OT: Mets 2026 Season Thread

Doctor Worm

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Rays prospects #15, 26, 27.

As I posted this AM, the Castillo trade (#15 and unranked) pretty much set the market for Peralta. This is the type of return I expected.
 

Doctor Worm

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Mets DFA Melendez. He excited us for a while, but ultimately most players (there are exceptions) are what the back of their baseball card says they are.
 
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Doctor Worm

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I know nothing of Baseball Trade Values - I offer without endorsement. Note that they rate Pitre, and his .492 AA OBP, as the least valuable player in the deal.
 

Doctor Worm

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24 years old Oct 2
Back up inf ?
But I guess a good piece considering peralta has been a huge pile of donkey 💩 this year

From the Amazin Avenue article you attached:

"This return is likely more valuable than the present value of the players that the Mets gave up for Peralta in the first place."

Maybe that's why Stearns is smiling?
 
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Doctor Worm

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MLB Pipeline has slotted the new players into the Mets Top 30: Smith #12, Pitre #15, Gill Hill #17.

That said, MLB Pipeline's exclusion of Amick, who had 23 HR's in AA in four months, causes me to view this whole thing with a grain of salt. We'll see what happens when they do their re-evaluations later this month.
 

Doctor Worm

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May as well try to trade Alvarez. He's been a huge bust.
I would not say that at all. You won't find many catchers with a .781 OPS.

The problem is that we are all comparing him to the expectations we had of him as a Top 5 prospect. Compare him to his peers and he looks a lot better.

The Mets have a crap-ton of problems. Francisco Alvarez is not one of them.
 

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I would not say that at all. You won't find many catchers with a .781 OPS.

The problem is that we are all comparing him to the expectations we had of him as a Top 5 prospect. Compare him to his peers and he looks a lot better.

The Mets have a crap-ton of problems. Francisco Alvarez is not one of them.
Well that in itself is the issue. He was rated as the top overall prospect in baseball. But is just a slightly above average catcher offensively.
 

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Cohen is allowing this to continue by supporting and keeping Stearns. Might as well just light his $ on fire. He's worse than the Wilpons at this point because they were at least broke.
Last February, Steve Cohen make it clear that the minimum expectation for 2026 was to make the playoffs. Will Stearns pay the price for not doing so? My guess is no, but he would certainly be on the hot seat for 2027.

But none of us has any idea what Cohen is thinking. IMO, Stearns' season ends at 6PM tomorrow, as a POBO/GM has little to do from August to November. In theory, Stearns could fire him and begin the search for a replacement at 6:01. We shall see.
 
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