tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post8370732894790876564..comments2024-03-29T09:39:10.572-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Reese Kaplan -- Bargain Options for the PenMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-50118783049818842382016-11-06T19:25:39.227-05:002016-11-06T19:25:39.227-05:00Other than the GIGS concept, why go outside if you...Other than the GIGS concept, why go outside if you're not finding better than what you've already seen work here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-69557286690739555872016-11-06T00:31:42.155-04:002016-11-06T00:31:42.155-04:00The focus of the article was on OTHER players avai...The focus of the article was on OTHER players available in free agency. If you're going to look in-house for help, then watch Paul Sewald who is the TJ Rivera of pitching -- never getting a shot but just pitching brilliantly everywhere he's been. He costs just minimum wage:<br /><br />http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=sewald000pau<br /><br />That's 2.20 for his entire minor league career!Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-51495792890976155982016-11-05T21:50:49.524-04:002016-11-05T21:50:49.524-04:00Any of these guys MIGHT help, but are they necessa...Any of these guys MIGHT help, but are they necessarily better than what w've got? One FA you left out is Salas's, who found his game once he got her. I'd re-sign him quickly. Ditto for Blevins, who show d he was more than a LOOGY. With Reed closing and those two returning along with Robles (still my pick for "future closer") and Edgin, the back end of the pen looks solid. If JF is suspended, it likely would be for a half-season or so. That gives us a chance to audition Lugo, Gsellman, Gilmartin, Sewald, Smoker, and even Bart for the other spots.<br /><br />Why spend on retreads when we've got these guys? If they don't work out, there'll be plenty available before the trade deadline.Bill metsiacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-57130024014577065092016-11-05T15:00:16.155-04:002016-11-05T15:00:16.155-04:00kick the tires on hollard and cecil for sure. rel...kick the tires on hollard and cecil for sure. relievers outside of the elite closers (and andrew miller) seem to fluctuate wildly. this is a good strategy to augment your bullpen with the guys (reed included) who are coming back. and with joe smith, like darren oday, it might come down to where his wife wants to be for her braodcast career and nyc is never a bad option there.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166843922861649296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-19038210970049323512016-11-05T12:25:01.682-04:002016-11-05T12:25:01.682-04:00I left out the other elder statesman, Joaquin Beno...I left out the other elder statesman, Joaquin Benoit. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-9565472908388612512016-11-05T11:07:48.220-04:002016-11-05T11:07:48.220-04:00Hi Reese. I think you've hit on the aisle tha...Hi Reese. I think you've hit on the aisle that Sandy will be shopping in. That Adam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687771146317665283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-2888522292304813662016-11-05T10:20:28.048-04:002016-11-05T10:20:28.048-04:00Mack, I echo your sentiments on Reese.
Mack, I echo your sentiments on Reese.<br />Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-26050855217507846862016-11-05T08:25:10.422-04:002016-11-05T08:25:10.422-04:00Reese -
You have easily become the cleanup hitte...Reese - <br /><br />You have easily become the cleanup hitter here on Mack's Mets. We wouldn't be a great site without you.Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-45034558855700806022016-11-05T08:19:41.122-04:002016-11-05T08:19:41.122-04:00Great analysis...if we don't land a big fish w...Great analysis...if we don't land a big fish when (if) Familia is suspended, one of the top 3 would be a nice pick up. Or sign Cespedes and Reed, and try Sewald out (10 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 5 for 5 Sv in Mexican off season ball). Paul is 16-8, 2.20 in regular season minor league career, 66 of 72 Sv, 307 K in 258 IP, 1.03 WHIP. How bad could he be? Not as closer, but as a useful piece who could close some games in a pinch?<br /><br />Matt Oberste broke his ARIZONA SCHNEID and is now 1-29. He and TEBOW combined have put up a devilish 6 for 66.<br /><br />Tebow WAS in fact 0 for 3 in his last game, as one poster noted but had decent ABs (2 ground outs and a line out). The lad has made real apparent progress.<br /><br />Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com