tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post1293077142933518434..comments2024-03-27T18:52:30.854-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Mack – Monday Morning ReportMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-34047414227086826892017-03-28T08:34:57.566-04:002017-03-28T08:34:57.566-04:00eraff - I agree on Tebow. Tebow "met" M...eraff - I agree on Tebow. Tebow "met" Max Scherzer yesterday. Up twice, fanned twice. Ultimate challenge. No surprise there. "You're up next, Tim...who's pitching, Terry, I was in the john...Sandy Koufax? Cool." Max tore thru Conforto yesterday too - one at bat, 3 swinging strikes.<br /><br />Still only 100 plate appearances thru AFL and spring training, so I'd give him 200 at bats during the season to give a real glimpse as to what he can really do going forward. Mid to late May.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-73652448880932788122017-03-28T07:59:01.750-04:002017-03-28T07:59:01.750-04:00Tebow has taken to task very seriously. It's ...Tebow has taken to task very seriously. It's perilous to dismiss a guy with his work ethic and athletic ability, but baseball is a SKILL game. He's had about 200 "real" at bats and I believe the key is to "continue or cut bait" based on the next 100 or so ab's.<br /><br />He needs to graduate and compete to AT LEAST St. Lucie in 2017...if not to AA Bingo. That would be a 400 or so ab rapid progression. If he's not competing and rising quickly, he needs to be on a short clock. <br /><br />This is 100% Baseball consideration--- I can imagine that the Marketing allure for MILB affiliates is Huge---"Why Did you Cut Him BEFORE He did a 5 game Homestand with Us???"<br /><br />Maybe Tebow will announce his "retirement" in JUne, and do a July/August Farewell tour through each of the Minor League affiliates, ending in Brooklyn.<br /><br />eraffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493607580550078769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-66125773474939282312017-03-27T16:46:39.679-04:002017-03-27T16:46:39.679-04:00Rained on had 2 walks and a bit against Mad Max Sc...Rained on had 2 walks and a bit against Mad Max Scherzer. He made Tebow look like a former football player. TJ Rivera and Wheeler were great, Lugo looks good for 2 innings,in last 2 starts he gave up, I believe, a total of 5 homers. Not a rotation starter.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-61658931190345971692017-03-27T12:48:46.839-04:002017-03-27T12:48:46.839-04:00Tebow and Taijeron join Conforto in the Lugo split...Tebow and Taijeron join Conforto in the Lugo split squad game today :)Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-10006201718289164682017-03-27T12:24:25.625-04:002017-03-27T12:24:25.625-04:00Anon Joe F
I agree with you on Ricardo Cespedes. ...Anon Joe F<br /><br />I agree with you on Ricardo Cespedes. He is very young, and no reason to rush him past Brooklyn. He can play full season ball next year. Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-27504415591568838452017-03-27T11:09:25.735-04:002017-03-27T11:09:25.735-04:00Could care less about Tebow, but I think Cespedes ...Could care less about Tebow, but I think Cespedes starts in Brooklyn. He started to hit a little bit last year, but has zero xbh pop at this point and could get the bat knocked out of his hands with an aggressive assignment. Mets don't often skip Brooklyn as a stop and nothing Cespedes did last year showed he is ready to skip a level and take an aggressive assignment. If they didn't skip Rosario, I can't see them skipping Cespedes. <br /><br />Anon Joe FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-6605457191332666502017-03-27T10:54:52.540-04:002017-03-27T10:54:52.540-04:00Mack, baseball needs to do better....the next Mike...Mack, baseball needs to do better....the next Mike Trout could be in your town but choose to play football because he never played BB.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-60980382118760686372017-03-27T10:01:02.194-04:002017-03-27T10:01:02.194-04:00Hobie -
