Mets first baseman Lucas Duda has received an injection for soreness in his back and hip and he will sit out the next few days, reports Newsday's Marc Carig.
aren't going to add "new position" to Conforto's plate. Already has to figure out what happened last year (I strongly feel much of it was due to his health).Introducing him to more CF play may happen but 1b I'd give Bruce a look over Conforto.
Thank goodness he declined that extension a couple years ago
Bruce to first base would be the ideal maneuver if he can make it work. It's a little worrying that the only time he played there in the past he had a number of errors in a short period of time.
Hopefully this is just working through normal early camp soreness, but in all honesty if it can open up a spot for Conforto to get every day AB's at least there's a silver lining.
never been a huge believer but I'm really surprised the stark difference between the Mets seemingly value Conforto's development/future over Nimmo. You hear radio silence in regard to Nimmo vs. Conforto who they really talk up. It's interesting.
aren't going to add "new position" to Conforto's plate. Already has to figure out what happened last year (I strongly feel much of it was due to his health).Introducing him to more CF play may happen but 1b I'd give Bruce a look over Conforto.
Am I not remembering something happening with Conforto's health last year?
I've alluded to it before Dan, I'm sure if anyone picked up on it - it would be you.
Shecky,
100% understood. Just seems interesting that I've even seen them hype up Cheech this spring. Nimmo almost "doesn't exist". Doesn't mean he can't help but the narrative is clear. Sidenote is I've heard from someone that Conforto's wrist was a major, major issue last season and that it's now 100%.
what do you expect from Grandy this year? Similar numbers from the last 2 years or a some drop off?
As always he's reportedly in great shape. He himself implied CF is more taxing on his body so that's something to watch but I don't see any real reason to expect a major drop off. That said he's at an age where guys sometimes are totally done out of the blue.
never been a huge believer but I'm really surprised the stark difference between the Mets seemingly value Conforto's development/future over Nimmo. You hear radio silence in regard to Nimmo vs. Conforto who they really talk up. It's interesting.
Conforto gets more hype and recognition because accomplished more. He's one of the few highly touted prospects who not had the talent to make the accelerated rise through the minors but also produce in the majors that quickly. He's been a top hitter at every level and he immediately produced like an above average starter (.820+ OPS/133 wRC) in a decent sample size. Even in last year's disaster he still ended up with a .720 OPS and a league average wRC+. Also, last year was not completely without flashes of upside - in April it looked like he was cementing himself as our 3 hitter for the next decade and in Vegas he posted video game numbers that made even the typically inflated Vegas stats look pedestrian. Bottomline - even though he may not pan out, he has shown that he has the potential to be one of the 20-30 best hitters in all of baseball. If Nimmo did any of those things he'd get hype too.
never been a huge believer but I'm really surprised the stark difference between the Mets seemingly value Conforto's development/future over Nimmo. You hear radio silence in regard to Nimmo vs. Conforto who they really talk up. It's interesting.
Conforto gets more hype and recognition because accomplished more. He's one of the few highly touted prospects who not had the talent to make the accelerated rise through the minors but also produce in the majors that quickly. He's been a top hitter at every level and he immediately produced like an above average starter (.820+ OPS/133 wRC) in a decent sample size. Even in last year's disaster he still ended up with a .720 OPS and a league average wRC+. Also, last year was not completely without flashes of upside - in April it looked like he was cementing himself as our 3 hitter for the next decade and in Vegas he posted video game numbers that made even the typically inflated Vegas stats look pedestrian. Bottomline - even though he may not pan out, he has shown that he has the potential to be one of the 20-30 best hitters in all of baseball. If Nimmo did any of those things he'd get hype too.
Eric,
My point was the Mets seemingly have zero of the "he's not going to sit on the bench" concerns with Nimmo. Getting Conforto "going" has been a focus of theirs all off-season ST. Nimmo has basically gone unmentioned. Even Dom Smith has been mentioned by Sandy twice this spring. Have you seen ANY buzz regarding Nimmo? Strange given at one point he and Conforto were viewed as similar caliber talents.
2012 BA said he had the best FB in their draft class (The Mets, not the entire draft). Needs to throw more strikes. Shot to be a solid middle reliever.
