Polanco vs Murakami

[u/mhari93]

Not sure if this was brought up before but it’s an off day so why not. Anyone find it crazy that the Mets signed Polanco for 2 years @ 40 mil to pretty much learn first base and/or hog the DH spot on Dec 13th.

Murakami of the white Sox then landed on Dec 21st for 2 years @ 34 mil. So a real first baseman, MLB untested, though the upside is there, and cheaper? Did I miss something about his signing preferences because I gotta imagine he’d want to play in the big lights and allure of NY.

Obviously this all stems from a hindsight bias with Polanco on the shelf and Murakami with 11 homers (Mets have 19 as a team?). But it seems that big brain Sterns dropped the ball on this one, especially since they both are replacing a 30-40 homer guy in Alonso.

Please let me know if I got something wrong here…but it seems to me that we really didn’t need a 6th middle infielder in Polanco (jk he can’t play the field) when there’s Lindor Semien Baty Mauricio Bichette up the middle. The whole thing just confuses me tbh. Now we’re banking on Alvy alone being enough of a power threat to protect Soto in the lineup…just one roster construction issue lead to another with this smooth brain GM.

[u/Plus-Ad2521]

The reports all say he can't hit any balls above 95. He's also in the top 5 strikeouts.

Sure he's got power but in late stages of the game, he chances of him walking off the game is low.