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@darraghm.bsky.social Hey Darragh, How do you see the Mets bench playing out? Obviously, Taylor and Torrens, maybe Baty/Vientos platooning at DH. Does Mauricio have a spot or is he going to Syracuse or get traded? Does Brujan make the team instead?

#MetsSky Meet Vidal Bruján 27 years old career .199 BA/.267 OBP/.276 SLG 16 SB 14 CS played every position except C from San Pedro de Macoris

@darraghm.bsky.social Hey Darragh, Doing some research and saw that Foster Griffin will be a FA in 2027 even though he will have less than 2 years of service time. What are the arb/FA rules for players who play in non-MLB leagues after starting out on an MLB team? Thanks.

#MetsSky Well, it's worth a shot to trade for Robert Jr. Maybe he gets right and goes back to being a top all around player. At worst, he's another Tyrone Taylor, providing speed and defense with a little pop.

#MetsSky There are lots of comments that the Mets have not improved the defense enough, and are using people out of position. I will say that they got rid of an OF, a 2B, and a 1B, and replaced them with 3 former shortstops.

#MetsSky Are the Mets done on the position player side, or are they still fine tuning? Is it time to address the rotation? Add a high leverage reliever? What do you want or expect the Mers to do in the next few weeks?

One of Baty or Bichette could probably handle LF pretty well. I know Baty got some reps there in the minors. I'd rather keep Baty as the regular LF than trade him at this point.

#MetsSky The obvious position player move for the Mets is Cody Bellinger, for some percentage of the $220mm they offered Tucker, spread out over 6-7 years. Or reinvigorate the offense with ....

Just want to say Casey Close did an agent master class on the Kyle Tucker deal. I had no doubt he would get the massive "short-term" deal with the only team he wanted to play for. As a Mets fan, I'm not really disappointed, because I never expected him to sign with the Mets.

@darraghm.bsky.social Hey Darragh, What would the Mets have to give up for Denzel Clarke?

#MetsSky Having back surgery tomorrow morning. I have the same condition as David Wright, spinal stenosis. All prayers and healing thoughts welcomed.

#MLB All FAs signed for more than $25 million total contracts are 1B or DHs. Heavy emphasis on power, little on defense. Seems like the type of players that often end up with smaller/shorter contracts have been more proactive this year.

@ootpbaseball.bsky.social I recently reported a team that is in my PT league that has no players and loses every game. Team is Hialeah Biplanes.

#MetsSky Queens is the most multicultural and immigrant powered borough in one of the most diverse cities in the US. I support Katia Lindor 100% in working for Mayor Mamdani. I support Francisco Lindor to be captain of the Mets.

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#MetsSky What do people think of Mets signing Murakami? Would you be happy or not?

#Mets #MetsSky Polanco was a shortstop. If you can play SS in #MLB, and you're not too short (hey Freddy Patek), you can play 1B well. The question about Polanco will be how much offense he, and the players they still add, can provide. I guarantee he will be a better 1B than Alonso.

#MetsSky If the Mets plan to sign cheaper and/or short-term position players to not block Benge, Wiliams, Clifford, and Ewing, etc., you have to look at the overall performance of the Baby Mets. Not one of Alvarez, Baty, Vientos, or Mauricio has proven to be a better-than-average player.

I have a feeling Mets will get Nick Pivetta, possibly in a blockbuster trade. Mets seem to be most comfortable with SPs who have 1-3 years left on their contracts and won't require any of their top 5 prospects. SD wants to cut payroll and stay competitive, so MLB-ready prospects/current players.

Without looking it up, rate the 3 internal Mets 3B candidates (Baty, Vientos, Mauricio by innings played at 3B) on defensive ability according to advanced defensive stats.

@snytv.bsky.social Dear Mr. Sny, Have you perchance tied up cable and streaming rights fees to share your precious Mets with us? Something or other here about an informed consumer who is not interested in subscribing to ESPN's stand alone service unless I can watch all of your programming. xo

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@robertstock6.bsky.social Hey, Robert, you're back on my team. Hope to see you on the mound at Citi.

