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Baseball games – the Spring training variety – returned this weekend. Towards the end of next month we welcome Opening Day.  My twitter feed often includes activities involving Mets players.v Daily I receive various MLB updates about my team and others.  This included ranking of players by position and even a ranking for Fantasy baseball – 800 players in all. Some I agreed with; others I found curious. Often a lack of depth killed my team when injuries “erupted”. Friday’s blogger’s team found great depth and enjoyed a decent, some might even call it a great year, despite key injuries.  This year, it look like my team has quality- “starter material” - as backups at most positions and most analysts project the bullpen that failed early and often last year to rebound, in part by adding a former key piece from the team in The Bronx.  It even looks like the fiasco involving a manager hire embroiled in the Astros cheating scandal, led to a Plan B replacement that just might function like a Plan A. One recent analysis even shared three different leadoff possibilities for a team often lacking in natural selections for the top of its order.  You just gotta believe!

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Submitted by VincentPetraro on Sun, 02/23/2020 - 00:59

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Vincent Petraro

I believe that MLB and the Players' Union have allowed, just as they did during the steroid scandal years, cheating to flourish. Unless further action is taken, including the stripping of League Championship and World Series Titles and other awards and the lifetime banning of players, baseball will lose fans, as it should.
Vincent Russo

I couldn’t agree More - STRIP the Astros of their title and uphold the rules. Otherwise, there is no integrity in the game.
Corey Bearak

It’ll be interesting how this plays out in the next CBA. It appeared Tony Clark lacked any pulse of his rank and file -analogy to a certain culinary union yesterday- when he “negotiated” with Manfred.
Corey Bearak

The entire investigatory process was not fair and led to an interesting hire, “resignation,” and new manager to the Mets.
Daniel Schwartz

I love the game but hate the league. Too many issues, too many scandals, too much money involved. It just will never be the game I grew up with again. A pitty.

Submitted by NeilHollander on Sun, 02/23/2020 - 05:00

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Neil Hollander

The American Way : CHEAT

Submitted by RoyFenichel on Sun, 02/23/2020 - 12:02

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Roy Fenichel, Esq.

Nimmo should absolutely be leading off so long as he is healthy. He has a higher career on-base average than Mookie Betts and Pete Rose, he's .375 or higher in each of the last three seasons, and his propensity for taking lots of pitches helps the team most (and his propensity to strike out hurts the team least) out of the leadoff spot, as Ks are irrelevant (and actually helpful if they cost the P lots of pitches) when leading off games or innings.
Corey Bearak

cannot disagree. a lot wrong with leaders of MLB and MLBPA, especially how a dying group of players not eligible for health care and a real pension continue to screwed.
Corey Bearak

Interesting view. I sometimes subscribe to it but if we had a DH, I might be batting him 9th.
Vincent Chirico

The perennial dream lineup: Nimmo, McNeil, Conforto, Alonso, Cespedes, Cano, Ramos, Rosario; starting 5: deGrom, Syndergaard, Stroman, Matz, Porcello; infield backups: Smith, Lowrie, Rivera, Guillorme; outfield backups: Davis, Smith, bullpen: Lugo, Betances, Diaz, Familia, Gsellman, Wilson. If they stay healthy, should be a promising season.
Corey Bearak

Interesting. Not sold on Gilllormie or Rivera. Whither Marisnick? Also see Davis as IF backup. Interesting is how this team will benefit when it can deploy a DH

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