Game 1
Mets Lineup
Brandon Nimmo – CF
Francisco Lindor – SS
Dominic Smith – LF
Pete Alonso – 1B
Jeff McNeil – 2B
Michael Conforto – RF
James McCann – C
Luis Guillorme – 3B
Taijuan Walker – RHP
Phillies Lineup
Andrew McCutchen – LF
Rhys Hoskins – 1B
Bryce Harper – RF
Alec Bohm – 3B
Didi Gregorius – SS
Jean Segura – 2B
Andrew Knapp – C
Roman Quinn – CF
Chase Anderson – RHP
"Daniel Wexler
@WexlerRules
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Sep 5, 2018
Really strange to see Jack Reinheimer pass Guillorme on the depth chart. Must have a fan in the organization. Sadly, I expect Guillorme to lose his 40 man spot this off-season #Mets"
Those numbers were in AA. In 2018, his first taste of the majors, he was .209/.284/.239. The carcas of Jose Reyes had a similar OBP and far greater SLG.
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Guillorme .283/.376/.331 with his usual A+ glove work. Career .283/.376/.331. Jack Reinheimer appeared in 21 games for the 2018 Mets with a career .358 slug. C'mon, Guillorme has never been given a fair shake. Concerned about the power? Let that play out. Madrigal is/was one of the top prospects in baseball and has hit 4 homers as a pro
Those numbers were in AA. In 2018, his first taste of the majors, he was .209/.284/.239. The carcas of Jose Reyes had a similar OBP and far greater SLG.
Mike... you're citing...67 ab's over... 35 games played. C'mon, do you really think that's a fair way to judge ANY player? For context Mark Canha already has 47 ab's this season... over 12 games no less.
I am just saying his swing changed between 2018 and 2019 and that was the key to Guillorme's development.
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will have to agree to disagree here.
I am just saying his swing changed between 2018 and 2019 and that was the key to Guillorme's development.
That's fine but are the Mets going to recognize it? Look at McNeil and Nimmo before they got them consistent playing time. They had no idea what they had with those 2.
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will have to agree to disagree here.
I am just saying his swing changed between 2018 and 2019 and that was the key to Guillorme's development.
Sure. But his glove (Paternostro from BP consistently RAVED about his defense)
Jeffrey Paternostro
@jeffpaternostro
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Aug 16, 2014
Guillorme blows my mind on plays he doesn't even get to. Ranged from behind 2b to about 300 ft up LF line, just missed a sliding backhand.
Jeffrey Paternostro
@jeffpaternostro
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Aug 12, 2020
Man I’ve seen a lot of middle infielders in the minors in a decade and I don’t think any of them had better hands/actions than Guillorme.
Jeffrey Paternostro
@jeffpaternostro
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Aug 10, 2019
Been saying for years Guillorme had secret raw pop
To give the Reyes, Reinheimer, Frazier, Panik, Hecheverria types ALL a look before giving him a shot was shortsighted and the Mets in "recent" years have been known for things like this. Underrating their own talent.
The surgery was supposed to happen Spring 2019.
"The Mets signed Lowrie to a two-year, $20 million contract prior to the 2019 season. Lowrie had just eight plate appearances in 2019, and none in 2019. The Salem, Oregon native was diagnosed with a knee fat pad impingement during spring training of 2019, and according to the player, he was threatened with a grievance if he pursued a surgical remedy."
Kyle Glaser
@KyleAGlaser
The Atlantic League, a partner league of MLB, will move the mound back by one foot during the second half of its season, the @washingtonpost
reports. The DH will also be tied to the starting pitcher. Once a team pulls its starter, it loses the DH.
If you were going to gamble on one of these players on waivers being more than fools gold who would it be:
Jed Lowrie
Kyle Seager
Evan Longoria
Adam Eaton
pitchers
Anthony Descalfini
John Gray
thank you in advance
If you were going to gamble on one of these players on waivers being more than fools gold who would it be:
Jed Lowrie
Kyle Seager
Evan Longoria
Adam Eaton
pitchers
Anthony Descalfini
John Gray
thank you in advance
I don't see any reason to believe Seager is "fool's gold" unless you're going to be disappointed with something more like .260 25 90. Gray #1 has been "lucky" notice his XFIP, he's yet to allow a HR and plays for the Rockies, flip side, is there is a very strong change he's traded to a good team at the deadline. DeSclafani in a similar boat, XFIP suggests he's been good but not this good but he 1) Plays in a strong park for his strengths (the Giants are excellent at earmarking suck guys) and also could be on another team at the deadline.
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I get and believe the claim pertaining to last year, but what about 2019? Or why not get it after that offseason. That’s what is confusing to me.
The surgery was supposed to happen Spring 2019.
"The Mets signed Lowrie to a two-year, $20 million contract prior to the 2019 season. Lowrie had just eight plate appearances in 2019, and none in 2019. The Salem, Oregon native was diagnosed with a knee fat pad impingement during spring training of 2019, and according to the player, he was threatened with a grievance if he pursued a surgical remedy."
Took a while to find, I’m not good at this stuff. But was pretty funny reading the thread from one he was first diagnosed as being day to day lol
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I have Machado, Happ, Gimenez, and JD Davis (IL) all who can play 3B plus other positions and Seager can *only* play 3B.
But i picked him up anyway.
I have Machado, Happ, Gimenez, and JD Davis (IL) all who can play 3B plus other positions and Seager can *only* play 3B.
But i picked him up anyway.
I mean, he's not going to hit .317 (.355 BABIP) but just last season 9 homers, 40 rbi, 35 runs over 60 games, so he's a safe bet for 25 85-90 to me. Yes he's 33 but he's also been very durable for his career.
