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If the Mets don't bring back Pete then the off-season does not look as great. Who's protecting Soto in the lineup? We can bs ourselves, but Pete brings the thunder and the threat to that lineup. Soto will be great regardless, but Soto with Pete behind him changes things.
 
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bleedblue94 said:
If the Mets don't bring back Pete then the off-season does not look as great. Who's protecting Soto in the lineup? We can bs ourselves, but Pete brings the thunder and the threat to that lineup. Soto will be great regardless, but Soto with Pete behind him changes things.
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If Vientos can build on last season, he could be a force. That being said, it was one year.

Lindor, Vientos, Soto, Nimmo...Not necessarily in that order but I can see why Pete makes this look better. Hopefully Nimmo can up his game a bit.
 
80s Kid said:
If Vientos can build on last season, he could be a force. That being said, it was one year.

Lindor, Vientos, Soto, Nimmo...Not necessarily in that order but I can see why Pete makes this look better. Hopefully Nimmo can up his game a bit.
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Respectfully if you spent 700m on Soto you should not be going into the season hoping vientos can replace your loudest hitter and fill that thunder spot on the lineup. You'd want him available to lengthen the lineup.
 
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Respectfully if you spent 700m on Soto you should not be going into the season hoping vientos can replace your loudest hitter and fill that thunder spot on the lineup. You'd want him available to lengthen the lineup.
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pete was exceptionally weak in big spots last year up until one very memorable and important 9th inning AB against the new star Yankees closer. not to mention he has the yips throwing to pitchers covering 1st. not something Gerritt Cole has to worry about...
 
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Morning Briefing: Mets Players React to Manaea Re-Signing - Metsmerized Online

Good morning, Mets fans! Mets players, like Mark Vientos and David Peterson, reacted with joy to Sean Manaea’s re-signing. He seems like a great clubhouse dude, and the 2024 remainders in the clubhouse are happy he’s back. In the early morning hours of Monday, the Mets agreed to re-sign Manaea...
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Someone probably already posted that, but I like the signing. He had 3.47 ERA and 184 strikeouts over 32 starts and 181 2/3 innings.
 
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I did not watch baseball back then but I think I remember my dad speaking about Jerry Kooseman's curveball :)
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While not as good as Koufax, the one thing they had in common was pinpoint control. I used to watch Koosman and wonder how he managed to get by with just two pitches.....I didn't know the "art of pitching" at that time, but I could pretty much predict where Kooz was going to throw the ball and which pitch and they still couldn't hit him. And Koufax was even better at it. It was similar to facing Bob Gibson -- you KNEW that fastball was coming and you knew it would be inside and no matter how prepared you were, you couldn't touch it. I'd swear those guys back then were mutants.
 
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Mr Mxmzptlk said:
While not as good as Koufax, the one thing they had in common was pinpoint control. I used to watch Koosman and wonder how he managed to get by with just two pitches.....I didn't know the "art of pitching" at that time, but I could pretty much predict where Kooz was going to throw the ball and which pitch and they still couldn't hit him. And Koufax was even better at it. It was similar to facing Bob Gibson -- you KNEW that fastball was coming and you knew it would be inside and no matter how prepared you were, you couldn't touch it. I'd swear those guys back then were mutants.
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My dad loved Kofax and the Brooklyn Dodgers. I was just reading his wiki page. He was a Brooklyn and Long Island kid. Was a great basketball player as well. I wish I could have seen him play.
 
Kouf was smooth. and seemed to throw with very little effort. He wasn't a power pitcher like Drysdale, but he certainly wasn't "weak". Those wiry types never are. Unfortunately, though, he did tend to be fragile -- maybe brittle is a better word.
 
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if the yankees actually trade for Arraez I will pull my f***ing hair out.

career obp .372 that has no power, no running, and horrific fielding. should've just re-signed Gleyber at that point ffs
 
Raspewtin said:
if the yankees actually trade for Arraez I will pull my f***ing hair out.

career obp .372 that has no power, no running, and horrific fielding. should've just re-signed Gleyber at that point ffs
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To be fair, Arraez averaged a 4.1 WAR over three seasons before an injury that required surgery. His defense falling off the face of the earth coincides with that injury.

Also, he shouldn't be batting leadoff. I know every bit of conventional wisdom says that's your leadoff hitter, but it's 2025 and we can measure things. A guy that's getting to first base for the most part isn't adding that much run expectancy.

Arraez would add a ton more value batting 4th or 5th in situations where a single gets in a run.
 
So does Alonso come back? Seems a few teams have kicked the tires, but it also doesn't seem like anyone is aggressively pursuing him. Feels like he ends up back with the Mets, maybe on something like a three-year deal with an opt out or something.
 
nyr2k2 said:
So does Alonso come back? Seems a few teams have kicked the tires, but it also doesn't seem like anyone is aggressively pursuing him. Feels like he ends up back with the Mets, maybe on something like a three-year deal with an opt out or something.
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Seems like this is a typical situation where Boras is being Boras. The Mets have made the two best offers to Pete, whether it was the original 7x$150Mish or the recent 3x$90M. I still think finding middle ground at something around 4x$110M is probably the most likely scenario, but you never know with how he handles his clients.
 
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