The Mets are looking to bounce back with Harvey on the mound, against AJ Burnett (3-1, 1.38) at 4pm
Granderson
Lagares
Duda
Murphy
FLores
Campbell
Ceciliani
Plawecki
Harvey
Harrison
Walker
McCrutchen
Marte
Kang
Alvarez
Polanco
Cervelli
Burnett
This appears to be the first time Flores is batting 5th (no Cuddyer today), hopefully the move will pay off with some high scoring to back Harvey (for once).
Mets third baseman David Wright suffered another setback in his return from injury. Wright's back stiffened up on him after he took batting practice Friday and will be shut down for a week.
Wright originally went on the disabled list in mid-April with a hamstring injury. He then developed lower back pain in early May after he recovered from his hamstring injury. He began baseball activities earlier this week and was expected back before the end of May prior to his latest setback.
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When is Herrera due to come back?
Not all all and he has five more seasons with the Mets. Perhaps they should have renewed Reyes instead of Wright!
just poking in to say enjoy a game you aren't likely to lose 15-2.
David Wright's contract is protected by outside insurance, but not Johan Santana's contract.
Johan Santana is tossing a baseball on flat ground in Port St. Lucie, Fla., four times a week, with an eye toward stepping on a mound for the first time about May 1.
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Send a stud pitcher to the Cubs for a stud SS. That's one young infield if the Mets can get a Diaz for SS with Hererra at 2nd and Flores at 3rd.
Wishful thinking though. SA won't move
Send a stud pitcher to the Cubs for a stud SS. That's one young infield if the Mets can get a Diaz for SS with Hererra at 2nd and Flores at 3rd.
Wishful thinking though. SA won't move
Baez i mean
You can't be serious.
The Achilles heel of the young pitching staff so far is their inability to do a good job of hold runners on first.
That will come with time.
stealing bases
swinging on 2-0
These are the tactics teams use against the Mets as they beat us up, routinely.
The Mets...do not.
That, and the Mets seem to be the Kings of hitting balls just shy of being a HR...lol.
Also, if this is going to be an ongoing thing for Wright our best hope is that he retires. This is simply awful.
This is merely a temporary solution so the Mets can make the fans happy and buy the front office some time to pull off a trade. I highly doubt it saves anyone any innings at all.
Disgraceful!
Sure thats exactly what it is, and it might even go on for weeks. My point is everyone thinks its saving Harvey, deGrom, ect innings and its not. It would over the course of a whole season but not for a few weeks.
I think he will too but not any time soon. I think they'll see what they have in Reynolds and possibly Herrera if he comes back, continue to evaluate Wright, and then pounce on something closer to the deadline. Its too early for teams to be selling off big players yet anyway.
In the MI I would call up Reynolds despite his cold streak. I'd probably just put Flores at 2nd and give him the chance to win a position that he's better suited to long term. That gives them a 4-6 week look at Reynolds at SS to see if they need to dip into the trade market for a Rollins type (or better?) for the stretch drive. Niese and Gee would still be gone as soon as a good offer hits the table for a prospect or solid bench piece.
The mistakes we've made at the corver outfield positions loom large.
As for David Wright. Spinal stenosis is truly bad news. At his age however an epidural should get him back relatively soon for the rest of this year. But for the long run his career will be shortened and he'll be untradeable. A real shame.