With Juan Lagares suffering a potentially season-ending injury and the Mets really having no idea when Yoenis Cespedes is going to be able to return from his annual disabled list trip, the Mets found themselves without a Major League caliber right-hand hitting outfielder. With that as the backdrop, the New York Mets went out and signed Jose Bautista, and put him in the starting lineup last...
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Talk about a backdrop for a start. The Mets were reeling having lost 13 out of their last 17. They had not won a series since the April 13-15 series against the Milwaukee Brewers. For that matter, the Mets had not won two in a row since that April 14 win. In that time frame, the team had dropped from first to fourth, and the team has seen a number of players go on the disabled list, including...
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3 UP 1. Jake deGreat Were you concerned about his pitching just one inning in his first start off the disabled list? Did you think the beginnings of trade speculation and the absurd New York Daily News back page was a distraction? Well, Jacob deGrom reminded us all that he’s an ace who is not going anywhere at the moment. In seven brilliant innings, deGrom struck out 13 while walking none....
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To possibly help address the Mets and Las Vegas outfield depth issues, the New York Mets have signed outfielder Ezequiel Carrera to a minor league deal and gave assigned him to Triple-A. The Mets depth issues were precipitated by Yoenis Cespedes going on the Disabled List and Juan Lagares likely done for the season. This makes the Las Vegas 51s outfield dilemma all the more concerting. At the...
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In 29 games this season, Jose Reyes is hitting .143/.176/.204 with a 6 OPS+ and 6 wRC+. To put it in perspective, a league average OPS+ or wRC+ is 100. That’s a major reason why Reyes has a -0.4 WAR so far this season. To put his horrendous start even more in perspective, he had a 61 wRC+ through May 17 last season when he was off to a bad start. When he is getting into games, he’s...
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