local kid, Joe Panik, or switch-hitting catcher, Blake Swihart--what do I know.) The guys that drafted OOB Danny Hultzen (#2!) or Taylor Jungmann had cracks at Fernandez, Gray & Bradley (& Nimmo!) too.<br /><br />Interesting too is the better return to for dumped salary, but it takes two to tango. Do we know for sure that Milwaukee said, "no we'll pick up the salary, you can't have Corbin Burnes or, for that matter, any of out top 30?" What would the comments be if SA bit on a Detroit offer to fund Cespedes remaining 2015 salary for a Wilmer Flores sweetener?<br /><br />The innate pleasure of being a baseball fan, no matter how frustrating, is that the pace of thing--game, season,draft, hot stove-- allows us to play out alternate scenarios pre- and post real time events. The folks here at Mack's Mets add to that pleasure. Thank you.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161607087964191500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-23134944608469697562017-09-15T11:25:43.522-04:002017-09-15T11:25:43.522-04:00There is always the Wright mystery, as to how much...There is always the Wright mystery, as to how much of his 8 year deal the ins. co. will have paid. What if we had the total clarity of having another healthy reliable 3rd baseman?<br /><br /><br />The real question if, for us older guys...what if we had rooted for the Yankees instead?Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-60534120806584661182017-09-15T10:59:05.848-04:002017-09-15T10:59:05.848-04:00Didn't I use to write a yearly post called ...Didn't I use to write a yearly post called 'What If?" :)<br /><br />What if............... :)Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-84274345336663047982017-09-15T10:47:01.988-04:002017-09-15T10:47:01.988-04:00that 2012 draft hurts, bc he could have drafted th...that 2012 draft hurts, bc he could have drafted the other shortstop (corey Seagar) instead of the one he did. Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166843922861649296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-7602335505595871902017-09-15T10:46:11.394-04:002017-09-15T10:46:11.394-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166843922861649296noreply@blogger.com