Is Anyone Alive Out There: Ongoing Mets Thread

[omarsrevenge]

He's back!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Sources: Mets keeping Cespedes on 3-year deal

Check this out...

In Mets History:
Most HR from Aug. 1 to the end of a season :

Mike Piazza ----- 19 in 1999
Gary Carter ----- 19 in 1985
Darryl Strawberry ----- 17 in 1985
Yoenis Cespedes ----- 17 in 2015

 

[Chef99]

Very relieved. We needed that big bat badly.

Oh, it's gonna be such a fun year.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I love it.
On the same day a large winter storm shuts down Washington DC....
....the NY Mets once again, have also shut down the Nationals.

YGB!!!

 

[Chef99]

I love it.
On the same day a large winter storm shuts down Washington DC....
....the NY Mets once again, have also shut down the Nationals.

YGB!!!

Ha! You should sell that quote to one of the tabloids. It is perfect.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Yes! I was trying to convince myself they could make it work without Cespedes but man is this a relief. Now we won't have to spend prospects obtaining a bat during the season. Let's hope for good health because on paper this is a great team!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

It's gonna be a great year!!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Nice article by Adam Rubin...

Yoenis Cespedes' return to Mets a win for Terry Collins -- and Wilpons

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Happy to hear about this. Even with the Murphy defection, we're set up to take the division again. Just hope and pray all the arms hold up and nobody is out with a prolonged injury.

It's a very different infield, though. Hope the cohesiveness we saw last year is still there.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Duda & Mejia get 1 year deals....

NEW YORK-- (1/25/16) -- First baseman Lucas Duda and suspended reliever Jenrry Mejiahave agreed to one-year contracts with the New York Mets and avoided salary arbitration.

Duda agreed at $6,725,000, up from $4.2 million last year, when he hit .244 with 27 homers and 73 RBI. The agreement was $75,000 above the midpoint between the $7.4 million he had asked for in arbitration and the $5.9 million the Mets had offered.

Mejia settled at $2.47 million, a cut from his $2,595,000 salary in 2015. He was suspended for 80 games on April 11 following a positive test for Stanozolol, then banned for an additional 162 games on July 28 after a positive test for Stanozolol and Boldenone, discipline that reduced his actual earnings to $496,311.

Mejia had asked for $2,595,000 and had been offered $2,345,000.

Two Mets remain in arbitration: new second baseman Neil Walker and Mejia's successor as closer, Jeurys Familia.

 

[Chef99]

So...Mejia fucks up, not once, but twice...and still walks away with $2.47 mil.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

So...Mejia fucks up, not once, but twice...and still walks away with $2.47 mil.

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I know it's weird....but I think that little formality is in the players CBA....unfortunately.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Here's another pretty good short read.....

Nationals have to wonder: Does anyone want to play in D.C.?

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Duda & Mejia get 1 year deals....

NEW YORK-- (1/25/16) -- First baseman Lucas Duda and suspended reliever Jenrry Mejiahave agreed to one-year contracts with the New York Mets and avoided salary arbitration.

Duda agreed at $6,725,000, up from $4.2 million last year, when he hit .244 with 27 homers and 73 RBI. The agreement was $75,000 above the midpoint between the $7.4 million he had asked for in arbitration and the $5.9 million the Mets had offered.

Mejia settled at $2.47 million, a cut from his $2,595,000 salary in 2015. He was suspended for 80 games on April 11 following a positive test for Stanozolol, then banned for an additional 162 games on July 28 after a positive test for Stanozolol and Boldenone, discipline that reduced his actual earnings to $496,311.

Mejia had asked for $2,595,000 and had been offered $2,345,000.

Two Mets remain in arbitration: new second baseman Neil Walker and Mejia's successor as closer, Jeurys Familia.

One more year of Duda until Dominic Smith is ready!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

One more year of Duda until Dominic Smith is ready!

I too would like to see Smith get a chance, but he needs some more seasoning on the farm imho..and tbh..I think he's more than just 1 year away. There's a better likelihood we'll see Wright, Grandy, D'Arnaud getting some reps at 1B... or even having Duda there again in 2017....not to mention probably trading for an experienced, established first baseman by then....but I'm totally rooting for the kid.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

I too would like to see Smith get a chance, but he needs some more seasoning on the farm imho..and tbh..I think he's more than just 1 year away. There's a better likelihood we'll see Wright, Grandy, D'Arnaud getting some reps at 1B... or even having Duda there again in 2017....not to mention probably trading for an experienced, established first baseman by then....but I'm totally rooting for the kid.

Of course, and he definitely needs more time. But Duda's inconsistency just annoys me. Is a 25-30HR guy, or is he a guy that just has a solid 2-3 weeks every now and then and fades later on?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Of course, and he definitely needs more time. But Duda's inconsistency just annoys me. Is a 25-30HR guy, or is he a guy that just has a solid 2-3 weeks every now and then and fades later on?

I forgot to add Wilmer Flores' name to the mix as a possible platoon at 1B.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Groundhog Day comings & goings....

•Mets trade outfielder Darrell Ceciliani to the Blue Jays for cash

•Mets sign catcher Raywilly Gomez to minor league contract

•Mets reliever Carlos Torres clears waivers, elects free agency

•Prospect Brandon Nimmo has torn tendon in left foot

•Mets, Neil Walker settle on 2016 salary

•Mets' Opening Day payroll projected to rank 13th in MLB

•Terry Collins envisions David Wright batting second for Mets


only 15 days until pitchers & catchers report to spring training...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

This & That....

•Mets closer Jeurys Familia settles for $4.1M

•Sandy Alderson: Mets have capacity to add payroll at trade deadline

•Yoenis Cespedes: 'It's not always about the amount of money'

•Sandy Alderson: 'Conceivable' Alejandro De Aza gets traded before Opening Day

•Mets eyeing July 1 for Zack Wheeler's return

•Mets catchers Travis d'Arnaud, Kevin Plawecki to dabble at other positions

•Mets plan to use sixth starter, even early in the season

•Michael Conforto should get right field exposure during spring training

•Mets done handing out major league contracts this winter

•Mets to wear '86 uniforms throughout regular season

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Clippard is gone....
Diamondbacks add Clippard to bolster bullpen

also....

2/9/16
The New York Mets have signed outfielder Roger Bernadina to a minor league contract and invited him to major league camp for spring training.

Bernadina, 31, has appeared in 548 games over seven seasons, primarily with the Washington Nationals.

He hit .276 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs in 373 at-bats with Triple-A Albuquerque, a Colorado Rockies affiliate, in 2015.

Bernadina is likely to open the season at Triple-A Las Vegas. The Mets' outfield is expected to be composed of Yoenis Cespedes, Curtis Granderson, Michael Conforto, Alejandro De Aza and Juan Lagares.