The Mets bounced back from getting swept by the lowly Braves by winning two one-run games against those “relentless” Royals, taking Wednesday’s game by a 4-3 score.
- The Mets took a 3-2 lead when Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer. It was the second straight game where Cabrera went deep. He now has eight homers for the season.
- Matt Reynolds started the game in left field with the Royals starting lefty Danny Duffy. The start was not the most unlikely thing; however, as Reynolds smoked a homer to the opposite field. The announcers mentioned that the wind was holding up balls to center and left but was blowing out to right. The homer provided the final winning margin.
- Yoenis Cespedes hit a monster shot that was knocked down by the wind and left him with a double. He later walked but left the game with left wrist discomfort.
- Jeurys Familia came on in the 9th and retired the side in order for his 24th save of the year in 24 tries, tying a club record.
Syndergaard was pulled because of elbow soreness.
Bring in Reyes for 2b…any first sign of problems and he is dumped.
What’s to lose? No prospects, not even $$. Wilpon really likes that.
Team has not had a leadoff man since Reyes left.
Grandy and his power can come lower in the order. Neil Walker for 3b.
If he is good at it, Mets sign him long term to play there, as David is probably bye-bye. Good for Neil too, as in leverage in his F/A year.
At 2b, if Reyes is good, he stays or becomes FT bench all around INF utility,
with Herrera taking over 2b in 2017.
Since Rocks have to pay, let them pay. Reyes plays virtually for free, no prospects traded. Time is up on giving up prospects. Look at what Tigers got in Fullmer ! Good for them as Mets got Cespedes, but, Mets cannot give up another one of those.
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I simply do not get the “bring reyes back” campaign. The upside has to be balanced by the immediate downside, namely, just how good Cabrera and Walker have become in the middle infield – individually and as a DP team. All the sudden lets break up one of hte few things working on both sides of the ball to take a flyer on a guy with diminishing talent, and who has never played anything other than SS. Oh by the way, as generous as Walker has been about taking 3B, the long and short is that would be a learning experience as he has very little time there. So why on Earth would we do that for a guy whose defense and bat are both fading. I guess I see him being a bench guy…perhaps we can trade Flores for something.
We need help at catcher, 1B, 3B, and relief pitching. Far as I can see, Reyes doesnt provide a lick of help in any of that. OK, he may be a leadoff hitter, but his numbers in Colorado, where balls fly, were pretty sad, with not even a 30% on base. Reyes is the classic albatross.
As I mentioned in “Keeping Neil Walker a New Yorker” in The Garden, Walker has over 400 professional games at third base.
Reyes is better than Ty Kelly and Matt Reynolds. He probably is better than Flores and maybe Kelly Johnson. He is not better than Cabrera. Reyes has played 2nd base in the Kaz Matsui SS experiment. It is a low risk high reward signing. There is still five weeks before the trade deadline. If he doesn’t work out then jettison him and upgrade.
The big issues now are what are the status of Cespedes, Syndergaard, Wheeler, and Colon. Everything else is secondary.
Miraculously good news on both Noah and Ces.
Great day in the end for the team and its fans.
And Wheeler! A trifecta!
And that Nats blown victory was something special. I highly recommend that you Google that final play for yourself. A stunning loss.
On Reyes: sure, I am curious. Would not be against it.
The issue now is that it’s premature to think trade, and I certainly don’t want to lose Wheeler (our only significant chip, IMO) when he’s at low value for an only middling return.
I think they are keeping Nimmo at AAA to avoid exposing him.
Any big trade won’t happen until 5 weeks from now.
Signing Reyes might allow the Mets to catch lightning in a bottle. The guy is fighting for his career. And it helps give Sandy leverage in trade negotiations. Maybe he’ll look a little less desperate, vulnerable, to teams dangling players.
Also, I find it curious that some folks complain about the lack of small ball, the reliance on HRs, and yet think that Jose doesn’t address any needs.
To me, he’s like signing Loney. There’s really nothing to lose, unless you count Ty Kelly. When you can upgrade the roster, even just incrementally, it’s a good thing.
Well, we have our good memories of Jose to lose, and if that sounds silly so be it. I see major league ball as a spectator sport, I certainly won’t be suiting up for the home team — and as such I have certain requirements for my home guys. I loved the excited, exciting kid the Mets used to have at shortstop, even if I didn’t always love his game. I would rather not trade that guy for this one.
If they sign Jose the sky will not fall, but in all probability the fate of the Mets will matter less to me. Not, probably to the extent of my not following the team at all — that is about what happened to me with the Knicks after they brought in Latrell Sprewell, but after all this is baseball — but less.
The Mets once again won by the long ball and a Replace-Mets stepping up and hitting the deciding one. Thank you Matt Reynolds.
The hitting with RISP will soon follow and then a winning streak will happen.
TC started him because a lefty was pitching. Conforto was still on the bench when the righty came in and Reynolds took him deep. Conforto then went in as a defensive replacement! Talk about living the good life TC !
Blevins, Reed and Familia seems good to close games for now.
I like that the Mets have been over cautious with the pitchers. Any sign of injury is immediately checked. Smart thinking, good sense.
Time to pay back the Braves, three of four will do.