MLB insider Jeff Passan of ESPN shared considerably of an attention-grabbing take concerning what people inside the New York Mets could consider the membership’s surprising kind forward of the July 30 commerce deadline.
“Deep down, the Mets are grimacing at their current run of success,” Passan wrote for a chunk revealed Tuesday. “They’re too inconsistent to warrant including gamers on the deadline if the price is in prospect capital, and so they’re ok that divesting themselves of a participant like [All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso] would ship a nasty message to their woebegone fan base.”
Whereas Passan seemingly was having some enjoyable about McDonald’s mascot Grimace becoming a good-luck appeal within the eyes of Mets followers, he both deliberately or unintentionally advised that workforce proprietor Steve Cohen and/or president of baseball operations David Stearns was able to make out-of-contract contributors similar to Alonso available to different groups when New York sat at 24-35 earlier this month.
A humorous factor then occurred, because the Mets positioned some constructive momentum en path to producing a seven-game profitable streak. Most just lately, they improved to 37-39 on the season by way of Sunday’s 5-2 win on the Chicago Cubs that grew to become a secondary story because of the ejection and subsequent 10-game suspension of nearer Edwin Diaz.
Passan talked about in Tuesday’s article that the Seattle Mariners may goal the beforehand talked about Alonso. Others have linked Alonso with the Mariners for months, however the “Polar Bear,” who turns 30-years-old this coming December, just lately reiterated he needs to remain in New York Metropolis and with the Mets.
There is no signal Alonso and the Mets will come to an settlement on a contract extension earlier than the commerce deadline arrives or earlier than he reaches free company this fall.
“For Seattle, Alonso would signify the middle-of-the-order bopper its present lineup at the moment lacks — and desperately wants,” Passan added.
That is all properly and good, however the Mets entered Tuesday’s MLB motion simply one-and-a-half games back within the battle for the Nationwide League’s third wild-card playoff spot. Cohen possible understands his paying clients would not tolerate the membership punting on a marketing campaign with a postseason berth in attain even when doing so is best for the group’s long-term future.
Then once more, conversations in regards to the Mets’ short-term plans may rapidly change if the membership endures one other shedding streak with Diaz out of motion for at least 10 video games.
