David
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all of us who have ever laughed at theo's romanticized "people will want to play here so bad" stuff should probably shut up
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my crusade was against trading soler for "young controllable pitching" and signing fowler to play CF trading coghlan and signing fowler to be part of a 4 headed depth monster in the OF? sign me the horsefeathers up
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if he's our 4th OF then i'm more than happy to have him back :D
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i thought it was funny when bryant was being interviewed last week and said "dex isn't here...at least for now"
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https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/702909330702467072
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i'm relieved i won't have to hear his christian rock walkup music anymore at least
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can't decide what i'd rather do if i were him on one hand, now he goes from a juggernaut cubs team...there are probably not many better situations to be in as a major league baseball player... to oakland. on the other hand, he's experiencing sort of a career resurgence pretty late and he probably has a much better chance at making some serious money before he has to call it quits by playing everyday there vs being a backup here
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So Murton is making the team then?
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He's not a fan of backwards hats either. Can't make this horsefeathers up. [tweet]https://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets/status/702867167813963776[/tweet]
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I was just going through the schedule as I put our spreadsheet together to keep track of the tickets at work, and I noticed we have 8 total Bronze games, and 5 of them are against the Reds, which is kinda hilarious.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BCL0JTdQIh2/
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Theo isn't leaving. And his thing about staying in one place too long specifically referenced 10 years as the amount of time to spend in one place. wasnt it also basically a way to PR-spin the collapse in boston? i dont really take that as anything serious. yes. i doubt he's gonna just up and leave after 10 years if things are good on the field and with ownership
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hey, i love me some waffles. i just think eating them without syrup for no good reason is a good litmus test for insanity.
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In 2012 he was a 2.9 win player in 129 games. That's kind of an unfair characterization of that season, but whatever. 2013 is really the only year he was a bit underwhelming, at 2.4 in 135 games. 3.3 in 2014 and 6.7 last year. There's a lot more very good than there is MEH. And I do not like him.
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I believe they are playing him in centerfield...if he's not an unmitigated disaster there defensively, that OPS would be very good. And no, I don't think Cespedes made everyone around him perform better, and if you sincerely think that the mere presence of Cespedes elevated all of those players to the degree that you're saying, I find it hard to believe you're as into advanced stats as you say you are. You realize CF is no worse than a corner OF spot now right? A .770 OPS in CF would be right at average. .770 would've been good for 9th in MLB among qualifying CFers last year.
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And, again, I'm not arguing in favor of Cespedes as a player. What I'm arguing is that your assessment of value is off and some of the other tangential points regarding the Mets offense last year and next year are wrong.
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I believe they are playing him in centerfield...if he's not an unmitigated disaster there defensively, that OPS would be very good. And no, I don't think Cespedes made everyone around him perform better, and if you sincerely think that the mere presence of Cespedes elevated all of those players to the degree that you're saying, I find it hard to believe you're as into advanced stats as you say you are.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=13110&position=OF#value It's far from laughable. The Mets may not score enough, but if they don't (which they probably will), it won't be because they have one guy putting up a .770 OPS. The Mets second half offensive surge wasn't just because of Cespedes. It was because of Granderson. It was also because of Conforto. Duda was amazing. D'Arnaud was really good. Some of those might be sustainable and some might not be. Oh, and by the way, a .770 OPS is pretty well above average in today's run environment. Probably around 10% above average. In CF it's even better, although you can subtract a few runs defensively for him playing there. You might need to re-calibrate your expectations for what good offense is.
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http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111127013/4145280-yosemite+sam+%26+bugs+bunny+-+hare+trimmed+(pistols+at+ten+paces)+(low).flv.gif Sorry Souza was fresh on my mind. Basically I expect Cespedes to be a .270, .320, .450 guy with a ton of strike outs and 25ish HRs. Decent but by no means the star bat the Mets need and paid for. Seems like a guy who got his contract and now won't be as focused. Not good for a guy that already had a lot of swing and miss. strikeouts do not matter if he's putting up the numbers you say and in his first two years he was almost worth his 2016 salary, and in 2014 he was worth $25M and last year (which I understand you consider an aberration, but that doesn't mean you can entirely handwave it away) he was worth more than twice that. the numbers you project him for are worth his salary unless he basically becomes adam dunn as far as defensive contribution and i'm relatively down on cespedes and don't think he'll repeat anything resembling last year...i'm mainly taking issue with what you think x amount of production is worth in dollars.
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Ricketts always makes the same Knute Rockne joke about his talk to the team every year
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Theo isn't leaving. And his thing about staying in one place too long specifically referenced 10 years as the amount of time to spend in one place.
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it would be so criminally stupid not to at least tag him that I'll pretend i'm confident that they aren't that stupid
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i was driving in and heard it and i couldn't stop myself from texting in I almost drove off the road when they came to the conclusion that the Cubs gained 10 spots in the draft by signing Heyward and letting Fowler go. lol yep
