SNY recently replayed the game that clinched the playoffs last season. Adam Ottavino had a good day. It was a nice way to end his season. I wish him well.
As noted in another entry, José Quintana would make sense with Montas hurt.
To say Cohen doesn’t care about the money is clearly false. There is no cap in baseball. The only thing preventing “roster flexibility” is money. It’s just a buzzword that sterns and cohen use to so they don’t look cheap. There’s simply no good reason for the Mets rotation to not feature one of the three premier free agents from this winter. Sterns has more money than god but is unwilling to eat a contract if it goes bad. So we start the spring with Frankie montas as our #3 and he’s already hurt. It’s a bad contract, but it’s cheap so that’s fine. Now he’s out on Vlad jr a year in advance making excuses. Not the owner we thought we were getting.
"...and a big five featuring Vlad, Soto, Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos, and Francisco Alvarez would certainly be formidable." I think we need to keep our feet on the ground when it comes to Alvarez. Potential, yes. But the fact is his career obp is under .300! Brings to mind Matt Wieters, who came up with the Orioles, hugely hyped and had mashed in the minors. Guess what? He never could hit much. Alvarez is young and I'd love for him to fulfill his promise but he hasn't so far...
I like the looks of Vladdy in a Mets uni. But clearly, Cohen and Stearns are going to be smart, and that's always a good thing. And we don't know what Pete is going to do this year, either. If we get the guy we got in the postseason -- the 2022 version of the Polar Bear -- it's going to make for some very big decisions next year.
But that's next year. For now, let's get after it. I'm way more focused on starting pitching than anything else. If we get what we need from our rotation, we can go toe-to-toe with anyone.
SNY recently replayed the game that clinched the playoffs last season. Adam Ottavino had a good day. It was a nice way to end his season. I wish him well.
As noted in another entry, José Quintana would make sense with Montas hurt.
To say Cohen doesn’t care about the money is clearly false. There is no cap in baseball. The only thing preventing “roster flexibility” is money. It’s just a buzzword that sterns and cohen use to so they don’t look cheap. There’s simply no good reason for the Mets rotation to not feature one of the three premier free agents from this winter. Sterns has more money than god but is unwilling to eat a contract if it goes bad. So we start the spring with Frankie montas as our #3 and he’s already hurt. It’s a bad contract, but it’s cheap so that’s fine. Now he’s out on Vlad jr a year in advance making excuses. Not the owner we thought we were getting.
"...and a big five featuring Vlad, Soto, Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos, and Francisco Alvarez would certainly be formidable." I think we need to keep our feet on the ground when it comes to Alvarez. Potential, yes. But the fact is his career obp is under .300! Brings to mind Matt Wieters, who came up with the Orioles, hugely hyped and had mashed in the minors. Guess what? He never could hit much. Alvarez is young and I'd love for him to fulfill his promise but he hasn't so far...
I like the looks of Vladdy in a Mets uni. But clearly, Cohen and Stearns are going to be smart, and that's always a good thing. And we don't know what Pete is going to do this year, either. If we get the guy we got in the postseason -- the 2022 version of the Polar Bear -- it's going to make for some very big decisions next year.
But that's next year. For now, let's get after it. I'm way more focused on starting pitching than anything else. If we get what we need from our rotation, we can go toe-to-toe with anyone.