Man, I love the internet. This free-spending Sandy Alderson guy is sure to bring Choo, Bautista and Beltran to Roosevelt Avenue Boulevard. At least the fine folks at Philly.com haven’t bought into The Narrative that the Mets OF is/was improved even if they think the Mets are going to spend money on things other than affordable housing near a mall.
ONE OF THE more intriguing story lines of the upcoming offseason will be the machinations of that little ol ballclub on Roosevelt Boulevard in Queens.
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“I want to get out of the hope business,” Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said recently, according to the New York Post. “Its not a good business model.”This is relevant to the Phillies outfield situation mostly because the Mets outfield situation is the worst in the National League. How bad did things look at Citi Field? The middling .720 OPS posted by Phillies outfielders was 35 points higher than the one recorded by the Mets, by far the worst mark in the NL.
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While it is still difficult to envision the Mets targeting a player who will be 37 next season and thus entering the territory where the demands of everyday defensive duties become more difficult to handle, the specter of Alderson in charge of a robust checking account could serve to drive up the price of said player for a team such as the Phillies. And that raises the question: at what price, Beltran?
via Mets, Phillies could be battling to land Beltran – Philly.com.
