At this point I’m thinking it’s going to be Baez or Bryant if they get anyone.
The defense with the 2 of them up the middle is going to be insane once Lindor is back. Especially guys like like Stroman, deGrom, Megill who are so ground ball dependent
The real life Sidd Finch?
Yes we'll see him next year and every year after that in a Mets uniform. There's 0 chance deGrom throws a pitch for anyone but the Mets in his career
Nats paid Stras handsomely despite him not even getting to 150 IPs in five of his 10 seasons prior to signing the $245M seven year extension. He was 31.
I love the guy--more than the Mets themselves at times--but this last month has been bizarre imo. The look in his eyes is more troubling to me than anything because he seems mystified, frustrated and scared. All we heard until the past two weeks was that there was nothing structural and nothing showing on the MRIs, but he felt forearm tightness. Now they say they see inflammation in his forearm on the imaging that warrants a two-week shutdown? And he hasn't pitched in a game since July 7th?
If he was a guy with a long injury history I'd get the worry, but he's not. I'm not going to ignore 6 seasons of greatness and not pay the best pitcher in baseball because he's had 1 injury plagued season where in between injuries he still looked like the best player in baseball
But he did things this season that neither he nor any other pitchers have ever done in terms of the percentage and number of pitches at 100 mph or more and I think we're in uncharted territory with respect to the effect that has on a human body. My concern is that he can't return to doing that and expect to take the mound as a starter every fifth day.
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That's not the issue, the issue is they agreed on $6M and are now trying to pull the deal based on medical info that the Mets doctors find concerning in opposition to numerous other doctors who find no issues
The agreement was contingent on medical clearance because he opted out of the MRI program. Mets doctors say there is an issue. Other doctors disagree. Mets have the right to cancel the deal. They offered less money and so far Boras and Rocker have not agreed.
Yes that's my point, the Mets have offered less money to Rocker and they are stupid for doing so because it's going to cost them Kumar Rocker
I guess time will tell whether that’s a big loss.
I guess the stupidity on the Mets’ part was not having a backup plan on which to spend the money (around $1.3M if I understand correctly) in the event that he didn’t sign.
Yeah that's the big miss was not having a guy from the 18th round to still sign today. They'll get the 11th pick next year to recoup some value but the money will be lost
