Absolutely. Dodged a huge bullet. I’d rather have ordorizzi. We will have extra money to maybe get a CF AND won’t lose draft picks
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It’s pretty clear he was using the Mets to get a better offer. Been saying it for months. But I never wanted him either. Springer i would have been ok with But not Bauer
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Trevor Bauer's three-year deal with the Dodgers is for $102 million guaranteed -- and for $40 million in 2021 and $45 million in 2022. He can opt out after each year, meaning he'll make $40M if he opts out this year, $85M if he does so after 2022 and $102M if he stays all three.
Yeah right. Thankfully the Mets weren’t the choice although i still think it’s comical Aldersson didn’t have the guts to pull out.
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Trevor Bauer's three-year deal with the Dodgers is for $102 million guaranteed -- and for $40 million in 2021 and $45 million in 2022. He can opt out after each year, meaning he'll make $40M if he opts out this year, $85M if he does so after 2022 and $102M if he stays all three.
Yeah right. Thankfully the Mets weren’t the choice although i still think it’s comical Aldersson didn’t have the guts to pull out.
Honestly I’m not upset at losing Bauer or even Springer. Although if we did sign Springer I would have been more onboard with it than signing Bauer. My biggest heartbreak is the Kelenic deal which I’m still throwing up when I think about it. Not only having Kelenic but not having Cano’s huge contract
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Well, now that this saga is over, the Mets can focus on building out the rest of the team. The bench needs some more juice. They need another outfielder, even if ends up being more of a corner OF that can play some CF. Would also like to see if they can find a guy that can play 2nd/3rd since the only option at the moment that can backup those spots is Guillorme.
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anybody with a slight acumen, which eliminates everybody within the Mets last regime, wouldn’t have made that Kelenic deal.
When will MLB get their heads out of their @SS regarding the DH? Alonzo could be the DH with maybe Smith at 1st or, maybe they add Ozuna for DH. Still not much at 3rd but another bat can only help.
Honestly I’m thrilled. Use that money to fill in other holes. People also forget Syndergaard is coming back. We also got Carrasco and Stroman didnt pitch last year. Don’t sleep on Peterson who was impressive. Adding Ordorizzi would make for a very good deep rotation. Plus can’t still get maybe Turner and another bp arm. Sometimes the moves you don’t make are blessings
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Padres just a shot to the ribs with this Dodgers signing.
Mets need a big bat imo. A soft hitting Bradley is too little offense despite the defense imo.
Adding Bauer would undeniably have made the Mets a better team. Even if he pitched to a 4.00 ERA or something, he'd still almost certainly be an improvement over the combined effort of Peterson/Lucchesi/Thor when he's back.
I still don't care. LOL. He's a douche and I'm glad he's not on the team.
I still don't care. LOL. He's a douche and I'm glad he's not on the team.
. I know many fans want Bryant but im not comfortable dealing more top prospects. Another good thing about not signing Bauer is that we don’t lose picks which we need to infuse more talent into the system after trading so much away. But it’s why the Kelenic trade really hurts now
Honestly I was happier getting ordorizzi. Same age and similar career numbers and much cheaper so we can fill in other holesAdding Bauer would undeniably have made the Mets a better team. Even if he pitched to a 4.00 ERA or something, he'd still almost certainly be an improvement over the combined effort of Peterson/Lucchesi/Thor when he's back.
I still don't care. LOL. He's a douche and I'm glad he's not on the team.
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Bryant is on the back burner for me but he could be the target. They need 3rd base. I don’t see anything great in the Mets system like Kelenic. They already gutted most of it already.
Alvarez,Mauricio, Allan, and Ginn are off limits. I do like Baty and PCA but not as touted as the top 4. If you completely gut everything and you don’t win you’re screwed for years
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Bring in Kevin Pillar. Decent bat much better than Bradley's and he's a good CF.
If they haven't announced a DH yet for the NL, figure on it not happening. Besides it would be way way too "un Met like" if the DH was added seeing obviously we would benefit just about as much as anyone with the Smith/Alonso situation which wouldn't be a situation at all if we had the DL.
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thanks for sharing. Honestly, after the Kelenic fiasco i didn’t bother checking the prospects anymore. Even looking back to the Rosario hype, his arm, speed, bat, etc, yet he clearly wasn’t close to being Reyes in any of his attributes.
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Well as I said earlier today, after being talked out of Bauer last month by some of y'all, I did start to waver a bit this morning when it looked like we would get him. With the opt out after year 1, I figured, why not give it a shot.
That said and now that it's a non issue and Bauer is a Dodger, I feel kind of relieved that we aren't going in that direction. I agree with Odorizzi suggestion as he'd be nice filler until Noah came back hopefully healthy middle of the summer. I'd go for Paxton as well if need be.
It sux that we lost out on Hand to the Nationals but I wouldn't mind adding a Trevor Rosenthall to add some depth to the pen.
I'd also go for a Kevin Pillar to add to the OF as I just mentioned and to be honest, I think we'll be just fine with JD at 3rd and McNeil filling in there at different intervals. Our lineup is so loaded and the staff very solid and the pen looking fine that I'm pretty much ready to go to war with what we have as I think we'll do just fine.
Get Odorizzi, Rosenthall and Pillar and let's call it a day and get ready for ST in two weeks...
That said and now that it's a non issue and Bauer is a Dodger, I feel kind of relieved that we aren't going in that direction. I agree with Odorizzi suggestion as he'd be nice filler until Noah came back hopefully healthy middle of the summer. I'd go for Paxton as well if need be.
It sux that we lost out on Hand to the Nationals but I wouldn't mind adding a Trevor Rosenthall to add some depth to the pen.
I'd also go for a Kevin Pillar to add to the OF as I just mentioned and to be honest, I think we'll be just fine with JD at 3rd and McNeil filling in there at different intervals. Our lineup is so loaded and the staff very solid and the pen looking fine that I'm pretty much ready to go to war with what we have as I think we'll do just fine.
Get Odorizzi, Rosenthall and Pillar and let's call it a day and get ready for ST in two weeks...
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sure, it’s news. It’s fun. Makes you want the season to start. Then the season does start and from May on you keep hearing about him opting out. Meanwhile, a player we never knew would become available is out there but we’re tied up.
(edit . . watch the Indians start off slow and by May 1st they look to move Ramirez as a salary dump)
more players will be available.
No problem. As awful as Brodie was he had two strong drafts. In 2019 we drafted Baty,Wolf, and Allan. Allan was rated anywhere from 10-13 in the draft but he fell to the third round only because he was asking fir a big signing bonus but Brodie and his staff set up the draft in a way where we could afford Allan and it was a major steal. In 2020 he used a similar strategy to draft Pete crow Armstrong, Jet ginn, and using Greene. Now we traded wolf and Greene in the lindor trade but they weren’t as highly rated as the others but I still liked them. I guess my point is that Sandy and Steve don’t want to destroy the rest of the farm so I doubt we will be trading anymore big prospects anytime soon
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Your probably right. I wouldn't mind if we ended up in the NLCS tho even if we lost to them suckers as it would be considered a successful season and a nice springboard for better things ahead.
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Dang if Ramirez was available and we somehow acquired him...hmmmm. I need to not fantasize about what I'm thinking about how far the Mets could go as this is the Mets afterall...lol
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Jose Ramirez isn't a cap dump. He's only making 9 mill this season. Lose change for the value he provides.
12 mill in 22
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They may look to move him in 23 as a pending UFA.
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