TOM’S TASTY TIDBITS
NOT VERY TASTY THURSDAY RESULTS
CITI FENCES STRIKE YET AGAIN
Cold night, Tyrone Taylor jolts one, it’s going, going…and off the fence. Who said the fences should be 5 feet closer? Can’t recall. Anyway, instead of a 2-0 lead, the score remained 1-0.
Then, the brilliant McLean walked a 7th inning hitter, then gave up a modest liner that he just missed gloving. Game of inches. Weaver was called in and promptly toasted the game with a crappy relief outing. Luis Garcia then showed his age.
The anemic hitting Mets went down meekly. No Soto, and the neutered Lindor (still no RBIs), render this a punchless team. A 7-1 final score.
WHERE’S JESSE?
Saw this: Per recent MLB rumors reported on April 9, 2026, the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians are emerging as potential landing spots for Jesse Winker.
KC, in particular, is looking for offensive consistency behind Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel García.
METS’ TWO WAY PLAYER
A night after a 6 RBI game, Wyatt Young added 2 hits AND pitched the ninth inning, allowing just a HR. IS THERE NOTHING HE CANNOT DO?
ELIAN PEÑA AND JULIO ZAYAS HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON
Both are hitting .368 for St Lucie. Nice.
BROOKLYN BOMBERS - NOT
Through 9 innings, grudging progress…season high for hits (six) and low for strikeouts (13).
In the 10th, 1-1, after a free runner and 2 walks loaded the bags with one out, a pop up anfd the Clones’ 14th K snuffed that rally.
Inning 11, the free runner was again not cashed in, and Clones hitters added their 15th and 16th Ks. Still just 11 hits.
A great Brooklyn pitching performance went to waste in a 2-1 loss, bottom 11.
In fairness, the Mets minors are hampered by IL stints for Yonatan Henriquez, Trey Snyder, and Jeremy Rodriguez, and traded infielders Jett Williams and Jesus Baez.
Still, their 75 hitter Ks in 5 virtually hitless games (.129) is shocking.
10 comments:
Does the offense worry anyone?
2-0 White Sox win in a pitchers duel yesterday. Winner? Ex-Met Anthony Kay. Loser? Ex-Met Seth Lugo.
What offense?
Mets fans take no offense. Or very little.
The Dodgers, with glorious weather, are baseball’s top offensive team, to little surprise. Not too far behind? The Marlins at .269. They hit .250 vs. the Mets’ .249 last year. They can hit.
Overrated? Here are the stats to date:
11 for 61, 5 walks, 29 Ks, 4 doubles, no HR, 2 RBI.
That is Clifford and Reimer combined so far.
They say…the numbers speak for themselves. Primal scream.
To heck with the fences. Move the mound back!
Rewatched ball off of Weaver that Baty didn’t catch in right at the wall that opened the floodgates. Benge catches that. Vientos throw home on next play was atrocious. McLean deserved better. I almost feel we’re back in the Mets days where there is very little margin for error.
So…I look at today’s AAA box score early in the game, hoping to see if Clifford came out swinging.
Nope. Called strike one, called strike two, swinging strike 3. I simply don’t get it.
3rd overall pick in 2023, Max Clark of the Tigers, on the other hand, in AAA has a .481 OBP and only 3 Ks in over 50 PAs, as compared to Clifford’s 22 Ks in almost 10 fewer PAs.
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