Mack Stuff – Wil Meyers, Jason Bay, RA Dickey, Jon
Niese
LF Jordany Valdespin – 0-1, .250
RF Gilbert Gomez – 0-3, .000
Michael Baron @michaelgbaron - It's worth noting Royals manager Ned Yost told @Jim_Duquette
on SiriusXM they are willing to deal Wil Myers for
someone who puts them over the top.
See, this is how spin works… Baron has consistently said that there is
no way the Roylas would trade Meyers for Dickey… now, he fairly tweet the other
side which is credible chatter from another source. Also, this could be an
opportunity for Yost to begin damage control in case any fan revolt about
losing their top prospect. Folks, when rumors like this don’t go away, they
usually turn into the truth… then… one
minute later, Baron tweets:
@MartinoNYDN just told
@JimBowdenESPNxm and @CaseyStern on SiriusXM that the Royals are not giving up
Myers for Dickey. Nothing brewing now
What’s wrong with all these
statements? Simple? None of them are being made by either the GMs of the Mets
or the Royals.
Stay tuned… the games continue…
Jason Bay
is signing with Seatlle. This is classic. Watch the guy go 30/100,
hitting .290 and winning the CBPOY. Even so, Bay had to go. Sandy Alderson has
to get all the old Omar Minaya contacts out of
the dugout so the fan base finally will stop throwing these names all over the
internet. I talked to someone late last season who told me that Bay is one of
the nicest persons you would ever meet and no one tried harder to play well.
Imagine what this guy would have produced if he had a bad attitude about all
this?
RA Dickey
wants to void his 2013 contract and have the Mets replace I with a 3-yr,
$45mil one instead. I consider this a fair request from a current Cy Young winner at any age. The good new is it’s high
enough for Sandy Alderosn to stall signing him
while he looks for the best deal he can get for him. It also tells the teams
that Alderson is negotiating with what Dickey will cost them in a future trade
vs. any other starter still out there looking for a deal. Question: How many
other current 20-game winners are available in this off-season? You can take
this information any way you want but I think it’s a win/win for the Mets. They
either get a quality outfielder like Wil Myers,
or a quality pitcher for three years while kids like Zack
Wheeler and Rafael Montero mature. I go
back and forth on this but right now my guess is Dickey will remain a Met and
Alderson will not dick around with him in 2013. They will sign the three year
deal, probably 2013 at the current rate and $15mil per year in 2014/2015. Just
a guess.
MetsBlog
-Ken Davidoff of the New York Post says the
Mets are contemplating signing Mark Reynolds to
play the outfield.
This
sounds like a great deal, except for two small things… his contract calls for
$7mil in 2013 and he’s played only two games in the outfield in his career. He
also led the National League in… wait for it… strikeouts in 2008-2011. What he
did do well last year was hit 23-HR, 69-RBI73-K, in 135-G.I can’t imagine
having him and Lucas Duda both trying to play
defense at the corners. Maybe we could Daniel Murphy in
the center and just turn the whole game into a circus. I hope this is just one
of those non-stories that float around during the winter meetings. You can
resign Scott Hairston for a lot less than this
and at least go into the season with what you had last year.
ESPN
- Sandy Alderson said Tuesday afternoon that
there are no active trade discussions involving Jonathon
Niese.
This
is just fine with me. I never wanted this guy traded and he’s the perfect SP3
behind two future SP1 righties, Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler. Those three guys will guarantee your
team future success for 5+ years. Sandy, don’t bring his name up again.
Let’s
end this post with the following… what happens if the Mets do sign RA Dickey for three years is, once Wheeler comes up,
you have one of the top rotation in the National League, maybe even the majors.
The
only way you’re going to keep up with the Washington Nationals is through
pitching.
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