OT: 2023 MLB Thread

[Ben Grimm]

The Mets $500M payroll is the highest ever, their $110M luxury tax is more than half the teams payrolls, and I love it!

 

[Irishguy42]

The Giants having a hell of a time this winter. Gotta hand it to them.

 

[will1066]

Cohen has just signed Sea Gull, 4 years $36M.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Cohen has just signed Sea Gull, 4 years $36M.

His ops is .943 great deal

 

[NYR94]

Cohen has just signed Sea Gull, 4 years $36M.

Giants fans:

 

[RangerBlues]

so the Giants failed his physical and the Mets bailed him out and the fans are happy?
Im confused

 

[IronBloodedLion]

I checked in on my Giants fan friend. He is not well right now.

 

[Ben Grimm]

bWAR - Seaver
ERA - Seaver
Ks - Seaver
WHIP - Seaver
RotY - Seaver
AS - Seaver
WS - Tie

In all the historic mock drafts I do Maddux always gets picked first although I prefer Seaver, so I thought I'd do a crude comparison. It's close, but I think Tom holds his own.

 

[nyr2k2]

so the Giants failed his physical and the Mets bailed him out and the fans are happy?
Im confused

No one knows what the Giants were concerned about. It's worth considering that the Twins, who obviously had all the information on him through firsthand knowledge, and who are not big spenders and are very cautious, offered him $285 over 10 years. Hard for me to believe they'd make an offer like that for someone that was truly damaged goods.

Also, he didn't fail a physical from what has been reported, but instead the Giants saw something they wanted more information on, asked for more time to evaluate it, and Boras took Correa elsewhere. It's entirely possible, given more time, SF would have moved forward. We may never know.

There's also the Kumar Rocker situation, which shows the Mets under Cohen aren't just going to totally throw caution to the wind on guys with injury concerns. And Rocker was a much less risky investment in terms of financial commitment than Correa.

 

[Ben Grimm]

... We may never know.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

 

[nyr2k2]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Do I look like Mr. Owl?

 

[Ben Grimm]

Do I look like Mr. Owl?

 

[NYR94]

I checked in on my Giants fan friend. He is not well right now.

 

[sbjnyc]

Do I look like Mr. Owl?

You're just missing the cap...

 

[Kane One]

No one knows what the Giants were concerned about. It's worth considering that the Twins, who obviously had all the information on him through firsthand knowledge, and who are not big spenders and are very cautious, offered him $285 over 10 years. Hard for me to believe they'd make an offer like that for someone that was truly damaged goods.

Also, he didn't fail a physical from what has been reported, but instead the Giants saw something they wanted more information on, asked for more time to evaluate it, and Boras took Correa elsewhere. It's entirely possible, given more time, SF would have moved forward. We may never know.

There's also the Kumar Rocker situation, which shows the Mets under Cohen aren't just going to totally throw caution to the wind on guys with injury concerns. And Rocker was a much less risky investment in terms of financial commitment than Correa.

And to add to this, the Mets signing of Correa is probably also pending a physical, so for all we know they’ll either not see anything worth having a fuss about or they’ll nix the thing.

 

[Kane One]

 

[Bob Richards]

Getting rid of McCann actually makes me happier than the Correa swindle lmao

 

[Kane One]

Getting rid of McCann actually makes me happier than the Correa swindle lmao

McCann and May were both up there with my least favorite Mets ever. I have no idea why Mets fans on /r/baseball were all upset about May leaving. I told my brothers that not only do I not want to see him with the Mets ever again, I don’t even want to see him in the MLB.

Him and McCann are f***ing bums.

 

[nyr2k2]

McCann and May were both up there with my least favorite Mets ever. I have no idea why Mets fans on /r/baseball were all upset about May leaving. I told my brothers that not only do I not want to see him with the Mets ever again, I don’t even want to see him in the MLB.

Him and McCann are f***ing bums.

I hated May. He seemed so un-clutch and was also such a big cheerleader on Twitter. The combination infuriated me for whatever reason. Seems like a really solid guy but I hated him.

Anyway, deal appears to be McCann + $19M to Baltimore for a PTBNL, with Orioles paying $5M on McCann. If true, that's great that we didn't have to attach a prospect and just paid our way out of the deal.

 

[bleedblue94]

I may need to rethink this one lol. This is something that very few have pulled off in getting Correa. Now, Baty has also been a LF, and that could be a spot where he and Canha platoon a bit. Mauricio really has no spot now. He's going to be the biggest trade chip that they use.

I mean it's second base. McNeil isn't going to be here super long term. I think people lose perspective of just how old he is because he's still arbitration eligible

 

[Ben Grimm]

1) Brandon Nimmo, CF
2) Carlos Correa, 3B
3) Francisco Lindor, SS
4) Pete Alonso, 1B
5) Jeff McNeil, 2B
6) Starling Marte, RF
7) Daniel Vogelbach, DH
8) Mark Canha, LF
9) Omar Narváez, C

MLB.com ranked this as the best lineup in baseball.

 

[nyr2k2]

We signed Danny Mendick. Someone else needs to move. Hopefully they can move someone like Ruf, but maybe more likely now Guillorme, for a real 4OF. Another good BP arm would work, too.

 

[NYR94]

I hated May. He seemed so un-clutch and was also such a big cheerleader on Twitter. The combination infuriated me for whatever reason. Seems like a really solid guy but I hated him.

Anyway, deal appears to be McCann + $19M to Baltimore for a PTBNL, with Orioles paying $5M on McCann. If true, that's great that we didn't have to attach a prospect and just paid our way out of the deal.

I couldn't stand May either. I remember when the Mets signed him from the Twins an anonymous executive from the AL Central said they were glad he was out of the division, so I bought into the hype. The guy was a disappointment in NY.

 

[IronBloodedLion]

As a Yankee fan I’m more jealous of the fact that the Mets traded McCann than signed Correa. I wish Cashman would just admit his mistakes.

Maybe we can lock Donaldson, IKF, and Hicks in the Yankee Stadium basement and have them guard a jar with a bee in it.

 

[Crease]

So much fun playing with the Mets lineup card right now. Here is mine:

Nimmo CF
Marte RF
McNeil 2B
Alonso 1B
Lindor SS
Correa 3B
Cahna LF
Vogelbach DH
Nido C

Bench is an embarrassment of riches with some combination of Escobar, Guillorme, Baty, Vientos, Alvarez, Narvaez, and Ruf. Expectations will be very high this season.