Whoa, what a trade. Are the Mets just going to go on a spending spree? Carrasco + Lindor make almost $32Mil this season? Do they still have enough for Springer? Was thinking some teams probably have enough funds for 1 major move/salary acquisition. Do the Mets still have enough funds for Springer at $20+ mil?
Mets owner is loaded and owns a team in New York. Former owner was cheap so there was plenty of room under luxury tax (~$30M). Considering pandemic, if Cohen wants to flex his financial muscle and go over the luxury tax, this is the year to do it as a lot of teams are trying to cut payroll. They might not get Springer, but if they don't, they probably should at least swipe DJLM to snub the Yankees.
Cohen hasn't lost money yet owning the Mets (minus the purchase price). Its all gravy right now. Springer should set his price and see if the Mets can meet it.
He’s already set his price and the Mets are far from meeting it, this only complicates it more adding 31.5 million for next season.
If the Mets add Springer they will be the best team in the league. With today's trade they jumped Houston and NYY in projected fWAR.
I'd love this. A talented and effective bullpen is super important in the playoffs. It's a minor miracle we got as far as we did last year without established arms in the pen. Add an established arm or two, and we are going to be that much more dangerous.
Love this too but don't want to turn into a team that has a great bullpen and so-so starters that only go 3 or 4 every game. As we know, good bullpens can be beaten in the playoffs on occasion since not every reliever will be pitching their best stuff at the same time during the postseason. Still like that our thought process is to go heavy bullpen since that is likely where the best value will be this offseason IMO.
1. Grienke 2. Valdez 3. McCullers 4. Urquidy 5. Javier 6. Hendriks/Hand/Colome 7. Pressly 8. J. Smith 9. Paredes 10. Middle of the pack FA reliever 11. Taylor 12. Pruitt 13. Raley 14. Garcia, Abreu, C Perez, Scrubb, J James Loaded staff. With JV intending on pitching
The media likes George Springer....... so there is now ZERO mention of trashcans after he is no longer an Astro...... the fact he was the biggest user of the trash can is irrelevant......... he is now wonderful George. Just to be clear, I love Springer but he has managed to largely avoid the scrutiny of "cheating" when some of the other guys have not.
It think it all comes down to finances. The Astros can likely add multiple relievers in this economic climate for what a single starter would.... also a deeper bullpen plays up Greinke and Javier, who did not go really deep into games last year. Click needs to figure out who is going to play outfield for the Astros.
Yes.. It was BS. I thought Bregman got the worst of the deal. He had to go on the apology tour when 2017 was his first full year in the bigs. If Carlos Beltran, Alex Cora, George Springer, etc tell you this is okay what the hell do you expect a near rookie to do? He's going to stand on his soap box and stop this when his manager wouldn't nut up and do it? Please......
Have they said they won't go that high? I just figured there's no rush to sign anybody right now. Nobody has really set the market. Teams are shedding payroll everywhere, which will lower the demand. If the only other offer Springer gets is around $110 million, the Mets will top that... but just that. Feel somewhat bad for George. Got drafted by the Astros at the worst possible time whereas if he was coming out when Bregman came out, would have seen the big leagues at least a year quicker. Now happens to be a free agent at the worst possible time.... instead of making a potential $200 million, may only make 100-150 million... feel sooo bad.
You and I both know that every one in that clubhouse that was a coach or veteran had zero problems with it..... and Bregman had to assume that the GM and Owner knew and felt the same way....... If I were Bregman I wouldn't have said a damn word.....
Pretty sure that will apply to any Astros once they're a free agent... and in general, the story has finally seen a point of no longer being needed for clickbait. I think the bigger story is how baseball finances are in real peril.
We have heard for at least 30 years that the game was in trouble long term due to lack of interest in younger people....... and I think that we are finally really seeing it take hold..... the sport really should have done more to address the problem but it hasn't. I suspect it will be less popular in ten years as well.... it is losing a lot of the multi generational appeal it had before.
