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Wish Upon a Starling Granted

G-Fafif Nov 26 2021 09:55 PM

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G-Fafif Nov 26 2021 09:59 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

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Willets Point Nov 26 2021 10:29 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Black Friday Doorbusters Abound!!!

The Hot Corner Nov 26 2021 11:26 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Speed and a proven glove for CF at a reasonable price. I like it. Nimmo can shift over to LF. Things are picking up. Now if we can resign Stroman (or another front line starter) we will be onto something.

ashie62 Nov 27 2021 05:06 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Marte and Canha, awesome!

bmfc1 Nov 27 2021 05:52 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Tim Britton: "He's one of the game's best base runners; the Mets have been one of its worst base-running teams." 5.5 WAR in 2021. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/starling-marte/9241/stats?position=OF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling_Marte https://www.instagram.com/marte06/?hl=en https://twitter.com/Starlingmart AWESOME!!! (Someone else will point out that the 3 players are 32, 32 and 33.)

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 27 2021 05:59 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

And to think I met his car dealer. I suppose in a matter of taste I would prefer Conforto but this is a solid and the, a better for us, solution

Bob Alpacadaca Nov 27 2021 06:23 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Billy Eppler seems to know what he's doing.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 27 2021 08:21 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Mets with bird names: Hawk Taylor Sammy Drake Craig Swan Jay Payton Robin Ventura George Theodore

bmfc1 Nov 27 2021 08:34 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

BG: this is the content we want!

Frayed Knot Nov 27 2021 09:48 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets with bird names: Hawk Taylor Sammy Drake Craig Swan Jay Payton Robin Ventura George Theodore Paul Byrd And back in '99, Pat Mahomes really knew how to 'Vulture' a win.

MFS62 Nov 27 2021 10:06 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Pete Falcon(e) doesn't qualify? Later

Fman99 Nov 27 2021 10:21 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Marlon Byrd had a pretty good 2013 in blue and orange. We used to call him "Fish Bird" in our house.

smg58 Nov 27 2021 10:33 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

My assessment so far: I wouldn't have pursued Canha if I was closing in on Marte, because I think Smith has more upside at a lower price. But that being said I like that Eppler got to work quickly and decisively. A lot. I also like that he made multiple moves for useful pieces instead of going for one big, overpriced splash. Any notion that people may have had yesterday that nobody wants to come here, or that the Mets were in no position to pull the trigger on anything, is gone. I also think that everybody is working on the assumption that this time next week there will be a work stoppage. The free agent market is already in full gear a lot more quickly than it normally does, and I expect that to accelerate this week.

roger_that Nov 27 2021 11:07 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

"What ya wanna do tonight, Marte?" "I dunno, Frankie. What YA wanna do?" "I dunno. Win a pennant, maybe?" (With apologies to Paddy Chayevsky.)

Gwreck Nov 27 2021 11:56 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Good acquisition.

Frayed Knot Nov 27 2021 01:38 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Alas, no Pete Crow-Armstrong in our future

ashie62 Nov 27 2021 02:26 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

How is George Theodore a bird?

nymr83 Nov 27 2021 03:38 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

=smg58 post_id=81858 time=1638034381 user_id=62] My assessment so far: I wouldn't have pursued Canha if I was closing in on Marte, because I think Smith has more upside at a lower price. But that being said I like that Eppler got to work quickly and decisively. A lot. I also like that he made multiple moves for useful pieces instead of going for one big, overpriced splash. Any notion that people may have had yesterday that nobody wants to come here, or that the Mets were in no position to pull the trigger on anything, is gone. I also think that everybody is working on the assumption that this time next week there will be a work stoppage. The free agent market is already in full gear a lot more quickly than it normally does, and I expect that to accelerate this week.

Smith is a poor defender in the outfield who is locked out of his natural position by a much better hitter. Canha is probably higher floor/lower ceiling as a hitter but is a much better defender. If the NL indeed gets the DH this year, Smith will have a chance to convince the Mets to get to rid of Cano and give him the larger side of a platoon with Davis.

Marshmallowmilkshake Nov 27 2021 03:53 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

=ashie62 post_id=81867 time=1638048394 user_id=90] How is George Theodore a bird?

He's a stork!

Edgy MD Nov 27 2021 04:02 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets with bird names: Hawk Taylor Sammy Drake Craig Swan Jay Payton Robin Ventura George Theodore Paul Byrd And back in '99, Pat Mahomes really knew how to 'Vulture' a win. Chris Aguila José Cardenal Sidd Finch

Frayed Knot Nov 27 2021 05:25 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Sometimes it's hard to keep straight, but it's Starling Marte and Starlin Castro

Edgy MD Nov 27 2021 09:01 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Mets named after places to shop: Starling Marte Orlando Mercado Al Weis

stevejrogers Nov 28 2021 05:44 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Edgy MD wrote: Mets named after places to shop: Starling Marte Orlando Mercado Al Weis Managed by George Bamberger

seawolf17 Nov 28 2021 08:40 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

I thought it was "Sterling" until about six months ago. Regardless, happy to have him on board!

ashie62 Nov 28 2021 11:47 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

I might go to James McCann shoes and then pick up Hager slacks.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 28 2021 12:23 PM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Edgy MD wrote: Mets named after places to shop: Starling Marte Orlando Mercado Al Weis Managed by George Bamberger Good one!

86dreamer Nov 29 2021 10:34 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets with bird names: Hawk Taylor Sammy Drake Craig Swan Jay Payton Robin Ventura George Theodore Paul Byrd And back in '99, Pat Mahomes really knew how to 'Vulture' a win. Chris Aguila José Cardenal Sidd Finch Byrd, Turk and Hawkins in the bullpen?

Edgy MD Nov 29 2021 10:51 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Goose Gozzo. Ed Fucking Kranepool.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 29 2021 11:00 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Miguel Bat-ista

Edgy MD Nov 29 2021 11:02 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Juan Lagares was quite a flycatcher. [FIMG=250]https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/boa_hero/public/boa_plates/plate-168-fork-tailed-flycatcher.jpg?itok=3XaUrXUf[/FIMG] Jerry Martin. [FIMG=250]https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/boa_plate_thumbnail/public/boa_plates/plate-22-purple-martin.jpg?itok=AYWOHt9F[/FIMG] Bill Wakefield. [FIMG=400]https://i.etsystatic.com/7294583/r/il/22b5ae/495676442/il_794xN.495676442_6jmf.jpg[/FIMG] Oh, and Willet's Point. [FIMG=405]https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md13340993100.jpg[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 29 2021 11:06 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Pete Falcone

Willets Point Nov 29 2021 11:25 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Edgy MD wrote: Oh, and Willet's Point. [FIMG=405]https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md13340993100.jpg[/FIMG] Yes?

Edgy MD Nov 29 2021 11:30 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

Those are three willets residing at their point.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 30 2021 08:04 AM Re: Wish Upon a Starling Granted

This deal still isn't official yet. Do we know when the physical is going to be done?