Different coaches and medical yet same injury issues so far. Swarzak, Cespedes join the other 10 guys w injuries.
And pitching looks like it has A LOT of work to do already. This zen master Callaway is either going to back his talk w an epic career or become a complete joke in 2 years.
Hopefully not youthful exuberance, and he's really ready sooner rather than later.
Thor looked good again. Hopefully injuries behind him. All the pitchers today looked ok.
Frazier is walking to work just now. Turns around when he hears his little girls screaming daddy daddy daddy as they come running through the parking lot. The look on his face as they both grabbed his legs was absolutely priceless. Theyre ballplayers. But still normal people with normal jobs. Who have to say daddy has to go to work now too just like you and I.
Time for warmups and stretches...
Z, its all yours tonight.
Everyone stealing on him.
Highest read Ive seen tonight is 97
Everyone stealing on him.
Huge focus on runners all spring. Holding. Changing timing to plate. One guys is just not getting it. At all
Preparing myself for another year of being the Nats' bitch.
Weeeeee
Looks like the same old Wheeler to me. I don't want him in the rotation.
He needs it
LOL.
I have no idea what to think about the bullpen, aside from the fact that most of them stink. Blevins and Sewald cant pitch every night.
The offense is also hard to figure out. I feel like the offense should be good but I just cant get there. I almost expect another season of a lot of HRs, a lot of strikeouts, low batting average and streaky as hell.
Its a weird team.
Can't remember the last time we beat this team in ST or the reg season. Maybe 2015...
Fun times.
I have no idea what to think about the bullpen, aside from the fact that most of them stink. Blevins and Sewald cant pitch every night.
The offense is also hard to figure out. I feel like the offense should be good but I just cant get there. I almost expect another season of a lot of HRs, a lot of strikeouts, low batting average and streaky as hell.
Its a weird team.
The back of the BP is worrying but they should have some time to sort things out. If the SP stays healthy I think they are good enough to get to post-season.
The everyday defense should be a little better this year and the lineup should be very slightly lower K (mostly thanks to dumping Duda). Really though, the main improvement in that area is going to have to come from the young guys. Nimmo (28%), Rosario (29%), Conforto (26%), and Dom Smith (27%) had the highest K-rates on the team.
The offense is also hard to figure out. I feel like the offense should be good but I just cant get there. I almost expect another season of a lot of HRs, a lot of strikeouts, low batting average and streaky as hell.
Its a weird team.
I feel the same way right now. Its like a hodgepodge of parts that dont quite fit to make a machine work.
Ehalt says Callaway knew that Cespedes wrist was sore but played him anyway on Sunday. WTF is wrong with this team? Why would you play Cespedes if his wrist hurt in a fucking spring training game? Even a regular season game you'd have to sit him.
I don't get it. A healthy Cespedes is worth an extra 3-5 wins compared to next man up. How can they be so reckless?
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For all their commitment to transparency/prudence regarding injuries, the Mets:
-Had Cespedes play through a wrist sore enough to need cortisone
-Cut off a media interview with him about it after 90 seconds
-Did not inform Mickey Callaway that he had an x-ray until hours later
"There's concern that repeated cortisone shots might cause the cartilage within a joint to deteriorate. So doctors typically limit the number of cortisone shots into a joint.
In general, you shouldn't get cortisone injections more often than every six weeks and usually not more than three or four times a year."
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cortisone-shots/about/pac-20384794 - ( New Window )
I love the player but it seems like he's so seldom 100% and the healthy stretches are getting fewer and farther between now.
I love the player but it seems like he's so seldom 100% and the healthy stretches are getting fewer and farther between now.
I know.
It's frustrating because he has MVP level upside. He's become a better hitter as he's gotten older but he just can't stay healthy.
This wrist injury likely isn't the end of the world, but I'm getting worked up over it because they played him in a spring training game after knowing about it.
I love the player but it seems like he's so seldom 100% and the healthy stretches are getting fewer and farther between now.
Agreed, but most of his issues last year were leg-related. I remember watching his workout videos on FB last offseason and wondering what the hell he was doing. OF's don't need to squat 600 lbs. Hopefully he has learned form that.
Just seems like something always creeps up.
He fucked up his shoulder at the end of the NLCS vs. CHC too - and he was clearly injured during the WS (couldn't hit a lick) which cost us big time.
So, we've now had quad issues, hamstring issues, shoulder issues, AND wrist issues.
That's a lot.
Though I'd love to see Nimmo break out at the MLB level, not with the power of Cespedes, but at least as a high OBP guy who can lead off with some pop and play plus D in CF.
That way even though the lineup is weaker, the team has legit major league options and not just a platoon guy like Lagares.
Conforto, Nimmo and Bruce wouldn't be an awful OF if Nimmo holds his own or more an Conforto comes back as pre-injury Conforto.
Flexen, Alonso, Kaz, Maz, Thompson, Bashlor and Borenstein sent down.
Right now, I think the best rotation would be Thor, DeGrom, Harvey, Vargas, Lugo. There's not a lot of depth behind that as I havn't seen much out of Wheeler, Montero, Gsellmen or Matz to inspire confidence. Wheeler's stuff looks nasty at least, so I think he'd by the 6th man, or maybe you let him start the year and use Lugo as the long man.
Lol
Hey arc, mind reverse jinxing them BEFORE the games start ;)
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So much for that "mechanical adjustment"...
Lol
Hey arc, mind reverse jinxing them BEFORE the games start ;)
LOL, I know you're waiting for my daily dose of negativity... so here it is!
Looking like another day, another loss, and 0 runs on the board. Still can't hit. Woooooooo! :)
What if we just avoid getting shut out?
I think I have value!
Damn I'm good.
If Smith's hamstring or groin or whatever it was is healed you have Smith as the starter and Bruce and Flores as insurance.
that's it.
Long-term if Smith fails Alonso is the guy.
I thought they fixed these issues w their firing of met medical and hiring of jack LaLanne?
I thought they fixed these issues w their firing of met medical and hiring of jack LaLanne?
Its ST. They shiuld give Ces ample time to heal instead of okaying through injuries..