Starting Lineups for both clubs tonight.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for tonight's and tomorrow' night's games in La La Land against the Dodgers.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Tonight's game is on SNY and tomorrow's will be on WPIX and FS1.
-The weather for tonight's game in Los Angeles is fine. Click
HERE to see the Hourly AccuWeather Report for Dodger Stadium.
-The Dodgers are 2-5 in their last 7 games; Yamamoto has struggled adjusting to MLB this far. Let's see if the Mets n add to that angst tonight.
-The Mets activated RHP Michael Tonkin; they also sent LHP Tyler Jay outright to Syracuse after having designated him for assignment. They also optioned RHP Grant Hartwig to Syracuse.
-Click
HERE to see the list of Mets transactions thus far for April.
-Click
HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active roster.
-The Mets' 4-man bench for tonight's game will consist of
Narváez (L), Baty (L), Taylor (R), & Short (R). 
NFT: Mets Minor League Update (April) - DanMetroMan - 4/2/2024 10:17 am
@timbhealey
Steve Cohen, making his usual visit to Dodger Stadium, chatted with Mets players and personnel, plus Scott Boras, during batting practice today.
4-0 Metsies mid 3
Cherry picking MLB umpiring.
WTF with this team. Just fucking trade Vientos already if you don’t want him. For fuck sake.
LAD defense and BP both shaky.
mets defense needs to get it's stuff together by the time the P regresses. BP is solid but it isnt pitching to a sub-2 era all year.
If Alvarez is out a length of time, who do the Mets look to to split time, or back up, Narvaez?
You'd think it would be a right handed bat to compliment left hand hitting Narvaez (the Mets could do much worse than having Narvaez play a few months of the season).
For those of you who know these things, is Kevin Parada an option?
God forbid we have the return of Thomas Nido...
I don't think you guys understand how much a 3 hour time change can effect your mental awareness and timing, especially after flying in the night before.
I'm willing to give Wendle and others the benefit of the doubt on errors and inconsistency.
I get the concern on Alverez but we just beat the freaking dodgers at home. Little to more negativity then I care to read this morning.
Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
Watching Yamamoto, I didn’t walk away overly impressed. He has some good stuff, for sure. But I wasn’t blown away like I thought I might be.
Ohtani is still a freak though, lol.
The catchers on this team don’t throw anyone out anyway - so Parada will fit right in!
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the downside is that i think whenever they send nido back down he's subject to waivers, but they can cross that bridge when they get to it. obviously the most important thing is that alvarez gets back healthy at some point.
as good as rosario has played he wasnt coming here. he turned down more money to go to the rays and play because he wants to earn a contract in the offseason. he wasnt coming here for a utility role. he's played 5 games in the IF (2 at short, 3 at 2b) and 10 games in the OF, so there was no role for him here unless they let him try to win 3b over baty.
Don't know why this Re-posted
Per Puma, Nido on way to LA. Expectation is Alvarez to IL. No word on severity
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Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
I have to disagree with this. With Baty entrenched at 3B, Alonso at 1B, and JDM at DH, where would Vientos play? I agree that they want him in Cuse so he can play full time, but I also think it’s apparent the front office doesn’t see him as an essential piece.
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Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
I have to disagree with this. With Baty entrenched at 3B, Alonso at 1B, and JDM at DH, where would Vientos play? I agree that they want him in Cuse so he can play full time, but I also think it’s apparent the front office doesn’t see him as an essential piece.
I’d love to understand the rationale. Vientos destroys AAA offensively. Seems like a natural fit for DH. But for some reason unbeknownst to all, he’s treated like a red-headed stepchild.
And if they are gearing up to trade him, other teams are going to question what’s wrong with him…lowering his value. Can’t help but think that this FO has bungled every single aspect of a Vientos.
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Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
I have to disagree with this. With Baty entrenched at 3B, Alonso at 1B, and JDM at DH, where would Vientos play? I agree that they want him in Cuse so he can play full time, but I also think it’s apparent the front office doesn’t see him as an essential piece.
I’d love to understand the rationale. Vientos destroys AAA offensively. Seems like a natural fit for DH. But for some reason unbeknownst to all, he’s treated like a red-headed stepchild.
And if they are gearing up to trade him, other teams are going to question what’s wrong with him…lowering his value. Can’t help but think that this FO has bungled every single aspect of a Vientos.
If you are just going by numbers you’d think Danny Mendick should be an MLB starter
Those decisions are made on things we're not able to see. You either believe the coaches and management evaluate players or don't.
Those decisions are made on things we're not able to see. You either believe the coaches and management evaluate players or don't.
or it could just be a bad decision.
I fluctuate between this view of we're just fans and we know nothing and the opposite view of sometimes we give these front office people too much credit. Many of them are not that smart (the latter view more in football than baseball, but all sports really).
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Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
I have to disagree with this. With Baty entrenched at 3B, Alonso at 1B, and JDM at DH, where would Vientos play? I agree that they want him in Cuse so he can play full time, but I also think it’s apparent the front office doesn’t see him as an essential piece.
until I see JDM play, be healthy and effective I'm not sold the DH role is solely his.
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If they simply don't think he's really an MLB level player at this point.
Those decisions are made on things we're not able to see. You either believe the coaches and management evaluate players or don't.
or it could just be a bad decision.
I fluctuate between this view of we're just fans and we know nothing and the opposite view of sometimes we give these front office people too much credit. Many of them are not that smart (the latter view more in football than baseball, but all sports really).
Fine but we do have to allow for the objective fact that we don't see everything that goes on. What if he's lazy at practice, doesn't take to coaching, or didn't respond well to Martinez being signed to take his spot? What if Stearns just feels he's not a player at this level but doesn't mind holding him until someone else does feel that way?
