2021 New York Mets
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The Mets are only 5.5 out of the second Wild Card and they have 8 games left with the Marlins and 4 with the Nationals.
They also have 3 games each against the Cards and Phillies who are directly ahead of them.
Three against the Yankees who they have handled this year plus the games are at Citi Field putting the Yankees at a disadvantage.
Beyond that they have three against the Braves to finish the year so the Braves will probably be resting their players.
So how can you say they are done?
It's right there for them if they take care of business.
They also have 3 games each against the Cards and Phillies who are directly ahead of them.
Three against the Yankees who they have handled this year plus the games are at Citi Field putting the Yankees at a disadvantage.
Beyond that they have three against the Braves to finish the year so the Braves will probably be resting their players.
So how can you say they are done?
It's right there for them if they take care of business.
I am aware of the reported arm issues. It not so easy to just accept the company line here though.
The ironic part? Their entire draft plan strategy revolved around signing him, so this is a double fuck-up by the baseball ops team. They had enough amateur draft money budgeted to sign him too.
As far as the actual extent of his injury, it's a he-said she-said situation; the Mets believe that the MRIs showed concerning damage while Rocker's team has stated multiple orthopedic surgeons have assessed the MRI shows no significant changes from his previous one in 2018.
Getting a compensation pick this year doesn't negate not signing one of the premier pitchers of this year's draft, who they very much wanted, and again would have signed, but cheaped out on.
- Kumar Rocker was rumored to have some arm issues, which is why he fell in the draft to begin with. The Mets must have been aware of the arm issues before drafting him; if they weren't, that's just negligence on their part.
- The Mets draft a kid with reported arm issues. They actually made an offer to sign him. So arm issues aren't the reason the Mets didn't sign Rocker as Lightweight would have you believe.
- The Cohen Mets didn't sign the kid because get this - they were $1M apart in negotiations. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss....
The ironic part? Their entire draft plan strategy revolved around signing him, so this is a double fuck-up by the baseball ops team. They had enough amateur draft money budgeted to sign him too.
As far as the actual extent of his injury, it's a he-said she-said situation; the Mets believe that the MRIs showed concerning damage while Rocker's team has stated multiple orthopedic surgeons have assessed the MRI shows no significant changes from his previous one in 2018.
Getting a compensation pick this year doesn't negate not signing one of the premier pitchers of this year's draft, who they very much wanted, and again would have signed, but cheaped out on.
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