World news – US – The threat of the new Mets regime abolishing one of Brody Van Wagen’s biggest sins: Sherman

the original sin of Brodie Van Wagenen’s management or, perhaps more correctly, the last years of the House of Wilpon, were trading Jared Kellenick for Edwin Diaz and Robinson Kano and the last five years of Kano’s contract.

The trade still has a chance to age better or worse, depending on whether Kelenic reaches the limit and / or Diaz and Cano help the Mets win the title over the next few years. Diaz and Kano performed well in the 2020 short campaign.

The second sin was failure to secure J.. T. Realmuto via trade or Yasmani Grandal via free agency in Van Wagenen’s first off-season official. Add two-way hunters to the Mets race in the last two years and they’ll be a decider team at least once, maybe more.

Realmuto may have rightly slipped into Phillies because Mets turned down various packages, which along the way included a mix of Noah Syndergaard, Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, Jeff McNeil, Andres Gimenez, Amed Rosario, and Ronny Mauricio. Conversations sometimes included third parties, such as the Yankees and Rice.

The Mets Grandal premiered four years for $ 60 million in December 2018. The batsman thought he was worth more. That was the breaking point for Mets, and they felt they had a lot to get on the budget.. So they moved to third place on their list, Wilson Ramos, for two years with $ 19 million.

Grandal never found his off-season market and decided to bet himself by signing a one-year deal with the Brewers for $ 18 only.. 25 million. He was rewarded the following season with a four-year charter worth $ 73 million ($ 18).. 25 million annually) by White Sox. So he turned down four years at $ 60 million and ended up with five years at $ 91. 25 million. Mets ended up with a one-dimensional code.

Insert Grandal’s right bat (. 923 OPS from this aspect through the switch hitter) and defensive acumen (he was second in a defensive win over the substitution by the catcher in 2019-20) and how good have the Mets been in the past two years? Among those who had lit no fewer than 500 rounds in that period, Ramos was 36th in the defensive warfare (vanguard version).

But Ramos’ contract has expired, which leads us to the first-placed player in that defensive ranking. This will also be the striking leader in the 2019-20 Offensive War. That would be Realmuto. And he’s now in a position to cost only money – not Conforto, Gimenez, or Nimmo. And theoretically no team has more money to spend than Steve Cohen-Mets this off-season.

And if Cohen’s introductory press conference proves nothing else, it’s that he’s a true Mets fan. Therefore, he knows that it cannot be said that there are two additions in the history of the Mets that have changed the club from good contenders to competitors for the championship such as adding hunters Gary Carter and Mike Piazza in the deals..

So, why really isn’t Cohen extending into his deep pockets and avoiding the sin of the previous administration?

The answer is that he might spend to get the best mask in the game. But history suggests Cohen should use his money to pay Realmuto more money for fewer years. What if the Cohen / Sandy Alderson doubled Van Wagon’s offer to Grandale to make $ 120 million over four years? An average of $ 30 million would subvert the record $ 23 million a year that Joe Mawr got in his eight-year deal with the twins, and $ 184 million..

Realmuto likely shot Mauer and Buster Posey (nine years, $ 167 million) for the most what a catcher has ever got. But what Mets has to remember is not aging well, especially in his 30s – and Realmuto turns 30 in 2021.

Counts as roughly average player second War Season, Three Above Average Wars and four WAR All-Star Level. Another 3 for Moore. 0 war season where the catcher was at 30. Bossi fell every year from 6. 0 in 2015 to 3. 0 at age 31 in 2018, to 0. 9 in 2019 (withdrew from 2020 season). Even in a loose age, another 3 for Square. Season 0 WAR was at age 33 in seven years, $ 91 million. This is a physically demanding situation that has affected all three.

Only Yadier Molina (5,788 rounds) scored more than 2015-20 Realmuto (5,615). Realmuto ended their last two injured seasons, first with a meniscus injury that required surgery and last year with hip disease.

Realmuto’s selling is that it is so athletic that it will age better than normal hunting. Russell Martin is the most professional athlete I have covered. It was an elite 30 to 32, then steadily decreased in performance and durability. Maybe Realmuto will be as strong in his late 30s as Molina. Perhaps, like Craig Biggio, he’s so athletic that he can move from behind the board to other positions and excel. But you will sign it as a mask. This is where the team gives an edge.

Maybe Phillies will defeat the Mets to keep. But Mets should force NL East competitor to prove they’ll go there when all indications are that they want salary cuts as a result of the pandemic.. Cohen / Alderson should go ahead hard after Realmuto with this catch – four years, record-breaking average value for placement and let’s see if you can really do a better job than that.

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