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Why people continue to think players would sign a minor league deal built like a major league deal, when if it were possible during the lockout we would have already seen it. Smh
I believe I read that any player who finished the season on a 40-man roster or injured list is ineligible to sign a minor league deal during the lockout. MLB preemptively closed that loophole so it can’t be done. Any player who wasn’t considered a minor league player at the end of last season can’t be considered one now.
As it should be. Don’t get why ppl do t understand this. Gets stated every chat since the lockout. Maybe MLBTR should do a post about this.
I agree. I missed the chat, but when I read the transcript, my first thought was to comment on this ridiculous question that keeps popping up.
How many top-flight FAs weren’t on a 40-man roster at the end of the season? If they were they’re ineligible to sign a deal. And even if there was one, no player that expects to sign a ML deal of any significance is going to sign a MiL deal. Minor league deals aren’t guaranteed. So, an injury in ST and that guy is screwed.
It stinks that mlb is in a lock out but at least the Mets made the best of it by hiring a new manager and promoting someone to a asistent general manager
Do You think the Mets can get chapmen and manea or brissit for Mc Neil and Dom Smith ?
Not unless there’s some high prospects included.
I agree they might get rid of Ronney Mariaco and another prospect then I think it can happen.
Do you think the Mets can get Kris Bryant also ?
The owner just needs to write a check…..
He will he’s Steve cohen he will spend I guarantee more then ever when the lockout ends !
When the A’s talk about acquiring “controllable players”, they mean:
“players who will still be cheap when our window reopens”.
McNeil, Smith and Davis (because he’s a frequent alternate in trade suggestions) are all valueless to them. The A’s rebuild cycle is three years, and all of those guys are in arbitration.
That’s why the Mets should trade them for Matt chapmen and a arm it kills 2 birds with one stone
For McNeil Davis and Smith and the money to cover all their earnings until free agency, the A’s will trade you a bucket of warm spit.
Ha ha bout the Mets will still get chapmen and bassist wait and see !
Maybe Brissit.
However if they want Chapman, Manaea, or Bassit they are going to have to do better than that
Trust me the Mets will do what ever it takes to land their man Matt chapmen and Manea and maybe even Bassit !!! Uncle steve got us covered with all the money and the players and prospects
The problem is it takes two sides to make a trade. The A’s already have the poor man’s McNeil in Tony Kemp. They are not going to trade the best defensive 3B in the league for the worst. And Smith and Davis are basically DH’s so why would Oakland want both?. Plus if you are trying to get two starters from Oakland three will have to be going back to the A’s and the Mets severely lack pitching prospects. Its why Jerad Eickhoff was released and re-signed multiple times last year
In the 2021 season that “poor man’s McNeil”:
batted 30 points higher,
hit 1 more HR than McNeil in less games,
and walked twice as often.
I didn’t mean any insult towards Kemp
H. Aaron: are you related to Steve Cohen or just infatuated?
McNeil for brisket – who says no?
It is hard to turn down a good brisket…
Trust me the Mets will do what ever it takes to land their man Matt chapmen and Manea and maybe even Bassit !!! Uncle steve got us covered with all the money and the players and prospects
Your right but Oakland will be a big seller during the off-season so it doesn’t matter because the Mets have the money and they aren’t afraid to spend it on good players like chapmen and Manea because money wins most of the time In deals and signings
Your right but Oakland will be a big seller during the off-season so it doesn’t matter because the Mets have the money and they aren’t afraid to spend it on good players like chapmen and Manea because money wins most of the time In deals and signings
Bud Mets don’t have the farm for that haul, and as stated above the three guys Mets fans seem to only want to get rid of won’t even make the A’s blink. Over half the league has a better farm system and could be the Mets offer.
They could but like I said the Mets will do what ever it take to get those guys and like I said earlier the Mets owner has all the money he needs to outbid any other team interested in those players so let’s go get them Mets !!!!
What is whatever it takes? They are not free agents to throw money at and the Mets have to have players the A’s want to make a trade.
“Mets owner has all the money…”
You’re confusing two separate acquisition methods. If they were all FAs then having the money is relevant.
But they aren’t FAs, and all the money in the world is useless when you need to acquire guys by trade. If you don’t have the prospect capital, then you can kiss the acquisition of those guys goodbye.
@ Harrison Aaron;
You’re the quintessential NYC baseball fan. You embody every attribute those fans have – you know nothing about building a winning team other than spending money; you just want name players for your expendable players; think you’re doing other MLB teams a favor; and that no other MLB teams are going to go after the players that you want.
I wonder if 3 months ago you even heard of Chapmen, Manea and Bassit – let alone saw them play.
LOL
P.S. The Yankees haven’t been to a WS in 12 years. Today they’re stuck with a roster of overpaid, ageing, one-dimensional players that no one wants to trade for, and an overrated farm system that Yankee fans always talk up, but don’t want a one of them playing for the parent team.
LOL some more.
(I’ve heard stories about NYC sports talk show hosts that can’t take the ridiculous trade proposals their baseball fans incessantly call in. Those people need to learn to program computers or something. There’s no easy money to be made anywhere/ The rich kids talking about Daddy buying them a new bike..)
Is Harrison Aaron MetsFan22’s more annoying little brother?
@gbs42 at this point I’m convinced it’s just metfan22
Interesting Anthony how you again doubt the Rays giving them a 50/50 shot or worse for winning the AL East. That’s much better than they got in both 2020 and 2021, when they ACTUALLY won the East.
Values Rodon 3/70. Says Matz 4/40 was not a deal. Rodon at 70 might not make it half way thru the first season. He’s always had the ability but also has a shoulder and elbow of a 80 year old. I was at his last great game vs Astros last summer in Chicago. One hitter. After the performance he was toast. Did not make it past fifth inning