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Jon Hey Man says these 3 pitchers are "connected" to the Mets.

All 3 have international backgrounds, as Manea (born in Indiana) is the son of a Samoan.

Imanga has a nickname "The Throwing Philosopher." I don't know what that is about. He's a crafty small lefty, 30 years old.

i like the idea of imanaga. seems like he'd be a quality add. not a top of the line guy, but certainly a solid mid-rotation starter. the kind of player a team building for the future could use and keep around.

the rest... eh... at least they'd eat innings....

"The Throwing Philosopher."

Sounds like a crafty pitcher

The son of a Samoan is a great description

The posting deadline for Imanaga expires in six days, so we'll know soon enough. I do hope they sign him.

That would make Ogden Nash proud!

Well done!
Later

So now we know The Plan!!!!: Sign as many vowels as possible.

Lefthanded vowels only, please.

Manaea, two year deal (though opt-out after one) - Hey Man!

https://nypost.com/2024/01/07/sports/me ... -28m-deal/

Manaea used to be a good pitcher. We shall see.

Don't look for the Mets to make a splash signing before camp

Wendle, Taylor Stewart Vientos

These are your guys

It will be a year of prospect development and the culling the roster

I would imagine Narvaez is next

Senga
Manaea
Quintana
Houser
Severino
*
Peterson
Megill

We will have a No. 3 starter coming at ya almost every night!

That's a scary rotation

From D.J. Short (NBC Sports): "Spent some time in the bullpen, but was very good after returning to the rotation in September. 2.25 ERA, 18/2 K/BB ratio in 24 innings across four starts."

metirish wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:17 am That's a scary rotation

With the potential to be semi-scary.
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D.J. Short then returned to his floor-filling heavy mix of techno, trance-core, and Latinx beats.

Like D.J. Short's killer set, David Stearns seems to be preparing his roster with a mind to nailing the segues.

Manea on a two-year, $28 million deal seems like a stop gap, but ok.

Don't look now, but our pitching staff has consisted almost entirely of stop-gap acquisitions over the last few years.


The crew below were all acquired from outside the org in the Cohen era and combined to make 334 starts.
Yet only two made as many as 50 starts (61 & 59), just three remain on the 40-man, and only two (Senga
and Quintana) are likely to make a significant number of starts going forward.

Pitcher		Acquired		APP/Starts		1st NYM G		Last NYM G
Marcus Stroman		FA		44 / 44		3/28/19		10/2/21
Max Scherzer		FA		42 / 42		4/8/22		7/28/23
Chris Bassitt		Trade		30 / 30		4/9/22		10/2/22
Carlos Carrasco		Trade		61 / 61		7/30/21		8/26/23
Taijuan Walker		FA		59 / 58		4/8/21		10/4/22
Rich Hill		Trade		13 / 12		7/25/21		9/30/21
Joey Lucchesi		Trade		20 / 17		8/7/21		??
Trevor Williams		Trade		40 / 12		8/12/21		10/5/22
Justin Verlander		FA		16 / 16		5/4/23		7/30/23
Jose Quintana		FA		13 / 13		7/20/23		??
Kodai Senga		FA		29 / 29		4/2/23		??

i'm starting to worry that our rotation is filled with too many stop gaps and not enough fill gaps.

That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

They'll win a million games.

Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:44 am That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

It might be. If it is, I think they feel like they can flip any of the guys not named Senga at the deadline to pad the farm and then load up in '25.

And maybe it's an 83-win team that flirts with a wild card. I think that's possible, too.

There are some spots in the lineup that need improvement.
To paraphrase Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men - please hope the GM hasn't pinned our future to the return of Starling Marte.
https://metsmerizedonline.com/how-can-a ... s-in-2024/

Later

I'm sure he hasn't done that.

'The Throwing Philosopher' Imanga to the Cubs