Yo was truthful, he wanted to stay in NY and remain with his team. When he
first arrived he was quoted as stating "the Mets clubhouse has good energy."
Having encountered him in Denver, including picture with family, he was
most gracious and not hurried. Who cares if a good golf round had impacted
his mood state. In person he does indeed have a presence. With that in
mind he is probably quite aware of this intangible...allowing for some quirkiness as well as moments of true splendor. As a Met fan since '62...
Let's go Yo!!!
first arrived he was quoted as stating "the Mets clubhouse has good energy."
Having encountered him in Denver, including picture with family, he was
most gracious and not hurried. Who cares if a good golf round had impacted
his mood state. In person he does indeed have a presence. With that in
mind he is probably quite aware of this intangible...allowing for some quirkiness as well as moments of true splendor. As a Met fan since '62...
Let's go Yo!!!
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He's a me-firster who doesn't run out ground balls or hustle much in the field either. Three teams have seen what he was about and let him go. The Mets will compete with him but they won't win.
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In two years you will be wondering why on earth anyone would pay that much for a journeyman outfielder.
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Now I can sleep at night.
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This one was a no-brainer, as Cespedes wanted them as much as they wanted him. The deal was market value, at a relatively short term.
Now come the tough decisions---catcher, corner infield, and middle relief.
Now come the tough decisions---catcher, corner infield, and middle relief.
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This was great for baseball, and most importantly, the Mets and their fans. .
FLASH: Familia is Not "the closer" when it truly counts. . When he interprets the consequences of the game to be more important, his physiological and psychological "paces" speed up- not allowing his body to work as well. . This most subtle affect (although one can see it if they watch carefully) is enough to change the accuracy- and trajectory of his pitches, rendering him to be less than adequate. . Don't expect this to change Mets fans- unless he somehow gets to the bottom of this!
FLASH: Familia is Not "the closer" when it truly counts. . When he interprets the consequences of the game to be more important, his physiological and psychological "paces" speed up- not allowing his body to work as well. . This most subtle affect (although one can see it if they watch carefully) is enough to change the accuracy- and trajectory of his pitches, rendering him to be less than adequate. . Don't expect this to change Mets fans- unless he somehow gets to the bottom of this!
Amend that-- the most electrifying hitter in Mets history. A great bad ball hitter, with power. Like Vlad the Impailer. Most enjoyable to watch. Guess I'm going to some games this year!
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Amen.
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welcome back yo,welcome back to new york -hugely relieved that you did not play prima donna and keep the mets hanging in the air-now all you have to do is what you do best -hit home runs -preferably with the bases loaded
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Some players don't like to play in a large market like New York. Some can't. Cespedes has played better in NYC than anywhere else, and he wants to stay - he likes it here!
These large contracts are always a risk, but this one was well worth taking. Ticket buyers, rejoice.
These large contracts are always a risk, but this one was well worth taking. Ticket buyers, rejoice.
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Not terrible, of course, but Cespede was merely a 3 win player last season when he missed about one-quarter of the season. And he will only be older and more prone to injury as this deal goes on.
I would have preferred the Mets use this money to lock up their home grown rotation into as many FA years as $110m buys.
We should note, too, that in re-signing Cespedes the Mets paid more like $120m as the pick they would have gotten once Cespedes turned down the qualifying offer and had he signed elsewhere, was worth in the neighborhood of $10m.
We shall see, I guess.
I would have preferred the Mets use this money to lock up their home grown rotation into as many FA years as $110m buys.
We should note, too, that in re-signing Cespedes the Mets paid more like $120m as the pick they would have gotten once Cespedes turned down the qualifying offer and had he signed elsewhere, was worth in the neighborhood of $10m.
We shall see, I guess.
I believe you folks at the times are forgetting that Beltran's 119 million deal is the largest free agent signing in history.
Also, Santana got about $137M.
I am ecstatic that the mets ownership has spent
the money to re-sign Cespides.
while I generally don't like this sort of spending,
this was an absolute necessity in order for us to win a championship.
now we need to shore up the catcher's position
and get some middle relief pitching to go with
our starting pitchers and closers and we should
get to the world series once again.
LET'S GO METS!
the money to re-sign Cespides.
while I generally don't like this sort of spending,
this was an absolute necessity in order for us to win a championship.
now we need to shore up the catcher's position
and get some middle relief pitching to go with
our starting pitchers and closers and we should
get to the world series once again.
LET'S GO METS!
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Bruce to Toronto for anything coming back that includes Russell Martin.
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A great start - nailing down Walker and Cespedes - Alderson is a wily GM - can't wait for his next moves ...
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With Cespedes in place, he needs to be given a corner outfield spot and not shifted between center and the corner like he was last season. Lagares and Conforto could platoon in center. Both can play the position and their bats are demonstrably more effective against opposite armed pitching. Either Bruce or Granderson has to go. It doesn't matter which because either way each brings positives and negatives and each has one year left on contract. (I lean toward keeping Grandy because of intangibles; Bruce is younger and might bring slightly more in return.) The biggest need the Mets have is at catcher. Neither Plawecki nor TDA appear to have enough of what's needed there. But the FA market and potential trade targets don't appear promising there either. Nonetheless, that's the Mets' biggest hole to be filled now.
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Excellent summation. I wanted to say something along those lines, but you got there first, did it better.
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I agree John. I think it is time to part ways with Granderson. Not a good fit for the Mets anymore and is aging. I think a true lead-off CF is needed, which is why I was hoping the Mets would make a move for Fowler. Not sure that will happen now.
Reyes is your lead off hitter, and he is going to play, whether it is 3rd base, short, or second, and even if the three injury prone occupiers of those positions are all miraculously healthy and able to play 140 games, Reyes will move to Centerfield. I expect to see him get plenty of time there this spring, and both he and Wilmer will see a lot of action backing up Cabrerra, Walker, Duda and Wright. Anything that we get out of Wright will be unexpected, at least to me. Bruce is gone, and Conforto should be given the right field job. At least for now, Grandy and Lagares will platoon in center, with Grandy moving to right against some of the lefties, assuming Conforto still has problems with them. I'd love to see them trade both Grandy and Bruce, and get a real right handed hitting centerfielder like Carlos Gomez, and then Lagares could be the fourth outfielder and back up Conforto against lefties. McCutchen would be a good but more expensive gamble, but I believe that if he is healthy he could reverse the fielding metrics which say that he no longer is much of a centerfielder. He might not be a Lagares, but he'd be ok and his bat would look great in our order.
I'd put Reyes in CF at lead-off and move Grandy. Old short-stops are natural center fielders. Reyes costs nothing, so consider that another gift, plus he propels Ces and pumps everyone else too.
Bruce and Ces are a nice combo, but I wouldn't mind moving Bruce too and letting Conforto get the time to flourish or flounder. Let's see it young man.
In fact, I'd listen on Conforto if someone wanted to knock my socks off.
I agree the moves to make are in the bullpen and I don't mind collecting an array of talent and see who emerges. Relief pitchers are hard to project year to year and if you wind up with a surplus you can always trade high.
Travis gets another chance, but it sure seems like he's been over-rated. Prove us wrong.
Finally, here's hoping Tj Rivera stays as super-sub, back-up at 3rd, 2nd, where-ever. He did some nice work filling in.