The Return of Go-Go

[G-Fafif]

Multiple sources reporting Carlos Gomez en route to Miami to take concussed Conforto's roster spot.



No, Zack Wheeler is not headed to Milwaukee.

[seawolf17]

I think it would be funny if they sent down Wilmer (Font) to make room.

[Lefty Specialist]

Or shot out of a cannon.

[A Boy Named Seo]

.270 / .329 / .500 line with 6 homers and 5 steals (5 caught, too) in 126 ABs at Syracuse. Not washed-up, has-been numbers. Show the people what you got, Gomez.

[G-Fafif]

The Mets have played 1,825 games since Carlos Gomez last played for them, 23 fewer than passed between Jason Isringhausen's final 1999 appearance and first 2011 appearance.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Those are an excellent pair of fun facts.

[duan]

have we heard who's being bumped off the 40 man?

Could Jed Lowrie go to the sixty - isn't it nearly fecking 60 days since the start of the season (is that how the 60 works?)

[smg58]

=duan post_id=10261 time=1558116637 user_id=99]
have we heard who's being bumped off the 40 man?

Could Jed Lowrie go to the sixty - isn't it nearly fecking 60 days since the start of the season (is that how the 60 works?)

[Edgy MD]

I've got a better one: Franklyn Kilome.

[G-Fafif]

Broxton DFA'd. Sewald up as well.

[G-Fafif]

Go-Go to wear No. 91 because the Mets DGAF.

[Frayed Knot]

I was thinking, even prior to the game-ending K yesterday, that it was only a matter of time for Broxton.

His strengths were said to be defense and at least sporadic power, but he really didn't display much of either -- 7 hits w/6 being singles, and there was nothing special about the way he played the OF

He and Lagares were pretty much redundant and JL has looked much better (and is *SO FAR* healthy) in the limited role either was going to fill.



And then there's the: .143/.208/.163 with 22 Ks over 49 ABs which is about all of an explanation that's needed

[A Boy Named Seo]

Bummed the Broxton thing didn't work out, but it seemed a little ill-advised to begin with, for the reasons FK stated. Wonder how those 3 bums we traded for him are working out? Best of luck, Keon.

[Edgy MD]

I also had a notion, with little evidence to support it, that Keon was a little bit in the doghouse. Mick only found eight trips to the plate for him in all of May.



If you're going to keep a guy on the roster, you have to find spots for him, because sooner or later, you're going to need one more hit to tie and/or win the game, and he's going to be the only guy on your bench.

[Edgy MD]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wonder how those 3 bums we traded for him are working out? Best of luck, Keon.

• Adam Hill doing relatively well as a starter in the High-A Midwest League, going 4-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 32 2/3 innings, striking out 32 and walking 16. The Mets had used him only out of the pen the previous year in Brooklyn.

• Secondbaseman Feliz Valerio was impressive for the Mets in the DSL last season, and is in extended Spring Training now, waiting to join a short-season team in June.

• Borderline big-league reliever Bobby Wahl has yet to throw a pitch for the Brewers, sitting out with a knee injury.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy MD wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wonder how those 3 bums we traded for him are working out? Best of luck, Keon. Adam Hill doing relatively well as a starter in the High-A Midwest League, going 4-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 32 2/3 innings, striking out 32 and walking 16. The Mets had used him only out of the pen the previous year in Brooklyn. Secondbaseman Feliz Valerio was impressive for the Mets in the DSL last season, and is in extended Spring Training now, waiting to join a short-season team in June. Borderline big-league reliever Bobby Wahl has yet to throw a pitch for the Brewers, sitting out with a knee injury.

Thanks, Edge. Trade doesn't look lopsided in either direction, but agreed that you'd want to make every effort to see what a dude has if you traded 3 guys for him just a few months back. His walk% was down, his K% up and his ISO was non-existent but 53 PAs isn't a whole lot to tell what's what.

[Fman99]

Yeah, he sucked some ass.

[G-Fafif]

Broxton entered Wednesday's game 10-for-16 vs Corbin. Callaway not only didn't start him or use him at all, but per Howie, sounded proud to dismiss the idea that 10-for-16 was any kind of sample.



One hitter vs one very good pitcher, though...if you're not gonna tap that particular vein, you're clearly looking for every reason not to play him. That sample-scoffing business may have been a concept foisted on the manager by the front office, but either way, they were content to let him rot.



(Lagares, who did start, entered 3-for-17 vs Corbin and went 1-for-3 in the 5-1 loss.)

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, that's the sort of thing that suggested to me there was a doghouse thing going on.



I'm really impressed by Mickey: the way he keeps that beard on his face, the way he crosses his arms ...

[G-Fafif]

Ol' Limber Limbs and Facial Follicles Callaway. He can fold and scruff with the best of ‘em.