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I'm still not over deGrom leaving.

Waiting for this place to change the description to "rare, limited edition souvenir of Carlos Correa's two fake weeks as a Met! Get them while you still can!"

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A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:18 pm Waiting for this place to change the description to "rare, limited edition souvenir of Carlos Correa's two fake weeks as a Met! Get them while you still can!"

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Not quite "DEWEY WINS!" but still funny.
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Centerfield wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:40 pm Mind boggling that Steve Cohen would make public comments before seeing the physical. Unless Boras held something back, it's inexplicable.

It's kind of amazing that guys with the money to get anything they want ultimately want what every 12-year-old wants — online attention.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:18 pm Waiting for this place to change the description to "rare, limited edition souvenir of Carlos Correa's two fake weeks as a Met! Get them while you still can!"

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Still not as bad as Mets Ramirez #24 jerseys worn by attention whor…I mean protestors outside Shea trying to get the Mets to sign him

Is Cohen a meddler ? I would love to know what the FO was like the last month or so

FO? Can I buy a vowel?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:41 pm FO? Can I buy a vowel?

I'm guessing Front Office.
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MFS62 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:42 pm

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:41 pm FO? Can I buy a vowel?

I'm guessing Front Office.

Oh. So then--- what was the front office like the last month or so?

Yeah, they were as surprised as any apparently that Cohen reached agreement with Boras , then the physical, then they have to try and salvage a deal. Hardly easy.

Cohen's still learning. If the Mets want better than Baty at third, Manny Machado can opt out after 2023. Plus free agents Ohtani and Nola. That's my wish list. For now.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:50 pm Cohen's still learning. If the Mets want better than Baty at third, Manny Machado can opt out after 2023. Plus free agents Ohtani and Nola. That's my wish list. For now.

It could all turn out for the best

metirish wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:53 pm

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:50 pm Cohen's still learning. If the Mets want better than Baty at third, Manny Machado can opt out after 2023. Plus free agents Ohtani and Nola. That's my wish list. For now.

It could all turn out for the best

Baty could turn in a terrific season and take the ROY award. Who knows?

I'd be more pissed about this if they didn't have the position already manned. They'd have had to make other moves with Escobar and Baty, and now they don't. Correa always felt a little like overkill. That said, they still need another bullpen arm and a right-handed DH.

And yeah, that's Ohtani money Steve can spend next year.

metirish wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:42 am Coobie's fave player can't be wrong

Lol

roger_that wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:39 am Never let us down before:

So Coobie's favorite player was 100% wrong only hours before the news broke? He's getting to be Trump-like in his reverse barometer status: the more aggressively he asserts it, the more reliably you can rely on the opposite to be the case.

Well, if losing Steven Matz sparked Cohen to go out and sign Max, imagine what losing Correa will prompt him to do?

Hey, Baerga wasn't 100% wrong. I can breathe. He was right about that.

I didn’t realize Carlos had insider information
Or maybe he doesnt

The Mets have done enough this offseason that I'm not crushed. let;s win it all anyway!

Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:59 pm I'd be more pissed about this if they didn't have the position already manned. They'd have had to make other moves with Escobar and Baty, and now they don't. Correa always felt a little like overkill.

Overkill compounded by overcommitment. They basically told Baty and Escobar "we don't think that much of you," and almost committed 12 years to a third baseman who hit 22 HRs last year. Not bad for a SS but no Mike Schmidt.

Yeah I could never understand why they would commit 12 years to any player. That’s not even realistic

I can see a player’s desire to be paid 12 years guaranteed but I don’t want it to be the Mets paying him

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:29 pm I don’t want it to be the Mets paying him

Well, you have to understand that money doesn't mean anything to Steve Cohen, and all our quaint notions of "expensive" and "potentially ruinous" are obsolete.

As are we, I suppose.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:12 pm

Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:59 pm Correa always felt a little like overkill.

Overkill compounded by overcommitment. They basically told Baty and Escobar "we don't think that much of you," and almost committed 12 years to a third baseman who hit 22 HRs last year. Not bad for a SS but no Mike Schmidt.

As Billy Joel asked, "Is that all you get for your money?"

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