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  1. moonslav59
    Something does seem a little off, but why jump to your conclusion? There could be other non nefarious reasons for the change of venue. I usually like to cut anyone and everyone some slack until I get enough evidence to think it's something bad going on. First time I heard "immaturity" as the underlying issue.
  2. moonslav59
    I searched two other sites beyond MLB.com and all list finger not "wrist." Who is claiming it's the wrist?
  3. moonslav59
    BTV accepts these three trades: Early, Mayer & Cheng for Neto Bello & Phillips for Lugo Witherspoon, Wong & Cespedes for Jeffers & Ober (1.4 yrs remaining)
  4. moonslav59
    MLB.com says.... OF/DH Roman Anthony Injury: Partially torn tendon in right ring finger
  5. moonslav59
    I qualified that statement with later trading for someone like Lugo.
  6. moonslav59
    Why do we need to buy any narrative on Roman?
  7. moonslav59
    BTV accepts Bello, KC & Godbout for Lindor. We could find another combo to trade for an underwater Lugo and not suffer losing Bello's IP for the rest of 2026 and 2027. KC and Bello are owed a lot of money, but it is spread out for the Mets and they do still offer future hopes of value to them. Godbout may or may not be someone they like, too. (Phillips could be subbed.)
  8. moonslav59
    I'd trade Bello in a heartbeat. I pretty much agree with BTV's -$22.9M value. I certainly see him as negative value. I'm not against trading Bello for Lindor and then getting Lugo. Bello was given $24M value- $48M salary. Lugo is $13M value -$30M owed, but that is $13M value over 1.4 years. Bello's is $24M/3.4 years. They look about even, but Lugo helps us in 2026 and 2027, while Bello may never help us again.
  9. moonslav59
    To me, it's not a "given" if... A) Steve gets multiple offers. B) One or more offers include taking back high salary players like Story plus Bello or KC. Story is owed $30M for 2027 and the '28 buyout. KC is owed $55M/6 (counting a $4M buyout in 2033) Bello is owed $44.5/4 (counting the $1M buyout in 2030.) Total Story plus and you get totals of $85M w KC and $75M w Bello. I think Steve might prefer these type deals than just writing a check for $50-$80M.
  10. moonslav59
    I'm not buying the "questions about his commitment to rehab," either, but I'm also not sure it's not an issue. His injury is not minor, and despite the lies about his being his pinky finger to add effect to the notion he's milking the injury, pain is different for different people and "pain threshold" is not some uniform measuring stick for every injury and future possible injury. Swing a bat with a ring finger in pain is hard to "put out of your mind" or "just get over it and play through pain." I'm not sure if Mayer's issue is pain threshold, either or just the proclivity to get hurt doing normal baseball things that hardly anyone else gets hurt doing. I worry much more about him. I don't think anyone felt there was an issue with Anthony, last season, despite missing the second half, so basically, it is just this one injury that has caused people to jump to the conclusion that he might be fragile,
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, you worded it here, better than I did. We agree.
  12. moonslav59
    Yes, that was my thought. The thing about KC vs Story is that the Mets probably prefer him over Story, and the money owed is more spread out and back-end loaded, which GMs like. (Same with Bello, who has more value than KC, but is also owed a higher AAV, and remember, the AAV is readjusted after a trade.)
  13. moonslav59
    I disagree, although just trading for a 2Bman would be cheaper than trading for Neto and playing Arias or Neto at 2B. If we can get Neto at a reasonable overpay cost, I'd prefer him to rentals like B Lowe or Torrres. I'm biased. I have been disgusted by what I call our "circus carrousel at 2B" for over a decade. A rental add at 2B does not make me happy, unless the cost is something like Cespedes, Bleis + Uberstine. (Who do we get for that paltry offer?)
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, and another factor in making a trade for someone like Lindor would be how much the Mets pay down, of if they take Story, Yoshida, Bello and/or KC as partial salary offsets. A non top 12 prospect plus KC/Bello might get it done. Maybe Valera or Phillips plus KC/Bello might work. I'm not sure I go Witherspoon/Gonzales/Primer plus KC/Bello for Lindor, without same added money on top of the costly KC or Bello contract.
  15. moonslav59
    I'm not buying into the Anthony is injury prone position, just yet. Mayer has been out for times in several years.
  16. moonslav59
    Trading Bennet would certainly need the further addition of a SP'er, even just a rental. Trading a pitcher limited by IP, this year, also makes sense if we want to advance into the playoffs.
  17. moonslav59
    Trading Mayer makes some sense, but we will and should not just accept the highest offer for him, if we think it is below his current value to this team- a team in extreme need of middle infield help now and into the foreseeable future.
  18. moonslav59
    It has not paid off in 2026.
  19. moonslav59
    To me, Neto looks like the biggest prize, but if bidding gets absurd, I'd pass.
  20. moonslav59
    I firmly disagree on your claim that we don't need a SS. Cheng and Monasterio have done okay, but SS remains one of our weakest areas. We can argue that 2B, Catcher and pitcher depth might be a higher need, but we need a SS. We can NOT count on Arias anymore than we counted on KC, Anthony and Mayer a year or two ago. I think he will help, but even if we trade for a 3+ year controlled SS, if Arias earns his way to ML starter, we can make it work out, somehow. (One plays 2B for a while.)
  21. moonslav59
    I agree we won't, AND I also agree we should not pay much more for a controlled player now that we normally would in the winter. I'm almost always against overpaying for a rental, but certain cases are worthwhile, especially if we are giving up duplicated value or someone we might lose to Rule 5 or a near future roster crunch. I think Brez will trade Rule 5 types and secondary prospects for rentals or lower cost controlled players. I doubt we get Neto. High cost players like Lindor or KMarte to a lesser extent may be added, due to a reduce return player cost because of the salary dump nature of the deal. I'd put the odds of a blockbuster trade at below 10% or even 5%.
  22. moonslav59
    But in a sense Harrison and Tibbs were "his. " He traded for them and apparently saw their value as being worthy of having. Then he gtraded them away for value he felt was better or more important to the team. Dobbins was drafted by Bloom.
  23. moonslav59
    Well, he seemed reluctant at deadlines, but not in winters, so point well taken. He doesnt want to overpay.
  24. moonslav59
    Yes, the talk is PIT will be buyers.
  25. moonslav59
    We didn't have many other options to platoon with Duran. He and Yoshida both bat lefty, as does Anthony. Brez made sure to not give Cora RHB option other than Romy, who plays 1B/2B/DH. Refsnyder did platoon with Abreu in 2024 and some for both in 2025, but was hurt for much of the year.
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