We're in the Addams Family now.

[Guest 41Forever]

Technically, only in the one-d version of the last name. First base depth.





Tim Healey

@timbhealey



The Mets signed first baseman Matt Adams to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training. Last year, Adams slashed .226/.276/.465 in 111 games with the Nationals.

[G-Fafif]

Matt Adams and his 11 career PH HRs get a Met ST invite.

[LWFS]

Whither Dominic Smith?

[bmfc1]

Matt, welcome "Big City" to the Big Time but you gotta change your Twitter profile picture ASAP:

https://twitter.com/BigCityForRealhttps://twitter.com/BigCityForReal

20 HRs last year in 333 ABs for WSH. Could be a lefty bat off the bench, especially if Dom is moved.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/matt-adams/9393/stats?position=1Bhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/matt-adams/9393/stats?position=1B

[Lefty Specialist]

Dom has options and can play in Syracuse, but he really needs to be traded now. I like Adams coming off the bench.

[seawolf17]

Had a .276 OBP last year and struck out in over a third of his plate appearances. i have no interest in having him at all on the major league roster. Looking forward to him hitting 40 home runs in Syracuse this summer.

[seawolf17]

https://twitter.com/cdorso/status/1223340291220033538

[smg58]

If a team had an opening for a lefty first baseman who can fake it in the outfield, they could have had Adams on a minor league deal. That tells me nobody is going to trade for Smith, or at least give up value in return. Might as well keep him.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, Dom Smith has trade value. The minor league free agent market has a pile of Adamses. Dom Smith may play the same position and bat from the same side, but their respective rights are still very different commodities.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Seems like a Carlos Gomez-style insurance move. Not a bad guy to have at Triple-A if Alonso gets a little banged up.

[smg58]

With Smith lacking options, Adams won't displace him. But a 26-man roster could conceivably fit an extra lefty power bat, especially if Smith gets regular ABs against righties.

[LWFS]

Not if Cespedes and/or Lowrie are in the mix, it won't. (8 starters, Jake-Thor-Stroman-Matz-Porcello in the rotation, Diaz-Betances-Lugo-Gsellman-Familia-Wilson-Brach-Wacha in the pen, and a bench that will have a catcher and Marisnick, and things get tight.)