Ruben En Route

[G-Fafif]

Seems worth its own thread to note, per Jon Heyman, Ruben Tejada has been sent for from Syracuse or wherever Syracuse is currently as the just-in-case contingency for Jeff McNeil's right hamstring.

[Centerfield]

FREE DILSON HERRERA

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Good thing we whacked Adeiny so Rubes can have his #11 back

[Edgy MD]

Yup, but the "If not Altherr, who?" question remains on the table.



This team better pitch like gangbusters, because I think we've seen them at their best offensively, they are out of players (save for maybe Dilson and René Rivera), and we're not likely to see anybody new.

[Lefty Specialist]

Free Rajai Davis.

[G-Fafif]

Ruben becomes the 50th Recidivist Met in franchise history tonight, the fourth whose initial "final" game came in the postseason. His absence of 606 regular-season Mets games (619, including the postseason) is the 30th-longest among Mets who boomeranged back. He's the third RM this season and the twelfth since 2015.

[G-Fafif]

Ruben's route takes him out of town. He's been DFA'd and non-infielder Chris Flexen has been recalled, presumably as a pitcher.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Well, it was nice seeing him again. At least his last game as a Met won't be the one in which Chase Utley broke his leg.

[Gwreck]

Ruben becomes the 50th Recidivist Met in franchise history tonight, the fourth whose initial "final" game came in the postseason.

That's a good trivia question - re: who the other three are.

[Lefty Specialist]

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Ruben's route takes him out of town. He's been DFA'd and non-infielder Chris Flexen has been recalled, presumably as a pitcher.

[G-Fafif]

Lefty Specialist wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=19598 time=1566501384 user_id=55] Ruben's route takes him out of town. He's been DFA'd and non-infielder Chris Flexen has been recalled, presumably as a pitcher.

Guess Mickey couldn't handle a 5-man bench.

[G-Fafif]

Ruben becomes the 50th Recidivist Met in franchise history tonight, the fourth whose initial "final" game came in the postseason. That's a good trivia question - re: who the other three are.

Two were also 2015 Mets before directly departing. The other was from 1999.

[Guest 41Forever]

Kelly Johnson in there?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, Kelly Johnson would be one. I'm very stumped over who the others might be. I had been thinking Todd Zeile, but I don't think that's right.

[Ceetar]

Izzy still around then?

[Benjamin Grimm]

My son just happened to mention Roger Cedeno, and I thought he might be the 1999 guy.

[Gwreck]

Roger is indeed also one. Third one is a real stumper.

[Gwreck]

=Ceetar post_id=19613 time=1566504381 user_id=102]
Izzy still around then?

[G-Fafif]

Johnson could have finished two terms in the playoffs, but Terry didn't use him in the Wild Card Game.



The last Recidivist Met's second term lasted about as long as Tejada's.

[HahnSolo]

Jon Niese?

[Gwreck]

Yes!

[G-Fafif]

While we were all enjoying Gwreck's Tejada-inspired quizzes, Ruben was being released.

[G-Fafif]

Ruben played for Syracuse in their not at all foreshadowy finale, having re-signed as a minor league free agent after all.