Who's off the board tally

[D-train]

Starling Marte to Metz pending physical

Wow!

Jerry can't believe other teams are working on a holiday weekend.

[D-train]

Marte the first guy that would've been a big get. Seems like a very reasonable contract.

Has to have Conforto sucking wind on his asking price.

I was wondering about Conforto. The mets preferred Marte at 4 yrs/$78 M. I guess they get a compensation pick too.

LMAO at all the dumbass media who predicted agents wouldn't want to deal with Cohen after his mean tweet about Matz' agent.

[ice99]

Marte the first guy that would've been a big get. Seems like a very reasonable contract.

Has to have Conforto sucking wind on his asking price.

I was wondering about Conforto. The mets preferred Marte at 4 yrs/$78 M.

I believe the rumor was that Conforto was looking to get something around 6/150M.
That seems a bit too high for a guy coming off a 100 OPS+ year.

It looks like Conforto's asking price was too high.

[ice99]

Marte the first guy that would've been a big get. Seems like a very reasonable contract.

Has to have Conforto sucking wind on his asking price.

I was wondering about Conforto. The mets preferred Marte at 4 yrs/$78 M. I guess they get a compensation pick too.

Depending who signs Conforto, that pick might not be worth much. If the M's sign him, they give up a third round pick. Imagine passing on re-signing your own player for a third round pick. The only way that looks smart is if Conforto goes into rapid decline next year. Honestly, teams way overvalue some of these draft picks, especially outside the first round. And I'm saying that as someone that is sort of a fan of the draft. But honestly, these later round picks don't usually amount to much. Sometimes you get lucky in the later rounds, but usually you don't.

No, they'll get a pick at the end of the second round, right after the competitive balance B picks. They've replaced the OBP and the WAR for the FA they lost.

[D-train]

JD waiting for that hat in hand..........or Do-rag in hand moment...

[ice99]

Marte the first guy that would've been a big get. Seems like a very reasonable contract.

Has to have Conforto sucking wind on his asking price.

I was wondering about Conforto. The mets preferred Marte at 4 yrs/$78 M. I guess they get a compensation pick too.

LMAO at all the dumbass media who predicted agents wouldn't want to deal with Cohen after his mean tweet about Matz' agent.

I'm not sure who that was. Where there's money...

[ice99]

JD waiting for that hat in hand..........or Do-rag in hand moment...

I sure hope not.

[ice99]

Starling Marte to Metz pending physical

Wow!

Jerry can't believe other teams are working on a holiday weekend.

He's preparing his steaks.

[ice99]

We need 3 bats, 2 starters and a lh reliever if Kerr isnt the answer.

We just saw the Mets make three moves in a day.

We need to hold Jerrys feet to the fire to spend that money the fans have been so understanding of them setting aside for later use the last few years. Pushing the prospects down for a year does nothing but stuff the system full of talent, from the top-down for once.

We have 6 holes from where I'm sitting, if we're chasing a playoff spot.

Vacancy (Best Available)

LF/DH (Schwarber or Conforto)
1B or 2B or 3B (Olsen or Semien or Bryant or Freeman)
CF (Suzuki or Reynolds or Buxton or Mullins)
SP (Ray or Gausman or Scherzer)
SP (Rodon or Stroman or any above)
LH RP (Chafin)

Seems like they'll fill all but the DH/LF. They have plenty of payroll to add impact at each vacancy instead of shopping the bins for Mileys and Aokis.

Yes, I agree with your list. Semien's price seems too high right now. We'll see if they work around it with different pickups. I hope they don't go to sign Story.

[Donn Beach]

Marte the first guy that would've been a big get. Seems like a very reasonable contract.

Has to have Conforto sucking wind on his asking price.

I was wondering about Conforto. The mets preferred Marte at 4 yrs/$78 M. I guess they get a compensation pick too.

LMAO at all the dumbass media who predicted agents wouldn't want to deal with Cohen after his mean tweet about Matz' agent.

not deal with him?...the angle I heard they be stepping up...He made it sound like the Mets were desperate...

Cohen's tweet Wednesday will be used against the Mets in upcoming negotiations. "Every agent sees that [anger] and will look at it as desperation," said one executive. "They see a team that needs [starting] pitching and an owner who's pissed off, and so now they can feel confident walking in [to a negotiation] setting a higher bar."