Tom Brennan: Citi Fences, Per Nimmo; Kodai Crumbles; Lindor v. McNeil; Binghamton RUMBLES

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CITI FENCES?…PER BRANDON NIMMO?

THERE GOES BRENNAN AGAIN…

THIS TIME, IT IS BRENNAN NIMMO..ERR, I MEAN BRANDON NIMMO…

To bolster my case for shorter Citi fences, a NY Post article said this yesterday:

“Brandon Nimmo….said he spoke to Soto recently about expecting an offensive improvement once the weather begins to warm up in New York. 

“Things are heating up, and his numbers are all pointing to him being the Soto that we all know and love,” Nimmo said of Soto. (He continued)…

“Citi Field, it’s no joke. 

“I tell you guys every single year, April and May here is no joke. 

“There’s a reason this ballpark ranks in the bottom of ballparks every single year, and it’s not because of June, July and August. 

“But we’ve gotten into some hitter ballparks and got into some warmer weather. He’s still walking, but now he’s doing damage when they come into the zone. … He’s stayed the course, and he is, I believe, by the end of the season — God willing, stay healthy — he’ll be exactly where he needs to be and we’ll be so glad that he’s on our side.”

BACK TO ME…

I say:

WHY PENALIZE YOUR GREAT HITTERS FOR HALF THE DARNED SEASON? 

WHY WAIT UNTIL JUNE TO GET “THE SOTO WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE”?

Simple, Uncle Steve…

Move the danged fences in. Just a little bit more.

Let your superstar hitters put up SUPERSTAR #’s” in Citi Field.

But….fences or not…Juan Soto better STEP IT UP…WAY UP. 

If he doesn’t…

Fellow lefty SLUGGER SUPREME, the aforementioned Brandon Nimmo, might just hit more long balls in 2025 than “Mr. Juan-derful.” Right now, both have 13, and Nimmo has done it in 3 fewer games!

(OK, OK, Jeff McNeil, you’re right, my bad, you’re in that lefty Mets bomber race, too, with 7 jacks in just 38 games. Baty? Oh, yeah, you have 7, too. You’re in it to win it.  Who am I to argue?)

The Mets lefty hitters already have 54 homers this season. 

I don’t know what the season’s team HR record is for Mets lefty hitters, but that record has to be ready to go down this year.

METS SWEEP NATS, BUT…

(Brazoban is AWESOME!)

But lose Senga. The way things were going…then this.

(Diaz is AWESOME!)

“Too good to be true?” That is the Mets’ franchise one-liner in a nutshell. Just when all things Mets couldn’t possibly be rosier, their Cy Young candidate goes all “ham sandwich” on us.

Oh, and yeah…as we all know with the greatest of certainty….

Lindor is great, while McNeil is washed up, right? 

Then, a question: why was Lindor’s OPS .830, while McNeil's was at .911? 

SIZZLING BINGHAMTON WINS 11-0

16 Bingo hits, 3 each by Williams (.299) and Morabito (.286), and Parada added two hits, including his 7th HR, and has quickly raised his average from a brutal .122 to .199, engendering hope. 

Jack Nicholson Wenninger put up 4 scoreless, too. “Here’s JOHNNY”.