GM Project 2016-17 report card

Below is the report card for the GM Project of 2016. Some teams did very very well for themselves and some teams did not. There are strong opinions about players and who won what deal but as the dust settles on this year’s project owners regroup and make new plans for the 2017-18 season. Some [...]

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GM Project 2016-17: Philadelphia Phillies

This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Dan Spiro Entering the 2016 baseball season, only [...]

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Bartolo Colon, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo and the Mets’ fifth starter options

The Mets hope to have their four young aces healthy for Opening Day and the entire 2017 season. Since all are expected healthy for Spring Training, let’s grant that at least the first part of the first sentence turns out to be true. Then the question becomes: Who’s the team’s fifth starter? Let’s compare the [...]

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Mets need to plan for life without Yoenis Cespedes

It is no surprise at all that Yoenis Cespedes has decided to opt out of his three year deal with the Mets after year one. After all, the whole idea of that option was to allow him to jump back into the free agent pool were he to have a big impressive 2016 season. And [...]

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GM Project 2016-17: Cleveland Indians

This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Brian Kobil After being assigned the Cleveland Indians, [...]

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MLB GM Project: New York Mets 2016-17

This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. Following the Mets’ 2015 NL pennant win and World Series [...]

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GM Project 2016-17: New York Yankees

This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Mark C. Healey Last year was the first [...]

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GM Project 2016-17: Pittsburgh Pirates

This is a project where 30 people got together to act as the GMs of the 30 MLB teams with the idea of conducting the offseason in one week. This is what happened in this simulation, not a prediction of what will happen in real life. By Jim Keller Being a small-market team with payroll [...]

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A Mets fan’s message to Cubs and Indians fans

Congratulations, Cleveland and Chicago! As this is written, game two of the 2016 World Series has just concluded and the Cubs have just squared things up with the Indians. The playoffs so far have been pretty terrific. As happens every year, the rest of us get acquainted with players with whom we may not be [...]

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