There’s been so much made over the past year about how the Dodgers have gotten players to defer salary, making it so the value of the contract for Luxury Tax purposes is less than what it would otherwise be.
The Diaz contract not great, and if he opts out based on accomplishments, then that means hes been pitching great. Let him walk. My guess is we’ll be seeing Diaz until the cows come home. At least the money will feel cheaper as time goes on!
The problem with Diaz, is that he could easily blow the World Series on game seven. I would not want to get that close to a championship and then have him blow it. Id rather have another closer. Maybe Sproat turns into that closer.
This column reinforces my desire to sign Scott and Holmes because even though they might be looking for a chance to be a closer, the opportunity to share those duties on the Mets is right in front of them given how Diaz pitched last season. Seems the Mets never really get a shutdown closer as evidenced by so many options giving us all heartburn simply trying to get three outs to close out a potential victory. Diaz is another who seems to put a few guys on base and then started to bear down.
As far as the contract, Diaz would need to really excel to exercise the opt out otherwise he'd be crazy to leave, especially since the Mets are getting closer to winning.
If team A offers Scott - and for that matter, Holmes - the closer's job from Day 1 and the Mets offer them the first crack to be closer if/when Diaz falters -- the Mets are going to have to pay a lot more money for either reliever to pick them.
Everyone says that money is no object to Cohen. And while that's true in theory, the reality is a vastly different thing.
So weird to want your closer to be really good and then opt out. There's something truly strange about MLB fans and Mets fans in particular. Instead of wanting the best players at all costs, "fans" keep imagining how the team can save money and keep counting cents and nickels and dimes. It was good deal it was bad deal. Simply bizarre. Just bizarre. This is SC's money. There's no salary cap. Yes therr are luxury taxes and so on but if owner wants to put money it's not going to be because he thinks a contract was good or bad. It's because he doesn't want to invest much anymore or doesn't chase titles. Stop with this lunacy. Its sports. Not accounting.
Just because "its sports," doesn't mean we can't approach it with trying to be the best in a rational, intelligent way. Time after time after time, relievers are the most fickle members of a baseball team. Just because a relief pitcher was good in one year - it doesn't mean he's going to be good in the following year. And Diaz is a great example of that. He's been the best reliever in baseball twice in his career. And the other four full years of his career he's been meh - or worse. Paying him at a rate like he's going to be the best year after year after year just isn't a smart way of doing business. Or sports.
I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn't me who wrote it. Just like I feel. Agree with every word. Always my sentiment. It is the "nerdy" nature of the "game". Unfortunately we're stuck with these sentiments.
I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn't me who wrote it. Just like I feel. Agree with every word. Always my sentiment. It is the "nerdy" nature of the "game". Unfortunately we're stuck with these sentiments.
The Diaz contract not great, and if he opts out based on accomplishments, then that means hes been pitching great. Let him walk. My guess is we’ll be seeing Diaz until the cows come home. At least the money will feel cheaper as time goes on!
We really could use a solid 8th inning guy.
Could you imagine how we’d all feel about this guy if his failure to cover 1st against the Braves cost us a playoff berth?
Is his issue with base stealers fixable?
The problem with Diaz, is that he could easily blow the World Series on game seven. I would not want to get that close to a championship and then have him blow it. Id rather have another closer. Maybe Sproat turns into that closer.
This column reinforces my desire to sign Scott and Holmes because even though they might be looking for a chance to be a closer, the opportunity to share those duties on the Mets is right in front of them given how Diaz pitched last season. Seems the Mets never really get a shutdown closer as evidenced by so many options giving us all heartburn simply trying to get three outs to close out a potential victory. Diaz is another who seems to put a few guys on base and then started to bear down.
As far as the contract, Diaz would need to really excel to exercise the opt out otherwise he'd be crazy to leave, especially since the Mets are getting closer to winning.
If team A offers Scott - and for that matter, Holmes - the closer's job from Day 1 and the Mets offer them the first crack to be closer if/when Diaz falters -- the Mets are going to have to pay a lot more money for either reliever to pick them.
Everyone says that money is no object to Cohen. And while that's true in theory, the reality is a vastly different thing.
So weird to want your closer to be really good and then opt out. There's something truly strange about MLB fans and Mets fans in particular. Instead of wanting the best players at all costs, "fans" keep imagining how the team can save money and keep counting cents and nickels and dimes. It was good deal it was bad deal. Simply bizarre. Just bizarre. This is SC's money. There's no salary cap. Yes therr are luxury taxes and so on but if owner wants to put money it's not going to be because he thinks a contract was good or bad. It's because he doesn't want to invest much anymore or doesn't chase titles. Stop with this lunacy. Its sports. Not accounting.
Just because "its sports," doesn't mean we can't approach it with trying to be the best in a rational, intelligent way. Time after time after time, relievers are the most fickle members of a baseball team. Just because a relief pitcher was good in one year - it doesn't mean he's going to be good in the following year. And Diaz is a great example of that. He's been the best reliever in baseball twice in his career. And the other four full years of his career he's been meh - or worse. Paying him at a rate like he's going to be the best year after year after year just isn't a smart way of doing business. Or sports.
I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn't me who wrote it. Just like I feel. Agree with every word. Always my sentiment. It is the "nerdy" nature of the "game". Unfortunately we're stuck with these sentiments.
I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn't me who wrote it. Just like I feel. Agree with every word. Always my sentiment. It is the "nerdy" nature of the "game". Unfortunately we're stuck with these sentiments.