Great video Andrew! You made a great point about hell on earth for when The Dodgers ownership whoever it will be when its time to pay all of these salaries down the road. I was one of the impatient ones while nothing was happening, but we have to be patient and trust Stearns and Uncle Steve, it does take time to build a winner and I believe we're heading in the right direction. We weren't able to say that when The Wilpons owned the team. LgM!
Thank you So much !! The dodgers are doing something completely unprecedented, the bill will eventually come due !! We are all going to have a very fun and enjoyable season !
@richardzucker9985 At this time, the Dodgers can get the entire National League All Star team and it won't make a difference. They're killing it but remember, we came within two games of beating them in the playoffs and getting to the WS. We need to have a bit of faith. Just continue bleeding orange and blue. Minter isn't bad. Tanner walks too many batters. And for the money that he was asking for, no reliever deserves that much.
@@richardzucker9985Minter is eh? He’s got a better career ERA than Scott, had almost the same strikeout rate and a far better walk rate. So what are you talking about?
@@xmadxtioxGood call. Not to mention, Scott has been good for two seasons. Minter has been a beast his whole career and his career ERA is better than Scott, strikeout rate is the same and walk rate is much better.
AJ, the Mets were a .500 team into June so fans were still figuring out what this team was going to be. Their last winning streak saved their season & the Dbacks choked a bit along the way. It wouldnt have taken much for the team to only win 75 games or to have won the series had they done more at the deadline.
The METS were 24 - 33 on May 31st after they won that two games vs ARI at the very end of May to improve their season worst record of 22 - 33 after the LAD swept the METS on May 29th...So, not quite .500 "into June". I remember that particular day very well, because that is the day I called Joe Benigno's Saturday morning show on WFAN and stated that the "METS are better than their record" & "will probably win 88 or even 89 games". The reason was that the 2024 METS roster was slightly better than the 2022 METS team in my analysis and the 2022 METS were 101 - 61. Applying that full-season winning % to the METS remaining games from the low point of 22 - 33 which yielded 89 wins, hence saying "88 or 89 wins"
@@stanfromwestport2024 They were up & down. Stretches of Offensive futility & ineffective pitching. They put it together the last month & Arizona let it get away. The Mets did just enough to get in. By the way, I predicted 90 wins for this team & I was heavily criticized for it. AJ can verify this.
LAD Model is the one to follow for success...David Stearns & Steve Cohen understand this paradigm. Never having too many All-Stars/HOFers is the way to go...Andrew, this off-season is far from over and the METS have more moves to make...The other great advance Dave Roberts has made is to dispense with the traditional pitching model of starter, mid-relief & closer...An example of this new pitching strategy is the October 9th NLDS game vs SD Padres where Dave Roberts used 8 pitchers, including his closers very early (3rd thru 5th innings), in shutting out the Padres 8 - 0. This pitching management is revolutionary and a tactic which is the future in MLB. David Stearns recognizes this advancement and is stacking the METS pitching staff accordingly...Meanwhile, on the offensive side, the METS are actively pursuing Vladdy Jr in trade and will sign Pete Alonso before Opening Day and adding another bat or two beyond Valddy & Pete...I actually think that once the METS full roster is set by Opening Day, plus whatever adjustments are made at the Trade Deadline mid-season, the METS can not only compete with LAD, but could well be the NL representative in the 2025 World Series
Your analysis is always spot on. I haven't been responding much lately because I had a surgical procedure. I should be ready for spring training . Lol. Keep up your excellent informative work!!!!!
Dude…Minter is an elite reliever. He’s consistently been dominant his entire career, has a better ERA than Scott, has almost the same K rate and has a far superior walk rate. Scott has been good for the last two seasons and Minter has been excellent his whole career. You can’t say Minter is just a “decent” move.
Great point, maybe i didnt give Minter enough credit in this video. I like the Minter Move alot. As I eluded too, it is a winning move. But great point, minter has been elite for most of his career, not just the last 2 years.