1B and catcher. The only two positions we don't have a ton of depth and I am concerned with. Losing either TDA or Duda would be a blow. A Bruce/Flores platoon at 1B wouldn't be the end of the world, though.
Hopefully, it's really just soreness and the fracture has healed from last year.
they've probably just accepted that versatility is going to be something Nimmo has to excel at to carve out a role. I'm curious if they give him some reps at 1st also given the Duda news. It's hard to find a good every day player comp for Nimmo's profile, but the way he hustled and grinds out at bats is somewhat reminiscent of Darin Erstad (though I'd conisder that a very optimistic and remote outcome for Nimmo at this point). Cecchini too for that matter. Bruce shifting to first would be best case but if he can't do it would be nice to see a wide open competition between Flores, Rivera, and any of the other young guys whose paths to MLB are somewhat blocked.
I agree re Bruce Conforto plays a pretty good outfield, but Bruce is a liability in the outfield.
Hopefully this is just working through normal early camp soreness, but in all honesty if it can open up a spot for Conforto to get every day AB's at least there's a silver lining.
Am I not remembering something happening with Conforto's health last year?
Shecky,
100% understood. Just seems interesting that I've even seen them hype up Cheech this spring. Nimmo almost "doesn't exist". Doesn't mean he can't help but the narrative is clear. Sidenote is I've heard from someone that Conforto's wrist was a major, major issue last season and that it's now 100%.
Ty Kelly with a nice play
Babe Kelly to you mere mortals
As always he's reportedly in great shape. He himself implied CF is more taxing on his body so that's something to watch but I don't see any real reason to expect a major drop off. That said he's at an age where guys sometimes are totally done out of the blue.
He's a huge piece of the offense (especially with the injury concerns with Duda, Walker etc)
Conforto gets more hype and recognition because accomplished more. He's one of the few highly touted prospects who not had the talent to make the accelerated rise through the minors but also produce in the majors that quickly. He's been a top hitter at every level and he immediately produced like an above average starter (.820+ OPS/133 wRC) in a decent sample size. Even in last year's disaster he still ended up with a .720 OPS and a league average wRC+. Also, last year was not completely without flashes of upside - in April it looked like he was cementing himself as our 3 hitter for the next decade and in Vegas he posted video game numbers that made even the typically inflated Vegas stats look pedestrian. Bottomline - even though he may not pan out, he has shown that he has the potential to be one of the 20-30 best hitters in all of baseball. If Nimmo did any of those things he'd get hype too.
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never been a huge believer but I'm really surprised the stark difference between the Mets seemingly value Conforto's development/future over Nimmo. You hear radio silence in regard to Nimmo vs. Conforto who they really talk up. It's interesting.
Conforto gets more hype and recognition because accomplished more. He's one of the few highly touted prospects who not had the talent to make the accelerated rise through the minors but also produce in the majors that quickly. He's been a top hitter at every level and he immediately produced like an above average starter (.820+ OPS/133 wRC) in a decent sample size. Even in last year's disaster he still ended up with a .720 OPS and a league average wRC+. Also, last year was not completely without flashes of upside - in April it looked like he was cementing himself as our 3 hitter for the next decade and in Vegas he posted video game numbers that made even the typically inflated Vegas stats look pedestrian. Bottomline - even though he may not pan out, he has shown that he has the potential to be one of the 20-30 best hitters in all of baseball. If Nimmo did any of those things he'd get hype too.
Eric,
My point was the Mets seemingly have zero of the "he's not going to sit on the bench" concerns with Nimmo. Getting Conforto "going" has been a focus of theirs all off-season ST. Nimmo has basically gone unmentioned. Even Dom Smith has been mentioned by Sandy twice this spring. Have you seen ANY buzz regarding Nimmo? Strange given at one point he and Conforto were viewed as similar caliber talents.
Amazing what some motivation will do
Shift was on so Reyes was at the SS position.
Solid baseball name as well.
2012 BA said he had the best FB in their draft class (The Mets, not the entire draft). Needs to throw more strikes. Shot to be a solid middle reliever.
My best friends sister dated him while at Stony lol
My money's on Ces.
Hopefully, it's really just soreness and the fracture has healed from last year.