It’s players’ weekend and that means it’s time for those alternate uniforms featuring fun nicknames. Some are clever like “PTBNL” (Josh Phegley) and “<box emoji> <hamburger emoji>” (Brad Boxberger) and some like “Buster” (duh, Buster Posey), eh, not so much. The Mets, like the rest of MLB, have their share of cute and not-so-cute jerseys for this weekend. Following is a list of Mets nicknames and some better suggestions:
Tyler Bashlor: “BASH” “LATE INNING HOMER”
Jose Bautista: “JOEYBATS” “FINALE”
Jerry Blevins: “JER-RY JER-RY JER-RY” “I AM GROOT”
Jay Bruce: “BRUUUCE” “BOOMERANG”
Yoenis Cespedes: “LA POTENCIA” “LA CONTRACTA”
Michael Conforto: “SCOOTER” “SOME DAY”
Travis d’Arnaud: “LIL d” “CHINA DOLL”
Jacob deGrom: “deGROM” “deLUXE”
Phillip Evans: “BARREL” “DFA”
Wilmer Flores: “CATIRE” “CLUTCH”
Todd Frazier: “TODDFATHER” “JERSEY SHORE”
Robert Gsellman: “G-MAN” “EVIL JAKE”
Luis Guillorme: “LUISMI” “SWIPER”
Austin Jackson: “A-JAX” “DEAD CAT BOUNCE”
Juan Lagares: “ANGELO” “LA FRAGILE”
Seth Lugo: “QUARTERRICAN” “SPIN DOCTOR”
Steven Matz: “MATZY” “LEGOS”
Jeff McNeil: “JT” “BATTLE AXE”
Devin Mesoraco: “ROCKO” “GROUND HOG”
Rafael Montero: “MONTERO” “FORMER PROSPECT”
Brandon Nimmo: “NIMMS” “SPARK PLUG”
Corey Oswalt: “OZ” “NOT ROY”
Kevin Plawecki: “PLAW DAWG” “BACK-UP PLAN”
AJ Ramos: “JUNIOR” “OUT OF SERVICE”
Jose Reyes: “LA MELAZA” “GAME OVER”
Jacob Rhame: “RHAMROD” “BP”
T.J. Rivera: “T-BUTTA” “REMEMBER ME?”
Amed Rosario: “EL NIÑO” “LA STUDENTE”
Paul Sewald: “PAULIE” “HELICOPTER”
Dominic Smith: “BIG D” “CONTENDER”
Drew Smith: “SMITTY” “THAT GUY”
Anthony Swarzak: “T-SWEEZY” “ONE GOOD YEAR”
Noah Syndergaard: “THOR” “DODGE THIS”
Jason Vargas: “VARGY” “FINALLY”
Bobby Wahl: “PEANUT” “SLINGER”
Zack Wheeler: “WHEELS” “AT LAST”
David Wright: “D-DUB” “CAPTAIN AMERICA”
Flores:
E3 E4 E5 E6
Chris, that’s brilliant.
🙂
Great post.
Shocked at what Wright’s actually is. Did they let him wear it in his rehab game?
Oh, and loved Chris F’s contribution.
There was a catcher in the 1980s named Sal Butera. I’d nickname him Butt.
Did yous know he attended Suffolk County Community College?
His Christian name is Salvatore, which happens to be my dad’s middle name. I suspect that he’s I-Sal-ian, as is my family (both sides, ranging from Sicilian to Roman).
Then there’s my all time favorite human, Curt Schilling. For that, I’d trade “lling” for “tler”
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