I live in a small, rural, southern town ...Hobie - <br /><br />I live in a small, rural, southern town (Hardeeville, SC).<br /><br />They (and I) tried for years to introduce baseball at all levels but it just does not have the attraction here for the youth.<br /><br />Football yes, and basketball, damn yes, but not baseball.<br />Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-18238515541797741292017-03-27T09:59:47.719-04:002017-03-27T09:59:47.719-04:00Conforto is not likely the option the Mets will ch...Conforto is not likely the option the Mets will choose. Remember, he needs to stay in AAA for 55 games in order to postpone a year of arbitration clock. The Mets are not going to bring him up and cost themselves that future money. No, look for a Ty Kelly type of stopgap to take the place of Juan Lagares for up to a month. The team is always more concerned about the Benjamins than they are about winning, though in this case I would agree. If Conforto was coming up to play every day, then I'd endorse it but it's foolish to have him sit on the bench (especially being left handed) and sacrifice that extra arbitration year. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-44420481084157308742017-03-27T09:29:43.975-04:002017-03-27T09:29:43.975-04:00I kinda agree with Tom here. If Timmy were taking...I kinda agree with Tom here. If Timmy were taking AB's away from Lindsay or R.Cespedes it would be another thing--but Jay Jobs? In fact when I an visiting daughter in Charlotte in June, I hope to trek down to Columbia for a game. If Zanon pinch-runs for Tebow in the 8th, I'd be fine with that.<br /><br />But what sparked this post was the "Fix It" article linked at the end. It seemed to center on the "speed up" efforts. And although that seems to attack attack modernity's attention-span deficit from the wrong end, I'd be OK with an empty bases pitch clock. (I do find the auto-IBB concept absurd when you consider the cumulative HOUR of between-inning commercials in a 8 1/2 inning game.) The enjoyment I get from watching baseball is different from from March Madness (which I enjoy too). It's the time allowed to speculate on "what if," To anticipate this or that upcoming and to chew on alternative outcomes if what just happened were altered.<br /><br />And there was a comment about "kids not playing baseball." I really don't know if LL numbers are down--maybe so--but my evening summer walks take me past the local LL field and I always stop to watch an inning or two. What strikes my is how adult orchestrated it is. Take signs! What is deader than the do-do is sandlot ball. 7 on 7 with kids organizing themselves--lineups, positions, ground rules--and settling disputes to allow the game to proceed. Those skills lost to youth are the real tragedy. Baseball is collateral damage.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161607087964191500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-71852456369123650522017-03-27T09:20:55.381-04:002017-03-27T09:20:55.381-04:00But I love talking about Tebow :)
He may still pr...But I love talking about Tebow :)<br /><br />He may still prove you right, Mack. Then I will eat crow.<br /><br />BTW my Tuesday and Friday are done. Cubs preview is the Friday one.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-12218795455511530042017-03-27T08:56:16.846-04:002017-03-27T08:56:16.846-04:00Ya know what...
I'm not talking about Tim Teb...Ya know what...<br /><br />I'm not talking about Tim Tebow anymore.Mack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-44426730227513636602017-03-27T08:23:48.669-04:002017-03-27T08:23:48.669-04:00Conforto and about 5 other guys would be playing a...Conforto and about 5 other guys would be playing a ton if this team were not a legit World Series contender, built to win. Like the Brooklyn Nets - terrible record, and a bunch of them would be lucky to even be on the Golden State Warriors roster. Way it goes. be ready when your time comes.<br /><br />Tebow? One reason I was OK with him joining the Mets last year is the poor play of outfielders in the lower minors last year. In nearly 200 games for Jabs, Cone, Zanon, and Berrios combined in the lower minors in 2016, they hit under .200 collectively...no power whatsoever from them. <br /><br />Only Cone hit over .200 (.227) and his slug % was only .275. Only Zanon had a tool of interest, stealing 20 of 22 in 44 games, despite his struggles to get on base, so I am keen to see what he can do this year. The four were drafted in 17th, 10th, 15th, and 39th rounds, so all start out as long shots. I think Tebow's ceiling is above any of theirs, and probably a lot higher. So I considered that "getting in the real draftees' way" argument and had to discard it last fall, because these guys were huge underperformers last year. If they did well, I'd have shared that concern. <br /><br />I bet, with the benefit to evaluators of Tebow's about 100 plate appearances in the AFL and spring training, Tebow would have been drafted by some team in the 5th round or better. Just based on the possibility of tapping into his power potential.<br /><br />If anything, those 4 might take valuable at bats away from Tebow, not the other way around.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com