Reasons why Pete has no takers - His 2023 performance was less than 2022 performance and his 2024 performance was less than his 2023 performance...Therefore, no long-term hi-$$$ deal for Pete...!! Pete needs to sign the deal on the table and then outperform 2024 regular season, so that he can opt-out for more $$$
Why are there so many delusional fans? Not talking about you Dom, if they don’t seriously improve this team, they will not even be going to playoffs.. It’s called realism and it’s better to see the truth than looking through rainbows and unicorns.
@ oh thank you there are actually still fans like us out there.. Sorry can’t cheer and get excited about signing guys like Canning and big Moontas and expect to beat good teams..
The next "big" bat will be Iglesias and Stearns will call it a day. Alonso and Bregman aren't coming here unless he can get them to sign well below market value. Ten million apiece should do it.
@@josephindelicato1922 agreed yet it seems all of baseball players take weeks off just for stubbing their toe. Nothing like the old days. I do give Freddie Freeman credit for playing extremely hurt. I'd be shocked if Ohtani plays half a season this year. He did tough out the WS with mild shoulder injury. I highly doubt he will ever be a successful pitcher again after 2nd Tommy John surgery. Time will tell. Depth means a lot these days and Mets have a lot of young talent. Wish you well.
MLB needs a cap in how much money can be deferred and it should also be intertwined with international pool money, essentially with the Dodgers having $0 for Sasaki. As far as losing prospects (because of free agents with QOs), they don’t care because they have Japan as their AAAA system.
-Additionally, with all of these high-profile deferments, the big-market Dodgers are masquerading like a quasi-small market team which isn’t right and are gaming the system.
The Dodgers look unbeatable right now, but to add a little hopium, it’s doubtful Ohtani will have as good an offensive year as last year because he’s pitching, this is his first year back pitching from TJS, Freddie Freeman is starting to break down. Let’s see how many innings Snell pitches this year… just holding out hope!!!
Where are all those people who didn’t want Cohen because “he would just buy World Series wins?” Why is MLB helping the Dodgers by letting them do whatever they want? Once that Ohtani contract was signed, the Dodgers should have been under a microscope. Instead of parity, we get parody...
I would only consider profar if we miss out on alonso, i like that hes a switch hitter, has a little power, makes contact, but still hoping pete is back!!!?
Pete refuses to put aside his ego, its going to wind up hurting both sides. If he comes back late theres a good chance he wont put himself in good shape or in a position to succeed. This pretty much shows that the Mets are tied to him. They allowed Pete too much leeway.
@@richardzucker9985 Anything can happen from day 1 until the end of the season. Met's have not taken the division in 10 years. Slow steps. Dodgers are in the other division. Right now for this second they must focus on Miami, Washington, Atlanta and philadelphia. If they clinch the division and meet up again anything can happen in 4/7...
Unbelievable all the Dodger’s need to do is go to the 6 inning with a lead and they close the door we really need Tanner Scott but we have a Flea Market compulsive shopper as a GM, unless some miracle happens and we get Guerrero this is going to be another short trip to the playoffs that is the Dodgers don’t get Guerrero first MLB is allowing the Dodgers to destroy baseball
Guerrero makes no sense because Cohen us not giving a big-bodied 1Bman an 8-10 year contract. Alonso remains in play. Mets have not walked away from Pete.
Pete & Vladdy BOTH "make sense"...LAD stock as many All-Stars/HOFers bats & arms as possible...LAD ARE THE MODEL for MLB success, as they've already proven...Pete & Vladdy can easily go together...A simple 1/3 -to- 2/3s platoon between 1B & DH can have them BOTH contribute to a WS, or two or three, over the next decade...And I think this is exactly what will happen
HELLO...You remember Freddie Freeman, right...?? He went from ATL to LAD and won the WS and was WS MVP...But hey, your "ATL never letting go of a good player" was a nice theory while it lasted
@ Freddie freeman’s agent did some grimey shit he never came back to him with their matching offer and he fired him when he found out and they had a plan in place to pivot with Matt Olsen
@ lmao it’s funny how rite you thought you were for a second lol they had also already made him the highest paid first baseman in baseball when he was young that was his second contract negotiation and like I said had his agent been transparent with him he’d still be a brave for a little less money
Unfortunately, no one to blame in this mess but Pete. Pete’s head has gotten too big, now look at him what team does he have now the Blue Jays are signing Anthony Santander who’s giving him that $30 million a year now 🤔
Mets are messing up if yhey keep messing with greedy pete while mets r looking at players the dodgers are buying every mlb player mets looking at provar if the dodgers don't get him first. Don't want to hear no more bout greety pete.
