tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post2167456288647755003..comments2024-03-28T14:09:20.907-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Reese Kaplan -- Let the Excuses Begin!Mack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-49547383304069097702015-07-15T19:23:58.106-04:002015-07-15T19:23:58.106-04:00Stubby -
welcome back - my apologiesStubby - <br /><br />welcome back - my apologiesMack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-2410668743171332582015-07-15T17:07:16.249-04:002015-07-15T17:07:16.249-04:00@Stubby -- good catch on the Andy/Scott Van Slyke ...@Stubby -- good catch on the Andy/Scott Van Slyke mistake. I did that once in the past referring to Mike as Steve Trout...shows the era in which I grew up watching the game :)<br /><br />As to Van Slyke's capabilities (Scott, not Andy)...last year he hit 11 HRs and drove in 29 while batting .292 in 212 ABs. That extrapolates out to close to 33/87 over the course of a full season. <br /><br />This year he has been injured for much of the season and consequently not posting great numbers. For his career he has 24/73 in 586 ABs at minimum wage. I'd take that over Cadaver and make HIM the 4th outfielder until Conforto and Nimmo are deemed ready. Throw in the $12 million of salary relief for the remainder of this year and next if Niese went over to LA and yes, I'd make that deal. He can play all three OF positions and 1B while swinging from the right side. <br /><br />Is it the best you can get for Niese? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know since I'm not sitting in on Alderson's conference calls, but LA is a team with too many outfielders and we're a team with too many pitchers. You may be content to trot Cuddyer out there hoping he'll rediscover his Rockies or Twins mojo, but he appears to be shot. When something doesn't work, try something else. Don't keep doing the same activity over and over again, expecting results to change. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-18671314548429291572015-07-15T14:15:32.984-04:002015-07-15T14:15:32.984-04:00I know I'm persona non grata around here, but ...I know I'm persona non grata around here, but I think your closing paragraph is evidence why I'll trust Alderson over Kaplan.<br /><br />"If a team offered you a piece that could help, say Andy Van Slyke for Jon Niese, then this excuse doesn't hold water."<br /><br />Andy Van Slyke is 54 years old and hasn't been active in 20 years. If someone offers you Andy Van Slyke for Jon Niese, I would hope you would laugh at them and hang up the phone. Sure, I know you meant Scott Van Slyke. But a slip like that is just sloppy. Alderson is not sloppy.<br /><br />Even Scott Van Slyke would be a bad move. He's a platoon player at best and, if you even out the at bats, has been roughly the same offensive player that Cuddyer has been this year. You so dislike Mets .250 hitters, yet you're willing to overpay for other teams' .250 hitters. I don't get that. Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-53951041397038393972015-07-15T11:15:52.298-04:002015-07-15T11:15:52.298-04:00Oh, I'm in favor of a Conforto promotion parti...Oh, I'm in favor of a Conforto promotion particularly if they disable Cuddyer. He can't possibly be any worse even if he is overmatched. However, this club has three of the worst offensive outfielders in the league (Granderson is still a shell of his former self). They get nothing out of SS and very little out of catcher. Even steady Daniel Murphy is providing very little and Lucas Duda's slump is well documented. <br /><br />Promoting Conforto can be PART of the plan to upgrade and improve. It can't be the whole plan. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-65885698012474131602015-07-15T10:44:03.725-04:002015-07-15T10:44:03.725-04:00I can’t see trading a pretty decent, proven lefty ...I can’t see trading a pretty decent, proven lefty starter like Neise for a bench piece like Van Slyke. Muddling through with a couple of arms that will probably be exposed big time does not strike me as a good option either unless, I’d claim, you’re really scoring big on the trade side. Say, Braun or someone of that caliber. <br /><br />I agree with many here, bring up Comforto, roll the dice.IBfromWhitePlainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210963705183083513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-83383621047076105552015-07-15T10:41:40.719-04:002015-07-15T10:41:40.719-04:00Call up Conforto but leave the starters alone.Call up Conforto but leave the starters alone.Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-49244753057579920212015-07-15T10:21:32.714-04:002015-07-15T10:21:32.714-04:00For a perspective, Kirk Nieuwenhuis WITH that awes...For a perspective, Kirk Nieuwenhuis WITH that awesome game is hitting a robust .146 on the year. Sorry, not sold on him as more than a bench piece (if that). Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-87832999323312272982015-07-15T10:19:45.247-04:002015-07-15T10:19:45.247-04:00David Wright most likely will not return soon enou...David Wright most likely will not return soon enough to make an impact, and Plawecki and Monell are both hitting, so even a solid d'Arnaud return might have no more than a negligible effect. So we need a real bat. Don't waste the brilliance of Jake. Call up Conforto (harder to do after Kirk's freak game) or do a deal or two.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com