This weekend was as good a stretch as Mets fans could ask for; Friday night's Canha/Escobar/Marte bonanza would've been an entire offseason's worth of signings under the Wilpons.
But allow me a moment to gripe, less at the Mets and more at those covering them: For YEARS seemingly every reporter (including the guys running this site) were begging the Mets to spend like the big league, major-market club they are. This weekend was the biggest indication that they intend to start doing so, and the general media reaction (this site excepted) is...."no, not like that." Really?!?!
Yes, of course Scherzer cost a lot of money and came with question marks. Find me the free agent this year that didn't. Every move the Mets make this offseason gets hit with cold water by some. Seems as though (to me, at least) there's a decided interest in keeping the Mets in the #LOLMets category at all costs, even when they start behaving like we wish all 30 teams would.
This weekend was as good a stretch as Mets fans could ask for; Friday night's Canha/Escobar/Marte bonanza would've been an entire offseason's worth of signings under the Wilpons.
But allow me a moment to gripe, less at the Mets and more at those covering them: For YEARS seemingly every reporter (including the guys running this site) were begging the Mets to spend like the big league, major-market club they are. This weekend was the biggest indication that they intend to start doing so, and the general media reaction (this site excepted) is...."no, not like that." Really?!?!
Yes, of course Scherzer cost a lot of money and came with question marks. Find me the free agent this year that didn't. Every move the Mets make this offseason gets hit with cold water by some. Seems as though (to me, at least) there's a decided interest in keeping the Mets in the #LOLMets category at all costs, even when they start behaving like we wish all 30 teams would.
Anyway. End rant.