I am so excited for this league. I hope it succeeds and expands and gives girls something to aspire to.

#MetsSky Mets need pitchers like Framber Valdez and Mitch Keller. What they have in common in durability. I agree with their plans to show Senga, Nimmo, McNeil, Acuña, and Vientos, depending on the return of course. If they trade Senga, they need to add 2 top 2 SPs and mid-level like Keller.

Instead of seeing the new Wicked movies, read the book by Gregory Maguire. The movies conveniently remove 1 of the major themes of the book: the abuses caused by religion. The movies do include some of the corrupt political aspects of the book, but not nearly to the degree it could have.

FYI, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's real name should be Andrew Battenberg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Doesn't have anything to do with his Epstein connection. Does show that the English monarchy is actually German, and have been deflecting negative attention for decades.

#MetsSky #OFFSEASON #HOTSTOVELEAGUE I've read lots of good suggestions on FAs and trades to uograde Mets rotation. I keep coming back to the move that will involve a short term contract and no loss of top prospects. Trade for Jacob deGrom and take on his salary. Shouldn't have to give up much.

@torontobluejays.bsky.social Hi, great season. Want to tell us about it?

@fangraphs.com I was researching the Japanese players who will be posted this year and noticed that Okamoto and Murakami have the exact same 2026 projections in ave/obp/slg. Is that right?

Fangraphs projections: Ryan Clifford .207/.303/.371 OPS .674 Munetaka Murakami .217/.284/.341 OPS .625 Kazuma Okamoto .217/.284/.341 OPS .625 Mark Vientos .248/.311/.456 OPS .767 Pete Alonso .250/.334/.485 OPS .820 Josh Naylor .272/.337/.460 OPS .797

Ah, that time of the baseball season between expectation of the Mets acquiring players and disappointment in the players acquired.

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@darraghm.bsky.social Hey, Darragh. Great podcast! Question: wouldn't it be useful to adjust WAR based on batting order spot? For example, Nick Allen should have more of his WAR based on his excellent SS defense, and less on his poor offense from the 9th batting order spot? And vice versa.

@darraghm.bsky.social Hey Darragh, Do you think Edwin 🎺 Diaz would accept an extension of 3 years at $21 million each?

@ootpbaseball.bsky.social OOTP GO: Why are there a bunch of players with red stars for current ratings which are much better than their potential ratings?

@jluckhaupt.bsky.social Thank you for the Manfred Man name. It's the best of all things connected to him.

@darraghm.bsky.social Hi Darragh, Are the Mets planning on releasing Montas since he won't be able to play in 2026, and will take up a 40-man slot all winter?

@ootpbaseball.bsky.social Did a live start on OOTP Go to play game 6, and the rosters are very inaccurate and can't be changed during a playoff series. On the computer game I was able to correct Toronto's roster after a lot of releasing players, but I couldn't change LAD. Please fix this!

#MetsSky When Keith Hernandez retires he should move to The Bay of Fundy.

After the equivalent of 4 games, Toronto has outscored LA 17-15. No matter what happens from here, these teams are much more evenly matched than most people expected. Not to mention that TOR won 1 more game in the regular season.

@wpbl.bsky.social I'll take this on if you need to hire someone. I've been writing about baseball for decades.

@wpbl.bsky.social Hello? Is this thing on?

Well, I was wrong about the Mariners winning the World Series Series. However, I would be thrilled if the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers.

@wpbl.bsky.social Congratulations on naming your inaugural four teams. How about posting about it here?

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

#MLB #ALCS game starts in 3 minutes and audio hasn't started yet on @mlb app! I can't imagine a product that its providers care about less.

#MLB #SEATTLEMARINERS #ALCS Can anyone please tell me why Seattle took so long to announce Gilbert as tonight's starter? Who else were they considering?