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  1. Bertz
    We're in moral victories mode which is not ideal but Wiggins going 78 pitches with a 5/1 K/BB is good. Velo dropped as he went along and *clearly* there's still a healthy amount of rust there but first outing at Iowa where it felt there was something to build on.
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    Quite a bit of low hanging fruit to improve the pitching staff, both from an acquisitions and luck (injuries, dongs) standpoint. There's not really a realistic way to get position player parity without some monster trade. But it's not hard to see e.g. the position player group lose 8 wins while the pitching staff gains 10.
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    Mahle is definitely better than Rea, and probably better than Peterson. He's also a lesser enough talent that, as you hit on here, he'd obviously be a secondary part of a bigger haul. He'd also give us yet another guy who you'd feel good about in 2-3 inning stints in October. I'd be pretty into this
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    Wiggins gave up two runs in the first HOWEVER! He averaged a hair under 96 and got 5 whiffs
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    I feel like someone reliable said they were going to be at his first one, so I'd assume they were at this one too. Yeah Rojas is too rich for anything the Mets are selling, but Caple could headline or co-headline a deal for either of Holmes or Peralta. Tenn is also where a bunch of guys in the system's 20-40 range are parked, which would be relevant for some of those relievers.
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    I don't think there's an either-or with Shaw and Ramirez. There are not enough at bats to go around for them to both play the infield sure, but Shaw as a full time or nearly full time OF and Ramirez in the exact role he's in right now is an easily tenable situation. I think the guy getting the squeeze is Mo. Pedro's staking claim to some of those LH at bats from the DH spot. If Mo's not trusted to catch 50+ games next year not sure how you fit him and Ramirez onto the same roster.
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    I didn't, but it looks like he really filled the zone. 14/18 batters he got a first pitch strike. 57% of his pitches were in the zone overall. Dare I say he threw too many strikes? Which for a guy with his history is a wild place to be.
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    Jace Beck's fastball a good bit lower than last outing. Though unlike a lot of cases I suspect this is a good thing and that he was overthrowing last time out and this (95.6 MPH) is more of where he's supposed to be
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    Feels like the common denominator to all these deals you keep bringing up is just the Mets being willing to overpay
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    I guess to put a finer point on this, we gave up a (very good) kid in the DSL for Andrew Kittredge with a team option last year.
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    The only way this holds up is if you think Weaver is pitching like a guy deserving a 2ish ERA, and I would hard disagree with that
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    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ranking-the-mlb-prospects-traded-at-the-2025-deadline/ Helpful guide if you're trying to gauge value. That Weaver trade is preposterous. Miller obviously clears that easily. Mayyyybe Morejon gets that much? No one other reliever on the market does.
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    I didn't click through to Twitter I only saw Ayers name, they added Wing too? Come on now be serious
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    Just Baseball? More like "Just looked at ERA", am I right? But seriously though that's silly
  17. Bertz
    Additional starters double as additional relievers, especially now that Taillon is gone. All of the SPs we have that tou might give some side-eye to either have explicit success in the pen or at minimum have a times through the order penalty which makes you think they'd play up in shorter bursts. The team is *probably* fine to add one SP. Shota and Boyd are good, the SP they add will probably be good, and Cabrera will probably come back fine. Outside shot Brown has enough time to make it back as a SP too. But like we saw last year Boyd and Shota limped to the finish line performance-wise and Horton got hurt basically the last possible moment and suddenly we get caught with our pants down. Add two starters and you insulate yourselves that much more. I'm not as flippant as most about burning through the farm, but like this pitching staff's going to be on shakey ground even if they go add one very good SP.
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    Question that has begun rattling around in my head: how much less does a Alcantara + Peralta combo cost compared to Detmers? I'd presume it'd be in the vicinity but with a much less painful headliner? And I'd much much rather have the two guys for the rest of this season.
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    The 2027 outfield is a really interesting puzzle to think about. - Seiya and Happ are leaving, and while they're still good players and good dudes they're both at an age where you shouldn't give them the 3-4 years they'll require - The best free agent alternatives are Randy Arozarena and Taylor Ward. Two guys strikingly similar to Seiya in both age and production - There's a small army of platoon outfielders available, even some Id consider premium (JJ Bleday, Trent Grisham) - Trade market doesn't have any obvious solutions unless Byron Buxton surprisingly comes available - The Cubs' best prospects are generally LHH outfielders you're eying for a 2028 ETA So I do wonder if the best move is to hodgepodge it for a year. E.g trust that you can get good production out of a Shaw / Bateman / Adell / Bleday quartet even if you're not positive in what proportions.
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    Not surprised it happened but definitely surprised it happened this quickly. Craig's comments last night weren't super ambiguous but I did think they didn't want to dump him until the deadline.
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    Dorsey's legit. Doesn't do a ton of rumors so when he does my ears perk up
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    Also even if it is a hard line $14M over 1/3rd of a season is a lot of money because it translates into $42M in full season salary. It's not some impossible Brewster's Millions type of target to hit but if youre not adding Skubal you're probably not getting there
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    Arte Moreno doesn't allow the team to invest in all the pitch lab infrastructure we take for granted. I think to your point there isn't some long list of guys leaving and thriving (Griffin Canning is probably the biggest example and he's hardly egregious). But as mul mentioned they're generally pretty bad at successfully bringing guys in, which would presumably lean on a pretty similar set of muscles.
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    Should be noted that Alcantara throws 6.5 innings per start and averages more than 27 batters faced. That should *heavily* color how you view his rate stats He's good. I like Detmers more but it's close enough that I'd want to know what each guy cost before making a decision.
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