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Eric Brooks said:
LMAO... We did it again! Your 2022 NL MVP all wrapped up :myman:

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Good deal for Riley.
He's pretty bad defensively and probably will need to move to DH or 1B eventually. But 20 million per year for that bat is very good value.
 
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Rell Lauren said:


Please not the Mets.
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Pete Alonso is a star player.

I bashed the hell out of that Francisco Lindor contract when it happened and let me say again...it is a horrible, HORRIBLE contract. That said, Lindor is still a productive player and still plays at a borderline all-star level.

Starling Marte is alright. I don't think he's "good". But if he gets hot and can steal some bases for you, you'll live with it.

It's a shame Conforto is out for the season because they really need that kind of bat. Maybe they can try to sign him next year.

JD Davis is probably a bit unlucky and I would expect his numbers to go up a little as things normalize. That said, the guy hits way too many ground balls so there's not much upside there.

Canha is okay. I mean he gets on base. I think ideally you'd rather have Canha at DH even with his lack of raw power and find someone else to play LF and drop Davis out of the lineup altogether.

Eduardo Escobar is probably playing himself out of the league at this point.

The rough part is that there isn't any real help they can expect from the Minors. Not this season, anyway.

The Mets have a strong lead in the NL East (30-17 as of this writing), so I know it seems silly for me to be so critical of the team. But things can change quickly in this game. The sooner Scherzer and deGrom can return, the better. And in a short series, those 2 pitchers can carry any team pretty far. I still think the roster needs work though. Just spitballing here but if they could get someone like Pham or Benintendi...that would solidify the lineup a lot better.
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I wrote the above comment on May 28 this year in the Mets season long thread.

The Mets missed out on both Benintendi (Yankees) and Pham (Red Sox) and it's a shame because I don't think much has changed from the above.

The Cubs still have not yet moved Willson Contreras and David Robertson and they were linked to the Mets the most in recent days. I'd guess the Mets are going to feel a lot of pressure to get that done now that the bigger names in the trade market have moved.
 
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Not sure how many people are noticing this but Cleveland 2B Andres Gimenez is hitting .303/.365/.495

I think he's been a bit lucky this season but it's been remarkable.
 
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Remote said:
I wrote the above comment on May 28 this year in the Mets season long thread.

The Mets missed out on both Benintendi (Yankees) and Pham (Red Sox) and it's a shame because I don't think much has changed from the above.

The Cubs still have not yet moved Willson Contreras and David Robertson and they were linked to the Mets the most in recent days. I'd guess the Mets are going to feel a lot of pressure to get that done now that the bigger names in the trade market have moved.
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Benintendi or Pham weren't going to solve their lack of power outside of Alonso and struggles against LHP. Offense went cold when their average w/ RISP regressed back to the mean for nearly two months. A lot of fans bytch about their teams relying too much on the long ball, but more times than not the winning teams are out HR-ing the opposing team in the postseason. The 2015 Royals were a complete anomaly. A right handed slugger and relief pitching are two of the biggest needs.
 
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