@JonHeyman Man are using the term ACE loosely!!! Please look at his actual metrics vs baseballs top 15-20. There aren’t 32 aces… teams have a number one just because it’s THEIR best pitcher…not because they are an ace! He was an allstar but not anywhere in the CY voting
@Ben_Yoel If you put baty in LF instead of benge you keep vientos 463 plate appearances 99 H 17 hr 44 r 61 rbi 21 2B 2 3b 702 ops. In that scenario in about the same plate appearances (47 less) you only lose 4 hr , 5 doubles & you gain 25 SB and save 56K ops same. If benge less power
@Ben_Yoel@The_Original_X Why the bullying ?? It’s Simple math , you need to compare 1-9 from each year not just the additions. And power isn’t just HR it’s 2b, 3b and RBIs and we are still down from last year… we need one more bat. Get Eugenio Suarez for 2 yrs 20-25 mm and we now have more offense
@Ben_Yoel This isn’t calculus Ben… it’s arithmetic…. Right now you need to remove taykor who sucked but still had 2 he 18 2b & 27 rbi move baty to DH so remove vientos 17 hr 21 2b 44 runs & 61 RBIs then you need to project benge who was hurt but didn’t rake in AAA so what are his stats
@evisokey@Ben_Yoel No you need to look at 1-9 because we have no place for vientos and his 18 HR not to mention his 2b and rbi… so you compare last years 1-9 with the new one or you go CF , 1b, 3b, 2b , LF and you actually need 5 players in your comp so you need to look at baty in LF and TaylorCF
@Ben_Yoel No you need to look at hits, 2b 3b and RBIs for the 4 players they replace or knock out of the lineup… it’s simple math but you need to look at 1-9 last yr vs this year and the result is we need one more bat
@Ben_Yoel That’s from 4 spots in the order not 3 that left… it’s not the home runs that are down it’s the 2b 3b and rbi… look it up they are down and if you put in Robert must put in Taylor. He didn’t do much as 5th percentile in batting but it’s not zero. 18 2b and 27 RBIs 3 3b 2 hr
@JasonAmada@ragazzoreport 3.68 @ 3.86 is still the 3s so he was a number 2 in those years with 165 & 173 innings which the Mets badly missed last year & in 25 he showed his upside is an ace! His career whip is 1.13.. he has 614 Ks in 3 yrs & pitched his highest innings at 176… he is an innings eater
@ScoKoH@joe03454186@ragazzoreport You give up 2 draft picks and 1.5mm in international player pool and you have to compete with other teams also interested and in most of the cases in free agency the Mets have overpaid
@ScoKoH@ragazzoreport Because then you need to compete with dodgers, Toronto. Redsox, Yankees and Phillies while instead they can just come to a mutually favorable agreement
@BigPeteNY44@StevenACohen2 No if we didn’t the dodgers or Yankees or blue jays or others would have poach him and boras isn’t his agent and he was open to an extension BEFORE free agency with Milwaukee… the second pitcher we got back sealed the deal …he is only 26 and in 24 he was a starter 3.00 era
@JacobFFrank@StevenACohen2 I totally agree but you need to add Baty. I like Duran behind lindor and ahead of Soto and bichette… Duran hits 70-84 extra base hits in last to year’s and steals a lot of bases… let him drive in lindor or double steal with him and be on 2b and 3b for Soto and Bo!!!
@StevenACohen2 Steve thanks for opening the pocket book… we are starting to close the gap and the dodgers and lead the charge in the division!! If you want to go for it all… go get skubal now to rival Yamamoto… rumor is the dodgers want skubal… don’t let g them!!! LFG LGM!!!!!
@NYNJHarper Come on John look at the actual numbers don’t just repeat what you heard from a scout. He only played 15 games in July and raked in July with a 353 ave and 990 ops… but it was only 51 at bats… that’s just a hit streak. u said AND in August whe he was terrible in 22 games 690ops
@chiefsfan15879@WardyNYM Yes let’s push the payroll to 500mm and still be worse then the dodgers at 423mm and don’t be surprised of them trading for skubal if we do that