The Pete Alonso Conundrum
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This is the most underachieving team of recent memory. Nothing has clicked. Time to clean house.
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1st baseman on rental hitting around the Mendoza line don't get much of a haul
Very sad
Very sad
Diabetic Squirrel
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Well, .239 isn't really .200, but we'll see where things are at in eight weeks.
A Shaolin monk does not sell himself for a handful of rice.
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I hope he stays
Diabetic Squirrel
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batmagadanleadoff
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If the Mets are still where they are now come the trade deadline, it seems they're going to go into a total teardown --- a three year plan --- despite whatever happy talk euphemistic spin Cohen and Stearns come up with. What else would you call it when everybody can be had other than maybe Lindor, Nimmo , Alvarez and Diaz?
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batmagadanleadoff
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Of course, when I wrote "three year plan ", I was writing like from the mindset of the olden days. Because what is a three year plan today when 40% of the teams make the playoffs?
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whippoorwill
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I think there are plenty of up and comers. At least, potentially so.
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Cubs are 7 games out in second place , interesting to see how their next month goes , I'm sure they will be suitors for Pete , hate to see a homegrown player go like this ,but it has come to that
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The Mets firstbaseman had a really ugly 0-for-5 as they barely escaped last night's game with the Nationals with an 8-7 victory.
Maybe this Alonso guy is someone the Mets could acquire.
Maybe this Alonso guy is someone the Mets could acquire.
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Bob Alpacadaca
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Do you think trading Pete would make it more difficult to sign him? I know Boras clients follow the money. But if he goes to, say, Chicago and hits 20 bombs in two months, he might like it there and they might be more inclined to pay more for him. I fear Juan Soto is staying in the Bronx.
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I think if Pete gets traded that's his tenure with the Mets over
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Benjamin Grimm
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I think that's probably the case, but who knows, he may come back. Jay-or-reese Familia was traded to the Athletics and then resigned with the Mets the following winter.
Pete seems to like being an LFGM. If the Mets decide they want him back, and the money is right, I don't think he'd refuse to return.
Pete seems to like being an LFGM. If the Mets decide they want him back, and the money is right, I don't think he'd refuse to return.
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Yeah , I also don't think he's getting the big $$ and years he maybe once envisioned
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Bob Alpacadaca
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If we don’t trade him, we could extend the qualifying offer and get the draft pick if he signs elsewhere, right? So would what we get back in a rental trade be better than a draft pick?
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Benjamin Grimm
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A young player who has established himself, either with a year or two in the majors or even at AA or AAA is more of a known quantity than a draft pick. I'd rather have two well-regarded AA or AAA prospects than a draft pick.
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That certainly will be part of the calculus.
But we've got eight weeks, babies. A lot can and will happen in eight weeks.
But we've got eight weeks, babies. A lot can and will happen in eight weeks.
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Benjamin Grimm
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The Mets never did get a draft pick for Conforto, did they? Because he ended up waiting until the following offseason before signing with the Giants?
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That's correct.
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Johnny Lunchbucket
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I believe the Mets payroll situation penalizes their draft-pick compensation, and we'd only get a 4th round pick if Alonso bails
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batmagadanleadoff
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That's my understanding, too.Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:46 pm I believe the Mets payroll situation penalizes their draft-pick compensation, and we'd only get a 4th round pick if Alonso bails
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Bob Alpacadaca
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I think we're better off holding on to him and taking the risk that someone will outbid us for him.
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Let Pete stay
You don't have to get 100% value out of every slot on the roster
I'm all for keeping him rather trading him at the deadline for a couple of middling prospects
You don't have to get 100% value out of every slot on the roster
I'm all for keeping him rather trading him at the deadline for a couple of middling prospects
Diabetic Squirrel
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The factors feeding into the decision are going to change drastically every day. They changed drastically with his ugly 0-for-five on Monday. They changed drastically again when he went 2-for-5 with a homer last night.
The main factors, of course, we have little knowledge of, and that's the matter of what kind of deals are or will be available over the course of the middle of the season.
I'm just hoping the Mets take Game Three of the series this afternoon.
The main factors, of course, we have little knowledge of, and that's the matter of what kind of deals are or will be available over the course of the middle of the season.
I'm just hoping the Mets take Game Three of the series this afternoon.
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batmagadanleadoff
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My guess is that the Mets won't trade Alonso if all they can get for him in return are "middling prospects ". I don't think that the Mets will trade Alonso simply for the sake of trading him.