The Mets were rained out last night and will play a split doubleheader today vs. the Brewers. Plus, we react to your comments and questions in the Just Mets mailbag!
I realize there is a massive age difference between us, but I'm just sorry that you didn't live the "Miracle" of '69, and the "Dream" of '86, and enjoy all of those great players back then. As for today's Mets, there is an absence of "fun" and enjoyment in their eyes, and it was missing just before their atrocious losing skid. I knew they had like 17 games in a row, or something crazy, and those teams (Braves, Phillies, Rays, Pirates) were ALL beatable. Just a thought: Could the Pete Alonso contract extension be weighing on the player's minds AGAIN? Pay the man, keep him a Met for life, and bring the JOY back to Mudville again! Lindor, Soto and Nimmo wear their hearts on their sleeves and they're locked in. What is Uncle Steve thinking by NOT doing the same with Polar Bear?
It depends on what Pete and Boras are asking for. Lately, Alonso looks like the "Bad Pete" from last year. And he's getting older. What's he really worth going forward? Let's say 5 years/$125 million. I think they'd turn that down flat. Thoughts?
Whatever you pay him now, it's going to look like a bargain in 7 yrs. A billionaire is a billionaire, but a $400M player today will be an $800M player in 7 years. He was looking for $200M, took $20M/ one year. Pay him $225M/7 yrs. He'll be 37 at the end and own all of the club records, maybe more. Just be DONE with it. He wants to stay, the team loves him, the city loves him. Losing him would be trading Mickey Mantle. I think much of his bad play- and the team's skid- is mental, and I think it has something to do with Soto's contract. If I were starting from scratch, I'd take Pete as a rookie over Soto as a rookie and go from there.
Let's see if any other team offers more than $30 million/year over 7 years for Pete first. Steve Cohen could always match that. But I doubt Pete will get such an offer. Compare his OPS+ stats to Mickey Mantle and there's no comparison: Pete doesn't come close to the Mick.
You're missing my point(s) completely- both about the offer I would propose and the mentioning of Mantle, as if I would compare their careers at this point in time. So, I'm just going to stop the back-and-forth here.
For the record, Gary Cohen decides on what GKR wears.
“No one man should have all that power”
I realize there is a massive age difference between us, but I'm just sorry that you didn't live the "Miracle" of '69, and the "Dream" of '86, and enjoy all of those great players back then. As for today's Mets, there is an absence of "fun" and enjoyment in their eyes, and it was missing just before their atrocious losing skid. I knew they had like 17 games in a row, or something crazy, and those teams (Braves, Phillies, Rays, Pirates) were ALL beatable. Just a thought: Could the Pete Alonso contract extension be weighing on the player's minds AGAIN? Pay the man, keep him a Met for life, and bring the JOY back to Mudville again! Lindor, Soto and Nimmo wear their hearts on their sleeves and they're locked in. What is Uncle Steve thinking by NOT doing the same with Polar Bear?
It depends on what Pete and Boras are asking for. Lately, Alonso looks like the "Bad Pete" from last year. And he's getting older. What's he really worth going forward? Let's say 5 years/$125 million. I think they'd turn that down flat. Thoughts?
Whatever you pay him now, it's going to look like a bargain in 7 yrs. A billionaire is a billionaire, but a $400M player today will be an $800M player in 7 years. He was looking for $200M, took $20M/ one year. Pay him $225M/7 yrs. He'll be 37 at the end and own all of the club records, maybe more. Just be DONE with it. He wants to stay, the team loves him, the city loves him. Losing him would be trading Mickey Mantle. I think much of his bad play- and the team's skid- is mental, and I think it has something to do with Soto's contract. If I were starting from scratch, I'd take Pete as a rookie over Soto as a rookie and go from there.
Let's see if any other team offers more than $30 million/year over 7 years for Pete first. Steve Cohen could always match that. But I doubt Pete will get such an offer. Compare his OPS+ stats to Mickey Mantle and there's no comparison: Pete doesn't come close to the Mick.
You're missing my point(s) completely- both about the offer I would propose and the mentioning of Mantle, as if I would compare their careers at this point in time. So, I'm just going to stop the back-and-forth here.
"prized prospects"? I take that expression with a grain nowadays when it comes to the Mets