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I think it’s horseshit to judge a young player on one season. If you’re going to talk s%*# and peg him as a 84 RC+ guy, at least call him a midget or something.

https://www.milb.com/news/the-road-to-the-showtm-new-york-mets-luisangel-acuna Acuña article from 2023 when he peaked on top 100 lists at #38 or some s%*# like that. Other publications had him bottom half of top 100 for both ‘23 and ‘24. Dude is young. He also has shown a tendency to underperform when leveling up. The quote from that article that struck me most was something like, ”he goes after pitches out of the zone which leads to poor contact strength but still managed a respectable ~20% strike out rate.” Sound familiar? A former top prospect and a 2025 draft pick with good stuff… we honestly shouldn’t have expected more at this stage in the “trade Robert game.” It isn’t dead on arrival and yes, Robert should have been traded earlier… but if I could relive a few key choices in my life over again, I would have Jeff Bezos’s bank account and a hotter ex wife.

Alrighty… so I think we see this playing out in the minds of our genius core at the front office as such: 1.) Pauley is the bank here for player development. They see things in the data and figure they’re buying a generally unknown with strong metrics modeled out. 2.) They’ve penciled Montgomery into RF, Benitendi in left, and figure to sign a veteran who was still standing when the music stopped for center field. 3.) They’ll likely play the brother in a super utility role nearly every day and hope to maximize his value with defense and on the base paths while trying to right his bat. Most likely outcome: Robert has his best year as a Met and we end up with a middle bullpen arm who has a couple good years covering the 7th inning. Best realistic hope: Pauley surprises and is a strong number three in the rotation come 2028. PS ( poop script ) - Good on ya for the strong meme game.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN A WHOLE HOUR AGO AND I AM JUST NOW FINDING OUT?!?!?! Off to reading 5 pages we go! BBS…

Holy fucking s%*#

So we’d get the Mets number 11, 25, and another pitcher outside their rankings board. All pitchers. Why the hell not. Sign me up if you can’t get a single stud pitching prospect for him.

That sucks.

Super cool!

Give me some Imai Mune!!!

Bummed to have missed this quack. I would have given him so much poop.

Who the hell is this? This guy… Peters…. I’m lost.

Humor

Just another demonstration that you can’t trust what you see online.

LBGTASSEATERS++

Yea - you take that all day every day without thinking twice.

Ah - ha 😆😆

What did Santos sign on with SF to do? I thought he was going to be a mainstay in our ranks.

I’m shocked that the Dodgers are still behind New York.

-3 here 😆

Holy Moses! We have reasons to watch this team and be interested in the future. Wow.

Not poop.

Should have hired me. What are they thinking?

Poop

He reminds me of a closed off tighter in Big Hurt.

Who the f*** this monkey?