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Originally Posted by Westheim
Now sign Bauer!
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What a difference already, as evidenced in the tone of
this article. A year ago, the media would have been marveling just at the feat of retaining Stroman. Now, though, the sights are set considerably higher and they are believable.
The Flushing team we used to know, let’s call them the pre-Cohen Mets, would have been done with their offseason spending on Nov. 11 once Marcus Stroman accepted that $18.9 million qualifying offer to return.
But now? Consider Stroman merely a down payment on the 2021 rotation, with the Mets in the hunt to put this year’s Cy Young winner, Trevor Bauer, behind the back-to-back title-holder (and third-place finisher this season), who is their resident No. 1, Jacob deGrom.