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Old 01-21-2016, 07:07 PM   #5200
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Originally Posted by Damian Rey View Post
I'd have favored the Nats just based on them being healthy. Adding Cespedes is probably a 3 to 4 game swing in the win column over the all glove, no bat Michael Taylor.

Think Harper moves to cf if they do sign him.
Yep. I don't think the Mets should overpay Cespedes. $100+ million for him is just too much given that he'd have to play CF and his skillset would deteriorate. But this really hurts the Mets' chances for this upcoming year. FanGraphs had them penciled in for 84 wins which felt low to me...but even if you give them a few more wins the Cespedes move for the Nats offsets that.

Just reading the reactions on Mets Twitter...holy shit I've never seen a fanbase THIS angry.

And to Droford's point, if the NL does get a DH in 2017, the failure to bring back Cespedes will hurt a lot more since him playing CF is the main reason the Mets don't want him.
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