And these media folk were LOVING that hire too.
But you gotta stop recycling
Get some new blood.
And I'm actually a fan of Buck but has he ever won a championship?
I was so happy when they hired that fuck. He burns out very quickly and everyone tunes him out. It's happened everywhere he's been.
yep this confirms the mets are the dumbest team in baseball
Max Scherzer said he waived his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Rangers after conversations with the Mets' front office made it clear it viewed 2024 as a "transition" year before looking to compete in 2025 and 2026.
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"[Eppler's] answer was that the team is now kind of shifting vision and that they're looking to compete now for 2025 and 2026, and that 2024, that it was not going to be a reload situation in New York, and that it was going to be more of a transition in 2024," Scherzer said when he was introduced by the Rangers on Tuesday, two days after the deal was announced.
Since that was different than what he had heard from Cohen, Scherzer called the owner.
"He basically articulated the same vantage point. That was the new vision for the Mets, that was the new timeline that they were identifying," the pitcher said. "So once it became, that's the vision for the Mets, then I said, 'yes, I will waive my no-trade clause underneath those pretenses.'"
Justin Verlander, another three-time Cy Young Award winner, followed Scherzer to the AL West race on Tuesday, when he returned to the reigning World Series champion
Houston Astros in a deal just before the trade deadline.
"We did get to talk right there at the end of just understanding that there's been a vision change in the Mets," Scherzer said of his twice former teammate.
New York's record-high payroll was a projected $365 million just more than a month ago, but that hasn't bought a winning team. The Mets went into Tuesday night at 50-55, which was 17½ games out of first place in the NL East and six games -- and several teams -- below the final wild-card spot.
The Mets are paying Texas $35.51 million over the next 14 months as part of the Scherzer trade, leaving the Rangers in effect responsible for $22.5 million owed to the 39-year-old pitcher through next season. Scherzer opted in for 2024 before the deal with the Rangers was completed.
Mets closer
David Robertson had already been traded to
Miami for two minor leaguers before Scherzer made his final start for New York on Friday night. Scherzer said he had already gotten texts from players he knew across the league talking about trade offers and asking if he would accept them.
The Mets will send Houston around $35.5 million at least, covering a majority of the remaining roughly $57.5 million Verlander is guaranteed. New York will pay around $4.2 million this year and $31.3 million in 2024.
If Verlander pitches 140 innings next year and triggers his $35 million conditional player option for 2025, the Mets would pay another $17.5 million if Verlander exercises the option.
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