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Luis Severino makes his debut tonight. Should be interesting  .
How about that offense?? 90 runs in the past 10 games. This team is definitely exceeding expectations. |
Yup and yup. Check back here tomorrow for impressions on the former. As to the latter, it reminds me of when I (used to - not so easy anymore) dominate my OOTPB leagues with my own "New York Yankees."
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Originally Posted by CommishJoe
There will be enough SP free agents this year that it didn't make sense to spend any of our young talent. It'll be bad enough to forfeit the draft pick but I can live with that given this year's pool.
They do need to get enough SPs to make CC the most expensive reliever in the game.
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And yup again. I am glad that the Yankees did not need to do what the Mets did in getting Cespedes. I respect them; they are going for it all and frankly they were wasting those golden arms they have. But they have a snowball's chance in hell of signing Cespedes, it seems. Read this:
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The Mets would need to make an offer enticing enough for Cespedes to forgo testing the open market — at a time when a power-hitting skill set is at a premium. Industry sources yesterday pegged Cespedes’ potential asking price on the open market to be in the $120 million-$150 million range, depending on the length of his next contract. With the exception of David Wright’s contract extension, the Mets in recent years have shown little appetite for awarding such long-term commitments.
Also, if the 29-year-old Cespedes doesn’t sign an extension and reaches the open market this winter, a clause in his contract essentially keeps the Mets from bidding on his services. Players typically must gain six years of major-league service time to qualify for free agency. But because of his experience in Cuba, Cespedes negotiated a clause that forces him to be released at the end of the season. Cespedes would then be free to sign elsewhere — no different from other free agents — even though he would have only four years of service time.
If he does not sign an extension by five days after the World Series, then the Mets must release him because of the clause. That would mean the Mets could no longer sign him in the offseason because any player released after Aug. 31 cannot be resigned by that club until May 15. Nor can the Mets make Cespedes a qualifying offer.
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Wacky stuff, eh? He looks to be a "rent-a-player" for the Mets and I don't believe that is a good way to build a winning ballclub. It's not even very satisfying if the team does win it all, but that's my opinion as a non-Mets fan. True Mets fans probably would not mind a bit, given what they've been through in recent years.
