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TheChanceyColborn
After what the gave up to get Bruce, that was a given.
metseventually 2
Really would had his option declined. He’s blocking both Conforto AND Cespedes. He has no place on the Mets.
tohru
Trades are magical
seamaholic 2
If you think the Mets are going to retain Cespedes, you have another thing coming. He’s going all out for max dollar, and that won’t be the Mets.
schellis 2
Pick up the option and move Bruce to free up the space if you feel he is blocking Cespedes and/or Conforto. After trading for him it was a no doubt pick up really no down side since Bruce is being paid less then what he is worth with last years numbers. Some other team will have interest if the Mets need to move him to make room
chesteraarthur
How do you figure? 0.9 fwar @ ~8m/1 win < $13m. He hasn’t been above 1fWAR since 2013.
schellis 2
I don’t think his defense is as bad as it was rated last year. The years prior were injury recovery years
chesteraarthur
He’s also been a very negative defender since 2013. Perhaps those injuries sapped some of his defense ability and it’s not just a hand-waveable aspiration.
DTI812
No brainer, but if you can get something for him do it. Toward the end of the year he was productive and he had a lot of long at bats with hard hit fouls while he was struggling to make you think he could be ok. Personally I think a lot of his initial struggles had to do with being away from his wife and family and living out of hotels while trying to be the man while cespedes was out. Is he 300-30 guy? Nope. Is he Dave kingman? Nope, thank God