Thank you 🙌

He might be there today

Thank you Michele

Great offseason

Think there are some ways around these problems, if they are problems - If Vientos can't play 3B, he'll move to DH and Baty/Mauricio will get a shot - Maybe Vientos improves a lot at 3B, but who knows - A 'steep decline' for Alonso probably still guarantees something like 65 HR and a near .800 OPS for the next two seasons, then that's that - What #2 starter could that have bought? The market said Flaherty was less trustworthy than Alonso. Should we have given 30 year old Fried with a forearm strain nine years? Burnes was never realistic. This pitching market didn't have that guy for us - Stearns was upfront he didn't want Pete for many years, think this is probably more money than he wanted to pay him but it undoubtedly makes the team better for this season. Would be shocked if they have friction at this point, seems they're still lockstep

Let’s get’em

That is a pretty amazing stat. This Mets offense could be a dynamo.

Great pull

My big point was Pete and a pitcher makes you closer to doing something special this year rather than just a pitcher. I don’t see Stearns making a move for a rental though anyway

@ ahh gotcha, I agree we need more starting pitching to make a run this year. They seem pretty content with things as they stand now. Hopefully we see that Stearns magic again with the pitching staff

It's 30 mil for the season, so it is the highest paid 1b.

You’re lost, champ.

Great place here

It really isn't. The farm isn't even in the top half of MLB. There are no Corbin Carroll-like prospects in the minors. The Mets just blocked the one clear avenue to playing time in 2025 for their good young players. Even if Senga is healthy the Mets have all of one postseason-caliber starter and instead of using the money going to Alonso and Montas ($47m in 2025!!) for one or even two such starting pitchers the Mets added an unnecessary old, bad defensive 1Bman in steep decline and a reclamation project on the mound. Grade: awful.

I agree, but only a 1-2 year commitment makes that ok

And he might still make out okay. That contract he turned down covered his last season of arbitration, 2024, so he has already made over $20 mil in arbitration for that first year of what would have been the contract he turned down. Now he gets $30 mil in '25. So he's at $50 mil over 2 years. IF (and it is a big IF) Pete has a big season in '25 it isn't that difficult to see him getting a multi-year contract worth $100 mil. Say 5 years at $20 mil/per. That would get him right back to exactly what he turned down. So, I guess we got to see how this all pans out. I think Blake Snell's contract last year is instructive here. Everyone dumped on him for "only" taking a two-year deal with an opt out. He got $31 mil in year one, then opted out and got a 5 year contract with the Dodgers. For those six seasons, he is banking $213 mil. It worked out great for him. But many arm-chair GMs in '23 insisted that Snell was stupid to take that short-term high-AAV deal instead of securing something like a four or five year deal at a lower AAV. Snell took his chances, and he made out great. Will Pete? Depends on Pete and upon how he performs. But right now he is the highest paid 1b in MLB for the '25 season, and he'll have a chance to test FA again next year. A lot can change. If Pete sh!ts the bed in '25 and can't get a good contract ... oh, yeah, he'll forever lament having turned down that 7/158 deal that was available to him a year and a half ago.

@@dashx1103you are correct. If Pete plays well this year, he could very well come out ahead of where he would’ve been if he accepted that 7/158 contract in 2023. After 2025, he’s already earned over $50M of that plus whatever he makes for the rest of his career, which could easily be the 110M he would need to be ahead of that 158 offer. Like you said, it all comes down to how well he performs. I think simply hitting 35/90 will keep him earning good money. Hopefully he does much better than that, but that will for sure mean he will be opting out after this year.

@dashx1103 🤣🤣🤣. I love baseball man. We fans really care about this stuff! Ty for the insight brodie

@Dan-tt8sn if he has a year that is about his career averages of about .250/ .340/ .510 with 35 homers and 100 rbis i think he gets his 100+ mil in free agency at age 31. His averages have just been down the last 2 years, in particular his batting average. Hard to forget his .217 career low 2 years ago when he comes back and gives u .240 with less homers and less slugging. Really rooting for dude tho, im a yankees fan and i have been following his career closely cuz of his link to Judge.

@@felixnunez1 hopefully he has a strong year. His average per 162 games is actually 43 home runs, but he’s not even close to the player Judge is. Pete is good, but Judge is the best hitter since Bonds. I guess they have the link of 50+ HRs in their rookie years. I’m a baseball fan too and really love Judge as a player. I wish he was Mets. Lol.

40 home runs is fun

If you can count to 13 you’ll know why he can’t come back now

He’s not a full time pro

Uncle Stevie

Super optimistic, probably should’ve said 300

Super optimistic, probably should’ve said 300

@@JamesSchiano would feel very good about 300. 150 or so a piece should be a good year

This signing helps the lineup in many ways. As you note, it certainly takes some power pressure off of Vientos, Winker, and Marte. I think also down the order it takes some pressure off of guys like McNeil and Alvarez, from whom I'm expecting a bounce-back season (25+ HRs). If nothing else, it certainly elongates the lineup. Can't wait for the season to start. Fingers crossed that the starting pitching comes through.

Delgado is always overlooked, one of Marc’s favorite Mets ever As far as Lance, he’s an analyst who specializes in player development so he talks about things he sees and knows. Not so much in the prediction game but just setting expectations based on what is happening and pitcher/pitch archetypes

@@JamesSchiano Thanks