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MLB 2019: The Good, The Bad, and The Mets


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My guy Paul DeJong goes for three homers and a double (and a HBP) tonight. Cardinals are hot right now - what a crazy ass season. I went to a game a week ago, we lost a nailbiter in the 9th, and I felt like we should sell off a vet or two, re-tool. There's zero chance that happens now, so I wonder if they'll be able to shore up some of the rickety walls. 

The deadline could be rather dull, I'd say, with the amount of teams still on a buy/sell bubble. 

 

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Alex Reyes broke his pinky literally hitting a wall earlier this year, and is now rehabbing some pectoral injury on the 60 day injured list.

One of the sadder bits if the last decade as a big fan of developmental players. He was an absurdly dominant prospect for a hot second in between years of injury. I had high hopes he could pull a Joel Embiid and come back as a real force for the Cards. Maybe it's still in the cards but I feel like he is never even going to be a Jaime Garcia, putting up excellent pitching in brief stints between major injuries. 

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A few news items out of New York:

The Metropolitans are apparently "fully intent" on trading Noah Syndergaard. Asking price is reported to be something like a top 30 prospect and two or three other solid prospects. Though there seems to be some doubt that the Wilpons will sign off on any deal that doesn't bring back a ridiculous haul.

Troy Tulowitzki has official retired. What a bummer for him. When healthy dude was a beast, but he just couldn't stay on the field. 

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I'll believe the Mets will trade Thor when I see it.  I can't imagine anyone will offer them a package that's acceptable to ownership.

And yeah, too bad about Tulo.  Surprised he didn't ask the Yanks for his release so he could retire with the Rockies.

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If the ESPN show I was listening to is correct (and that’s a big if because it’s Stugotz),  last night was history making. For the first time in MLB history, a player hit three homeruns on three consecutive days.

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12 minutes ago, DMC said:

I'll believe the Mets will trade Thor when I see it.  I can't imagine anyone will offer them a package that's acceptable to ownership.

And yeah, too bad about Tulo.  Surprised he didn't ask the Yanks for his release so he could retire with the Rockies.

I fear the Twins will be the team to make a ridiculous offer. We’ve got 7th and 11th prospects plus a top 50 pitcher who has been tearing it up (5-0, sub 2.00 ERA). And on top of that, we have a ton of other prospects the Mets might like. We badly need an ace, but we’re going to have to give up too much for a two year rental.

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4 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

I fear the Twins will be the team to make a ridiculous offer. We’ve got 7th and 11th prospects plus a top 50 pitcher who has been tearing it up (5-0, sub 2.00 ERA). And on top of that, we have a ton of other prospects the Mets might like. We badly need an ace, but we’re going to have to give up too much for a two year rental.

Thor's got 2 years of club control beyond this season. He's not a rental. But rest easy, the Mets appear to now be asking for an MLB ready arm to be part of the package, and I guess the Twinkies don't got one of those. Or at least not one as good as the Padres, Dodgers, Braves, and Yanks can offer.

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12 minutes ago, kairparavel said:

If your walk-up song is Baby Shark your contract should be voided immediately. 

This begs the question, what would your walk-up song be?

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2 minutes ago, Triskele said:

Holy shit, WTF.  Was there an era before Jagged Little Pill?  This is some serious Janet/Paula stuff. 

Yup! This was the basis for Robin Sparkles and I love that Alanis 1.0 is this secret only Canadians seem to know. We also grew up like 2 miles from each other, though she's a few years younger than me.

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22 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

If the ESPN show I was listening to is correct (and that’s a big if because it’s Stugotz),  last night was history making. For the first time in MLB history, a player hit three homeruns on three consecutive days.

Four consecutive days now, as Mookie Betts hit three last night.

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