tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post7603408039227855914..comments2024-03-28T10:12:06.203-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Tom Brennan - OPT OUT CHAIN REACTION COMING?Mack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-77954649573196495852016-10-28T17:56:35.568-04:002016-10-28T17:56:35.568-04:00How about offering him the same deal as we offered...How about offering him the same deal as we offered last winter but add a year. I would give Walker a QO as well. If both sign with us we'll have a very solid lineup and a huge salary dump for 2018 (if not 3 top picks in June). This way with our (fingers crossed) best pitching staff in baseball and that lineup we should make it deep into the post season. The way the Cubs are built we need to make every effort to use the talent we have next year and then if we fall short again in 2018 we start the youth movement and should still have a solid enough pitching staff to be competitive and hope the FO adds the right pieces.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674150694486256724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-7955799452046924142016-10-28T16:45:09.485-04:002016-10-28T16:45:09.485-04:00Cheap occasionally works - we got RA Dickey on the...Cheap occasionally works - we got RA Dickey on the cheap...of course, they expected little, starting him off in Buffalo. Until things got miraculous for RAD.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-42010365109418332522016-10-28T15:38:09.888-04:002016-10-28T15:38:09.888-04:00You mean the "Lightning in a bottle" app...You mean the "Lightning in a bottle" approach doesn't work for you? After all, look what a great find Jose Valentin was...even broken clocks are right twice a day. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-33418127898812288492016-10-28T14:33:22.994-04:002016-10-28T14:33:22.994-04:00Gomez and not Cespedes would be typical of this fr...Gomez and not Cespedes would be typical of this franchise. Gomez never scored 100 runs and is injury-prone. Objectively speaking. We love to buy low. It is what got us the likes of Sean Marcum.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-51452658499864270002016-10-28T14:33:18.422-04:002016-10-28T14:33:18.422-04:00Gomez and not Cespedes would be typical of this fr...Gomez and not Cespedes would be typical of this franchise. Gomez never scored 100 runs and is injury-prone. Objectively speaking. We love to buy low. It is what got us the likes of Sean Marcum.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-84315545192354428462016-10-28T12:01:44.595-04:002016-10-28T12:01:44.595-04:00Thomas... I think Gomez can be similar to Reyes an...Thomas... I think Gomez can be similar to Reyes and he is a product of how happy he is... I think we can buy low on himEddie from Coronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721279332487207089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-28619959840042282722016-10-28T11:42:34.383-04:002016-10-28T11:42:34.383-04:00For the right price I could see Gomez starting in ...For the right price I could see Gomez starting in CF. <br /><br />Cespedes is gone. Act accordingly. And no, expecting Duda and Wright to make up for the loss is not a plan. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-73831067444203710862016-10-28T11:22:48.437-04:002016-10-28T11:22:48.437-04:00Gomez as a 4th or 5th OF? He seems to have slippe...Gomez as a 4th or 5th OF? He seems to have slipped a lot. On base % .298, slug .384 last year. Lagares with a little more pop.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-5284911685137101102016-10-28T11:13:59.952-04:002016-10-28T11:13:59.952-04:00mack I would agree to bring back Gomez but not ins...mack I would agree to bring back Gomez but not instead of Cespedes but instead of Bruce and Grandy... <br />Cespedes, Gomez, and Conforto in the OF would look good to me...Eddie from Coronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721279332487207089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-58268078502434355102016-10-28T11:06:17.696-04:002016-10-28T11:06:17.696-04:00Am I the only person who would consider a return o...Am I the only person who would consider a return of Carlos Gomez?Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-56642716848920352382016-10-28T11:02:27.178-04:002016-10-28T11:02:27.178-04:00From the responses, I hit a nerve. When NO OThER T...From the responses, I hit a nerve. When NO OThER TEAM would give him a large multi-year contract, that puts downward pressure on his contract $. So a prudent man locks him up last winter at that point. Now, they'd have to pay more...doing so is admitting to some degree that they mmade a mistake. Will they swallow pride and get it done? Hhe is no Jason Bay or 33 year old Grandy at contract time. Admit the mistake, sign the man.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-6220809316083620752016-10-28T10:46:36.180-04:002016-10-28T10:46:36.180-04:00@Tom I think you stole my thunder on an article I ...@Tom I think you stole my thunder on an article I had started… Slightly different but very similar… Here’s to the early bird… <br />@Mike I like your Penny Wise comment… Seems like that’s always the case with our team… <br />Very true on the 4 years 100 million dollar deal last year… He would have totally taken that and not been a opt-out… So 3 years left at 75 Million would be considered a bargain…<br />Bottom line is that no player is more important on this team than Cespedes for the next few years… For all his issues, his biggest one is the like to play too much Golf… Oh if these were the toughest thing we had to every deal with…Eddie from Coronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721279332487207089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-85996653183371141672016-10-28T10:10:10.367-04:002016-10-28T10:10:10.367-04:00Bob -
1. I truly believe that 2017 will be the l...Bob - <br /><br />1. I truly believe that 2017 will be the last year for Sandy... and his Company.<br /><br />2. Still asking you to become a once in awhile writer. I'm not giving up on you.<br />Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-63717231017746617922016-10-28T10:08:15.248-04:002016-10-28T10:08:15.248-04:00Mike -
1. The Mets have to handle the Yo situati...Mike - <br /><br />1. The Mets have to handle the Yo situation before they do anything else in the outfield. That means keeping Bruce around for the 2017 season. If Yo agrees to come back at a hefty price, Sandy could always trade off Bruce if the money is needed.<br /><br />2. Wanna come back and write once in awhile?Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-12459856480913103482016-10-28T09:03:21.180-04:002016-10-28T09:03:21.180-04:00Always has been a major complaint of mine regardin...Always has been a major complaint of mine regarding Alderson.<br /><br />Too married to his idealism. Always thinking of team players as replaceable parts. Does not take into account intangibles and what is observed. Prefers to rely too heavily on stats that back up his ideals. <br /><br />It was said at the time last year that the way he played the Cespedes situation was poor. <br />The season played out and reinforced that belief.<br /><br />bgreg98180https://www.blogger.com/profile/05641039400307113366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-4139108079229636822016-10-28T08:13:10.645-04:002016-10-28T08:13:10.645-04:00I agree, sign him. But they've now left thems...I agree, sign him. But they've now left themselves open to the risk that some team gets crazy and makes him an offer he can't refuse. What if the Nats or other team offer 6 yrs, $150MM+? The Mets won't have the stomach for it. Again, they got cute and offered him the opt-out last Winter instead of locking him up. If they gave him 4yrs/$100MM+ last winter, they'd only be looking at 3 more years commitment now. Penny-wise again...<br /><br />Talk about dominos, they'll have some serious re-tooling to do if he leaves. I think it means they'll have to keep Bruce in RF unless another RH power bat falls in their lap, and put Conforto in LF. That makes them slightly too left-handed power-wise, so Duda may have to go.Mikenoreply@blogger.com