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Mejia Suspended Again

Centerfield Jul 28 2015 04:34 PM

Failed another one. Now gone for 162. Idiot.

themetfairy Jul 28 2015 04:38 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Are you fucking kidding me? This time it's for 162 games Maroon. Knucklehead....

HahnSolo Jul 28 2015 04:38 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

That was fast.

dinosaur jesus Jul 28 2015 04:41 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Did the front office have some idea this was coming, and make the Clippard trade in anticipation?

A Boy Named Seo Jul 28 2015 04:42 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Dipshit. Memories of Jenrry Mejia...

Zvon Jul 28 2015 04:44 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

ugh! omg... Mejia, NO CARD FOR YOU!!!!

Gwreck Jul 28 2015 05:01 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

I bet they probably have to leave him on the restricted list until the suspension is over (and then immediately release him), rather than doing that now.

Lefty Specialist Jul 28 2015 05:33 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Sorry, Jennry. Don't let the screen door hit you in the ass on the way out. The first time you might be able to chalk up to ignorance. The second time, especially so soon, can only be arrogance.

themetfairy Jul 28 2015 05:35 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Or complete stupidity....

RealityChuck Jul 28 2015 05:59 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Sandy said they hadn't been notified when they made the deal. As for Mejia

Ashie62 Jul 28 2015 06:01 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

All the money he could have made.

Ceetar Jul 28 2015 06:08 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Fire whoever told you that whatever extra stuff you took would mask the drug this time.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2015 06:12 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

So essentially the deal bringing in Clippard, instead of strengthening the bullpen, essentially just brings in back to status quo.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2015 06:22 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

dinosaur jesus wrote: Did the front office have some idea this was coming, and make the Clippard trade in anticipation? Either way, I find myself suddenly very pleased with the Clippy deal.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2015 06:33 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Earning a second suspension a few weeks after the first one is up is unseemly, to say the least. Keith advocating for a lifetime ban is a little unseemly too.

Fman99 Jul 28 2015 06:41 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

I'm all done with him. He can go sleep on A-Rod's couch.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 28 2015 07:36 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Apparently someone with no confidence in his own ability as a baseball player.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2015 07:38 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Or too much confidence in whatever "doctor" is prescribing these things and/or the masking agents for him.

Rockin' Doc Jul 28 2015 07:55 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Time to just cut bait with this idiot. Mejia is apparently too stupid to ever be of value to the Mets.

d'Kong76 Jul 28 2015 08:02 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

I'm glad he got caught again. Players take notice.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2015 08:12 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Rockin' Doc wrote: Time to just cut bait with this idiot. Mejia is apparently too stupid to ever be of value to the Mets. Sandy apparently stopped short of saying the Mejia has thrown his last pitch for the Mets, but he probably has to do that rather than risk some kind of complaint from the players union. But I think we all pretty much know that he's thrown his final pitch for the Mets.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 28 2015 10:36 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

I'd imagine so. Criminy. I wonder if even Familia's defending him in locker-room discussions anymore.

Centerfield Jul 29 2015 07:05 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Isn't he under Mets control? Why cut a guy if you can get something of value back for him? I mean, I get it if you don't want the guy to pitch for the team again, but it's better to get some value rather than release him outright no?

Edgy MD Jul 29 2015 07:10 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

It certainly makes sense not to make a decision you don't have to, unless you think you could gain something by sending some kind of message. But the guy is off the roster, off the payroll, and his career is in shambles. I don't see what there is to gain by doing anything except getting on with the season and the business of running the team. It's a big week!

Ceetar Jul 29 2015 07:25 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Centerfield wrote: Isn't he under Mets control? Why cut a guy if you can get something of value back for him? I mean, I get it if you don't want the guy to pitch for the team again, but it's better to get some value rather than release him outright no? arb eligible. Meaning he's a non-tender candidate. I'm not really sure how that works with him suspended through July of next year. I guess you could offer him major league minimum which would prorate to peanuts just to have him around. Otherwise he's stuck hoping someone else does, not sure how the suspension works if he's not in a system. He's young enough that if he was serious about it he could to go Japan or Australia or independent ball and pitch a "I'm clean!" enough that someone will eventually give him a flyer and then he'll get a few games in before testing positive for the SAME DAMN SUBSTANCE a third time.

