In this “Giant Mess”, New York Mets fan Neal Lynch reacts to Billy Eppler’s resignation as General Manager and David Stearns’ biggest offseason decisions as the new President of Baseball Operations like…
GM candidates
Former Miami Marlins GM Kim Ng
Sig Mejdal is currently one of the architects of the Baltimore Orioles. spent 3 seasons with David Stearns with the Astros.
Manager candidates
Pete Alonso – trade or extend?
Since his debut, Pete Alonso has been responsible for 904 of the 3,202 runs scored by the Mets
That is 28.2% of the offense produced by ONE bat for 5 years straight
3rd base starter
Brett Baty, Mark Vientos (DH, 1B), Ronny Mauricio (2nd or 3rd)
Starting rotation
Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana
David Peterson and Tylor Megill
Jose Butto
Joey Lucchesi
All have options? They could all return or they could all go
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has won his third consecutive Triple Crown.
16 Wins
1.21 ERA
169 Strikeouts
He also led the league in several other significant categories.
.198 BAA
0.74 WHIP
1.74 FIP
22.2 K-BB%
5.32 WPA
7.0 WAR
Player & Club Options:
Omar Narváez holds a player option for $7 million
Adam Ottavino holds a player option for $6.75 million
Brooks Raley hold a club option on Raley for $6.5 million with a $1.25 million buyout
Arbitration
Third Year
- Pete Alonso
- Luis Guillorme
- Elieser Hernández
- Daniel Vogelbach
- Drew Smith
- Joey Lucchesi
- Trevor Gott
Second Year
- Tim Locastro
- Michael Pérez
- John Curtiss
- Jeff Brigham
- Danny Mendick
First Year
- David Peterson
- Rafael Ortega
- Sean Reid-Foley
- DJ Stewart
Mets have the most desirable managerial opening and are ranked 4th among non-playoff teams with brightest future.
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ABOUT NEAL LYNCH:
Irish-Italian-American who graduated from a Catholic high school (even though I’m not Catholic), and a college known for producing doctors and lacrosse players, then became neither.
Former 4th string quarterback and middle relief pitcher at a Division III university.
Degrees in Film & Media Studies and Communications.
Worked for Condé Nast, New York Post, SportsNet New York, and Hearst Television.
Divorced dad who blogs, podcasts, writes, edits, optimizes, strategizes, and over-analyzes.
ABOUT “GIANT MESS”:
“Giant Mess” is a weird sports and entertainment comedy podcast hosted by a giant mess, the Real Cinch Neal Lynch.
Neal covers New York Giants football, Mets baseball, movies, and TV shows, mixing in funny life stories along the way.
Episodes focus on movie reviews, tv show recaps, post-game analysis, predictions, reactions, and funny stories about parenting.
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