Eric on Li : 2/21/2019 12:44 pm : link
welcome to the mets BVW and Jed!!!! Maybe we'll get some more insurance money back to sign another pitcher.
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"We got confirmation that there was no major damage, so that is good news...I want to be out there with the guys on Opening Day."
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"We got confirmation that there was no major damage, so that is good news...I want to be out there with the guys on Opening Day."
PJ,
His injury is/was not considered "major damage".
"That condition occurs when the knee fat pad — located below the kneecap and designed to protect the patellar tendon —becomes swollen and inflamed. "
He alleges he wanted to go with the surgical option, they did not believe this was necessary.
Lowrie got eight plate appearances in 2019, none last season. The Mets declined to allow him to get the knee operation, he says. They threatened him with a grievance. As he sat out the 60-game season, things were unpleasant, and as soon as the Mets were eliminated, Lowrie was free to get the knee procedure, which occurred in October, right around the time Fred and Jeff Wilpon were on their way out as team owners, and Van Wagenen with them. Lowrie had the surgery and he was assured he would be ready to work regularly by the middle of March. “I missed playing so much, it was very difficult,” Lowrie says. “I would love to play two more years, then perhaps work in the business. It’s been my life for a long time, from Stanford to 14 seasons in the major leagues.”
I really hope this is an area where they are using Cohen's $ wisely to upgrade. The FO page on their website hasn't been updated yet but whenever it goes public I'm hoping to see that there are some new names on the training/performance staff. In the last decade+ the only trustable quotes re: NYM were from outside like Altchek and ElAttrache.
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they're re-writing history, the quote below (from the thread) is purportedly from Lowrie - doesn't sound like a guy who wanted surgery and the team nixed it - at least not at that point):
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Verified account @SNYtv
28s28 seconds ago
"We got confirmation that there was no major damage, so that is good news...I want to be out there with the guys on Opening Day."
PJ,
His injury is/was not considered "major damage".
"That condition occurs when the knee fat pad — located below the kneecap and designed to protect the patellar tendon —becomes swollen and inflamed. "
He alleges he wanted to go with the surgical option, they did not believe this was necessary.
I'm just reading the quote from him where he said he wants to be out there opening day, then a quote from him this year where he says he wanted surgery but the Mets said no - those two things are in conflict.
That's a tough call. 5'9 SP are very rare.. but I advocated signing an extension with one in this very thread (Stroman). I I'm going Anderson. Slightly lower ceiling but not that much lower, 100% a SP and no real red flags.
Peanuts compared to taking on the $100m+ of Cano, who was older and coming off the PED issue. Or as it turns out coming off his first but not last PED issue.
my only guess as to why they didn't let him get the surgery is the Wilponzis didn't want him to miss half of the first season right away, were fine with recouping the insurance money, and in complete save $ mode last year knowing they were on the way out the door and getting severely impacted by no fans in ballpark.
Stroman doesn't pitch as fast as Garcia. I would love to keep him (and Noah) here as well. Trade isn't looking as bad, though my big issue with it was always trading prospects for him in combination with letting Wheeler go in FA. Made no sense.
Stroman doesn't pitch as fast as Garcia. I would love to keep him (and Noah) here as well. Trade isn't looking as bad, though my big issue with it was always trading prospects for him in combination with letting Wheeler go in FA. Made no sense.
Oh yeah, Stroman and Garcia are only similar in terms of size. Fangraphs has Anderson 13 and Garcia 60 if that means anything. I don't see anything to concern me with Anderson and while he doesn't throw 99, he sits comfortably 94 and touches as high as 97.
the Mets have a horrific history of injury diagnosis and communication.
it's one of the things I hope changes with Cohen.
Also, I don't know if it was a "Mets" thing per se or if sometimes that nature of injuries and medicine is not always back and white, there is sometimes gray.
regardless if I had to pick a side on who was more forthcoming here it would be Lowrie, but like I said I hope that chapter of not believing anything Mets injury related is behind us.
Did the Wilpons or Brodie make Lowrie be a jerk to fans and the press? He didn't do himself any favors, that's for sure.
I hope to as well, the Pawtucket Red Sox moved to Worcester. Would love to see a Syracuse Mets vs Worcester Red Sox game.
The Mets are in town May 11 - May 16 and again August 10 - 15 - I think to limit travel they have longer series.
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It was pretty stupid for Lo Duca to say that. And I can't stand joe west, but you can't accuse the guy of that and expect not to have some consequences for it.
The paperwork has some interesting info:
(1) Joe West is retiring at the end of this season;
(2) Joe West is going on the lecture circuit; and
(3) Joe West thinks he will be enshrined in Hall of Fame
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Careful what you say out there, guys. Link - ( New Window )
The paperwork has some interesting info:
(1) Joe West is retiring at the end of this season;
(2) Joe West is going on the lecture circuit; and
(3) Joe West thinks he will be enshrined in Hall of Fame
He's likely a HOFer. 40 seasons as an MLB ump, will retire with the most games umped in the history of baseball.
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#1 I'm sure he wanted to play regardless of his injury #2 He received a 2nd opinion. Given how strange the Mets comments were his entire time here I think it's a safe assumption they weren't seeing eye to eye. I have a very hard time calling this revisionist. They kept oddly mum the entire time and provided little to no actual updates.
the Mets have a horrific history of injury diagnosis and communication.
it's one of the things I hope changes with Cohen.
Also, I don't know if it was a "Mets" thing per se or if sometimes that nature of injuries and medicine is not always back and white, there is sometimes gray.
regardless if I had to pick a side on who was more forthcoming here it would be Lowrie, but like I said I hope that chapter of not believing anything Mets injury related is behind us.
Rojas just confirmed Lowrie asked the Mets for permission to have surgery.