JerseyLefty
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Life wouldn’t be funny if it made sense. Mets-Jets-Nets since 1980. Doug Flynn is my spirit animal.
I really wish you and your blog the best. But just putting something out with a really thin rationale doesn’t make it interesting. It is not quite a Costanza trade for Griffey and Bonds, but it is along those lines.
October 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I really wish you and your blog the best. But just putting something out with a really thin rationale doesn’t make it interesting. It is not quite a Costanza trade for Griffey and Bonds, but it is along those lines.
The Phillies will laugh and hang up immediately.
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Phillies will laugh and hang up immediately.
Lindor didn’t field that well this year.
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Lindor didn’t field that well this year.
Vientos is a lost cause defensively. He may or may not become a really good and consistent hitter as a DH. But that is what he should focus on.
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Vientos is a lost cause defensively. He may or may not become a really good and consistent hitter as a DH. But that is what he should focus on.
Of course the starting pitching is the culprit. Doesn’t change the fact that Pete simply doesn’t field at a MLB-quality level anymore (arguable to what extent he ever did).
October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of course the starting pitching is the culprit. Doesn’t change the fact that Pete simply doesn’t field at a MLB-quality level anymore (arguable to what extent he ever did).
And Vientos is not an option. Vientos is a DH only. If they can trade him for a good bullpen arm with several years of control, do it.
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And Vientos is not an option. Vientos is a DH only. If they can trade him for a good bullpen arm with several years of control, do it.
It is less an issue but it is an issue. Pete cost them multiple games with his poor defense (plus Porcelain Senga)
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It is less an issue but it is an issue. Pete cost them multiple games with his poor defense (plus Porcelain Senga)
There aren’t great parallels for the kind of deal that Pete wants. The JD Martinez kind of deal—5 for $110–is the general bar for DHs. Pete is pricing himself as a 1b, which he really isn’t at this point. At least, not one that a true contender can play in the field for 140 games
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There aren’t great parallels for the kind of deal that Pete wants. The JD Martinez kind of deal—5 for $110–is the general bar for DHs. Pete is pricing himself as a 1b, which he really isn’t at this point. At least, not one that a true contender can play in the field for 140 games
I think you’re on the right track but I’d like to keep the guarantees to four years. It all depends on if the Mariners or Giants another team are willing to bid at these levels. Not sure anyone will be.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I think you’re on the right track but I’d like to keep the guarantees to four years. It all depends on if the Mariners or Giants another team are willing to bid at these levels. Not sure anyone will be.
Depends on the arm. Babe Ruth got traded; anybody can be traded. Just have to get good value in return. If Tong goes out as part of a package for Skenes or Skubal, I wish Tong the best. If he gets traded for a mid-rotation guy, then Stearns really isn’t good at his job.
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Depends on the arm. Babe Ruth got traded; anybody can be traded. Just have to get good value in return. If Tong goes out as part of a package for Skenes or Skubal, I wish Tong the best. If he gets traded for a mid-rotation guy, then Stearns really isn’t good at his job.
Let’s just agree that he should have added starters at the deadline and move on with our lives. Good luck with the blog.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Let’s just agree that he should have added starters at the deadline and move on with our lives. Good luck with the blog.
Sign better starters than Montas. And if needed, get more starters at the trade deadline. Basically, Stearns should adopt the Cortana philosophy and do the opposite of what he did last year.
October 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sign better starters than Montas. And if needed, get more starters at the trade deadline. Basically, Stearns should adopt the Cortana philosophy and do the opposite of what he did last year.
I was at that game. Closest I ever came to a fight as an adult was arguing with the ignorant Dodger fan in front of me who insisted it was a good, old school slide.
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was at that game. Closest I ever came to a fight as an adult was arguing with the ignorant Dodger fan in front of me who insisted it was a good, old school slide.
You really sticking to that hill, huh?
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You really sticking to that hill, huh?
Didn’t dismiss it at all. I assume a major leaguer can do those things. It would be like being impressed that a third baseman can field and throw barehanded.
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Didn’t dismiss it at all. I assume a major leaguer can do those things. It would be like being impressed that a third baseman can field and throw barehanded.
#Mets should laugh at a $210 million, 7-year deal for Pete. Just not even close to what he should get. I love the guy but he is a four-year, $110 million deal to be someone’s DH.
October 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
#Mets should laugh at a $210 million, 7-year deal for Pete. Just not even close to what he should get. I love the guy but he is a four-year, $110 million deal to be someone’s DH.
I also happen to have played first most of my life. I consider being able to catch the ball and make a dig a fundamental. No one gets bonus points for doing that. Just agree to disagree.
October 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I also happen to have played first most of my life. I consider being able to catch the ball and make a dig a fundamental. No one gets bonus points for doing that. Just agree to disagree.
MetsJunkies is just an AI bot. No human who has watched baseball would suggest the Mets need infield prospects. They actually need to get rid of some to fill other holes.
October 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
MetsJunkies is just an AI bot. No human who has watched baseball would suggest the Mets need infield prospects. They actually need to get rid of some to fill other holes.
So much of free agency is about which teams are in. Soto got his deal in part because it was the Mets and Yankees bidding against each other. Who is getting in a massive bidding war for Pete? Several teams will want him but I don’t think any of them (Giants, Mariners, etc) will break the bank.
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So much of free agency is about which teams are in. Soto got his deal in part because it was the Mets and Yankees bidding against each other. Who is getting in a massive bidding war for Pete? Several teams will want him but I don’t think any of them (Giants, Mariners, etc) will break the bank.
We do agree that Stearns compounded his original error (my words) by not adding a starter or two through a trade. When he didn’t, I kept waiting for McLean and Tong and Sproat to arrive. Which they did, several weeks to a month later. All in all, Stearns had a bad year.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We do agree that Stearns compounded his original error (my words) by not adding a starter or two through a trade. When he didn’t, I kept waiting for McLean and Tong and Sproat to arrive. Which they did, several weeks to a month later. All in all, Stearns had a bad year.
You’re not the first blogger to have a flawed premise. Going into 2025, Stearns overlooked Senga’s 2024 and Montas’ 2023 and somehow gave Megill a fifth try to be a MLB starter. All three were bad decisions that were foreseeable. That’s the story.
October 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
You’re not the first blogger to have a flawed premise. Going into 2025, Stearns overlooked Senga’s 2024 and Montas’ 2023 and somehow gave Megill a fifth try to be a MLB starter. All three were bad decisions that were foreseeable. That’s the story.
Montas missed almost all of 2016 and 2023 with injuries. Senga is as fragile as porcelain. He literally got hurt the last two years with soft tissue injuries that cost him months of the season.
Megill never should have been counted on as a starter. He has had five years to show he can. He can’t.
Megill never should have been counted on as a starter. He has had five years to show he can. He can’t.
October 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Montas missed almost all of 2016 and 2023 with injuries. Senga is as fragile as porcelain. He literally got hurt the last two years with soft tissue injuries that cost him months of the season.
Megill never should have been counted on as a starter. He has had five years to show he can. He can’t.
Megill never should have been counted on as a starter. He has had five years to show he can. He can’t.