Yep, it's a genius plan !! They are building an elite all star team, while pushing the bill down the road. With such an elite squad, they can win multiple championships, build the value of the franchise and then sell before bill comes due !!
@@dominantmetsnation8156 the money is already set aside. It had to be it mlbpa rules look it up. No other ownership pays the deferred money except the current owners. It’s already set aside
@ setting aside money that you borrow is cheaper than setting aside your own money so long as you make more on the sale of the team in the future. Either way, it’s not that serious. So don’t take it personal.
Well looks like a very intimidated team along the dark angel of injuries don't visit the club . They are humans and they start with the injury thing and all goes to hell. Othani got injurie in the last moments of the world series so it could happen in middle of the season and then what ? And even in a surprising momentum other can bet them to the punch and surprise the league. Just saying ! 😉
The dodgers are truly stacked , but there are no guarantees. I still love this team and confident that we will continually be building this team to get better and better. Takes a litte time and creativity. We are a top 3 in baseball this year as we have made so much progress in the last year
I want the Mets to win yet I predict the Texas Rangers to win it all. Screw the Dodgers. These international rules also need to change. Every single top Japanese player is going to keep going to Dodgers.
@@Metro-vq3zl I dont get the same vibe as I did for the Rangers 2 years ago. I definitely thought at that time they had a chance. A healthy DeGrom will help them out immensely.
@richardzucker9985 Definitely a healthy Degrom would help yet they won it all without him. They need a healthy Corey Seagar plus others to be healthy. Anyway I'm still rooting for Mets. Who is your favorite team?
OK Pete...LOL Learn how to situational hit again & maybe Stearns will consider it. Right now, you dont deserve it & you shouldnt even get a raise. Go back & cry to Boras.
The Mets are willing to pay pete what he is worth. 30 mill a year, significantly exceeds his market value, espicially when he has virtually no market and has regressed over the last 2 years
Thanks!
Thanks bud !! Really appreciate that !
Dodgers on paper look crazy. The only problem is games are not played on paper. They are played on the field. Just my opinion.
well we see how that played out too
Keep killing it, Dom. I love this channel!!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Love your take!
Thanks !!! Appreciate your support!!
Great video Andrew! You made a great point about hell on earth for when The Dodgers ownership whoever it will be when its time to pay all of these salaries down the road. I was one of the impatient ones while nothing was happening, but we have to be patient and trust Stearns and Uncle Steve, it does take time to build a winner and I believe we're heading in the right direction. We weren't able to say that when The Wilpons owned the team. LgM!
Thank you So much !! The dodgers are doing something completely unprecedented, the bill will eventually come due !! We are all going to have a very fun and enjoyable season !
Im good with Minter. He's a good lefty, and we got him at a bargain for 2yr/$22M deal.
Minter is eh. Dont like that the Dodgers got Tanner Scott. The Dodgers have widened the gap.
@richardzucker9985 At this time, the Dodgers can get the entire National League All Star team and it won't make a difference. They're killing it but remember, we came within two games of beating them in the playoffs and getting to the WS. We need to have a bit of faith. Just continue bleeding orange and blue. Minter isn't bad. Tanner walks too many batters. And for the money that he was asking for, no reliever deserves that much.
@richardzucker9985 What is Tanner Scott fall off ? Most Dodgers really good players are old
@@richardzucker9985Minter is eh? He’s got a better career ERA than Scott, had almost the same strikeout rate and a far better walk rate. So what are you talking about?
@@xmadxtioxGood call. Not to mention, Scott has been good for two seasons. Minter has been a beast his whole career and his career ERA is better than Scott, strikeout rate is the same and walk rate is much better.
You make valid points and make the common Mets fan more relaxed and less anxious
Appreciate you!
Another excellent video.
Appreciate your suppport as always !! Thanks for watching !
Simply put, us Mets fans are an impatient lot.
Impatient is fine. What’s obnoxious is the stupidity that comes from certain fans, too many fans. It’s just irrational stupidity.
