OT: New York Mets 2025-2026 Off Season Thread
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So- let’s go with Stearn’s run protection- first, is there a realistic 1B option who’s run prevention makes up for the hole in the lineup.
second- Let’s say signing Williams allows Diaz to go elsewhere(run prevention???? Hmmmmm- he prevented runs with a crappy defense)
I can get behind the Nimmo trade if everything else ends up making sense.
McNeil, Baty, Acuna, will not play a combined 20 games at 2B. Vientos- is worse run prevention than Pete at 1B…
let’s say Pete and Diaz leave at this point- how do we actually make the team better?
second- Let’s say signing Williams allows Diaz to go elsewhere(run prevention???? Hmmmmm- he prevented runs with a crappy defense)
I can get behind the Nimmo trade if everything else ends up making sense.
McNeil, Baty, Acuna, will not play a combined 20 games at 2B. Vientos- is worse run prevention than Pete at 1B…
let’s say Pete and Diaz leave at this point- how do we actually make the team better?
It starts with starting pitching, at least a frontline starter and then another 2-3 spot starter. The starting pitching, excluding McClain, was just so bad the 2nd half of last season, it burnt the bullpen down to the ground.
However, I agree with you. Diaz is a Must sign and I would go 5 years. He seems to have a rubber arm and even if the 5th year is not so good it would have been worth it. As for Pete, he's great for business. Mets can sign some alternative guys who will make up for some of his power, however, would love for the Mets to bring him home and it helps with attendance.
What does a Starting Pitcher have to do with Pete? We need a frontline SP with or without him.
Give me the run protector at 1B whose defense outweighs Pete’s offense and how that makes us a better team.
I guess Anthony Rendon's recent buyout might have kept him from qualifying because that was terrible.
Rendon was #2. Had been #1 when there were more years left on his contract.
Well deserved. He was one of tge guys the media never liked and they punished him for it.
BTW- he was likeable enough on Survivor a few years back.
What does the board think:
I was watching SNY's Mets Hot Stove, and Todd Zeile made a great point about run prevention. 1B isn't figuring into the equation as much as up-the-middle defense, outfield, and arms (pitching). If defense does figure in, it's more of a talking point to devalue 1B further. How is it that Kyle Schwarber is valued more than Pete when Schwarber doesn't even play the field? Teams are willing to pay Schwarber more and for a longer contract than Pete. Stearns needs to focus on the real run prevention problem rather than devaluing a player who can help your team. IMO, the pitching lab has been a mixed bag, but Stearns is not going to blame himself for his failures to help the team.
FYI: Pete has expressed his willingness to DH, as confirmed by his agent Scott Boras.
I was watching SNY's Mets Hot Stove, and Todd Zeile made a great point about run prevention. 1B isn't figuring into the equation as much as up-the-middle defense, outfield, and arms (pitching). If defense does figure in, it's more of a talking point to devalue 1B further. How is it that Kyle Schwarber is valued more than Pete when Schwarber doesn't even play the field? Teams are willing to pay Schwarber more and for a longer contract than Pete. Stearns needs to focus on the real run prevention problem rather than devaluing a player who can help your team. IMO, the pitching lab has been a mixed bag, but Stearns is not going to blame himself for his failures to help the team.
FYI: Pete has expressed his willingness to DH, as confirmed by his agent Scott Boras.
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Considering we now have elite 2B/SS and Baty also really became pretty good at 3B, CF is the other prime position. And when it comes to the infield- the one thing Pete does do well is scoop balls out of the dirt. And we have shown we can put an elite run preventor out there but they can't hit. Catcher- we have one that is a good defender and one that can hit for power. Don't think there will be much change there. RF will be Soto.
So- you are correct - pitching is priority after getting CF in place. And unless we get a guy like Bellinger- I just don't see how any 1B can make up for Pete's bat with their defense. And the talk of Schwarber makes no sense based on what Stearns is selling us.
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I too can't (and don't) believe that Stearns was unwilling to go 3/$69M. We don't know whether Stearns had the chance to match the offer Maybe Dia just wanted out. TBH, who wouldn't want to go to the Dodgers?
Stearns SUCKS major D***!!!
I bet a large chunk of the money is deferred. It's the only way Diaz fits in without pushing the Dodgers closer to the Cohen tax. Meanwhile, small market Stearns continues to trip over dollars to claim that penny. Oh so helpful in building a championship team.
I bet a large chunk of the money is deferred. It's the only way Diaz fits in without pushing the Dodgers closer to the Cohen tax. Meanwhile, small market Stearns continues to trip over dollars to claim that penny. Oh so helpful in building a championship team.
Stearns is always FAFO. This time he got burned. Only so many times you can bluff your way through life. Stearns is looking more like a fraud each passing day.
Milwaukee continues to win without Stearns. Stearns sat out in Milwaukee in '23 and was with the Mets in '24. Milwaukee didn't miss a beat.
Yes, but we have a great farm system!! LOL!!
Schwarber signs a 5 year $150 deal with the Phillies. Probably by the end of the day Pete is likely to sign elsewhere. With egg on Stearns face, he'll spin it as if his pitching lab and analytics will still save the day.
Don't worry!! He will sign Noah Syndergaard and our pitching lab will turn him into a Cy Young winner.
I’m furious the Mets let Diaz walk to the Dodgers. If Pete goes next I’d have lost all faith in Stearns and Cohen. They can call it a rebuild all they want but then why sign Soto last year. It appears Stearns has no clue what he’s doing.
