I'm surprised there isn't a Buck Showalter quote in there somewhere:
"In so many ways, not any of them good ones, there has never been a more amazing free agent in the history of New York City baseball than Jacoby Ellsbury."
The history of New York City baseball covers a lot of bad free agent signings.
Would you pay $138 million for 38 HRs? That's what the Mets did with David Wright. Does that technically not count as a free agent signing because it was a contract extension? OK fine.
Or does David Wright evade ridicule because he was a good guy who gave good clubhouse interviews?
Jason Bay, Mike Witt, Steve Kemp ... ummm ... this is actually not fun, so I will stop. It isn't hard to challenge the notion that Ellsbury was the worst free agent signing in NY baseball history.
He ended up being a bust, largely due to injuries that many people correctly predicted, but he was productive for a few years and contributed to winning teams. Not irreplaceable by any means, but a good player.
"Everybody around seems to have bullpen issues this season, except for the Yankees.
But
Mets fans have a right to look at the various calamities produced by
Diaz and Familia and then imagine what the standings would look like if
both of them hadn’t pitched like tomato cans."
Arguably worse free agent signings than Jacoby Ellsbury right in front of your face.
"And wonder how this season might have played out if they’d signed Zack Britton in the last baseball winter instead of the Yankees."
If.
Yes, the Mets bullpen is bad, but the stats are always misleading.
Using last night's game as an example, Edwin Diaz got the win after he blew the save.
It happens all the time. Teams win games with a blown save or multiple blown saves.
Britton has been pretty good ... but just how many games do you imagine the Mets winning because of the addition of Zack Britton?
90 wins? 95 wins? 100 wins?
The Mets are 4 games over .500 and their victory over Philly last night moved them into a tie for third place in their own division.
The Phillies who didn't give up a walkoff home run; they just walked everybody or hit them with pitches.
Arguably worse free agent signings than Jacoby Ellsbury right in front of your face.
"And wonder how this season might have played out if they’d signed Zack Britton in the last baseball winter instead of the Yankees."
If.
Yes, the Mets bullpen is bad, but the stats are always misleading.
Using last night's game as an example, Edwin Diaz got the win after he blew the save.
It happens all the time. Teams win games with a blown save or multiple blown saves.
Britton has been pretty good ... but just how many games do you imagine the Mets winning because of the addition of Zack Britton?
90 wins? 95 wins? 100 wins?
The Mets are 4 games over .500 and their victory over Philly last night moved them into a tie for third place in their own division.
The Phillies who didn't give up a walkoff home run; they just walked everybody or hit them with pitches.
"Pete Alonso came into the weekend with 45 homers and 105 RBI.
Bryce Harper came into the weekend with 30 homers and 100 RBI."
This merely proves that Harper isn't as bad as you thought.
People grade on a curve.
When Alonso signs his $350 million contract, then 45/120 won't be good enough anymore.
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