Is Anyone Alive Out There: Ongoing Mets Thread

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Had a feeling he would be out for the season the moment he tweeked his hammy in April. It's just standard stuff for Met's players

It's the dreaded curse of the Wilponzi's.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

New York -- The weekend sweep of the New York Mets resulted in one roster casualty.

Third catcher Johnny Monell was demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas after the series-ending 9-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Switch-hitting infielder Danny Muno will be promoted and join the Mets for Monday's series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field. Muno will serve in a backup capacity, manager Terry Collins said.

Monell grounded out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. That dropped him to 1-for-12 with two RBIs and a walk in 12 games. Monell grounded into four double plays.

Muno was 1-for-6 at the major league level in April.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Adam Rubin, ESPNNewYork.com
New York -- (5/24) Manager Terry Collins called a team meeting and addressed the New York Mets after Sunday's 9-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, which completed a three-game sweep.

Collins was particularly disappointed with the Mets' approach at the plate. They had two in scoring position with none out in the second inning on Sunday, butAnthony Recker, Darrell Ceciliani and Ruben Tejada consecutively struck out. An inning later, with two on base and one out, Michael Cuddyer and Daniel Murphy consecutively struck out.

David Wright willmiss a prolonged period with renewed lower-back discomfort. And he wanted players to speak up if they are hurt. Lucas Duda had denied to his manager Saturday that he was hurt, despite Collins witnessing Duda grab his right hamstring after sliding into second base earlier that day.

"We're just not executing," Collins said. "For five years, the effort has never been a question. We've just got to go back and start doing the little things. And this is not about who is not here. This is about who is here. If they're here, they're good enough. So we've got to start playing like it.

"Right now we're on the edge because of the news yesterday [with Wright] -- some of the things that have happened physically to some guys. You've got to go play. Every team goes through it. Every team is going to go through it. This is our stage. We are not dead. We're not dead in the water by any stretch of the imagination. They've just got to get it going. We plan on starting tomorrow."

Collins rejected a suggestion that the Mets are at a "critical" stretch of the season as they open a season on Memorial Day against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field. He noted the team is 24-21.

"It's New York. There's drama," Collins said. "We've still got 119 [actually 117 to play]. It used to be that was a lot of games. And when you're two games out of first, I think it's safe to say it's not a critical juncture. But we've got to turn it around now."

Collins said it boils down to a better game plan at the plate.

"You go up with a better thought process," he said. "What always happens when you go through tough times is they want to be the guy that breaks it open instead of just doing their part and leaving it maybe for the next guy. So we have to get back to that.

"I've done this more than most of you have been alive," the manager continued as he addressed the media postgame "They're human beings. Everybody goes through it. Everybody gets frustrated. Everybody presses at some time. What you try to do is pick the right time to say, 'Knock it off. You're big league players. You're the best of the best. Let's just go play like it.'"

Players said they approved of Collins' message.

"He said all the right things," said Jonathon Niese, who was knocked out in the fifth inning of the series finale. "I told him in the cafeteria afterward, 'I couldn't have said it better myself.' Everything he said to us, I was thinking it. At this point, it's about execution. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. We've got to step it up and execute."

Said Cuddyer: "What he said was good. This series is over. We're going to go in where we've been playing really well, at home, and execute -- recognize situations and execute those situations."

 

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SF Giants DFA'd 3rd baseman Casey McGehee....

Casey McGehee designated for assignment by San Francisco Giants

 

[Chef99]

Re: Muno

 

[Chef99]

SF Giants DFA'd 3rd baseman Casey McGehee....

Casey McGehee designated for assignment by San Francisco Giants

And the Giants give Matt Duffy the shot. Big diff between Mets and Giants management/ownership. The Giants realize and try to correct their mistakes. The Mets go shopping for band-aids at Big Lots.

 

[tabascojet]

3hr so far while in attendance....hu should pay me to attend full time

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Have we seen the last of David Wright? If his back condition is as serious as it sounds it could potentially be a career ender. Awful to hear.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I guess we're going to play the rest of the season without Wright.

And hearing "dead arm" re: Harvey is a little frightening.

 

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Capt. Kirk is now an Angel....
Source: New York Mets trade Kirk Nieuwenhuis to Los Angeles Angels - Mets Blog - ESPN

 

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T d'A getting close.... Vic Black too.....

Travis d'Arnaud catches five innings in Port St. Lucie - Mets Blog - ESPN

New York Mets pitcher Vic Black ready to return from disabled list - Mets Blog - ESPN

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Not sure I like this idea.......in fact, I know I don't.....smh

New York Mets to go with six-man pitching rotation

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I don't really mind the 6 man rotation. Keep guys fresh and it allows us to showcase players in case we look to trade down the line.

I'll take whatever we can get for Kirk and the news about TDA and Vic Black is really good to hear.

 

[tabascojet]

Stats prove six man is a good thing for Harvey....wonder what the long rest will do for the others

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Maybe blasphemy, is the potential for David Wright to be out long term possibly a blessing in disguise? We desperately need a big time bat in this lineup, I'm not sure David is that guy (even if healthy, which he never is). 3rd base is a position where you can certainly get a quality hitter from.

In the meantime I wouldn't mind bumping Murphy over to 3rd and promoting Reynolds or seeing what Reynolds can do at 3rd.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Maybe blasphemy, is the potential for David Wright to be out long term possibly a blessing in disguise? We desperately need a big time bat in this lineup, I'm not sure David is that guy (even if healthy, which he never is). 3rd base is a position where you can certainly get a quality hitter from.

In the meantime I wouldn't mind bumping Murphy over to 3rd and promoting Reynolds or seeing what Reynolds can do at 3rd.

I don't find that blasphemous. We need to go ahead and plan for him not coming back. The team has been treading water without him, and as you said, his bat in the lineup isn't exactly a huge difference. He has massive cold streaks on occasion.

Duda seems to be the stick we can't live without right now.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Not to dwell too much on what could have been, but imagine Wheeler didn't go down? It's just silly to think about.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Not to dwell too much on what could have been, but imagine Wheeler didn't go down? It's just silly to think about.

true....but we still need some more offense, dude....and we're gonna need it soon.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

true....but we still need some more offense, dude....and we're gonna need it soon.

Would've made trading one of our starters easier to swallow.

Regardless, we definitely need a bat, no question. On top of that we need our guys in the bullpen to get healthy and we should really look to make a low key move for some bench help. If any of our remaining starters go down we're in serious trouble.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Also, what, if anything, is Mejia's trade value? He wouldn't be eligible to pitch in the playoffs and I'm not sure what his future with the team is. Does he have any value in a package deal?