They could very well send Ike down to get himself sorted, Move Duda to first for the duration of that proccess, Move Kirk to RF and make a space for Bay to play until Ike gets back.

Personally I would prefer they bench Bay until he wins his job back but I know the chances of that happening are NIL.

We have to face fact here…
They are going to play him until he is tradeable or there is only one year left to eat on his contract.
Even if he starts hitting the way we expected all that means is he will get shopped around to try and find someone to take him.

But in many cases, a K really is just another out. as long as a by product of the approach is getting on base more overall, it doesn’t really matter if a few more outs are made via K.

the caveat of course is the situation. makes a difference if you need to just get a run in or runner over, so a productive out is fine. But, that should just be part of what each hitter is looking to do (adjust to the situation).

Just about every poster says the same thing (bay essentially becoming Hairston, and only in a platoon role). Problem is, Terry is quite likely to go his own direction.

I just realized the Mets have to play a turf game this year. This weekend. bleh.

LoL Ceetar for a second don’t ask me why I thought you meant 6 double-header games rather than Designated Hitter.

Needless to say there was a nice “Phew” that followed.

This decision is at least a week away anyway. There’s enough playing time for all of them and if someone doesn’t hit they won’t get as much. Plus you’ve got 6 DH games in early June.

Also, this team needs to start getting some real production from the right side of the plate other than Wright. Sadly, we need Bay to hit in order to keep this team in contention.

I personally would give Bay as many games in rehab starts that they can get away with…there is no need to rush him back. Once he is back, then I’d set up a four man rotation in the OF… Basically, Kirk would be switching out one of Bay, Torres and Duda almost everyday depending on the match ups. Sadly, we don’t know what this team will look like when Bay comes back…I’m not sold on Torres ability to produce or stay healthy.

Here’s the really crazy part, if they really wanted to win…once Bay comes back, they’d move Kirk to RF and Duda to 1st and bench or send down Ike. As bad a Bay has been, Ike has been worse and it’s been a month and a half! How long can we wait for him to come out of it?

BTW, one last thing…this is the new Mets…Striking out doesn’t matter as long as you’re seeing a lot of pitches.