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jose reyes is not a player you trade; you build around dynamic young(ish) shortstops. he's only 28 this year and playing the best he's ever played. i'd let him walk if he is searching for Crawford type money (HA fred wilpon) but if it's something reasonable, he has to stay a Met. trading him may not even net that much -- he will only be a rental and there isn't much precedent set for top prospects shifting in a midseason rental for a bat.

if there is one player on the current 25 man roster the Mets should keep, it is Reyes, followed by Ike Davis. The rest should be expendable (although they are never going to be able to trade Bay), that includes Wright. the trading Reyes-keep Wright talk is odd to me because both of them are heading in the opposite direction. Reyes's numbers are trending up after injury plagued years while Wright's offense and defense has been getting worse every year post 2008. Ideally, the Mets keep them both, and with the new minority owner, they just may be able to.
 
the rapture is coming guys, jo-jo won a game.

also the jays are mashing... but more importantly brett lawrie is absolutely mauling AAA and should be up soon and the AA Fisher Cats have the best record in AA and its not even close. That is a fun team to watch.

Pretty much every jays top prospect this year (save for about 2) is having a dream season. I am fucking excited for the future.
 
..And Lawrie hits the DL. So much for calling him up in the next few days. Now it probably won't happen until late June, the earliest. I was banking on picking him up in my deeper leagues. Might have to hold off on that.

Also, I check my leagues on a daily basis. But I missed putting Lee in on my money league, and was thoroughly pissed off.
 
aamto said:
jose reyes is not a player you trade; you build around dynamic young(ish) shortstops. he's only 28 this year and playing the best he's ever played. i'd let him walk if he is searching for Crawford type money (HA fred wilpon) but if it's something reasonable, he has to stay a Met. trading him may not even net that much -- he will only be a rental and there isn't much precedent set for top prospects shifting in a midseason rental for a bat.

if there is one player on the current 25 man roster the Mets should keep, it is Reyes, followed by Ike Davis. The rest should be expendable (although they are never going to be able to trade Bay), that includes Wright. the trading Reyes-keep Wright talk is odd to me because both of them are heading in the opposite direction. Reyes's numbers are trending up after injury plagued years while Wright's offense and defense has been getting worse every year post 2008. Ideally, the Mets keep them both, and with the new minority owner, they just may be able to.
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Also, Reyes' skill set plays much better in that ballpark than Wright's. But, it seems like everyone is expecting him to get Crawford type money, it will be interesting to see if the Wilpon's can raise that kind of money to keep him. It would have been nice if the Yanks gave Jeter the kind of contract he deserved (2 year instead of 3 most likely 4 with the option) then Reyes might have just been switching boroughs. Although if Reyes is going to get 6 or 7 years then maybe it is best for teams to avoid him, since there is no way he is going to be worth that kind of money by the type his contract is ending, even if he manages to stay healthy through the whole thing.
 
Oh my, my favorite team has been pelted for seven runs and the inning isn't even over yet :)

I'll never stop being a Twins fan though, not even if every season is like this season.
 
Tom the slowbro said:
Oh my, my favorite team has been pelted for seven runs and the inning isn't even over yet :)

I'll never stop being a Twins fan though, not even if every season is like this season.
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After we embarrassingly lost to you guys yesterday (I'm a Rangers fan) I'm happy to dish out all the pelting we can!
 
Don't look now, but the Braves have won 5 in a row and only have 6 games out of their next 24 against teams with winning records (series with Rangers and Mariners).

They won't be contenders for long if Uggla still sucks though
 
I almost didn't include them because I didn't think it counted

28th in runs scored
last in hits, average, and OBP

but their pitchers are 6th in ERA, 2nd in WHIP, and 4th in BAA

I've never even heard of any of their pitchers edit except felix hernandez (derp)
 
Killah said:
I've never even heard of any of their pitchers
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I'll assume you meant aside from Felix..

But Erik Bedard WAS a household name not all that long ago. He's having a comeback year of sorts.

As for Michael Pineda, I don't know how big of a baseball fan you are but there's been so much hype around this kid and he's actually delivering.

As for Fister and Vargas, I can see why you wouldn't have heard of them. They're both fairly young and didn't bring all that much excitement to their game until just recently. The young core of Pineda, Vargas and Fister is part of the reason that I could actually see the Mariners trading Felix IF someone emptied their farm to get him.
 
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The Brewers are hotter than the Braves, on a 24-8 tear.
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The Red Sox are hotter than the Brewers and the Braves, won 9 in a row, and they've gone an MLB-best 37-16 since starting the season an MLB-worst 2-10. This streak reminds me of 2004 post-Varitek starting a fight with A-Roid in Fenway. I just hope they can keep it up, this is a really long season and there are still 100 games left.

BiGGiE said:
The young core of Pineda, Vargas and Fister is part of the reason that I could actually see the Mariners trading Felix IF someone emptied their farm to get him.
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The only way the Mariners will make a run in the next couple of years is if they get a bat. Or two. Their pitching is the only thing keeping them above .500. They're 2 games over .500 with a negative run differential, that can't happen if you expect to have success in the long term. I like what you said about trading Felix to empty someone's farm but I honestly can't see them doing that at this point. Are there any good hitters on the trading block that could make a Felix trade a possibility or is this just a pipe dream?
 
jrrrrrrr said:
Are there any good hitters on the trading block that could make a Felix trade a possibility or is this just a pipe dream?
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Maybe..?

