Lindor to Mets (Rosario-related)

[luismatos4prez]

Good for the Mets and Lindor! I'm rooting for them to take the NL pennant this year.

I'd love it if the Orioles jumped on a premium infielder next offseason (Bryant, Correa, Baez, Story, etc.) to crowbar open our next contending window. I know they'll never do it, but I never thought they'd sign Tejada either. 

[OriolesMagic83]

1 hour ago, Aristotelian said:

Bummer. I was hoping Elias had a master plan to cut payroll to the bone and then go all out for Lindor. I also wanted him in a walk year situation for my fantasy team. 

This isn't the NBA.  It takes more than 2 All-Stars to win at baseball.

[Sports Guy]

There is a chance Correa signs something soon as well.  Potential 2022 FA options are dwindling.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

There is a chance Correa signs something soon as well.  Potential 2022 FA options are dwindling.

Oh no. Options the O's would never consider are being taken off the table.

[Camden_yardbird]

This deal makes me sad.  Not for Lindor, good for him.  Its just that, its increasingly clear to me, that young fans in Baltimore will never have a Cal Ripken Jr to rout for.  Someone who is the best in the sport and spends the majority of their career (realizing no one spends the entire career with one organization anymore) with the Orioles.  Maybe new ownership would change that, but somehow I doubt that it will ever happen again without significant changes to the structure of baseball.

[Sports Guy]

2 minutes ago, Camden_yardbird said:

This deal makes me sad.  Not for Lindor, good for him.  Its just that, its increasingly clear to me, that young fans in Baltimore will never have a Cal Ripken Jr to rout for.  Someone who is the best in the sport and spends the majority of their career (realizing no one spends the entire career with one organization anymore) with the Orioles.  Maybe new ownership would change that, but somehow I doubt that it will ever happen again without significant changes to the structure of baseball.

There is zero reason the Os can’t give out a deal like this.

And when I mean zero, I mean if ownership wants to do it, they can.  
 

OToH, the better question is why would you want to do it?  Is it only for nostalgia reasons?  

[bobmc]

10 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

There is zero reason the Os can’t give out a deal like this.

And when I mean zero, I mean if ownership wants to do it, they can.  
 

OToH, the better question is why would you want to do it?  Is it only for nostalgia reasons?  

Harvey (Matt) on a 3/15? 

[Frobby]

I wonder if the $340 mm includes 2021, or only begins after that.    

[jabba72]

52 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wonder if the $340 mm includes 2021, or only begins after that.    

016	22	Cleveland Indians	$540,300	0.113
2017	23	Cleveland Indians	$579,300	1.113	contracts
2018	24	Cleveland Indians	$623,200	2.113
2019	25	Cleveland Indians	$10,850,000	3.113	contract
2020	26	Cleveland Indians	$17,500,000	4.113	contract
2021	27	New York Mets	$22,300,000	5.113
		Earliest Free Agent: 2022

 

Nothing listed on an extension on the bbref site. 

[maybenxtyr]

I know there's a cost associated with having some of the elite talent, but I don't know of many of these type of deals that have worked out well. Probably 5 years of this deal will be heavy decline.

[BohKnowsBmore]

4 hours ago, Camden_yardbird said:

This deal makes me sad.  Not for Lindor, good for him.  Its just that, its increasingly clear to me, that young fans in Baltimore will never have a Cal Ripken Jr to rout for.  Someone who is the best in the sport and spends the majority of their career (realizing no one spends the entire career with one organization anymore) with the Orioles.  Maybe new ownership would change that, but somehow I doubt that it will ever happen again without significant changes to the structure of baseball.

Sort of an odd reaction to Lindor's deal in that he was just traded from Cleveland after five years and is yet to play a game with the Mets. Hardly the poster child for spending one's career with a single team (or for the majority).

[Just Regular]

12 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Nah...this is likely to end up a regrettable contract. 

Any FA contract for a player of proven excellence that part of it is baked in.   I saw Correa was insulted by the Astros offer of the Bogaerts contract (6 x 20) but certainly hope we'll bid for Correa.   I think the Springer (6 x 25) contract maybe a ballpark Over/Under for Correa from here heading toward next offseason; with his notable youth he'll probably look for more years than Springer.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 hours ago, jabba72 said:

016	22	Cleveland Indians	$540,300	0.113
2017	23	Cleveland Indians	$579,300	1.113	contracts
2018	24	Cleveland Indians	$623,200	2.113
2019	25	Cleveland Indians	$10,850,000	3.113	contract
2020	26	Cleveland Indians	$17,500,000	4.113	contract
2021	27	New York Mets	$22,300,000	5.113
		Earliest Free Agent: 2022

 

Nothing listed on an extension on the bbref site. 

Looking at Spotrac it appears Lindor's new contract starts in 2022. 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/new-york-mets/francisco-lindor-14113/

 

[jabba72]

Its for 10 years. Thats some serious length for a SS that turns 29 the first year of the deal. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, jabba72 said:

Its for 10 years. Thats some serious length for a SS that turns 29 the first year of the deal. 

No one ever accused the Mets of being smart.