Mets

[EBoozer32]

What a difference a week makes. Compare our starting lineup against Kershaw last week with what we could have this weekend:

Last Week:

Granderson RF
Tejada SS
Flores 2B
Mayberry Jr. LF
Campbell 3B
Duda 1B
Lagares CF
Recker C
Colón P

Potential lineup this weekend:

Granderson RF
Murphy 2B/3B
Gomez CF
Duda 1B
d'Arnaud C
Uribe/Johnson 2B/3B
Conforto LF
Tejada SS
Pitcher

I think I just pee'd myself a little!
Hope the deal doesn't fall through or an 11th hour offer from another team.

 

[Golden Rott]

I think I just pee'd myself a little!
Hope the deal doesn't fall through or an 11th hour offer from another team.

If the deal falls through it is more likely due to Wheeler's medical. Sandy is saying there is no deal. Trade will not happen according to Sandy.

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[EBoozer32]

Then why the hell was Tejada crying in the dugout and fans giving him a farewell ovation?
Boy, I hope we don't let this fall through!

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[Golden Rott]

Then why the hell was Tejada crying in the dugout and fans giving him a farewell ovation?
Boy, I hope we don't let this fall through!

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Flores - not Tejada. He apparently heard of the deal through social media. Collins supposedly had no idea what was going on. Alderson says flat out there is no deal. Strange night in Flushing.

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[The Wicker Man]

Gomez supposedly has bad hips, however, Boras denies it. Is it me or does only this weird crap only happen to us?

 

[EBoozer32]

Gomez supposedly has bad hips, however, Boras denies it. Is it me or does only this weird crap only happen to us?

Especially when the kids contract only goes through next year? He's been playing every game... is it really that big a deal?

Unless Some other team came to Sandy with a better offer and he needed an out?

 

[Golden Rott]

Gomez supposedly has bad hips, however, Boras denies it. Is it me or does only this weird crap only happen to us?

He has bad hips. Missed about a dozen games this year with a nagging hip injury, although he has not spent time on the DL for it. Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that Sandy killed the deal over concerns with Gomez hip:

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/319841611.html

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Mets' concern over Carlos Gomez's hip nixed trade

I learned too late for the JS newspaper deadline for Thursday morning that it was the Mets' concern over Carlos Gomez's hip that nixed his trade from the Brewers to the Mets.

When Brewers general manager Doug Melvin confirmed late Wednesday night that the trade was nixed over a medical concern, I assumed it was because Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler was recovering from Tommy John surgery and something came up. The trade would have sent Gomez to the Mets for Wheeler and infielder Wilmer Flores.

A couple of sources I trust told me too late for my newspaper deadline that it actually was the Mets' concern over Gomez's hip. He missed time nine out of 12 games during one stretch in June with a hip issue but did not go on the DL with it and had played all but one game since June 23, so it never occurred to me that the trade would be nixed over his physical.

I was told the hip issue was minor but nevertheless it made the Mets nervous enough to call the deal off. By then, it had been widely reported that the trade was happening, which caused much confusion when the deal didn't go through.

Whether the Brewers could work out another deal involving Gomez -- or even try -- before the 3 p.m. non-waiver deadline on Friday remains to be seen. Cleveland reportedly was one of the teams interested in him but the Mets' medical concerrn might scare off suitors. And the Brewers have other deals they would like to make before the deadline.

It's not as if the Brewers have to trade Gomez now to get their rebuilding plan going. Because he is signed through 2016, the Brewers could wait to do it in the offseason if they decide it best to move him. The Brewers have considered it unlikely that they could keep Gomez off the free agent market after 2016, which was one of he reasons they were willing to do the deal with the Mets.

Now, it's back to the drawing board, at least with Gomez.

 

[sg3]

Wadeasgund...Wadeasegund..
.

His agent is sleezy Boros??

Keep the bum,.Brewers...thanks

 

[EBoozer32]

Maybe the Mets are interested in a Carlos Gonzalez trade? Does he have ability to play CF?

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[Golden Rott]

Maybe the Mets are interested in a Carlos Gonzalez trade? Does he have ability to play CF?

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Gonzalez numbers on the road scare the shit out of me. Especially with a contract with $37 million left over 2016 & 2017.

Over the past three years, he has been a .330 hitter at Coors Field but only .250 on the road.

 

[EBoozer32]

Or maybe the Gomez trade still gets done with different player package /money

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[Golden Rott]

Or maybe the Gomez trade still gets done with different player package /money

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Maybe. Seems like Sandy is still going to pursue a bat. Maybe Gomez, maybe someone else. He still has until 4PM tomorrow to get something done. I really liked the fit for a healthy Gomez though. Still, guys like Venable, Upton, Bruce, Parra and Cespedis are available among others.

 

[Golden Rott]

Same old Mets?

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Haudricourt/status/626768074113425408[/TWEET]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/626760248271990784[/TWEET]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/626760457672630272[/TWEET]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/626760878319345664[/TWEET]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/626761389982531584[/TWEET]

 

[The Wicker Man]

Familia blows another, this will be a brutal loss if they can't come back.

 

[EBoozer32]

Familia blows another, this will be a brutal loss if they can't come back.

Karma!

I would think the pressure on Sandy right now to get a deal done for a player equal to or better than Gomez would be suffocating right now. Met nation and the press are ALL over this brain fart by Sandy.

 

[Golden Rott]

We still have a chance in this one -- lets hope for a lot of rain, well into the evening:

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets/status/626859405468913666[/TWEET]

 

[EBoozer32]

" Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain"

 

[The Wicker Man]

they'll play it.

 

[The Wicker Man]

That loss sucked-take at least 2 out of 3 from the Nats this weekend to stay with them.

 

[EBoozer32]

And there goes Gomez! Sandy... if you're reading this you better get off your ass and go get a rising star for CF or SS. We need a bat desperately!


David Schoenfield: "Love, love, love the Astros getting Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers from the Brewers. Your loss, Mets. The Astros get an elite center fielder for this year AND next year and control Fiers through 2019. I think this deal makes them the favorite to beat out the Angels in the AL West and they still held on to Vincent Velasquez and Mark Appel. Good job, [Houston GM] Jeff Luhnow."