@@TheKilrmy I agree. Heck, we wait year in and year out for a mere playoff appearance let’s wait and see how this pans out
AJ, the Mets were a .500 team into June so fans were still figuring out what this team was going to be. Their last winning streak saved their season & the Dbacks choked a bit along the way. It wouldnt have taken much for the team to only win 75 games or to have won the series had they done more at the deadline.
The METS were 24 - 33 on May 31st after they won that two games vs ARI at the very end of May to improve their season worst record of 22 - 33 after the LAD swept the METS on May 29th...So, not quite .500 "into June". I remember that particular day very well, because that is the day I called Joe Benigno's Saturday morning show on WFAN and stated that the "METS are better than their record" & "will probably win 88 or even 89 games". The reason was that the 2024 METS roster was slightly better than the 2022 METS team in my analysis and the 2022 METS were 101 - 61. Applying that full-season winning % to the METS remaining games from the low point of 22 - 33 which yielded 89 wins, hence saying "88 or 89 wins"
Last winning streak? Do you mean the Mets being the best team in all of baseball from July 1 to the end of the season?
@@TheKilrmy True Fact...100%.... @TheKilrmy
@@stanfromwestport2024 They were up & down. Stretches of Offensive futility & ineffective pitching. They put it together the last month & Arizona let it get away. The Mets did just enough to get in. By the way, I predicted 90 wins for this team & I was heavily criticized for it. AJ can verify this.
Good job buddy
Appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed the video!
LAD Model is the one to follow for success...David Stearns & Steve Cohen understand this paradigm. Never having too many All-Stars/HOFers is the way to go...Andrew, this off-season is far from over and the METS have more moves to make...The other great advance Dave Roberts has made is to dispense with the traditional pitching model of starter, mid-relief & closer...An example of this new pitching strategy is the October 9th NLDS game vs SD Padres where Dave Roberts used 8 pitchers, including his closers very early (3rd thru 5th innings), in shutting out the Padres 8 - 0. This pitching management is revolutionary and a tactic which is the future in MLB. David Stearns recognizes this advancement and is stacking the METS pitching staff accordingly...Meanwhile, on the offensive side, the METS are actively pursuing Vladdy Jr in trade and will sign Pete Alonso before Opening Day and adding another bat or two beyond Valddy & Pete...I actually think that once the METS full roster is set by Opening Day, plus whatever adjustments are made at the Trade Deadline mid-season, the METS can not only compete with LAD, but could well be the NL representative in the 2025 World Series
Make the rules. Abide by them. Don't cry when someone masters the rules and builds a super team. Time to play ball.
Your analysis is always spot on. I haven't been responding much lately because I had a surgical procedure. I should be ready for spring training . Lol. Keep up your excellent informative work!!!!!
Thanks Johnny ! Feel better
Thanks alot..
Awesome Dom!❤
Appreciate you, thanks for watching !
There’s one saying I remember from years ago.
The World Series is not won on paper!
You are a very enjoyable listen. You know your Mets!!!!
Dude…Minter is an elite reliever. He’s consistently been dominant his entire career, has a better ERA than Scott, has almost the same K rate and has a far superior walk rate. Scott has been good for the last two seasons and Minter has been excellent his whole career. You can’t say Minter is just a “decent” move.
Great point, maybe i didnt give Minter enough credit in this video. I like the Minter Move alot. As I eluded too, it is a winning move. But great point, minter has been elite for most of his career, not just the last 2 years.
Reasons why Pete has no takers - His 2023 performance was less than 2022 performance and his 2024 performance was less than his 2023 performance...Therefore, no long-term hi-$$$ deal for Pete...!! Pete needs to sign the deal on the table and then outperform 2024 regular season, so that he can opt-out for more $$$
Why are there so many delusional fans? Not talking about you Dom, if they don’t seriously improve this team, they will not even be going to playoffs.. It’s called realism and it’s better to see the truth than looking through rainbows and unicorns.
And that my friend is exactly the problem. No one wants to be real. Just be emotionally attached.
@ oh thank you there are actually still fans like us out there.. Sorry can’t cheer and get excited about signing guys like Canning and big Moontas and expect to beat good teams..
