Good
morning.
1. Roster Moves:
Infielder Rigoberto Terrazas was activated
from Columbia’s disabled list The 22-year old ‘blue chip’ prospect has had a
miserable season this year for Columbia (.188) after hitting .348 for Kingsport
last year… OF Champ Stuart landed on the
Binghamton disabled list again. This repeated on again, off again placement
could be one of those phantom injuries you see sometimes in the chain… SP Jason Vargas has come off the Mets DL and will pitch on
Tuesday. This sends SP Corey Oswalt back to
AAA-Las Vegas… “Red chip” prospect, RP Drew Smith,
has been promoted to the Mets in time foe the weekend series. He has pitched
excellently in Vegas… 40th round draft pick, RP Brian Metoyer, has been promoted from the GCL team to
Kingsport. He pitched one inning in one outing there (?)… the Mets activated OF
Yoenes Cepedes and options 1B/OF Dominic Smith to AAA-Las Vegas…
2. Betsy Helfand - @betsyhelfand - Las Vegas beats Salt Lake 6-4
to salvage the series finale. Chris Flexen gave
up two runs in seven innings pitched. Phillip Evans
and Christian Colon each had three hits. Peter Alonso had two, including an inside-the-park
home run. – Mack
– I’m not concerned with Alonso’s slow start in Vegas. It’s a hitter league and
this must just be something stuck inside of him. What I am still concerned with
is his work in the field. This is where he needs to improve his game, not with
a bat in his hands.
3. Luke Arkins
- @luke_arkins - Looking for trade targets to augment the #Mariners
bullpen? I made a list…. JEURYS FAMILIA
– METS - With Britton still shaking off the rust, Familia is the more reliable
option. The Mets’ closer has a high strikeout rate (9.8 SO/9) while
surrendering just one home run in 40.2 innings this year. That said; Familia
has experienced health issues too. In 2017, he missed considerable time due to
an arterial clot in his right shoulder. The former All-Star experienced
soreness in the same shoulder earlier this season, but has performed well since
returning to action in mid-June. Bottom line: As with Britton, the price will be steep for buyers interested in Familia. Mack – sure hope
so…
4. Nick Francona - @NickFrancona - There is so much more that
needs to be said about the MLB investigation into the Kapler issue. Stuff that
is truly shocking. It ate away at me having to remain silent about this to keep
my job, but now I’ll finally be able to share the true depravity of Rob
Manfred. It is ugly.
5. Bleacher Report - https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/20/mets-are-exchanging-names-with-teams-for-a-jeurys-familia-trade/
- Andy Martino of SNY TV reports that the Mets
“have gotten to the point of exchanging names with teams” in trade talks for
closer Jeurys Familia. He says that nothing is
imminent, but that we should expect a Familia trade “well before the deadline.”
Mack – I never
believe a thing that comes out of Martino’s trap, but even I could come up with
this much speculation going into this weekend. Familia and Astrubel Cabrera and 1-2
(or 2-1) in exit stage left from Flushing.
6. Scott Soshnick - @soshnick - BREAKING: At least 10% of @Mets
going up for sale, sources say. At least three minority partners are exploring
sale, including Comcast and Charter Communications. Mack – on the surface, this is a good
thing, but what if selling small chunks creates a situation that the team
becomes profitable through this mess and the Wilpons remain majority owners?
You only have to own 51% to control the votes. Why own the rest?
7. There seems to be a new issue regarding the
health of Yoenes Cespedes. It seeks that he has
told others that he needs an operation on his knees that have developed
calcification. It seems that the only way of correcting it is through an
operation and recovery time is estimated at… 8 months. He ended the
conversation saying he intended on taking care of this in ‘the off-season’.
Does he realize if he waits this long he wouldn’t be ready to play again until
just prior to the 2019 all-star break? Why not shut down after the Yankee
series (during this lost season) and do it now so you could be ready for
opening day 2019?
3 comments:
YC is turning into Frank Francisco as he spent over 2 months on the DL (in Florida by his ranch) and were only hearing of this now...so sure let's wait till the off season to have surgery and then only have 2020 left before your next contract (and good luck with that)
Jay Bruce, Yoenis Cespedes, Anthony Swarzak, Jason Vargas (and I am sure I am missing a few)..........cripes!
You couldn't swing and miss that often if you tossed darts with your eyes blindfolded.
Add to that poor drafting and is it any wonder we are where we are?
Cespedes should have the surgery as soon as possible.
Actually should have had it earlier in this season when he was on the DL
Post a Comment