The New York Mets have hired Jim Riggleman to serve as their
new bench coach. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s plan for the bench coach
search was to look for someone that had prior experience managing games.
Riggleman has a decent resume. He has served as a manager for 13 years with the
Padres, Cubs, Mariners, Nationals and Reds with a 726-904 record. He was Cincinnati’s
bench coach from 2016 until he became interim manager for five months last
season. He led the Reds to a 64-80 record after taking over for Bryan Price.
I think Riggleman is a fine choice and will be
a big help to Mickey Callaway. Gary DiSarcina who was the bench coach in 2018
was reassigned to serve as third base coach. The Mets have claimed
outfielder/first baseman Jordan Patterson off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.
He has shown good power in the Minor Leagues during the last two seasons
hitting 26 homers each year and has been versatile defensively by playing at
first base and the two corner outfield positions.
The Mets are also
looking to improve their roster in the following areas: catcher, bullpen and
the infield. The New York Yankees have what the Mets need and are looking for while
the Mets also have what the Yankees mostly need and are looking for and that is
another front-line starter even though the Yankees acquired James Paxton from
Seattle last week. They still need another front-line starting pitcher to get
by Boston and Houston.
So, a trade between the two New York teams would be very
interesting. I would like to see a trade
of Gary Sanchez and Dellin Betances to the Mets for Noah Syndergaard, Bobby
Wahl and Kevin Plawecki. In my opinion if the two sides got together and
discussed this type of deal, they both would be fine with the deal especially
since this trade can possibly help both teams make it to the World Series.
The
Mets recently have been shopping Syndergaard and they are not looking for
prospects. They would like an impact player in return since they feel they can
contend in 2019 especially since the starting rotation is very good and is the
strength of the team.
In other baseball news the Mets announced that they have
released Jenrry Mejia who had been granted conditional reinstatement to Major
League Baseball after being banned for life back in 2016. He became the first
Major League Baseball player to receive a lifetime suspension for committing a
third violation of the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.
The World Series Champion Boston Red Sox have signed World Series Most Valuable
Player Steve Pearce to a one-year deal.
5 comments:
I think the Mets would be very worried that Thor would become the face of their franchise, more so if Sanchez and/or Betances cratered due to injury.
So, I would be very surprised at that deal. If it were not the Yankees, and the same players were involved, hey, it might happen.
It won't unless Brodie thinks it is a really good idea and can sell it to the risk-averse Wilpons.
From what I have read the Yankees are very down on Sanchez. His defense has been miserable and his offense regressed dramatically last year.
Realmuto and others would be a much better choice to focus on at catcher.
I think ultimately Patterson will be a AAAA type of player such as previous roster filler(s) Chris Carter & Val Pascucci . I have no problem with Riggleman being bench coach and the idea of the trade. Scenario as proposed on the MLB network last night sending Bruce/Smith & the stud ss prospect, Gimminez to the Mariners for Cano, the closer & that other prospect intrigues ne
Rusty, that does sound intriguing
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