Alright boys, time to pick yourselves back up off the floor and follow your 'Ole Uncle Frank into battle. Today we take over a playoff spot, one that will eventually get us the ring. The Ace is on the hill. Expect a dominant performance. Remember boys, "it's not the guts you bring on the field, it's the ones you leave on it"-Unknown General.
Trade deadline fast approaching!
Should the Mets make a move on TB Slugger Eva Longoria? He would be a valuable, very valuable fog in the old line up and lead us to the ring. What say you Mets fans? Is it just a humble RP you are after?
So let's crack open some cold ones, fire up the grill, go own the shore and enjoy a thrilling day of Mets Baseball!
Duda landed on the disabled list on May 23 with a stress fracture in his lower back. He just started swinging a bat on Saturday, but had been engaged in some baseball activity all week in Port St. Lucie.
"I think in the next couple of weeks it should be healed and I'll be ready to go on an assignment and get back here as soon as I can," Duda said Saturday at Marlins Park, where he visited his teammates. "... I'm swinging, running, throwing. And I think right now everything feels good. It's just a matter of time."
Of course, James Loney enters Saturday's game against the Miami Marlins hitting .287 with five homers and 18 RBIs in 157 at-bats since joining the Mets. So it will remain to be seen what the dynamic is at first base among the pair of lefty hitters once Duda ultimately returns.
"I think I can definitely help," Duda said. "I want to get back as soon as I can. But it's a process, and I have to respect the process."
Also among rehabbing players, manager Terry Collins indicated Zack Wheeler is likely to throw batting practice for the first time during the upcoming week as he works back from Tommy John surgery. Beginning that activity would put Wheeler about 10 days way from beginning a rehab assignment.
Loney (157 ABs) is hitting .343 with runners on base (team .236)
He is hitting .281 with RISP (team .206)
He is hitting .313 with RISP and 2 out (team .167)
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TC needs to swap the 5/6 with the 7/8 hitters
At least Walker is moving further away from the cleanup spot. Also, couldn't the Mets have thought the whole Conforto thing out a little better? Did they really have to call him up from Vegas only to ride the pine for a week?
also coincides with cespedes saying lf only
Mystery solved: Terry Collins today said Jacob deGrom's velocity dip in earlier this season was because his lat soreness had persisted.
Hansel Robles is 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA since June 21st. #MetsFacts
He won't make it to the sixth
Via @EliasSports: A. Cabrera's 0-for-30 with RISP is longest active among MLB position players. Also 7 shy of Gregg Jefferies' Mets record.
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Via @EliasSports: A. Cabrera's 0-for-30 with RISP is longest active among MLB position players. Also 7 shy of Gregg Jefferies' Mets record.
And we have him all to ourselves. Awesome. Flores would have been such a worse option, right?
But we have that awesome up the middle defense that was so god damned important after last season. A lot of good that's done with two players that suck at hitting.
Gutless job by Lugo tonight. See you in AAA
Mets first round pick Justin Dunn threw 3 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts today for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Hit 96 MPH on the gun.
Too bad Henderson pulled his hammy. He looked like he was almost back.
Per @FieldingBible
Neil Walker
2015- 36 Good Fielding Plays, 24 Misplays & Errors
2016- 17 Good Fielding Plays, 18 Misplays & Errors
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Walker hit .214 for the month of June. He's hitting .167 for July. And Wilmer sits.
Per @FieldingBible
Neil Walker
2015- 36 Good Fielding Plays, 24 Misplays & Errors
2016- 17 Good Fielding Plays, 18 Misplays & Errors
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Walker hit .214 for the month of June. He's hitting .167 for July. And Wilmer sits.
And the longer this keeps up, it's doubtful he even qualifies for the QO...which was real value for getting him...the pick. What a disaster Walker has been.
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Per @FieldingBible
Neil Walker
2015- 36 Good Fielding Plays, 24 Misplays & Errors
2016- 17 Good Fielding Plays, 18 Misplays & Errors
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Walker hit .214 for the month of June. He's hitting .167 for July. And Wilmer sits.
And the longer this keeps up, it's doubtful he even qualifies for the QO...which was real value for getting him...the pick. What a disaster Walker has been.
I don't think they have that qualified (A/B) system any more. I believe any free agent can be offered the QO, the risk with Walker though if he doesn't play like he did in April the 2nd half is he'd accept it (15.3M for one year? Why not accept it?) If doesn't decline the QO and sign a contract elsewhere the allure of Walker over Murphy completely backfired - besides the offensive differences.
I had doubts that anyone was giving up a pick to sign Murphy this time last year too. Hopefully Walker goes on a similar run.
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The problem is that it is a classic case of trying to kill two birds with one stone and missing both of them.
Unless Walker has some miraculous turn around, he is not getting the QO because the chances of him getting a better deal somewhere else are close to zero. And Murphy was the best bargain in free agency last year.
Mistakes happen. The key is to move on and not try to redeem the past. Let Walker go and give the young guys a chance.
Except for 2015 (the most relevant year when determining who to sign in 2015 offseason) when Murphy had a (barely) higher fWar. That fWar doesn't even include his playoff domination (NLCS mvp, etc.).
Sandy picked the wrong 2B. The end.