OT: 2023 MLB Thread

[nyr2k2]

$13M is steep for a flyer, but otherwise he seems like a worthwhile risk. Mets will need to add a couple horses, though. Guys that even if they aren't great, can be relied upon to make 30+ starts.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

$13M is steep for a flyer, but otherwise he seems like a worthwhile risk. Mets will need to add a couple horses, though. Guys that even if they aren't great, can be relied upon to make 30+ starts.

That’s the price of pitching

Lance Lynn was below replacement level last year and got $11M, Kyle Gibson was barely replacement level for $13M

 

[NYR94]

 

[NYR94]

 

[Kane One]

Wtf

 

[nyr2k2]

Oh, lovely.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Oh, lovely.

Well said, my friend, well said.

 

[NYR94]

 

[Ruggs225]

This will haunt the mets for a decade. It just has to because we are the mets.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Verdugo is mediocre. Doesn't move the needle for me at all.

 

[I Eat Crow]

But why?

 

[LeetchisGod]

But why?

Cashman is smarter than everyone else. Didn't you know?

 

[Kane One]

White Trash Papi is now a Yankee. Great, the person whose entire persona I hated the most is now in NY.

 

[mrmovies779]

Verdugo is mediocre. Doesn't move the needle for me at all.

We give up nothing to get him.I'm fine with it.

 

[LeetchisGod]

We give up nothing to get him.I'm fine with it.

People said the same about Stanton.

 

[mrmovies779]

People said the same about Stanton.

Thankfully he isn't Stanton.We have more protection for Judge when Stanton inevitably gets injured again.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Thankfully he isn't Stanton.We have more protection for Judge when Stanton inevitably gets injured again.

.264 and 13 homers is making pitching staffs quake in their boots.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Cashman is the laziest most uncreative executive in sports.

 

[NickyFotiu]

.264 and 13 homers is making pitching staffs quake in their boots.

Positives are he is a left handed outfielder with 281 career average who has been consistently taken 600 plus at bats the last 3 seasons. Ring worthy move? No but possibly a help.

 

[17futurecap]

Playing Judge in CF, what could go wrong?

 

[JCProdigy]

We give up nothing to get him.I'm fine with it.

It's an absolute negative if the Yankees brass expects him to be a starter for most of the season and it keeps them from making a better move that would actually help the team compete. ...and that is exactly what I expect of this front office.

A mediocre defensive OF with a 103 OPS+ over the past three seasons is a nice 4th OF. That's what he should be on a team that wants to contend.

 

[2Leetch_94]

 

[2Leetch_94]

People said the same about Stanton.

Luckily Verdugo is a FA after the season. Not really comparable to Stanton or Donaldson. I don't love the move but let's see how the Soto and Yamamoto stuff shakes out before I'm going to waste energy being upset over one year of Verdugo(assuming he's not flipped).

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

King is filthy but moving him now would be selling high after he ripped it up as a starter towards the end of the year (he's not going to hold up in a rotation long term.)

Thorpe would be a tough piece to lose. Wish they liked one of the other arms more.

 

[2Leetch_94]

King is filthy but moving him now would be selling high after he ripped it up as a starter towards the end of the year (he's not going to hold up in a rotation long term.)

Thorpe would be a tough piece to lose. Wish they liked one of the other arms more.

Shame they couldn't pawn off Clarke Schmidt on them but that was always wishful thinking.