Starting Lineups for both clubs today
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups today & tomorrow vs. the Blue Jays
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-The Mets are facing a former member of their starting rotation from last year for the second game in a row; yesterday it was Walker and today it's Bassitt.
-All three of the kids are in the starting lineup tonight for something like only the fourth time, if I'm not mistaken.
-Baty is batting 5th, Vientos is 7th, and Alvarez is 9th against the righty Bassitt.
-If I'm not mistaken, the Mets are something like 16-0 when their starting pitchers go 6 or more innings so far this season.
-The 4-man bench today will consist of Vogelbach, Escobar, Pham & Nido.
Tweet @Metsmerized - According to Mets GM Billy Eppler, Ronny Mauricio started learning left field yesterday. - 5:16 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 2,114 Views - ( New Window )
Tweet @Metsmerized - According to Mets GM Billy Eppler, Ronny Mauricio started learning left field yesterday. - 5:16 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 2,114 Views - ( New Window )
LOL, they couldn't have done this when the season started? Instead they wait until June??
Well, I guess better late than never...
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This is from pjacs18's post on the previous thread:
Tweet @Metsmerized - According to Mets GM Billy Eppler, Ronny Mauricio started learning left field yesterday. - 5:16 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 2,114 Views - ( New Window )
LOL, they couldn't have done this when the season started? Instead they wait until June??
Well, I guess better late than never...
I know. We have been talking about it all year not because it is genius but because it is obvious. Mets finally they get around to it on June 2.
it seems like they gave him a month in april to play 2b, which was another logical move since that should be a simpler adjustment from ss. Mcneil can play either of 2b or of so it doesn't matter which one mauricio fills. the move to LF now would seemingly tell us that they think mcneil is the better 2b right now so they at least want him to have lf as an option.
on the scale of bad decisions with rookies this year and last year that one is towards the bottom imo. at this time last year vientos had a higher ops than mauricio has now and it still took them another 3 months to call him up even though they were getting even less out of their DH spot than vogelbach. dom had 0 homers and jdd had just 4 before getting traded.
Will the weather hold up?
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This is from pjacs18's post on the previous thread:
Tweet @Metsmerized - According to Mets GM Billy Eppler, Ronny Mauricio started learning left field yesterday. - 5:16 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 2,114 Views - ( New Window )
LOL, they couldn't have done this when the season started? Instead they wait until June??
Well, I guess better late than never...
wonder if the player was against it until he sawshortstop wasnt gonna happen?
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This is from pjacs18's post on the previous thread:
Tweet @Metsmerized - According to Mets GM Billy Eppler, Ronny Mauricio started learning left field yesterday. - 5:16 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 2,114 Views - ( New Window )
LOL, they couldn't have done this when the season started? Instead they wait until June??
Well, I guess better late than never...
wonder if the player was against it until he sawshortstop wasnt gonna happen?
Blue Jays at Mets | 7:10 pm EDT start - June 2, 2023 - TV Broadcast: Mets' feed - SNY: Gary, Keith, & Ron
Blue Jays at Mets | 7:10 pm EDT start - June 2, 2023 - TV Broadcast: Blue Jays' feed
MLB.com - Gameday Preview: Blue Jays at Mets - June 2, 2023 - 7:10 pm EDT start
Enjoy :-)
a 33 righty, career minor leaguer, to be added to 40 man roster
a 33 righty, career minor leaguer, to be added to 40 man roster
Woo hoo! That’s an Eppler Special!
I guess Eppler wanted to jump on the robust reliever market early this year. Inspiring move.
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Ex Philly Vinny Nittoli from the Cubs for cash considerations.
a 33 righty, career minor leaguer, to be added to 40 man roster
Woo hoo! That’s an Eppler Special!
I guess Eppler wanted to jump on the robust reliever market early this year. Inspiring move.
a 33 righty, career minor leaguer, to be added to 40 man roster
Vinnie Boombatz
Andy Kaufman as Dr. Vinnie Boombatz (1983) - ( New Window )
Let's get some runs tonight!
6 IP
5 H
1 R (1 ER)
1 HR
3 BB
8 K
4.25 ERA
*Verlander's 117 thrown pitches tonight are the most thrown this season by any Mets starter.
The only problem with Verlander's fine start tonight is that Bassitt has outdone him. Bassitt's only thrown 76 pitches through 6 innings tonight and has retired the last 12 batters he's faced in a row. He looks like he can go 8 innings tonight at this rate.
MLB.com - Gameday: Pitch by Pitch - Blue Jays at Mets - June 2, 2023 - 8:40 pm EDT start - ( New Window )
glad to see bassitt step up in a meaningless situation to everyone but him. in all seriousness it's unfortunate he didnt work out here for whatever reason. he is a very reliable #3 and they somewhat wasted not totally different amounts of money on less valuable players.
@SyracuseMets
Two hits over 100 MPH?
AND a game-saving defensive play?
