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AAOP: New Streak

2022 was the 4th time in Mets history that the team won 100 games or more. The previous 3 times it happened, the team missed the playoffs the following season. With the new willingness to spend and the new way the Mets are being viewed these days, that streak is poised to end, and a new one is set to start. I don't know what that new streak will be just yet, but generally speaking it will be no more of the bad stuff. I don't have a good theme besides bad MS Paintz so I'll just get to it.

In House:

Non-Tender/Buyouts: Dominic Smith, Darin Ruf

Options: Exercise Daniel Vogelbach and Carlos Carrasco, Decline Mychal Givens, Chris Bassitt and Jacob deGrom opt out.

QOs: Offered to Jacob deGrom, Brandon Nimmo, and Chris Bassitt (all decline)

Re-Signings: Jacob deGrom - 3 years, 135 million. Adam Ottavino - 2 years, 14 million (Player Opt after 1)

Dom has no place on the 40 for 4 million, thanks for the memories pal. While I didn't mind the Ruf trade at the time, it just didn't pan out, he goes too. After dipping his toe in Free Agency, Jake decides that the grass may not always be greener, and decides to be a career New York Met. Adam Ottavino stays close to home after his best professional season since 2018. Unfortunately, Nimmo leaves to play in his hometown ballpark of Colorado, we'll miss ya.

Free Agents:

2B Trea Turner: 8 years, 240 million
LHRP Matt Strahm: 2 years, 8 million
UT/DH Kyle Farmer: 1 year, 5 million

Turner is the big splash, he commits to playing the keystone for the next 8 years, adding base stealing and RBI ability to the top of an already fierce lineup. Matt Strahm has been effective as a relief pitcher but has always flip flopped between the rotation and the bullpen. He is locked in as an importantly Left Handed Reliever for the Mets. Kyle Farmer is a non-tender candidate for Cincinnati, who will have no interest in paying him the 5.6 million he is projected to earn in Arbitration. Mets bring him in to platoon Vogelbach (.309/.380/.568 slash vs LHP in 2022), and provide valuable utility at 1st, 2nd, Short, 3rd as well as Catcher (which will be important).

Trades:

NYM trades Ronny Mauricio, James McCann and 18 Million to Minnesota for RHP Tyler Mahle.
NYM trades Matthew Allan to Seattle for RHRP Paul Sewald. (I can't believe it either)
NYM trades Joel Diaz and Khalil Lee to Milwaukee for LHRP Hoby Milner.

Best way to rebuild the rotation seemed to be through the trade market, but I didn't want to trade any of the top prospects (Alvarez, Baty, Vientos, Ramirez, Parada, Jett)

Minnesota would need to spend a lot of money to pass CLE or CHW in the AL Central, so they start retooling and adding prospects in this move. Mauricio is very close to the big leagues but is blocked or has been passed at SS and 3B. McCann can be a great veteran mentor to Ryan Jeffers (the only catcher on MIN's 40) as the cheap backup, with the Mets covering nearly 75% of the bill. Tyler Mahle dealt with injury in 2022, but has been very consistent since 2020, with an ERA of 3.95 and a FIP in between 3.80 and 3.89 three seasons in a row. His fastball sits around 93 topping out at 95-96, he also has a Change, Cutter and Slider, and has worked with newly acquired Director of Pitching Development Eric Jagers.

Seattle, with their embarrassment of riches in terms of pitching depth, sell high on an aging Sewald who they believe is due for regression after having an astronomical .158 BABIP in 2022. They add an at one point fringe top 100 prospect in Allan who is almost back from TJ. Mets are willing to part with Allan, since he was acquired by the Brodie regime (most of the traded prospects the last 2 off-season's have been Brodie prospects). Sewald will sure up the 8th inning behind Diaz, and now has some solid playoff experience.

Milwaukee has a million dudes who are up for arbitration, and they already got more than they bargained for from Milner in 2022. They decide to use that projected 1.1 million elsewhere, and restock the farm by adding Joel Diaz, who pitched well in the rookie leagues but is still far away. Khalil Lee figures to get a better shot with Milwaukee and frees a spot on the 40. Milner is a soft tossing lefty with a funky delivery who is capable of getting both LHH and RHH out.

Final moves:

RHP Drew Hutchinson, RHP Jose Urena, OF Magneuris Sierra, and Pinch Runner Terrence Gore are signed to Minor League contracts

Adding some OF depth and Pitching depth in case some really crazy bad injury luck happens. Hopefully most of these guys just play in Syracuse but you never know.

2023 New York Mets:

I figured Jake Mangum can do everything Travis Jankowski did a year ago, so I'm pretty comfortable giving him the 4th OF spot, and he might have to play more late in games if Marte is struggling some in CF. I think the team could also give Jeff some reps in CF, he played there some in college. The bullpen is all under team control for the next 2 seasons at least (if Ottavino opts in), and has a lot of depth in the Minors with Curtiss, Montes de Oca and Nogosek. Mahle and Carrasco are FA's after the year so pitching will need to be addressed again, no big deal. Whole team fits in just under the 325 number.

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