Dang It, I was looking for you all evening. I take a break & youve come & gone. Ill watch & make my usual comments. Talk to you later. AJ
Always appreciate you tuning in, Richard, thanks for watching!
The next "big" bat will be Iglesias and Stearns will call it a day. Alonso and Bregman aren't coming here unless he can get them to sign well below market value. Ten million apiece should do it.
Dodger's have have guys who are injury prone. Might not work out in their favor.
As do the Mets
@@josephindelicato1922 agreed yet it seems all of baseball players take weeks off just for stubbing their toe. Nothing like the old days. I do give Freddie Freeman credit for playing extremely hurt.
I'd be shocked if Ohtani plays half a season this year. He did tough out the WS with mild shoulder injury. I highly doubt he will ever be a successful pitcher again after 2nd Tommy John surgery. Time will tell. Depth means a lot these days and Mets have a lot of young talent.
Wish you well.
Yep, they sure do !! No guarantees in baseball
That’s why they keep signing guys…
MLB needs a cap in how much money can be deferred and it should also be intertwined with international pool money, essentially with the Dodgers having $0 for Sasaki. As far as losing prospects (because of free agents with QOs), they don’t care because they have Japan as their AAAA system.
-Additionally, with all of these high-profile deferments, the big-market Dodgers are masquerading like a quasi-small market team which isn’t right and are gaming the system.
The Dodgers look unbeatable right now, but to add a little hopium, it’s doubtful Ohtani will have as good an offensive year as last year because he’s pitching, this is his first year back pitching from TJS, Freddie Freeman is starting to break down. Let’s see how many innings Snell pitches this year… just holding out hope!!!
More i see, this is not the year to start a champion team, its the start 2026 ? By the way like always great video thanks.
Where are all those people who didn’t want Cohen because “he would just buy World Series wins?” Why is MLB helping the Dodgers by letting them do whatever they want? Once that Ohtani contract was signed, the Dodgers should have been under a microscope. Instead of parity, we get parody...
Sports are also filled with politics, group interests and general corruption. That’s part of being human.
I would love profar and winker as our extra bats, why is that underwhelming?
Nmmo’s foot problem is why you don ‘t want to sign long term contracts ! Only for a superstar player that’s young , stearns is right again !
I would only consider profar if we miss out on alonso, i like that hes a switch hitter, has a little power, makes contact, but still hoping pete is back!!!?
Pete refuses to put aside his ego, its going to wind up hurting both sides. If he comes back late theres a good chance he wont put himself in good shape or in a position to succeed. This pretty much shows that the Mets are tied to him. They allowed Pete too much leeway.
In strains I trust
Let them go at it. I'm worried the mets are intimidated and could be more conservative. Let me ask you, are the mets pitching better than last year?
The Mets pitching is a crapshoot. It can go either way. But the gap between the Dodgers & Mets has widened.
@@richardzucker9985 Anything can happen from day 1 until the end of the season. Met's have not taken the division in 10 years. Slow steps. Dodgers are in the other division. Right now for this second they must focus on Miami, Washington, Atlanta and philadelphia. If they clinch the division and meet up again anything can happen in 4/7...
Unbelievable all the Dodger’s need to do is go to the 6 inning with a lead and they close the door we really need Tanner Scott but we have a Flea Market compulsive shopper as a GM, unless some miracle happens and we get Guerrero this is going to be another short trip to the playoffs that is the Dodgers don’t get Guerrero first MLB is allowing the Dodgers to destroy baseball
Tanner Scott is very good...But, so is Minter, especially because Minter had a hip issue for the past couple of seasons, but is now reportedly 100% ok
That’s bs if we got an ace and vlad Guerrero jr we could battle la
But we won’t is the problem
In stearns I trust
Guerrero makes no sense because Cohen us not giving a big-bodied 1Bman an 8-10 year contract. Alonso remains in play. Mets have not walked away from Pete.
