Tom Seaver's number is retired.Just scanning through the last hour or so of posts here, it's hysterical seeing the AAV climb 40-42-43-43.3...
Wonder why they skipped 41M/year?
Tom Seaver's number is retired.Just scanning through the last hour or so of posts here, it's hysterical seeing the AAV climb 40-42-43-43.3...
Wonder why they skipped 41M/year?
Well, I think a lot more managers would be interested in the job if they get Scherzer.I wonder who'll they get to manage
Agreed, I just don't know who's out there. Seems as though they'd need someone with some standing in the game.Well, I think a lot more managers would be interested in the job if they get Scherzer.
They lost Syndergaard (not that he had an impact on their 2021) and probably Stroman, they are still very thin in the rotation after their two behemoths at the top.The Mets can spend their wads of cash however they want obviously but it seems odd to me for them to target Scherzer given that they already had a very good rotation last year even with deGrom’s injury.
Mike Scioscia?Agreed, I just don't know who's out there. Seems as though they'd need someone with some standing in the game.
I was going to throw his name out there. Did he and Eppler overlap with LAA? I suppose LaRussa's successful year bodes well for a Scioscia, as does his recent stint as the US team manager.Mike Scioscia?
Scioscia is only 63, which makes his age peers Mattingly (60), Francona (62), Black (64), and Snitker (65) more so than LaRussa (76).I was going to throw his name out there. Did he and Eppler overlap with LAA? I suppose LaRussa's successful year bodes well for a Scioscia, as does his recent stint as the US team manager.
Scherzer is very active in the MLBPA. Maximizing his payday is about more to him than just fattening his bank account and/or feeling respected. I suspect he’s more clear-eyed than most players about what he’s giving up by signing with the highest bidder.I wonder whether Scherzer or the Mets ultimately will regret this more. I suppose Scherzer will have the money to comfort him.
And they've got an opportunity to capture front-running hearts and minds in NY, at least in the near term, as the Yankees seem content to sit things out, argue for a lower luxury tax threshold, etc...Does it matter if it has no impact on their ability to develop their farm? They really don’t have a lot on the payroll post 2023, they have a middling farm system. This is basically the time to go for it, before all of their stars age out. I mean, how good will DeGrom be in three years? Spend cash, build a bridge for when your next group of prospects graduate. The Mets are funnily enough in pretty much the same position as the Yankees and Red Sox are in. All three teams have stars aging out of their primes and have farm systems that are at least two years away from graduating multiple high-quality prospects.
No doubt that battle for the back page is important to Cohen. Winning a championship is the ultimate goal, but I'm sure winning the city of New York is very important.And they've got an opportunity to capture front-running hearts and minds in NY, at least in the near term, as the Yankees seem content to sit things out, argue for a lower luxury tax threshold, etc...
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusionAnd they've got an opportunity to capture front-running hearts and minds in NY, at least in the near term, as the Yankees seem content to sit things out, argue for a lower luxury tax threshold, etc...
Particularly when we consider it's still November.I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion
I look at the Mets and see them as being similar to the Sox in their needs. Perhaps another arm in the rotation, some bullpen depth, fourth OF and utility guy.This is a lot of money for an older SP, but Scherzer has been arguably the most durable and effective SP in MLB the last decade — he is the guy to take this risk with.
It feels like the Mets roster still needs some upgrades overall, but a healthy Degrom (big IF) and Scherzer leading the rotation is pretty legit.
The MFY still have a decent talent pool from which to deal from as well don't they?Particularly when we consider it's still November.
And I'd wager that the looming CBA deal is a factor for teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Dodgers who are close to or already over the luxury tax. Where the new CBA comes down on those caps affects them more than it does for a team like the Rangers who have $100M of wiggle room. The Mets, on the other hand, don't seem to care as they've already blown past all the 2021 caps.
At least this time the Twins didn't trade their CF for the Yankees shitty backup catcher. Progress.I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion
Yes, but Cashman has typically been opposed to dealing his top prospects, which I hope will change. There are several good short stop prospects, Jasson, a few good pitchers. We don't have anything in the 1b or catcher pipeline. I would assume that trading for or signing a 1b/C is the most likely scenario. Though you can see this being discussed in the Yankees offseason thread. At this point, I don't think any of us really know what direction they will go.The MFY still have a decent talent pool from which to deal from as well don't they?
Ahh, yes on familiarity (doesn't mean it was *good* familiarity, of course). I was thinking more about "time away from MLB" than actual age, but I was wrong there, too, as even that's only 3 years (I thought it was much longer), while LaRussa was ten. So yeah, he's in the mix. It would at least be deemed a very "credible" move by the baseball congnoscenti, something which the Mets could use. And Eppler might even be able to ask Scioscia privately to avoid a public rejection.Scioscia is only 63, which makes his age peers Mattingly (60), Francona (62), Black (64), and Snitker (65) more so than LaRussa (76).
Eppler was the last GM Scioscia worked with in Anaheim, so there's definitely familiarity.
Well, you just ruined my week. I'm only 3 years younger than Mike Scioscia?Scioscia is only 63, which makes his age peers Mattingly (60), Francona (62), Black (64), and Snitker (65) more so than LaRussa (76).
The radiation poisoning he got in 1992 makes him look a bit older.Well, you just ruined my week. I'm only 3 years younger than Mike Scioscia?
Same age as Mattingly I could deal with, but I'd have sworn Scioscia was 67+.
Awwww ... mannnnnn.The radiation poisoning he got in 1992 makes him look a bit older.
Yeah, and Mattingly’s sideburns took forever to grow back.The radiation poisoning he got in 1992 makes him look a bit older.
So should we be looking forward to some post game press conference gems?Showalter did commentary on some Yankee games the last couple years, and he sounds great for an inning or two, and it quickly spiralled down from there.
FTR, I wasn't being serious when I posted this.
And two of his four teams won 90+ immediately after firing him.Not that this proves anything either way, but Showalter’s teams have won 90 games just 3 times in his 20 years of managing.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/showabu99.shtml
So the Mets are playing the long game... Genius!And two of his four teams won 90+ immediately after firing him.
And his teams consistently show massive improvement in his second full season at the helm (ignoring his mid-year hire in Baltimore). So seems like the most efficient way to employ him is for two years then fire him. Fits the Scherzer window perfectly.And two of his four teams won 90+ immediately after firing him.
Taken seriously by who exactly? Because the other GMs have to be laughing that they interviewed the bench coaches for the Astros and Rays and still hired 65 year old Buck.I don't see a Cohen owned team having success, but this is also about being taken seriously as an actual major league team for the first time in quite awhile. In that sense, it's a home run.
Steve Cohen doesn't care about them. He cares what the establishment baseball-knowers in the media say.Taken seriously by who exactly? Because the other GMs have to be laughing that they interviewed the bench coaches for the Astros and Rays and still hired 65 year old Buck.