Mets Lineup
Michael Conforto – RF
Yoenis Cespedes – LF
Wilmer Flores – 1B
Todd Frazier – 3B
Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
Kevin Plawecki – C
Juan Lagares – CF
Jacob deGrom – P
Amed Rosario – SS
Marlins Lineup
Derek Dietrich – LF
Miguel Rojas – SS
Starlin Castro – 2B
Justin Bour – 1B
Brian Anderson – 3B
Lewis Brinson – CF
Braxton Lee – RF
Bryan Holaday – C
Caleb Smith – P
Nimmo demoted. Oswalt up. Hopefully, temporarily.
This team is stacked! The starters have to go deeper though.
GO Wheels!
Let Bruce play!
Great start. Feels good.
They shut him down to rest it for a while. So far he has not been cleared to begin throwing again from what I've heard. Hopefully, they are about to start him up again soon.
He was pretty lights out the first couple of games this year. You could tell his stuff was nasty and Mickey was going to be leaning on him big time. Sucks he's out but hey... we are 9-1.
Its another lefty starter so I doubt it. Lagares and Flores will be in again. Ces likely as well.
He just won over his players even more, while allowing Ces to earn more respect in the clubhouse. When people have questioned his dedication.
It’s not like he will further injure his flu and risk being out a month...
Validates sending Nimmo down even more.
totally agree but honestly, Robles has been lights out and has already proven he can overcome a mistake or 2. I wouldnt mess with that just yet.
Rhame handled Sunday night pretty well IMO
Let Swarzak heal and go through the proper motions.
Not really. He did have a big hit the night before and also some big hits the series before. It's not like he was hurting the team. He just wasn't playing his best.
No, if you heard Mickey talk about it, his logic was fine - he asked Ces several times if he wanted a blow. Ces said no. He doesn't want to sit and he had enough conviction behind it that Mickey decided to let him play.
If Cespedes is vigilant about wanting to be out there, he should be. Even when he's sick and aching he's still capable of delivering a huge hit like he did last night (and against WSH)
He's still our best hitter. (Although I think Scooter will have something to say about that by year's end...)
If he says he can go, let him play.
My question is can Jay Bruce play firstbase effectively?
My question is can Jay Bruce play firstbase effectively?
They were saying during the broadcast that the only reason he didn't take reps at 1b in the spring was because he had hurt his foot and they were just focusing on him getting healthy.
I think they'd like him to be able to play first but your question still stands; can he play it effectively
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He just won over his players even more, while allowing Ces to earn more respect in the clubhouse. When people have questioned his dedication.
It’s not like he will further injure his flu and risk being out a month...
That's a pretty good explanation.
Over Reyes?
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Over Reyes?
1000% yes.
Reyes' defense has degraded quite a bit. He's really not much better defensively (if at all) than Wilmer at this point. I'd trust Reyes over Wilmer @ SS only from an experience standpoint.
But Wilmer has played like 90 career games @ 2B. He has plenty of experience there and is a much, much better hitter.
The tradeoff of having Wilmer's bat for the negligible difference in defense makes it a no-brainer.
Reyes might be finished. He looks close.
Obviously, getting so few chances he might never get really “going” this year but isn’t he still miles better than a Chris Woodward type in reserve?
But he's 35 years old. He's clearly nowhere near the player he used to be.
People here would really prefer him playing 2B over Wilmer? I think that's crazy. Wilmer is a much better player right now.
But he's 35 years old. He's clearly nowhere near the player he used to be.
People here would really prefer him playing 2B over Wilmer? I think that's crazy. Wilmer is a much better player right now.
No I like Wilmer more too. Just saying for a 25th man that can still run he offers value. He’s better than guys like Miguel Cairo or whoever else we’ve had in that spot.
I'd still give him at least 2-3 months before I even considered trying to fill his spot with someone else.
I think there's added benefit in that he and Rosario are attached at the hip. He seems to be a good mentor for Amed. They're best buddies - so it's good having Jose around.
Obviously, getting so few chances he might never get really “going” this year but isn’t he still miles better than a Chris Woodward type in reserve?
.174 in March/April, .216 in May, .213 in June (75 games) . It was more than a rough "3 weeks". He did finish strong but he was awful for an entire half.
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(Not based on anything said here). I just feel like people can’t wait to kill him. He’s had 11 plate appearances this year. He was basically a starter last year and he was ice cold the first three weeks but after that he went right back to his career averages offensively from that point until the rest of the year. He ended up a 2fWAR player.
Obviously, getting so few chances he might never get really “going” this year but isn’t he still miles better than a Chris Woodward type in reserve?
.174 in March/April, .216 in May, .213 in June (75 games) . It was more than a rough "3 weeks". He did finish strong but he was awful for an entire half.
His month splits don’t work for me because he had a few hot and cold spells that went over month periods so it’s not a clean break monthly. If you simply remove his first three weeks in April where he was brutal he hit over league average for the season which is right around career averages. It’s really not worth arguing about though as that’s clearly not my point. If anything proving that Reyes took even longer to get it going enhances my point that Reyes should get more rope.
I'm not going to bring it up a million times all season on BBI and make the threads toxic, so don't worry about that, but that might be the reason why a lot of people dislike Reyes. My sister had a 41 game plan for 5 years running and cancelled once they got Reyes and won't renew until he's gone. I doubt she's the only one.
Reyes signing with the Marlins really hurt the fanbase and this was an attempt to make up for it.
I like Reyes as a utility guy especially in helping mentoring Rosario. Its a good fit