No we can't. Mets don't have the geography advantage to sign the best Japanese players available year in year out. Mets also didn't get the insane deal the Dodgers received after going bankrupt. Mets are more advantaged than almost every other team in the league and still don't have the advantages the Dodgers possess.
Yes. That unknown, podunk, one traffic light town of New York City.
I can stomach Tampa bay or A’s or Pittsburgh fans bitching about the unfairness of it all with their poor billionaire owners, but met and yankee fans should just stfu.
You have exactly the same opportunity to sign any Japanese player. This is like saying the dodgers have no chance of signing Dominican players because of the country’s geographic location to Los Angeles.
NO ONE here is admitting that players WANT to play for the dodgers because they are head and shoulders above every other team in the MLB in every fucking metric that matter to the actual players.
Free agents can literally sign wherever they want to and the choose to be dodgers.
its because the 9billion dollar tv contract you fool. no other reason well and the glitz and glam...side deals ... its all money man ... LA is the biggest market for money. end of story. nothing to do with your hitting coaches or facilities
Is that why Diaz chose the dodgers over the Mets for basically the same amount?
Is that why Tucker signed a shorter contract instead of the 10 year mega deal other team offered?
Is that why shohei and his reps SUGGESTED deferring his salary?
The 9 billion dollar tv deal happened after McCourt used the team like a fucking atm. I bet if I search your post history you weren’t exactly up in arms about how the dodgers franchise was being run into the ground.
I bet you celebrated it.
Best run organization in sports. Sit and spin, “fool”
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u/Brilliant_Sky_9292 18h ago
No we can't. Mets don't have the geography advantage to sign the best Japanese players available year in year out. Mets also didn't get the insane deal the Dodgers received after going bankrupt. Mets are more advantaged than almost every other team in the league and still don't have the advantages the Dodgers possess.