{"id":122784,"date":"2020-11-30T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T02:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-trying-to-be-more-aggressive-in-mlb-free-agency\/"},"modified":"2020-11-30T05:30:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T02:30:04","slug":"mets-trying-to-be-more-aggressive-in-mlb-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-trying-to-be-more-aggressive-in-mlb-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets trying to be ‘more aggressive’ in MLB free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets trying to be ‘more aggressive’ in MLB free agency<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n As the Mets look to remake the organization, it sounds like they are more likely to take advantage of Steve Cohen\u2019s billions rather than sacrificing young assets, according to new team president Sandy Alderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are only two currencies in baseball, players and money,\u201d Alderson said Sunday on SiriusXM\u2019s MLB Network Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, especially in the upper levels of our system, we don\u2019t have the players,\u2019\u2019 Alderson said. \u201cWe have some money. So we\u2019re going to balance those two things. We expect to be active in the free-agent market as opposed to the trade market. We don\u2019t want to give up our young guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alderson reiterated a reluctance to move any \u201creally good prospects,\u201d which is no surprise after the previous regime was criticized for trading Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn as part of a package with Seattle in exchange for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz.<\/p>\n

If that proves to be the case, a move for Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor figures to be off the table, as would potential trades for a third baseman such as the Cubs\u2019 Kris Bryant or the Rockies\u2019 Nolan Arenado.<\/p>\n

But it would mean the Mets would be players for at least one or more of the top free agents on the market.<\/p>\n

And with Trevor Bauer, George Springer, J.T. Realmuto and DJ LeMahieu all available, the Mets could be players for one or all of those free agents.<\/p>\n

\"George
George Springer; Trevor Bauer; DJ LeMahieu<\/span>Getty, AP, Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not waiting for the market to develop,\u201d Alderson said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to be a little more aggressive. But at the same time, it takes two to engage. I do think some segments of the market are going to move more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s already started with some starting pitchers signing one-year deals, notably Drew Smyly and Charlie Morton with the Braves, as well as Robbie Ray with the Blue Jays. Marcus Stroman also accepted the Mets\u2019 qualifying offer of $18.9 million, as did Kevin Gausman to stick with the Giants.<\/p>\n

Besides that, though, few have signed and markets have yet to be set for players at other positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re interested in talking to a number of players,\u201d Alderson said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a number of holes to fill. We\u2019ve got some depth that we need to create. There are a lot of different ways that we can app<\/a>roach this. But we\u2019re hopeful that we can be active players. That\u2019s our intent.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the market has yet to set itself after the economic fallout of the COVID pandemic that has some teams crying poverty.<\/p>\n

According to Alderson, it will take some time for baseball to recover.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industry\u2019s economy is not going to turn around in 2021,\u201d Alderson said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take a couple of years for it to resolve itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the Mets could pounce, since Cohen didn\u2019t suffer the losses other current owners did due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some flexibility this year,\u2019\u2019 Alderson said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be financially disadvantaged, but lots of teams will still be competitive for players. But by the same token, we\u2019re working hard at it. I expect the team to be a little different today than going into spring training.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“#Mets trying to be ‘more aggressive’ in MLB free agency” As the Mets look to remake the organization, it sounds like they are more likely to take advantage of Steve Cohen\u2019s billions rather than sacrificing young assets, according to new team president Sandy Alderson. \u201cThere are only two currencies in baseball, players and money,\u201d Alderson…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/J.T.-Realmuto-Trevor-Bauer-George-Springer.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[82130,37192,71792],"class_list":["post-122784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-29-20","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sandy-alderson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}