Jeff McNeil
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Jeff McNeil Appreciation Post
Fielding (2B)
E: 1 | OAA: 7
fielding %: .997
Batting
AVG .321 | AVG with risp .339
OPS .833 | SLG .460 | OBP .373
H 132 | 2B 34
Mack - I love the TBS announcer that said that Jeff likes to scan what the defensive setup is before getting into the box and then directs his swing to holes in the infield.
A true hitting genius.
These are the kind of players I wished never got old. I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff when he played in Savannah and there couldn’t have been a more respectful player in baseball. Treating press nice is rare. Treating old guy press in small markets is, well…
What’s always missed here is how hard he has worked on his second base defense. He was a total liability there. Sort of like Daniel Murphy v.2.0. But he is now a match for his middle infield teammates at that position.
Just love this guy.
2023 Pen
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I don't trust Eppler to sign and trade for an entire replacement bullpen for '23. The relief market is the worst place to shop due to its year-to-year volatility and likelihood of overpayment.
This is where letting go of the Sewald's & Crismatt's & Szapucki's catches up to you.
Mack - I guess we can go back and forth on who is good and who is bad here, but, for the love of me, I can’t see a place for that Joely guy here.
The choices Buck is making after a day off against the best team in baseball are very puzzling. Sort of a lot like our past manager.
Unionizing Minors
The Major League Baseball Players Association is pushing to unionize minor leaguers.
MiLB players have been sent cards to vote on designating the MLBPA as their collective bargaining representative.
How do you feel about this?
Traded for themselves
There are very few trades in baseball that everyone can agree are objectively equal. But there are four players in MLB history that got an exactly even return: themselves. Each of these four players were traded for a player to be named later, which would ultimately turn out to be… themselves.
Catcher Harry Chiti was the first player in baseball history to be traded for himself. Cleveland sent him to the Mets for a player to be named later on April 25, 1962, only to get him back on June 15 as that player.
Similarly, in ’80, the Yankees traded catcher Brad Gulden to the Mariners, and Gulden was returned to New York a year later.
Pitcher Dickie Noles was sent from the Cubs to the Tigers for just 33 days in ’87 before being returned to Chicago.
The Tigers were again involved in a similar swap in 2005, when they received infielder John MacDonald from the Blue Jays in July, only to give him back to Toronto that November.
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Jeff McNeil is an ideal baseball player.
Funny on the returning traded players. Many Mets over the years I would have traded multiple times just to get them off the team.
McCann has officially announced he is quitting baseball to sell Thom McCann shoes to children - he has a heart for kids.
If we still had Sewald, we'd have the best pen in baseball. All it took was a little tweak.
I'm glad you mentioned Seward again.
There is no guarantee that he, or any other reliever the Mets cut, would be pitching well for them now.
The game is 50% mental.
50%
minor league ball players are treated so poorly by their employers that they need all the help they can get. I hate the thought of future minor league seasons starting late or ending early or being eliminated by strikes, but the minor leaguers need all the help that they can get.
A little tweak here,a little tweak there,it’s so simple…
I saw this first hand for 6 years
The apartments used in Savannah were 2 bedroom with 8 players
No washer or dryer and would bring dirty laundry to clubhouse to have washed.
Trust me.
It takes a lot more than a tweak here...
Every person is different
Every body is different
Resistance to change varies
I agree with your comments on McNeil - the first time I saw him walk to the plate and think about his approach before stepping into the box, I thought "Daniel Murphy". He has continued to impress at the plate, but evolved beyond Murphy by eliminating the power swing to focus on what works. He will continue to hit. He also has exceptional fielding skills. Not as quick or smooth as some others, but equally effective.
RPs are so fickle. Hader was considered one of the best in MLB, but has been a disaster since the trade. If we had traded solid prospects to get him (as many fans and media types advocated), imagine the reactions.
Givens had a 2.25 ERA for a lousy team in a hitters' park, but he's been awful here until last night, which hopefully was the 1st step in a strong bounceback.
Loup was phenomenal for us last year for us, and I was among the many who wanted him back, but he's been awful in L.A.
Meanwhile Holmes, mediocre at best before this year, has saved the Yankees' collective ass since Chapman pitched his way out of the closer job.
As Forrest Gump might say, relievers are like a box of chocolate. 😁
He also seems to have shelved the brat personality.
Maturity
I expect Joely to be replaced by Luchhese in a week, followed by the addition of McGill the following week
Lucchese? That's a feel good story. Megill I read is about to begin his rehab assignment. Smith soon. Help is on the way.
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