2025 MLB Thread

[Tenacious D]

42 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I guess Pete Alonso to the Orioles is not a big deal. 

We were just leaving it to you.

[IdahoBert]

8 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

We were just leaving it to you.

FIRE EVERYBODY!

[papalawrence]

Reportedly Lindor is not pleased with the Mets offseason and they may be shopping him. He has a 15-team no trade clause and after 2026 he has 5 and 10. He is still a solid 6 WAR guy but turns 32 and still has 6 years @ 34 mil on his contract. 

[Tigermojo]

Baddoo to the Brewers.

[papalawrence]

9 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Baddoo to the Brewers.

And it's a major league deal. Surprises me, good for him

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Reportedly Lindor is not pleased with the Mets offseason and they may be shopping him. He has a 15-team no trade clause and after 2026 he has 5 and 10. He is still a solid 6 WAR guy but turns 32 and still has 6 years @ 34 mil on his contract. 

Let's pretend this isn't an AI slop rumor after all ...

I don't know that we could get him without punting at least one of our top two prospects.

[SoCalTiger]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Let's pretend this isn't an AI slop rumor after all ...

I don't know that we could get him without punting at least one of our top two prospects.

Baez and Skubal ? 

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, SoCalTiger said:

Baez and Skubal ? 

You’re serious about Skubal, but I don’t know whether that would do it. They’d be trading one six-win player for another, and then that another would be gone in a year. I guess it’s possible they make a deal like that, but it would be fairly directionless. Anyone trading for Skubal would do so to put them over the top in November, and the Mets don’t seem to be there.

[casimir]

17 minutes ago, chasfh said:

You’re serious about Skubal, but I don’t know whether that would do it. They’d be trading one six-win player for another, and then that another would be gone in a year. I guess it’s possible they make a deal like that, but it would be fairly directionless. Anyone trading for Skubal would do so to put them over the top in November, and the Mets don’t seem to be there.

Mets kind'of rhymes with directionless.

[SoCalTiger]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

You’re serious about Skubal, but I don’t know whether that would do it. They’d be trading one six-win player for another, and then that another would be gone in a year. I guess it’s possible they make a deal like that, but it would be fairly directionless. Anyone trading for Skubal would do so to put them over the top in November, and the Mets don’t seem to be there.

I included Baez to off set Lindor's salary as an "off the hip" thought. Maybe it can be massaged to work but as you say directionless unless Stearns is indeed totally reshaping the Mets. 

But it's more in my long standing hope to fix the left side of the infield which is the one complaint I have with Scot Harris who I still support though a bit more impatiently to be fair. We need a shortstop and Third baseman so very badly.