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A stat I heard is that Cody bellinger has 43 hrs off 43 different pitchers this season. Baseball reference has him with a career 107 hr off 89 pitchers.
 
JimmyG89 said:
Nimmo should be in there everyday at this point. No reason to see Lagares except for a really tough lefty and to spell him for a game.

Can alternate Panik and Frazier, but Panik has been the better player, in spite of Frazier's explosion in Philly.

My real concern is when Cano comes back. What are they planning on doing? Panik has been hitting .280 since joining. Cano won't be able to go everyday, but wouldn't it be better to just use him off the bench for now and give him some more time to heal?
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It's a big "IF" but if Cano comes back and hits like he was before he re injured himself, I think you have to keep in the lineup as much as he can handle. A hot Cano bat added to the lineup makes us extremely deep and that much more dangerous to opposing staffs.

Don't get me wrong, I like Panik and I was one of the few in here who thought he could turn around his season once he got here but he's more of a bench guy to me at this point if Cano is healthy enough to play. Maybe you give Cano 4 games a week and Panik the other 3...something like that.

Frazier's defense is so damn good I hesitate to take him out of the lineup even if his bat is a bit spotty. But if Cano is in, than you have to put McNeil at 3rd. And yes I agree if Nimmo is healthy enough to play, he should be in the lineup over Lagares who should just come in for defensive purposes.

Anyways, nice win today. Unfortunately every one of our competitors won as well...that's going to happen. One of the unsung things that has occurred over the past 2-3 weeks is that other than once or twice, Diaz seems to finding his confidence again and is becoming nails. Hopefully I didn't just jinx it but a solid Diaz is huge for us going forward.
 
Nice read in The Athletic from Ken Rosenthal regarding Rosario's improved defense:

Video and data from the Mets’ upgraded analytics department under assistant GM Adam Guttridge contributed to Rosario’s revival as well. DiSarcina credits Mets analyst Jared Faust, a 23-year-old graduate of Penn who previously worked for the Indians and Yankees, with recommending some of the same adjustments the Yankees made last season with third baseman Miguel Andújar.

Rather than view the Mets’ suggestions as criticism, Rosario responded the way competitive athletes often do, accepting the challenge and getting to work. He began performing basic drills in the batting cage, the kinds of things players practice in Instructional League, DiSarcina said. The Mets, meanwhile, began tracking how often Rosario was on time in his pre-pitch setup.
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And I believe @nyr2k2 has been looking for this too:

In truth, his improvement at shortstop began even before the Mets staged their intervention. Rosario was minus-13 in defensive runs saved (DRS) entering May 19. He is still minus-13, meaning that he has played to a league-average level over the last three-plus months.

For all of the work the Mets did with Rosario behind the scenes, his defensive turnaround only happened because he embraced the team’s plan.

“I’m eager to learn and do as much as possible,” Rosario said. “It has helped me, 100 percent.”
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So, for the last three months, Rosario has been a league average SS defensively. So beyond the first 2 months of the season, which were historically bad, he's much improved. Someone who was like this was Marcus Semien. The change for Semien was recently, when he was 26/27. Fortunately, Rosario is 23. Hopefully his advances at the plate and in the field get him back onto his trend to being one of the better SS in baseball.
 
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Instant classic
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I totally cracked up on that close up of Rajai. Rolling his eyes from side to side, with the look of........"Ummmm, what are you trying to do to me Joe?" "I'm not that kind of guy!"

Really kind of showed a bit of his funny personality. I immediately had a better liking of him,
 
JimmyG89 said:
Nice read in The Athletic from Ken Rosenthal regarding Rosario's improved defense:



And I believe @nyr2k2 has been looking for this too:



So, for the last three months, Rosario has been a league average SS defensively. So beyond the first 2 months of the season, which were historically bad, he's much improved. Someone who was like this was Marcus Semien. The change for Semien was recently, when he was 26/27. Fortunately, Rosario is 23. Hopefully his advances at the plate and in the field get him back onto his trend to being one of the better SS in baseball.
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Problem is with Gimenez and Mauricio on the way up I have to think Rosario’s days at SS are limited to maybe 2021 at the latest. Those two guys I’m not sure if they’ll hit at the ML level but for defensive benefit when one or both are ready Rosario is probably moving to center field
 
BMOK33 said:
Problem is with Gimenez and Mauricio on the way up I have to think Rosario’s days at SS are limited to maybe 2021 at the latest. Those two guys I’m not sure if they’ll hit at the ML level but for defensive benefit when one or both are ready Rosario is probably moving to center field
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Can't really rely on guys coming from the minors to be good at anything they say anymore. I specifically remember people saying Conforto couldn't field and that Rosario was a great glove guy. Both come up and they are not as advertised. Alonso was supposed to be a butcher at 1st. He's not average, but he hasn't been horrendous. McNeil was another guy with no position, but the guy can play 4 and do it well.

Let's see what these guys do coming up and maybe spelling Rosario for some games in those years before we decide to move someone who has made strides to be an average SS defensively to another position.
 
So now that Nimmo has returned, it's Davis that's inexplicably sitting every day.

Why is McNeil not at 2b and Davis in the OF? Or Davis at 3rd and Frazier on the bench?
 


A Sunday lineup against Scherzer in a wild card race.
 
Positive for the Yanks, Scranton came back on Syracuse today in a winner makes the playoffs game.

Were down 7-1 in the 7th, then 13-6 in the 8th, and wound up winning 14-13.

Gets Severino another start on Friday.
 
I absolutely cannot tand Calloway's lineup decisions. To NOT have J.D. in is atrocious in itself. I dont care against Scherzer or otherwise. He DESERVES every day play. Rested game before last, doesnt need another one. Panik? Really? Frazier over JD? Really? I get defensively Frazier is better, but what are we looking to do.......go 0-0 yet again for deGrom? Another no decision? deGrom must be shaking his head. Surprised Lagares isnt in the line up as well.

Playing weak lefty hitters (yeah, Guillorme as well) over Rosie and J.D. is pathetic.
 
Badda Bing, Badda Bam, Badda Boom. 1st ball hitting, 3pitches, 3 hits. Nimmo crushes one but at least a SF.
Now.......my reverse jinx kicks in. Earlier I critiqued playing Panik. Lmao.
Embarassment of riches for deGrom.
 
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