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Chioakcisco
Wow, the Braves have been snake bitten by Tommy John in recent years. Venters, Beachy twice, Medlen twice, O’Flaherty last year…it’s almost unfair.
Danny Colston
Yeah, what’s the deal. They didn’t have pitchers going down left & right like this when Leo was the pitching coach….
Adam Heath
I was going to say “Winter Pays for Summer” since they had a great run with their aces in the 90s-00s
dylanp5030
If MAG turns out to be a high leverage reliever, he’s worth his contract. If they can trade Papelbon, they’ll have DeFratus, Diekman, Giles, and Gonzales to fight for the late inning jobs with Giles probably taking the ninth inning.
Phillyfan425
Exactly – everyone is making it out like MAG needs to be this 3 WAR player each year. When in reality, he needs to be a 1 WAR player, per season, over the next 2 years to “justify” his contract.
Kevin D.
Totally agree. It wasn’t that long ago that fans were complaining about the “huge” contract they handed out to MAG and no one knew what to expect. 3 years/$12 million is hardly anything even if he were to flop. Not like they gave the guy $50 million or anything like that. It wouldn’t be any worse than Mike Adams’ contract who has basically been healthy for a total of half of a season. If he ends up being a serviceable reliever, he’ll be worth the money. Anything more than that is gravy. With the team starting to get more involved in international players, and the fact that the last 2 years drafts have been much smarter/better, I honestly say I like the direction their headed. Still a long ways away, but you have to start somewhere.
Chen Liu
I don’t understand why Mets and Angels can’t work out a deal. Would the Angels really let $1-2 million get in the way of a possible title?
Metfan9876
The Angels have no prospects to deal. The Mets aren’t just going to give away Colon to them.
dylanp5030
Actually I think they would…
LIMetfan22
Despite the GM stating he wasn’t going to just give him away? are you SA?
dylanp5030
I think if they could shed the 11 million next year, they would do it. Not saying they would eat money and get nothing, but with their rotation next year set, they may feel like they can better allocate that money to a SS (Hardy) or OF.
calamityfrancis
Bartolo Colon will not be traded. Why you ask? Because Mets fans are not allowed any excitement, ever. Seriously, being a Mets fan is the most BORING thing. No full rebuild, no high draft pick. No money, no big free agent signings. Our GM requires a complete fleecing in order to make a trade. BORING BORING BORING.
/rant
anon_coward
out of last year’s FA class only Ellsbury and Peralta have been pretty good. no one else has been worth the price being paid.
most of the FA’s coming to market now are due for a decline or on the decline because teams extend their best players before they hit FA
paqza
Nelly Cruz, Kazmir, and Santana have been solid. Canó won’t be worth his contract but he’s put up 5+ WAR this year and changed the culture of the club.
paqza
I’m a Mets fan but not a “woe-is-me” fan. Are there any others? I agree that this year’s transactions (or lack thereof) have been mediocre at best, though. That said, Duda, deGrom, d’Arnaud, Lagares, and Murphy have all been exciting. So have Mejía, Familia, and Black. And we’ve got the Minor League system doing well so there’s that.