Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:11 am
northway wrote:bygranddesign wrote:jdawginsc wrote:
Kelenic, Dunn and Bautista...what else could that package have bought for players on the market...?
And by this time next year Kelenic's value could be a lot higher
Power, Patience, Speed -- He has the holy trinity of what you would want to see from a prospect offensively. Plus he has tremendous value defensively.
If he plays full season ball next season, these tools will be on full display - accumulating stats and getting positive scout write ups - He could easily be a top 30 prospect in baseball.
So this is what also bothers me. Peter Alonso is ranked similarly to Kelenic right now but there is probably a 50-50 chance Kelenic shoots up prospect lists (where someone like Alonso is probably at his peak in terms of prospect value)
Maybe this ends up being his peak value .. but more likely his value goes up and maybe he could have been the centerpiece for a #2 starter or 3rd basemen...etc (and not a deal that includes a bad contract)
The way BVW and Dipoto trade there's at least a 25% chance that Kelenic ends up back here at some point.
Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:10 pm
Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:17 pm
chinabox wrote:Not that anyone asked or cares, but one thing that I keep coming back to with this Cano/Diaz deal is that I'm genuinely curious what the deal would or could have looked like if the Mets didn't have those bad contracts on the books that they had to dump. Whatever you think of Bruce and Swarzak as players, BVW feeling like he "had to" or even "should" get rid of their contracts led to the dealing of nice young talent. The Cano/Diaz deal is BVW's to own for sure, but he couldn't have done it unless the Mets hadn't just saddled the club with these two bad contracts.
In other words, do the Mets even trade for Cano/Diaz if they don't have Bruce/Swarzak's bad money on the books? How would they even pull it off?
Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:44 pm
Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:52 pm
bygranddesign wrote:Well ... Hopefully the next GM just allows the Cano contract run out instead of saddling us with another long term bad contract with a player past his prime.
Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:12 pm
chinabox wrote:Not that anyone asked or cares, but one thing that I keep coming back to with this Cano/Diaz deal is that I'm genuinely curious what the deal would or could have looked like if the Mets didn't have those bad contracts on the books that they had to dump. Whatever you think of Bruce and Swarzak as players, BVW feeling like he "had to" or even "should" get rid of their contracts led to the dealing of nice young talent. The Cano/Diaz deal is BVW's to own for sure, but he couldn't have done it unless the Mets hadn't just saddled the club with these two bad contracts.
In other words, do the Mets even trade for Cano/Diaz if they don't have Bruce/Swarzak's bad money on the books? How would they even pull it off?
Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:18 pm
jdawginsc wrote:bygranddesign wrote:Well ... Hopefully the next GM just allows the Cano contract run out instead of saddling us with another long term bad contract with a player past his prime.
It'll probably be Bryce Harper...
Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:23 am
Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:26 pm
Did someone say Jared Banner?bygranddesign wrote:Well ... Hopefully the next GM just allows the Cano contract run out instead of saddling us with another long term bad contract with a player past his prime.
Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:45 am
Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:49 am
bygranddesign wrote:There is an article in the post in which Mickey says that McNeil will be a super sub and Frazier will be the starting 3rd basemen
Just an FYI to all the peeps who dismissed my concerns about what this trade means for McNeil
Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:09 am