prolific96 wrote:You're right. I was pretty optimistic when the deal was signed. He pitched well enough for the Mets his first "go round". I suppose my biggest issue has more to do with ownership and there need to operate like a small market team. The overall money given to Familia was pretty reasonable at 3 year 30 million but when you factor in that he'll be making 11.6 and 17.6 million respectively in his final 2 years it makes it very difficult to move him and there is almost no way for him to "earn" those salaries as a setup man.
Yea I forgot it was so backloaded. Yikes. At this point your only hope is that he turns things around because there is no way you're even going to give him away with 2 years and a little over 29 million left on his deal. To think the Yankees got Ottavino for less.
That would be a nightmare scenerio for me. Under no circumstances should the Mets use one of their assets to shed Cano. Either the Met management should cut/bench Cano or just keep him and blow up the team.
I understand that. Ideally you want to maximize your return on your best players especially if they are cheap. I hated the Porzingis trade when it was made because we minimized our pick and prospect return because we insisted on dumping Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr in the deal. The problem is that even though the Mets are a big market team they operate like a small market team. They are tighter than a duck's butt with their money and they won't let Cano just rot on the bench nor will they just buy him out. And with 4 years at 24 million a year (although I think Seattle's paying some small portion of that) its going to be expensive to bench him or buy him out. Even on the bench he's taking up a roster spot that could be better used. If you don't have him on the bench you're forced to play him at second base where his diminishing range makes him a defensive liability.
He'd be better served on an AL team where they could hide him at DH and possibly give him some spot starts at 1st base. Boston has not received very good production out of 1st base but they can't take on Cano's full contract at least not this year. So the idea is that you ship the Mets Nathan Eovaldi and Mitch Moreland to help balance out the contract cost in the first year while Eovaldi will lessen the full brunt of taking on Cano.
For the Mets its an addition by subtraction. Dumping Cano will put Jeff McNeil at second base which should improve the Mets infield defense. Lowrie then makes more sense as a super utility guy that bounces around the infield depending upon the pitching matchup. The money saved over the course of the upcoming seasons helps the Mets resign Zach Wheeler while Nathan Eovaldi (if he pitches like he did for the Yankees) would be a decent back end of the rotation starter and replacement for Jason Vargas. If he can recapture the magic he had for Tampa and Boston last year then he'd be much more than a capable Vargas replacement.
In terms of prospects maybe you can't demand Boston's only top 100 ranked prospect because of Cano's inclusion but someone like Bobby Dalbec might be interesting. He's their second best prospect and the 8th best 3rd base prospect in the minors. He's got big pop in his bat and he isn't far from the majors.