Bench Nimmo.....Play JD Davis at 3B....Ramos and Cano are issues.....do nothing.......How does Cano only have 11 RBI's batting 3rd and we're 32 games into the season. Play Lowrie at 2B until Cano gets off his ***
OT: 2019 Mets Season Thread
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If you cant hit for average as a team, don't hit many long balls and dont have team speed how do you produce much in the way of offense? Not to mention in spite of not being a power laden lineup you strike out a ton and shrink in the clutch.
Avilan to IL, Flexen returns.
Also, Mets release d'Arnaud and are on the hook for his $3.5M salary. I suspect we will rue the opportunity cost of that wasted investment.
Also, Mets release d'Arnaud and are on the hook for his $3.5M salary. I suspect we will rue the opportunity cost of that wasted investment.
We all b*tched about the pitching, and now the Mets are receiving quality pitching, but the bats have gone quiet.
The only thing that's changed is the uniform of Gio and the guys in the uniform for the Mets. The constant........they do next to nothing against him. Well that's the case for about any pitcher right now.
Calloway pinch hit Nimmo (.211) in place of Largares (.207)...WTF? This would have been the perfect spot for Dom Smith (.375), but he's down in the minors so the Mets wouldn't lose out on a journeyman (Hechavarria). Hechavarria could declare himself as a free agent if he weren't on the major roster by a specific date. Really? Some of the moves are classic Mets moves.
That clause is fairly common nowadays in minor league contracts signed by veterans. Gio Gonzalez had that same clause in his Yankees contract. The Yankees opted to let him go.
But is it worth mess up the chemistry of the team? Hechavarria is not a difference maker. It's such a shortsighted move, and now the Mets face another problem when Lowrie returns. Davis is likely the guy to be sent down. You've just sent down 2 young guys playing well for 2 retreads (over 30) on the wrong side of the mountain.
It's not just Cano. Nimmo leads a large group of players struggling to hit anything. You have Ramos, Frasier, and Largares. I might have forgotten someone.
Somebody on the Mets sees something in this bum Flexen. I sure dont.
Mets are much better in 19 inning games,going 2-0,with both on the road.
He had fear all over his face when he pitched in the 18th. His ERA is like 10.00 at the ML level since 2017. DFA this waste.
Other than the continued "inexperience moves" by its manager, STILL no coincidence in that the Mets went back to their old ways when they messed with their early season karma by bringing back TDA and Frazier and their 0-4s?
Are you sure the decision to bring the two guys back was made by the manager?
Neither is related.Show me where I said the manager brought those 2 back up. I said other than some of the questionable managerial decisions that partly causec the current slide, is it a mere coincidence that the Mets slide has also started after TDA and Frazier came back?
on the nice side of things...besides two times around the rotation with GREAT starting pitching- Lugo and Gsell pitched great yesterday. Alfonso still hitting for power and McNeil is a budding star. The shame of the old guys coming back is that Davis was really looking good at the plate and had started to play much better at 3rd before Todd came back. And while I can understand the Smith move- it killed us. He was great on this team and teams literally had to consider that he may come in to hit. Now, if we need to pinch hit- no one on the bench scares the opposing manager at all.
The young guys are hungry, and you saw it in the way they played. I would like to see Smith backup Alfonso and see some time in left field when McNeil is at third. McNeil could split time in left as well as at third with Davis.
The Mets are going to miss Smith coming off the bench. They don't have any left-hand pinch hitters.
This is a dumb comment. There are plenty of good hitting bad at their position players in baseball.
Yeah, like Rosario. WTF is up with his fielding?
He was always fine but he's got the yips now. I'm very concerned with this going forward.
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