Pete & Vladdy BOTH "make sense"...LAD stock as many All-Stars/HOFers bats & arms as possible...LAD ARE THE MODEL for MLB success, as they've already proven...Pete & Vladdy can easily go together...A simple 1/3 -to- 2/3s platoon between 1B & DH can have them BOTH contribute to a WS, or two or three, over the next decade...And I think this is exactly what will happen
The Braves never let their good players walk they keep them ….they didn’t miss out on minter they let him walk and we’ll find out why very soon
HELLO...You remember Freddie Freeman, right...?? He went from ATL to LAD and won the WS and was WS MVP...But hey, your "ATL never letting go of a good player" was a nice theory while it lasted
@ Freddie freeman’s agent did some grimey shit he never came back to him with their matching offer and he fired him when he found out and they had a plan in place to pivot with Matt Olsen
@ lmao it’s funny how rite you thought you were for a second lol they had also already made him the highest paid first baseman in baseball when he was young that was his second contract negotiation and like I said had his agent been transparent with him he’d still be a brave for a little less money
Unfortunately, no one to blame in this mess but Pete. Pete’s head has gotten too big, now look at him what team does he have now the Blue Jays are signing Anthony Santander who’s giving him that $30 million a year now 🤔
Its all on Pete. You cant blame Stearns for acting fiscally responsible.
This is such a bizarre scenario !!
Might want to change the name of channel to Dominant Dodgers. You guys can’t even sign Pete.
I agree, its been a struggle. How about not hogging all of the good free agents
Mets are messing up if yhey keep messing with greedy pete while mets r looking at players the dodgers are buying every mlb player mets looking at provar if the dodgers don't get him first. Don't want to hear no more bout greety pete.
The dodgers ownership will sell the franchise before the billion deferred comes due.
Yep, it's a genius plan !! They are building an elite all star team, while pushing the bill down the road. With such an elite squad, they can win multiple championships, build the value of the franchise and then sell before bill comes due !!
The deferred money has to be set aside it’s in the bank earning interest learn how it works you don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@dominantmetsnation8156 the money is already set aside. It had to be it mlbpa rules look it up. No other ownership pays the deferred money except the current owners. It’s already set aside
@ setting aside money that you borrow is cheaper than setting aside your own money so long as you make more on the sale of the team in the future. Either way, it’s not that serious. So don’t take it personal.
@ it’s still set aside they can’t pass it on so you’re point is wrong
NO to Profar
Fo😂u gotta believe
Well looks like a very intimidated team along the dark angel of injuries don't visit the club . They are humans and they start with the injury thing and all goes to hell. Othani got injurie in the last moments of the world series so it could happen in middle of the season and then what ? And even in a surprising momentum other can bet them to the punch and surprise the league. Just saying ! 😉
And Ohtani was a bust in the Playoffs by & large...don't forget that
@@stanfromwestport2024 Edelman saved the Dodgers.
No matter what the Mets do the Dodgers will win the World Series again sadly.
The dodgers are truly stacked , but there are no guarantees. I still love this team and confident that we will continually be building this team to get better and better. Takes a litte time and creativity. We are a top 3 in baseball this year as we have made so much progress in the last year
@@dominantmetsnation8156true bro. Let’s Go Mets!
I want the Mets to win yet I predict the Texas Rangers to win it all. Screw the Dodgers. These international rules also need to change. Every single top Japanese player is going to keep going to Dodgers.
@@Metro-vq3zl I dont get the same vibe as I did for the Rangers 2 years ago. I definitely thought at that time they had a chance. A healthy DeGrom will help them out immensely.
@richardzucker9985 Definitely a healthy Degrom would help yet they won it all without him. They need a healthy Corey Seagar plus others to be healthy. Anyway I'm still rooting for Mets. Who is your favorite team?
The Mets should just give Pete 3 years/$90M with an opt out after year-2.
Pete Alonso isn't worth 30 million per year. Not even close! And why should the Mets bid against themselves? Nobody else seems to want Pete Alonso.
It’s Pete, not the Mets
OK Pete...LOL Learn how to situational hit again & maybe Stearns will consider it. Right now, you dont deserve it & you shouldnt even get a raise. Go back & cry to Boras.
@@EddieHershwe sure in the heck don’t need Baty at third he’s terrible
The Mets are willing to pay pete what he is worth. 30 mill a year, significantly exceeds his market value, espicially when he has virtually no market and has regressed over the last 2 years