Jun
22
2011

Collins Could Move A Suddenly Hot Jason Bay Up In Order

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Last night, struggling leftfielder Jason Bay homered for the first time since May 13 in the sixth, breaking a string of 104 at-bats without one. Bay also hadn’t had an extra-base hit since May 20, a stretch of 89 at-bats.

It was a great night for Bay who also blasted a triple off the wall, and had a single and a walk in his best game of the season. He also made several nice catches in left.

“It felt great,” Bay said. “I’ve been working every day. As much as you tell people what you’re doing, it’s nice to get results.”

Collins indicated he might move Bay up in the order for tonight’s game. Bay had been batting sixth and could bat clean-up behind Carlos Beltran.

With Justin Turner cooling off, maybe outfielder Angel Pagan can return to his more natural role and bat second behind Reyes?

Bay has been surging of late and is hitting .417 in the last six games.

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4 Comments + Add Comment

Brandon Butler June 22, 2011 at 10:16 am

Once i read tweets that Jason Bay actually hit a HR, i had to tweet whether or not those tweets are legitamite or not. LOL
kevin June 22, 2011 at 12:45 pm

He almost had two homeruns last night which would have been the third time he would have done it as a Met.
sarge June 22, 2011 at 3:08 pm

I say go for it Terry cause it can’t be any worse than what Murphy has been doing.
He, Murph, has looked over matched especially against lefties and is costing the lineup because he is not producing.
At least bat Bay there for a few games and see what happens , it can’t be worse than what Murphy has been doing.
Metsie June 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm

It’s good to reward a player who gets hot but there is a school of thought that says if it isn’t broke don’t fix it.

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