The Offseason Thread

[Nasty_Magician]

 

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Walker ready for 2022; eyes rotation spot

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets manager Buck Showalter saw right-hander Taijuan Walker eating breakfast in the club’s cafeteria on Saturday morning at Clover Park. Observing Walker prompted Showalter to ask him the following question: Are you nervous? It was his first game of the spring, after all...

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

NL East Preview: Is 2022 The Year The Mets’ Luck Matches Their Talent?

In honor of the 2022 Major League Baseball season, which starts April 7 — and is actually a thing! — FiveThirtyEight will be focusing our attention on the most …

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[Nasty_Magician]

Hmm:

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Hmm:

Canha - LF......Nimmo - CF......Marte - RF
Sounds good to me.
Plus... McNeil, Dom & Davis can play either corner OF position...as can Nimmo, which will eventually move Marte to CF.

But I'm getting somewhat disappointed they haven't addressed their need for another LHP for the pen....nor does it seem they're actively trying to get one...but I hope they are....and will get 1 or 2 soon.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Canha - LF......Nimmo - CF......Marte - RF
Sounds good to me.
Plus... McNeil, Dom & Davis can play either corner OF position...as can Nimmo, which will eventually move Marte to CF.

But I'm getting somewhat disappointed they haven't addressed their need for another LHP for the pen....nor does it seem they're actively trying to get one...but I hope they are....and will get 1 or 2 soon.

LHP in the pen is certainly our biggest need, the bullpen in general is a major weakness. We lost our best reliever from last year, Lugo regressed we need a bounce back, Diaz I'll never trust. Relievers are fickle so it's possible the problem rights itself and guys play well but on paper at the moment I don't trust it.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Bassitt's Mets debut; bullpen's lefty battle

JUPITER, Fla. -- The common thread of Chris Bassitt’s spring outings has been his ability to put up zeroes. Bassitt’s strong camp continued Tuesday with 4 2/3 shutout innings in a 10-0 win over the Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium. Counting an intrasquad outing last week, the right-hander has now

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From the article....

Left to decide

As has become his custom this spring, Chasen Shreve faced three batters on Tuesday and retired all of them, striking out a pair. All told, Shreve has faced nine batters in Grapefruit League play and permitted none of them to reach base.
The only other lefty relief candidate in camp, Alex Claudio, has also thrown three scoreless innings. So how to separate the two of them?
“You look at track record,” manager Buck Showalter said. “Nothing says we have to carry a lefty pitcher, but we’ll see. Neither one of them has taken a back seat or taken a step back from what we thought they might bring. We’ll see what the rest of the spring holds.”
At this point, Shreve appears to be a near-lock to make the team. The Mets can conceivably carry both Shreve and Claudio on the Opening Day roster, though doing so would be relatively complicated, requiring them to clear multiple 40-man roster spots. (Outfielder Travis Jankowski is another non-roster invitee who will need a 40-man spot if he makes the team.) Because the Mets don’t have any more 60-day IL candidates, clearing additional 40-man spots would require them to designate players for assignment.


*I'm gonna have to disagree with Buck on that.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

On the radar?
Hopefully he'll get a call up soon...

Brooklyn to Citi Field a lifelong journey for this Mets prospect

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The reunion took place last Aug. 3, about a 20-minute drive from Jaylen Palmer’s home in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Palmer’s mother, Loren, made the short trek, carrying a bright yellow sign with lettering that read: “Welcome home Jaylen.” Palmer’s father, who had shared so many car

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The Captain...

The Captain returns to Mets Spring Training

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Dressed in a familiar blue shirt, Mets cap and pinstriped pants, David Wright joked Thursday that he was wearing his “costume.” He downplayed its significance. He did not dwell on it. The truth is that the Mets uniform means something to him. Until Thursday, Wright

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Ughh...not this shit again...

DeGrom dealing with tight shoulder, set for MRI

Mets ace Jacob deGrom is set to undergo an MRI on his right shoulder and will not make his scheduled spring training start Friday.

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[Nasty_Magician]

Well fudge:

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Well fudge:

Yep..already off to a bad beginning to this season....

DeGrom sidelined with stress reaction in shoulder

Mets star pitcher Jacob deGrom will miss the start of the season after a stress reaction in his right shoulder was discovered during an MRI on Friday.

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yikes!
They need to exorcise those SOB's (fred & jeff) and get it over with already.

Btw: I'm expecting some unfortunate season altering bad news in the next week or 2.
Being a Mets fan since 1968, over the subsequent years I've basically come to expect it.
I'll keep my fingers crossed though..and hope everything will work out.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Yikes!
They need to exorcise that SOB and get it over with already.

Btw: I'm expecting some unfortunate season altering bad news in the next week or 2.
Being a Mets fan since 1968, over the subsequent years I've basically come to expect it.
I'll keep my fingers crossed though..and hope everything will work out.

Knock on wood our lineup is solid. As long as our pitching doesn't completely implode every game we should be able to hang.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Knock on wood our lineup is solid. As long as our pitching doesn't completely implode every game we should be able to hang.

From your lips ( or in this case, fingertips) ...to God's ears.

Season opener is just a week away.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Please no, this is a Brodie type of trade:

 

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Please no, this is a Brodie type of trade:

Ugghh
Sounds like a panic reaction more than anything because of the deGrom situation. I’d hate to lose Dom for a mediocre pitcher (Paddack) ....and besides where would they play Hosmer anyway? Because it won’t be at 1B.
There are much better pitchers available out there. I’d nix this dumb deal.