Miller would be a boon for the Mets. How this info got out there is a bit shocking especially with how tight lipped the Mets are now. I gotta believe Tatis is still in play. Just for my sanity.
Tatis is the guy. If we move McLean, it's for him. But not for anyone else, including Mason Miller, as great as it would be to have him. We're not trading the man who could be the ace of our rotation for the next decade for a reliever, even one as imposing as Miller.
But for the superstar wingman to Soto for the next decade? That's a deal which could get done in a hurry.
I can’t in any trade move McClean. What I saw in him is a dawg who can spin that ball in ways I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. He was knee buckling the best of hitters the game has. I’d do both Sproat and Tong for Tatis and Miller and I guess we’d have to throw in Benge too which I hate but TATIS! It’s obvious Stearns is going to trade route to improve this team now.
I'm with you. If it was up to me, McLean would be going nowhere, period. Not for anyone. Not in any deal. He could be another Seaver, and not only do they not come around very often, but they barely come around at all anymore.
He's got gas, too. Can you imagine trying to hit a guy who can come up and in on your hands at 97 and then come back with that spin stuff? Sheesh.
And look what he's done already with so little experience. What kind of pitcher is he going to be with a little more seasoning?
I don't let this guy go for anything. That's 150+ wins and a sub-3.00 ERA over the next 10 years right there. Plus the kind of leadership you don't find falling out of a tree. Dude has "Win Day" written all over him.
I'd fall down dead if Padres trade Tatis. I agree that I'd send anybody other than McLean in a deal for Miller. Including Tong is something we might live to regret, though.
I'd be shocked if San Diego moved Tatis, too. But hey, as we've all said, anything can happen if the price is right.
The Padres need to shed payroll, and a lot of it, and it's going to be tough for them to get out from under Machado given his age and, shall we say, mentality. The talent is there, but man, he can be a handful, and his contract escalates to $39 million per from 2027 through 2033.
So, they may be stuck with him unless they're willing to take a beating on the trade. Which they might. But if they're out for a real haul, Tatis would be the guy to move.
It just seems unlikely for them to roll into rebuilding on the heels of a 90-win season. The fanbase would freak.
There was talk around here that there needed to be big changes on this team, but the general sentiment was that Alonso should be untouchable. I was wary about that sentiment as an absolute. If you wanted to "blow up" things, why not go big?
The other thing that concerned me was keeping Mendoza. And, now I saw talk in one analysis piece that he was out of the loop regarding major moves this offseason.
Diaz is great, and how that went down was troubling. But the team is not a losing team if they use another closer. A final thing is long-term, with multiple promising rookies on the horizon.
Nimmo is also not a must-have, though he is a fan favorite. I liked him. But a "blow-up" will have some hard edges. Big picture, if it were just him or him and McNeil, people wouldn't be angry.
So, really, this is about Diaz and Alonso, the latter basically a dead man walking in hindsight. So, yes, it was not a sign that there was no BIG PLAN, or that the team (like one baseball guy noted, perhaps exaggerating a tad) would remain a "fourth place team."
I feel like the Mets arent going to do anything and in fact may try to offload Lindor and Soto and reduce their payroll to small-market levels. Cohen and Stearns are lowlife shysters.
Miller would be a boon for the Mets. How this info got out there is a bit shocking especially with how tight lipped the Mets are now. I gotta believe Tatis is still in play. Just for my sanity.
Tatis is the guy. If we move McLean, it's for him. But not for anyone else, including Mason Miller, as great as it would be to have him. We're not trading the man who could be the ace of our rotation for the next decade for a reliever, even one as imposing as Miller.
But for the superstar wingman to Soto for the next decade? That's a deal which could get done in a hurry.
I can’t in any trade move McClean. What I saw in him is a dawg who can spin that ball in ways I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. He was knee buckling the best of hitters the game has. I’d do both Sproat and Tong for Tatis and Miller and I guess we’d have to throw in Benge too which I hate but TATIS! It’s obvious Stearns is going to trade route to improve this team now.
I'm with you. If it was up to me, McLean would be going nowhere, period. Not for anyone. Not in any deal. He could be another Seaver, and not only do they not come around very often, but they barely come around at all anymore.
I been around for awhile now and I’ve never seen a kid make the ball “dance” the way he does. He is gonna be special.
He's got gas, too. Can you imagine trying to hit a guy who can come up and in on your hands at 97 and then come back with that spin stuff? Sheesh.
And look what he's done already with so little experience. What kind of pitcher is he going to be with a little more seasoning?
I don't let this guy go for anything. That's 150+ wins and a sub-3.00 ERA over the next 10 years right there. Plus the kind of leadership you don't find falling out of a tree. Dude has "Win Day" written all over him.
I concur with every word.
I'd fall down dead if Padres trade Tatis. I agree that I'd send anybody other than McLean in a deal for Miller. Including Tong is something we might live to regret, though.
I'd be shocked if San Diego moved Tatis, too. But hey, as we've all said, anything can happen if the price is right.
The Padres need to shed payroll, and a lot of it, and it's going to be tough for them to get out from under Machado given his age and, shall we say, mentality. The talent is there, but man, he can be a handful, and his contract escalates to $39 million per from 2027 through 2033.
So, they may be stuck with him unless they're willing to take a beating on the trade. Which they might. But if they're out for a real haul, Tatis would be the guy to move.
It just seems unlikely for them to roll into rebuilding on the heels of a 90-win season. The fanbase would freak.
There was talk around here that there needed to be big changes on this team, but the general sentiment was that Alonso should be untouchable. I was wary about that sentiment as an absolute. If you wanted to "blow up" things, why not go big?
The other thing that concerned me was keeping Mendoza. And, now I saw talk in one analysis piece that he was out of the loop regarding major moves this offseason.
Diaz is great, and how that went down was troubling. But the team is not a losing team if they use another closer. A final thing is long-term, with multiple promising rookies on the horizon.
Nimmo is also not a must-have, though he is a fan favorite. I liked him. But a "blow-up" will have some hard edges. Big picture, if it were just him or him and McNeil, people wouldn't be angry.
So, really, this is about Diaz and Alonso, the latter basically a dead man walking in hindsight. So, yes, it was not a sign that there was no BIG PLAN, or that the team (like one baseball guy noted, perhaps exaggerating a tad) would remain a "fourth place team."
We're out of our minds if we trade this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MRdoD83X8
I feel like the Mets arent going to do anything and in fact may try to offload Lindor and Soto and reduce their payroll to small-market levels. Cohen and Stearns are lowlife shysters.