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Before we get to your emails, a couple of things here.

Number one, the quick action from the Mets, you know, the Mets fan's reaction to the

gram was clearly emotional.

And you got a lot of the same old meds and, you know,

Cone is this and he's that.

And then obviously you saw that he's not anything of the above, okay?

They moved rather quickly and frankly overpaid for Verlander.

But you can make the case for the next two years that

although at his zenith, DeGrom is a better picture,

Verlander is more dependable.

That's all there is to it, especially in the long run.

He is more dependable.

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