One of the ongoing jokes during yesterday’s rain out was that despite the rain out, Terry Collins had Jerry Blevins and Fernando Salas warming up in the bullpen in case the game started on time. As with most jokes, this one did have a twinge of truth to it. So far this season, the Mets bullpen has been going on an unsustainable rate. Mike Marshall holds the single season record for...
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When a team is riddled with injuries like the Mets have been, what most people focus on is how it negatively impacts the lineup. The converse of that is an injury creates an opportunity for another player. With Lucas Duda and Wilmer Flores on the disabled list and Yoenis Cespedes unable to play the field, it forced the Mets to play Jay Bruce at first base and put Juan Lagares in center field....
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1. Conforto Comfortable Leading Off The Mets might have found their new leadoff hitter with Jose Reyes slumping. Michael Conforto led off for Friday’s and Sunday’s games against the Nationals and went 5-for-8 (.625) with two leadoff home runs, a walk, and three runs scored. He is now hitting .361/.432/.722 on the season and .438/.526/1.000 in the leadoff spot. 2. Wheeler Found His...
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When you are 36 years old and playing out of position in center field, fans are going to question whether you are done. They will tend to overlook all that you have done for a team and focus on what best helps the team to win now. Baseball is cruel that way, and baseball is being cruel to Curtis Granderson right now. Through his first 15 games, Granderson hit just .143/.197/.214 with no homers...
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According to Las Vegas 51s beat writer Betsy Helfand of the Review Journal reports infielder T.J. Rivera traveled to New York with catcher Kevin Plawecki. Because Rivera had been demoted to make room for Sean Gilmartin on the roster on April 14th, Rivera is not eligible to play in a major league game until Tuesday, April 25th against the Braves. That is unless the Mets put someone on the...
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