Just another night at the office for Ronny Mauricio 😉
he had a 3rd batted ball over 100 mph that was an out, and his 115.8 mph batted ball last night i believe was highest recorded by anyone in mets full organization this year and there have only been 13 players to hit harder balls than that in the big leagues.
mets 4 hardest hit balls so far this year are by baty (113.7), alvarez (113.6), alonso (113.4), vientos (112.8). all of those are 85th percentile or higher.
max ev of 115.8mph is 97th percentile in mlb and tied with oneil cruz.
i think giving mauricio another 2-4 weeks to get some LF experience is a no brainer, hopefully by then the 3 rookies at the big league level are beyond the primary rookie adjustment stage.
https://twitter.com/SyracuseMets/status/1665006332192124931 - ( New Window )
that gets you about halfway there for bassitt's $ but the other half wasn't hard to find either. trading carrasco and planning to fill 5th spot with megill/peterson. or just not signing narvaez. they had some options if they wanted to keep bassitt (or if he wanted to stay). it seems like neither side was all that interested in a reunion for whatever reason.
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“We know Ronny can play on the left side of the infield,” Eppler said. “We know we can put Ronny at second base in a major-league game, too. But we also want to see how that athleticism can play in the outfield. All the indicators, all the measurables tell us he should be able to acclimate out there as well. And he’s excited about it. He just wants to do whatever he can do. The more versatility, the more tools in his toolbelt, the better for him and his career, the better for the Mets.”
Before this recent foray at 2B and LF, Ronny had never played even an inning at any position other than SS.
That's just dumb.Especially when SS is blocked by Lindor.
The only semi-plausible explanation I can come up with is that after signing Lindor, Mets looked at Mauricio as guy they would trade. Since there were always questions about his ability to stick at SS, Mets thought if they exclusively played him there, it would make him look more like a SS. Whereas if they moved him to 2B and LF, he would like a guy without a position, reducing his trade value.
So he is not going to do a Musk and fire people wholesale.
Eppler has brought in some of his own people, such as Horowitz and Strangio but there is a lot of organizational inertia and this is basically still the front office that Cohen inherited.
So, for example, was it Eppler who pushed for the DH platoon and acquiring Vogey and Ruf? Or was that the head of pro personnel Bryn Alderson? And did Sandy back his son and basically bulldoze any opposition?
Given that Bryn was let go and Sandy put out to pasture, it might be that Eppler was not in favor of those trades.
My point is that there are a lot of odd moves made by this organization the last few years that suggest divisions in the decision making. Then you have the wildcard intervention of Cohen who is going to sign Lindor right away rather than evaluate him for a year because he wants to make a big splash. Or create drama with Correa because he is texting late one night probably after having imbibed a few. Mets then get involved in a wild goose chase that paralyzes the organization and prevents Eppler from signing one of the numerous middle relievers who were then available.
I think it was assumed that Bassitt was going to get 4-5 years at about 25 per.
But nobody offered that and Toronto scooped him up at a bargain price.
So I don’t buy for a second that eppler wasn’t fully in control at the deadline last year. He made moves unlike any this org had made the previous decade - which all the holdovers had been part of. Eppler made the specific comments about the robust rp market after being questioned about foolishly giving up holderman. Robertson was his guy from nyy days and he was his top priority at deadline then again in offseason.
As far as Mauricio last year he was 20/21 years old in AA and not considered particularly close to the big leagues. When players already have substantial developments to make I understand not adding learning new positions to the mix. Buck commented this spring on the position thing and I think he was right - you don’t move a player off a premium position until you have to. They didn’t really have to until now and they are doing it.
As far as Mauricio last year he was 20/21 years old in AA and not considered particularly close to the big leagues. When players already have substantial developments to make I understand not adding learning new positions to the mix. Buck commented this spring on the position thing and I think he was right - you don’t move a player off a premium position until you have to. They didn’t really have to until now and they are doing it.
But none of that stopped the Arizona Fall League team from playing Ronny at 3B......where he went out and won that League's MVP.
Teams play their Minor Leaguers at various different positions quite a bit. Jett Williams is getting burn at SS and CF, with no apparent damage to his skillset.
I asked at the Trade Deadline last August -- If you're only going to play Ronny at SS where he has no future on this team, and you're not going to trade him.....what exactly is your plan ??
Yeah, good point.
i understand the frustration with the mets not having more open minds with their young players, but with respect to mauricio so far him not playing other positions hasn't cost them anything. unless eppler is lying when he said that he is playing 2b at an MLB level. if in a month they call him up but then pin him to the bench because his defense isn't good enough at 2b or lf then ill agree but that hasnt happened yet and eppler specifically commented that he's checked the defense box for them at 2b.
not playing alvarez, baty, vientos more early (and especially in vientos case last year) may have actually cost them something seeing as all 3 have in the last month won them several games. at this time last year vientos' ops was higher than mauricio's is now and defense was a total non-factor since they had a need at dh.
dom smith was able to move to lf. as has baty despite being a lesser defensive player than mauricio. so that seems more likely but it's also less important since mcneil can move to lf.
so if the extra position flex was something they figured would be easy to accomplish, wasnt him improving his defense at the harder position an extra capability that makes him more valuable (including as a potential trade asset)?
if lindor breaks a finger in a door it's a good thing to have mauricio in the conversation with guillorme, and only reason he wouldn't get that decision is if his defense at SS isn't good enough.