Edgy MD Jul 29 2015 07:29 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

I imagine this makes him ineligible for the 2016 post-season. Is that correct? If so, that surely increases the likelihood of a non-tender. Am I wrong in thinking that the North American indy leagues tend to honor PED suspensions handed out in affiliated ball?

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2015 07:32 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Centerfield wrote: Isn't he under Mets control? Why cut a guy if you can get something of value back for him? I mean, I get it if you don't want the guy to pitch for the team again, but it's better to get some value rather than release him outright no? Not necessarily suggesting he needs to be immediately cut, particularly as how he'll be spending the next 12 months in a kind of suspended animation: still under NYM control but not being paid and not accumulating service time. No decisions on his future need to be until that time as far as I know which, again, is probably part of why Sandy didn't definitively rule out him being a Met at some point in the future. But it's the trust thing that's got to be burning mgmt now, that there's no way they could ever believe him about anything again. Plus there's that sword hanging over any team's head who gives him the next shot, that one more dirty test and he's banished for life and who wants to have a piece like that in your plans while building a bullpen?

Centerfield Jul 29 2015 07:41 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Arbitration eligible. Wow. Imagine having to be Mejia's representative for that.

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2015 07:50 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

He was eligible this past season as well, it's what jumped his salary from ~1/2M in 2014 to about $2.6M Of course he's never going to see most of that money. By my reckoning he was active for about 20 days of the season meaning he gets about 20/182 of his pay, or some 11% (although I'm not going to be holding any telethons for a guy who took in close to 300K for three weeks work). Not sure how the 20% max cut rule would work in this particular case. Under normal circumstances, if the Mets kept him after the suspension's up they'd have to offer him at least 80% of his current contract or risk losing him. They could cut him loose and then try to resign him at a lower rate but of course that would allow him to seek other offers as well. Either way, it'll certainly throw a wrench into the works.

Edgy MD Jul 29 2015 09:12 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

How cool is it, though, that what could have been demoralizing ill tidings for everybody was the lower hand to the three aces of Syndergaard's performance, Wright's appearance, and the pre-emptive acquisition of Clippard? Don't bring me no bad news.

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2015 09:27 PM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Media's dirty test apparently came during the time he was serving his initial suspension. The new suspension was announced about three weeks after he had returned but the results of tests, and any possible appeals of them, often take some time before they're acted upon.

duan Jul 30 2015 06:24 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

You do have to wonder how he could have been stupid enough to take the risk. You'd have to think he was convinced by someone that they'd found a masking agent that would work and that he was convinced his shoulder wouldn't get back to full strength without additional help. It's funny, obviously it's easy to throw guys under the proverbial bus, but you do have to see the human side of why in the above. the raise he earned by successfully surviving 3 seasons in the majors was enough to change his life and probably his family's beyond recognition. More then anything he needed to make it happen. It fell apart on him and he was desperate enough to risk the same russian roulette on the way back. I know people will say (for example) Logan Verrett hasn't (probably) used PEDs and he's struggling too, or Anthony Recker might be back down to Vegas and not able to provide for his kid as he'd like and if you cheat, you're potentially cheating them too, but it's hard to be too hard on a guy who's so desperate that he takes that chance.

Nymr83 Jul 30 2015 11:02 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

but it's hard to be too hard on a guy who's so desperate that he takes that chance. don't be too hard on poor Bernie Madoff, who could he have fed his kids if he wasnt cheating? a hyperbolic example obviously, but there are people that your argument can apply to in all kinds of professions and i dont feel bad for them either.

themetfairy Jul 30 2015 11:23 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

There's a difference between being hard on a guy and being done with him. I understand the desperation behind his poor decisions. But OMG - how stupid can one man be?

Edgy MD Jul 30 2015 11:40 AM Re: Mejia Suspended Again

Every time this thread bounces to the top of the forum, I get the idea that Mejia failed another test. And another.