01 Aug 2017 17:20:05
Mets
Resign
Jay Bruce 3 years $36 million (Played well in NY and the market for OF is not that strong)
Neil Walker 2 years $22 million (Spoke about an extension in the offseason, will get it done)
Sign
Jake Arrieta 1 year $20 million (one year deal to improve his stock after a rough 2017)
Jonathon Lucroy 2 years $23 million (Good veteran to improve the Mets staff)
Lineup
SS- Amed Rosario
CF- Michael Conforto
LF- Yoenis Cespedes
RF- Jay Bruce
2B- Neil Walker
C- Jonathon Lucroy
1B- Dominic Smith
3B- Wilmer Flores
Bench
C- Travis d'Arnaud
IF- TJ Rivera
IF- Jose Reyes
OF- Juan Lagares
OF- Brandon Nimmo
Starters
SP- Jacob deGrom
SP- Noah Syndergaard
SP- Jake Arrieta
SP- Matt Harvey
SP- Steven Matz
Bullpen
LR- Robert Gsellman
MR- Zach Wheeler
MR- Jamie Callahan
MR- Seth Lugo
MR- Jeremy Blevins
SU- AJ Ramos
CL- Jenrys Familia
The Mets have $80 million committed to the payroll for next season. They played this year around $130 million. They have about $50 million to spend this year. These moves take up $54 million in cap space. This would be the only way the Mets take advantage of their window.
1.) 02 Aug 2017
01 Aug 2017 23:49:44
Arrieta has been an average starter this year. I really don't think he'll be accepting a 1 year contract at this point in his career. Might be taking a lesser amount per year but he'll still get some years.
2.) 02 Aug 2017
02 Aug 2017 05:39:26
They'll have less than $50M. You have to consider the arbitration costs of deGrom, d'Arnaud, Flores, Harvey, Wheeler, and even more so, Syndergaard.
By the time they pay out those salaries, it's closer to about $15M–20M. I doubt the Mets can do anything significant unless their ownership stops being so cheap.
3.) 03 Aug 2017
03 Aug 2017 03:40:59
Lucroy has had a terrible year, both offensively and framing pitches.
4.) 03 Aug 2017
03 Aug 2017 18:04:15
Harvey will not be pitching for the Mets next year.