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Bye Bye, Plawecki

RealityChuck Jan 06 2019 01:51 PM

The Mets dealt Plawecki to Cleveland in exchange for right-hander Walker Lockett and minor league infielder Sam Haggerty. Lockett was 0-3 with 9.60 ERA for the Padres last year. What's very noticeable this year is that with all the deals the Mets made this off-season (except for Cano), nothing about them leaked. The first anything was mentioned was when the deal was announced.

bmfc1 Jan 06 2019 04:59 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mets-acquire-j-d-davis-at-steep-price/

ashie62 Jan 06 2019 06:24 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

I always had trouble spelling his name and he never hit the way I hoped he would. Best of luck Mike

smg58 Jan 06 2019 07:14 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Seems like more of a salary dump than anything else, but he just never distinguished himself enough to be missed.

nymr83 Jan 06 2019 08:00 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

=smg58 post_id=729 time=1546827250 user_id=62] Seems like more of a salary dump than anything else, but he just never distinguished himself enough to be missed.

i dont think it was salary, he was out of options and the 3rd catcher

smg58 Jan 06 2019 08:28 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Haggerty draws a ton of walks, but he'll need to hit more to keep that up at higher levels. It will not be for good reasons if we see much of Lockett.

metirish Jan 07 2019 06:36 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Seems like the Mets had a busy weekend , I hardly pay attention to some of these moves

Centerfield Jan 07 2019 08:09 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

BVW: This guy Lockett that you're offering, tell me about him. Chernoff: Great guy. You'll love him. BVW: Wow, um. 9.60 ERA in the show. Was he good in the minors? Chernoff: No. No he wasn't. BVW: Does he throw hard? Chernoff: Not really. BVW: Is he young? Chernoff: You know, 25 is like the new 18. BVW: Is he left-handed? Chernoff: Nope. BVW: I think I've heard enough. You got yourself a deal buddy! Chernoff: I'm so glad the Mets hired you.

Centerfield Jan 07 2019 08:11 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

I always had trouble spelling his name and he never hit the way I hoped he would. Best of luck Mike Wow, you really did struggle with the spelling. That's not even close to how you spell "Kevin".

batmagadanleadoff Jan 07 2019 09:24 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

With Harvey and now Plawecki gone, who's gonna be there to give and get the big black dildo?

Edgy MD Jan 07 2019 10:50 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Just to be clear, the Mets have attained a pitcher named "Walker."

Benjamin Grimm Jan 07 2019 11:05 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

I'm already conflating Walker Lockett with Gasoline Alley's Walt Wallet.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 07 2019 11:20 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Edgy MD wrote: Just to be clear, the Mets have attained a pitcher named "Walker." Yeah he's on the 40 now too. I guess what Brodie is doing here is addressing the rap that the Mets' farm is too "bottom heavy" by rebalancing the amount of near-ready and not-ready guys. The Indians were pretty much doing the same thing when they acquired Lockett from San Diego for a longer-horizoned pitching prospect Ignacio Feliz. That trade was made just ahead of clubs locking the rosters for Rule 5 so it's assumed Lockett would have been left unprotected by San Diego. Lockett is a big dude at 6-5, 225 and perhaps can grow into Bobby Wahl someday.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 07 2019 11:23 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

My impression is that Lockett may turn out to be the sixth or seventh starter, when needed.

Edgy MD Jan 07 2019 02:15 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

I just think it's cool that he made it to the bigs with a name that suggests he can't throw a strike. Plus, he was born in 1994, so I'm going to be real disappointed if he doesn't have a fraternal twin brother named "Texas Ranger."

Centerfield Jan 07 2019 04:06 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

My wife and I wanted another boy so we could name him Nolan.

Edgy MD Jan 07 2019 07:50 PM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

You could have named the girl "Meg." Or better yet, "Hope."

Centerfield Jan 08 2019 08:06 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

=RealityChuck post_id=700 time=1546807879 user_id=82] What's very noticeable this year is that with all the deals the Mets made this off-season (except for Cano), nothing about them leaked. The first anything was mentioned was when the deal was announced.

This is a good observation. In fact, not only have the moves not been leaked, the rumored moves haven't come to fruition (Realmuto, trading Noah).



I wonder though. Is this really an advantage? Is there any benefit to moving covertly?



Let's take, for instance, the Andrew Miller signing. We have no idea whether the Mets were in on this, but for the purpose of this exercise, let's assume they were. What would be the downside of this information being leaked? Everyone knows that the Mets need a LH reliever, so that fact they are pursuing Miller would come as no surprise. Whether or not the information is public will have no effect on negotiations since any offer that is made will be used against another anyway. It's not like the Mets could bid for Miller without the Cardinals knowing about it.



I mean, I think there's no harm in keeping the information private, and given a choice, I'm sure all clubs would prefer to keep these things from getting out, but I wonder what real effect it has, if any.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2019 10:04 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

There's probably at least some harm in a player showing up in camp after a winter of rumours that describe him as being shopped.

Centerfield Jan 08 2019 11:23 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

Edgy MD wrote: There's probably at least some harm in a player showing up in camp after a winter of rumours that describe him as being shopped. I guess so. But then by that token, the Noah rumors were no good.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2019 11:27 AM Re: Bye Bye, Plawecki

I think they were no good. Rumors make ballplayers cry.