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I get Mets fans still have insanely low self-esteem over the historically bad Pete Crow-Armstrong trade and Pete Alonso breakup, but it doesn't get any more artificial than this.
The attempt to push an average player like Carson Benge as some sort of star is laughably cringe and straight-up delusional.
Benge is Anthony Volpe of the outfield. Let's not forget Volpe also posted a 20/20 as a rookie and won the Gold Glove.
Benge has below-league-average bat speed and exit velo as a guy with very little upper-body strength, and wouldn't have even made the big leagues this season if New York had signed Kyle Tucker like they so desperately wanted.
Benge had 20 HR, 22 doubles, and 65 RBI in 654 plate appearances this year, and slugged just .430 -- an insanely low output for such a high volume of usage.
You give Spencer Jones that many at bats-- a much bigger, faster, and stronger athlete than Benge, and he's going 40/40.
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#Giants QB Jaxson Dart suffered a knee injury last night that was worse than anticipated, sources told me and @MikeGarafolo after the MRI.
He’s out an extended period of time, possibly the season.
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Who is going to want a 32-year-old fielding and hitting below his standard with five years and $155 million remaining?
Read more from Joel Sherman: trib.al/sbMBncY
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THE FIRST WALK TO THE OCTAGON IN A LONG TIME 🇮🇪
Conor McGregor is about to fight at #UFC329 on @ParamountPlus!
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Everyone still brings up the Pete Crow-Armstrong trade. He's a star, and I moved him.
Easy version: I misjudged him. I did. But the real miss is that we were in a pennant race, and the pull to "do something big" moved me off the discipline I'd usually hold.
A better scouting report doesn't fix that. Building the decision so the urge to act doesn't set the terms does. I own it.
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