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I agree. If Rasmus is on the team I'd keep him in CF. I do think there is a small chance Melky is the starting DH next year though.

Even as a baseball fan I'd prefer to see wrestling. Baseball in the Olympics doesn't really matter a whole lot to me.

It depends. I think this board is more or less right in assessing his talent, but it downplays the injury concerns as well as how other teams will interpret his numbers this year. If the Jays offer him 10 million, do you really see the Padres or Rays coming close to that? And given Johnson's injury history would he really want to leave several million on the table just so he can pitch in a bigger ballpark? I suppose their are the big market teams as well but would they even bother with Johnson?

After the year Johnson had I don't think Ned Colletti will be interested.

Johnson is so unreliable. I'd prefer to see that money spent elsewhere. If you really want Johnson back, I still wouldn't give him the QO; at this point I bet an 8-10 million dollar offer would outbid everyone else anyway.

I had Player X on my fantasy team but traded him. I really regret it.

Yes, I know all about his peripherals. But you're ignoring his injury history. He's had about 8 years in the bigs now and 4 of them have been derailed by injury and he's turning 30 next season. How many innings would you pencil him in for next season? Another 80 like this year? That certainly wouldn't be worth 14 million.

Thanks. I find it to be somewhat realistic and cost effective as well. The one guy I am not sure about is Infante as I don't know that we could pry him away from the Tigers. A similar talent, and from the same team actually, would be to sign Peralta and play him at 2B. His metrics at SS have been good the past few seasons so I think he could handle it. Also, he would give us some roster flexibility in that we wouldn't necessarily need Barmes at that point as Peralta could serve as the starting 2B and backup SS, something Infante can't really do.

I don't know why I see this pushed as an option so often on this board. I almost guarantee that $14M could be better used elsewhere.

Really quick, here are some moves to fix the lineup and defense: -Sign Infante (plus defender and not bad with the bat at all) -Sign Baker (platoons with Gose in LF and provides depth at 1B and 3B too) -Sign Clint Barmes (metrics say he is every bit as good as Brendan Ryan and he's better with the bat) -Trade Loup for Martin Maldonado (subpar bat but plus defender and excellent pitch framer, he's also not older than dirt like Molina) -Pick up Lind's option, throw in 2 million (he costs that much to buyout anyway), and trade him for the best prospect we can get -Dump one of Maicer or DeRosa (can't afford to waste two bench spots, Izturis would require eating salary) LINEUP 1. SS Reyes (S) 2. RF Bautista 3. CF Rasmus (L) 4. 1B Encarnacion 5. 3B Lawrie 6. DH Melky (S) 7. 2B Infante 8. C Maldonado 9. LF Gose/Baker (L/R) *move Baker up against lefties BENCH C-Thole (L) UT-Baker SS-Barmes UT-Pick your poison, DeRosa or Izturis (S) The defense takes a big step forward here as Infante, Maldonado, and Gose are given everyday roles over the rotating junk at 2B, JPA, and Melky. Barmes is a huge upgrade off the bench over the likes of Maicer, Kawasaki, Boni, etc. It's not all defensive additions, however, as Infante can hit and Baker can hit LHP. I'll get to the rotation/bullpen later but the rotation will be better even if no moves are made (although I fully expect some to be made).

Typical. It's a comment outside of the circle jerk so it's met with expletives.

Hey Olerud63, good idea but could I get a little formatting?

Yeah and while I'm at it why should we be ashamed of ourselves? lol

Where the Mets are in the standings is irrelevant.

s*** that would be a lot of fun for a bachelor party. Just have everyone throw in an extra 150 bucks one night.

Are you mad?

You know what's funny is that Bonafacio at 2B this year is rated at 0.0 by UZR and +6 by DRS. I never would have thought that. His play in CF and RF is what has dragged his defensive metrics down.

Heck in the 3 seasons from '10-'12 he had a cumulative OBP of .345. With his baserunning that's not a bad offensive player. This year he has been s***. Of course we all expected him to be better.

I don't agree with you here but defensible points. Cheers.

I agree, but that ignores his continued injury history (dealing with the dreaded "forearm tightness" right now) and age. If he's cheap I'd be interested but the number would have to be low. So low that a team with a more pitcher-friendly ballpark in an easier division would probably be able to make a more attractive offer.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present Exhibit A as evidence for "insufferable sour pusses." lol

1- A lot of writers/bloggers don't pay attention to their comments section a whole lot. The article/blog post is the money maker and the truth is, he doesn't give a s*** about what a couple of comments say. A lot of your criticism focuses on the comments section. It'd be kind of cool to find a writer who put a big emphasis on that but most seem to focus on the actual column/blog post itself. 2- He didn't act like a jackass to contrary viewpoints two years ago? He most def did, he just did it to people the board also disagreed with so no one made a big fuss about it.

How can you be sure of this? He's an injury-prone starter entering his 30's.

Lol, if Stoeten seems like he is permanently depressed and in a state of hate what do you think of this board? Because in comparison to this board, Stoeten seems like the eternal optimist.

In the comments section he's supposed to take on all criticism? I can't think of any writers who bother with that. He's written plenty on last offseason and continues to do so, he doesn't need to reply to the knights of this board just because you demand it. It's not really fair to judge a blogger for his replies in the comments section rather than the actual blog itself. And if his work is really that bad then why did everyone love him just a couple of seasons ago? It's because the board used to agree with him and now they don't.