Combine him with Ackley (if he stays at 2b, which he might not) and you've suddenly got a potent up-the-middle duo and the Mets get that ace that they always wanted Johan to be.
 
jose reyes is 28 and under control for about 2/3 of a season and in the midst of a career year. felix is 25 and a cy young winner who is under control for 5 more years.

that deal will never ever happen unless the Mets pony up a lot more AND reyes agrees to an extension. hell, the deal won't even happen then because the mariners have stated they will not trade felix.
 
BiGGiE said:
As for Michael Pineda, I don't know how big of a baseball fan you are but there's been so much hype around this kid and he's actually delivering.
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Michael Pineda has been bomb. Between him and the newly promoted Ackley, the Mariners might actually have some firepower on their team...
 
jrrrrrrr said:
The Red Sox are hotter than the Brewers and the Braves, won 9 in a row, and they've gone an MLB-best 37-16 since starting the season an MLB-worst 2-10. This streak reminds me of 2004 post-Varitek starting a fight with A-Roid in Fenway. I just hope they can keep it up, this is a really long season and there are still 100 games left.
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Phillies have gone an MLB-best 45-28 since starting the season 0-0, just sayin'. :jump:
 
why would the Mariners trade a cost-controlled potential ace and a cost-controlled potential potential star 2b? it is lunacy to even think of dealing them for anyone short of Tulowitzki or Braun or any other long-term signed proven superstar.
 
jrrrrrrr said:
The Red Sox are hotter than the Brewers and the Braves, won 9 in a row, and they've gone an MLB-best 37-16 since starting the season an MLB-worst 2-10. This streak reminds me of 2004 post-Varitek starting a fight with A-Roid in Fenway. I just hope they can keep it up, this is a really long season and there are still 100 games left.
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When I posted, I was going based off "from their last worst losing record". I concede that Red Sox at 22-6 (or 25-8) were factually just above 24-8.
 
I need to stop reading comments on Sportsnet. The people there are idiots. The Jays get swept by the Braves and Ricky Romero has a go at the offense, and suddenly John Farrell and AA need to be fired. Jesus, we're in year 2 of a rebuild and still winning games.

It's AA's job to build for the future. He has traded our ace for a 3B and IIRC a Reliever was part of that deal. Not the best deal, but we'll see if it pays off in the long run. He has also let Relievers go to Free Agency to get a ton of draft picks, while still maintaining one of the best bullpens in baseball. We have the 4th best (IIRC) farm system, which is currently producing players like Hecheravia or something (2B to replace Hill), Brett Lawrie (3B), Travis Snider (LF), Gose (CF), Kyle Drabek, Brett Cecil, and should be producing Zach Stewart once the injuries are out of the way (last 3 are pitchers).

Currently our weak points are: Starting Pitching, 2B, 3B, and CF (I don't think Patterson will be good in the long run, but he isn't terrible now). What do you know? We have major prospects at all of those positions, as well as a 1B I believe, but I can't recall his name right now.

What he can do though is trade Encarnacion for a bag of balls, let Nix or Mccoy play 3B and work with Murphy to maybe find out they can hit. Let Rivera DH.

Seems like AA is doing his job.

John Farrell is winning with a club that should be sub .500, so he's right where he should be. Adam Lind has found his stroke again and is playing well defensively for the first time in his life, so those are major pluses. He's an ex Pitching Coach and it seems like a lot of our pitchers are suddenly doing terrible. It seems like he has all of the answers and none of the solutions. Hopefully it is just the league adjusting to the pitchers though. JP Arencibia will also be an All Star in the future, so there's that to look forward to if John Farrell can produce his overall defense a bit more (he can block the ball just fine and can make good throws, but he misses a lot of plays at the plate). I'm not an expert on his pitch calling either. I would say Farrell is decent and definitely not worth firing.

As for Romero's comments: he is playing in the now, as opposed to the future, which is exactly what you want from your players. He says the hitters can't rely on JB or Lind, and that is absolutely right. Our 3B can either not play defense or not hit, and sometimes both, so they're due for the 8th spot when playing NL teams. Davis can't hit a pitch to the outside of the plate to save his life and swings at breaking balls like he's in single A, and Aaron Hill is alright sometimes. Like I said, these positions all have players for the future, but as of right now they need to start taking more batting practices with Dwayne Murphy.

Overall: relax bipolar Jays fans who post on Sportsnet. In 2 years when Hill, Davis, and Encarnacion are gone, and the young pitchers develop, this will be a good team.
 
It'll be better too if Hill regresses into the player he was 2-3 years ago, the one that matched Adam Lind in power. That Hill was strong offensively anddefensively and if he can get there we'll be solid. Too bad he's running out of time.
 
I think once Hechy is ready he (Hill) will be a great utility man. He has decent hitting and the defense for it. Can play a few innings, play if someone gets injured, and can be a mentor for the younger guys.

I hope that's their plan. I would hate if they just didn't resign him over the off season.
 
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