Did the Mets Blow it Not Being in on Corbin Burnes?

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1. He gave a discount to go home to Arizona. Who knows how much the Mets would have needed to offer to get him.

2. Still acting like a small market team. The Mets can’t just sign 2-4 year deals. Players want security. I hate making deals beyond 5 years in their 30s for pitchers, but if you don’t you end up with enormous risk with projects with high upside, but that means everything has to go right or there’s a diamond in the rough. Mets can’t spend so much on 1 player & nickel & dime your star home grown players, only make short term deals for pitchers which have a high ceiling, but significant risk. The Mets don’t have an ace/stopper. I don’t trust Manaea with the arm slot when it has only been a few months and he ran out of gas & mimicking one of the most injury prone pitcher in the league. Mets needed a true ace & now the Mets potentially could lose out on Pete & Bregman

3. Not just the Dodgers, Phillys have much better pitching too

4. signing pitchers especially to 200 million contracts is far more riskier. I don't think it is a big loss for the mets

5. Burnes was never coming to ny

6. We really missed out on Blake Snell twice…he signed so early this free agency

7. Mets are coming in 3nd Lots of holes in the line up just walk Soto plues he didn’t steal bases Mets overpaid big time He only hits nothing else

8. I agree with you. I'm worried after Burnes signed… Now I feel we need both Pete and Bregman more than before. Or still try for Luis Castillo

9. Sterns where you at? why haven’t we signed Pete and or a ace yet ? i am not a huge fan of sterns at all

10. Why the Mets did'nt sign Tanner Scott ?

11. Our rotation is nowhere near the LA or Arizona or Philadelphia. I’m hoping this comment doesn’t age well but I really have no faith in our pitching this year

12. I thought Cohen was the richest owner in baseball? We were told he had money to burn? That everyone wanted to go play in Queens. Or maybe it was a billionaire who knew he had the greediest player to ever enter free agency and he took advantage of it?

13. Stearn talk with Burns and make good offers but Stearn don't like to give more than 3 yr ! I'm not the Mets team is Stearn 100% . Mets sign manaea because he agree for the 3yr contract because stearn won't go for the 5 he wanted. Stearn like to work with low budget short terms pitchers I keep saying that in all Mets groups. Don't wait for the signature of a good Ace because they don't go for 3 yr contracts.

14. Our pitching just isn’t there. Manaea was gassed in the playoffs. All these other project guys are gonna be the same. And Senga just hasn’t earned our trust. Losing on Burnes was huge. If we don’t get a top tier arm we just don’t compete with the Dodgers.

15. Corbin Burns lives in Scottsdale and his wife just had twins. I think that played a huge role.

16. No, the Mets didn't blow anything. They're involved on looking to bring Pete back and maybe Bregman. Or 1 of those.

17. Soto and scrubs is apparently the plan. Mets gonna Mets.

18. I feel like this starting rotation simply isn't good enough to really compete with the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, and Phillies. There are a bunch of question marks on top of that, that the Mets either created by taking chances on guys like Canning or by not sigining a reliable frontline starter or two.

19. Let.Stearns cook! I will not doubt Stearns unless the Mets falls apart in 25!

20. Burnes bought a mansion in Arizona in 2023 and wanted to sign with a west coast team.

21. Burnes chose location over money, 35 million for 6 years isn't anything to scoff at!!!

22. It's simple, Corbin burns lives in Arizona and he's wife just gave birth to twins.

23. Don’t worry…the Mets don’t need any more players…Soto by himself will give the Mets 15 straight World Series Championships. lmfao.

24. As we stand today. Dodgers Padres Diamondbacks, signed Corbin and led league in runs scored, the nl central winner, Braves Phillies r better than Mets. All Mets have essentially done is exchange Alonso for Soto. Manea was on team last yr. No bullpen upgrade, no dh. No playoffs.

25. Hey Ryan,

    Stearns getting a lot of credit but if the Mets do not play well and the pitching falls apart then Stearns needs to be questioned.

    I think you can’t sign Soto and then go soft on all other big arms.

    We have to be honest and admit that Mets did get a lot of luck with there arms and that doesn’t always happen.

    Stearns to me I feel needed to get a big arm.

26. Hey Ryan,

    Stearns getting a lot of credit but if the Mets do not play well and the pitching falls apart then Stearns needs to be questioned.

    I think you can’t sign Soto and then go soft on all other big arms.

    We have to be honest and admit that Mets did get a lot of luck with there arms and that doesn’t always happen.

    Stearns to me I feel needed to get a big arm.

    Mets have missed on all other big
    F/A parts. This rotation is not good. C+ at best.

    I think they feel they can win by finding players that once did well and fix them. No no no! You also need to grab big parts when available.

27. He wanted the west coast, and AZ in particular. He would have never signed with an East coast team. He just used them to drive the price up!