Sure, it could just be a bad decision but have we been presented with something to buy that this front office shouldn't be trusted with evaluating their own players yet?
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Its obvious by now they want Vientos to play fulltime in AAA to be ready to come up in June.
I have to disagree with this. With Baty entrenched at 3B, Alonso at 1B, and JDM at DH, where would Vientos play? I agree that they want him in Cuse so he can play full time, but I also think it’s apparent the front office doesn’t see him as an essential piece.
I’d love to understand the rationale. Vientos destroys AAA offensively. Seems like a natural fit for DH. But for some reason unbeknownst to all, he’s treated like a red-headed stepchild.
And if they are gearing up to trade him, other teams are going to question what’s wrong with him…lowering his value. Can’t help but think that this FO has bungled every single aspect of a Vientos.
If you are just going by numbers you’d think Danny Mendick should be an MLB starter
Not really. Vientos numbers and peripherals are much better than Mendick’s and he’s also 7 years younger. Not even a comparison.
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If they simply don't think he's really an MLB level player at this point.
Those decisions are made on things we're not able to see. You either believe the coaches and management evaluate players or don't.
or it could just be a bad decision.
I fluctuate between this view of we're just fans and we know nothing and the opposite view of sometimes we give these front office people too much credit. Many of them are not that smart (the latter view more in football than baseball, but all sports really).
Fine but we do have to allow for the objective fact that we don't see everything that goes on. What if he's lazy at practice, doesn't take to coaching, or didn't respond well to Martinez being signed to take his spot? What if Stearns just feels he's not a player at this level but doesn't mind holding him until someone else does feel that way?
Sure, it could just be a bad decision but have we been presented with something to buy that this front office shouldn't be trusted with evaluating their own players yet?
Yes, clearly the FO isn’t going to make their plan public to fans. I think that’s a pretty obvious statement. BUT, with the media and outlets, we are privy to more information than we have in the past. Do we know everything? Of course not. But if he was lazy or have a poor attitude, there’s a good chance that it would be reported.
It’s easy to say that we as fans “know nothing”. And if you want to take that approach because it makes it easier to have blind faith in all the team’s decisions, then more power to you. But these FOs make bad decisions all the time (see - Vogelbach). It’s fair to question the decisions. And with JDM on the shelf for so long, it makes no sense.
Conversely vientos hasn't done anything to convince me that he isn't right where he belongs right now.
Conversely vientos hasn't done anything to convince me that he isn't right where he belongs right now.
Lol, all good man. Nothing you are saying is wrong. The Mets are playing well, so there’s hardly a lot to complain about. But keeping an eye on the future, Vientos is also doing everything he’s supposed to do (numbers wise) to have earned the promotion and given an extended look. Especially with DJM on the shelf. I feel it’s a wasted opportunity to call up a raging hit hitter (and doing it against top rated pitching prospects) and help the ballclub in a position of need.
"Francisco Alvarez is heading to the 15-day injured list with a left thumb sprain."
I thought it was the 10 day IL now for position players and 15 days for pitchers?
Who knows how severe the injury is....
they probably had several chances in the weeks/months earlier to sign him at deals that still would have been extreme values and they were comfortable enough with vientos, who ops'd 800 and led the team in homers during the spring, until it became a deal too good to pass up for last year's ASG clean up hitter.
vientos is ready for big league pitching and jmo but anyone who thinks they know what will or wont happen when he gets there is completely full of shit. he has continually improved at AAA, this year included. he improved last year at the MLB level when he got regular PT. he has obviously carrying talents that cannot be faked (power) and a capacity for improvement so the entire question is whether or not he can make enough improvements at a level he is not playing at. miriam webster would say it's a textbook unknown.
the problem is his roster fit with Baty who was just as deserving of his spot (probably moreso with the way he improved on D this year). JDM should not be a problem and they should have given Vientos the time at DH while he was going through his version of ST. they should have done that because if JDM doesnt perform or cant stay healthy, vientos may be their best DH alternative.
as it turns out DJ has taken advantage of his chance though. so honestly cant even really fault their decision too much.
so i think vientos continues to be stuck in roster fit purgatory. if baty goes on the IL or JDM has a set back i think that's probably what it takes for him to get his shot. a silver lining is that if/when he gets that shot he should be his most prepared to take advantage of it because of the fact that he does just continue to keep getting better at the things some of the experts said he couldnt get better at.
"Francisco Alvarez is heading to the 15-day injured list with a left thumb sprain."
I thought it was the 10 day IL now for position players and 15 days for pitchers?
Who knows how severe the injury is....
if no surgery or break announced that's good news. sometimes swelling leads to late diagnosis' so may not be out of the woods yet, id imagine they will send him to some specialists, but hopefully no news will be good news.
I’m curious what makes you think this. What hasn’t Vientos done in the minors that hasn’t earned him an opportunity in a position of need on the pro club? Especially over the other underwhelming options that are already on the team?
"Francisco Alvarez is heading to the 15-day injured list with a left thumb sprain."
I thought it was the 10 day IL now for position players and 15 days for pitchers?
Who knows how severe the injury is....
Yahoo shows 10-day DL so maybe it was a typo (or Yahoo is wrong)
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Conversely vientos hasn't done anything to convince me that he isn't right where he belongs right now.
I’m curious what makes you think this. What hasn’t Vientos done in the minors that hasn’t earned him an opportunity in a position of need on the pro club? Especially over the other underwhelming options that are already on the team?
He's been great there. Not what I'm doubting. It's the factors aside from hitting that must be at play here.