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Sorry, but this post cannot be taken seriously without some capitalization or cursing or mocking or ellipses.

And somehow get them to take Soto in the deal? Merry Christmas to me.

It was mentioned on MLB radio this morning that the Mets' tax bill at the end of 2023 (assuming no other moves which, ok) would be ~ $111M.

Relegation is a poor concept from the standpoint that the arrangement of teams and possible resulting of current season playoff berths are based on previous season(s) results. Applying it to baseball would be completely asinine.

It is kind of crazy how it appears to all go so quickly like that. So, there is the timeline that is public, but there is also the timeline of communications that isn't public. Those details and exactly who spoke to whom among all parties would make for a fine story.

As was mentioned above, this is where Harris might take some risk (in the form of excess Met salary) along with some prospects. McCann would be one piece that the Tigers have a roster opening for. Looking over the rest of the Met 40, they seem to be heavy in pitchers. But one other interesting salary that might be of interest is RHH OF/1B Mark Canha ($11.5M in 2023 with a $11.5M team option or $2M buyout for 2024). Moving Canha could be helpful to both clubs.

To me it depends upon what comes along with him.

Detroit Pistons vs Philadelphia 76ers

The Boyd signing doesn't really seem like much of anything. He's been injured. Sure, he had his fling out west in 2022, but most of that was rehab & return to the mound. Its almost kind of like he didn't leave. Lorenzen has been the only big shiny new toy. In fairness to Malloy, there does seem to be some promise, but I think most folks are looking for major league ready toys under the offseason holiday shrub. The waiver wire claims, meh, that's just stocking stuffer junk. Its the scratch off lottery tickets that your mother-in-law insists on getting for you even though you'd just rather have the $10 that was used to purchase them. They'll eventually sign nominal free agents like Drury and/or Myers in January. In February there might be a random name free agent that signs a minor league deal & spring training invite with an in/out clause for the end of camp. That'll be the extent of it.

They're playing the long game with Cabrera's conditioning?

Can't believe it hasn't been retired for Higginson.

Utah Jazz vs Detroit Pistons

Loser of Seth can still go after Dawel.

Soto.

It’s true, a payroll isn’t a limited resource. His 2022 isn’t worth $7M. But I think that given his history and the team wide offensive slump in 2022, there’s reason to believe he can bounce back. Heck, $7M is less than they gave to each of Boyd and Lorenzen. Are either of them any more solid risks than Candelario in 2023?

Soto’s lack of control goes beyond slider issues last season. His history in the minors and majors is a 5 BB/9. He’s just a wild pitcher.

I guess I missed that post, too.

Jimenez just had a better season than Soto. I would also say he’s the better pitcher over their careers and would supply FIP, WHIP, BB/9, and SO/9 as the reasons.

He was a helluva running mate with HIJKLMNOP.

I think expansion will happen. Whether that’s right or wrong, that’s another story. But Silver is just doing his part to increase expansion fees and drive up value for the league.

Is it that they don’t understand how they work, or that they don’t want to understand how they work?

No question it’s electric. But the control is like predicting where a lightning bolt will strike.

Saves are a terribly overrated statistic.

I know some folks think that roundabouts are a pet peeve, but there have been some added around heres that are not peevey at all and there are a couple of additional intersections where I'd like to see them added.

This makes me wonder how much effect Fetter has on the pitching staff. Dombrowski seemed to never be able to build a bullpen, although to be fair he did have success with some of his acquisitions. Even with the overall better success of the bullpens these days vs previous days, it's just difficult to look at Soto and feel encouraged about his entry into a game. I suppose that I said it myself with Fetter and look at how Jimenez got back being a good pitcher, so maybe he can spin the same magic on Soto. But the walks are still an issue.