2020 Vision: Tomas Nido

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gets good reviews for his handling of pitchers but has a career OPS of ..../looks it up/ five-fourteen. Yikes.



Can the 2020 Mets go with this guy? Is there room to improve his offensive contributions from godawful to awful to soemthing better than awful? Does the fact he's out-of-options (I think) portend he gets a better shot or does his suck mean the Mets can tempt losing him?



Your thoughts?

[Edgy MD]

Pitchers tend to work in a vacuum when it comes to their opinions about catchers. I suspect that, "I really like working with Nido" should really be understood as, "I don't like working with Ramos," or "I couldn't get on the same page as Ramos my last turn or two."



In spring, when they're throwing to eight different catchers, I get the idea that they won't think Nido is any more special compared to the norm than Ali Sanchez or Austin Bossart or maybe a few others are. But Nido is just ahead of the line right now.



I'm thinking he fades from the picture this year: 28 plate appearances, .143 / .278 / .282 // .560.



Like d'Arnaud, he seems sad to me, which is no sin, but he seemingly lacks the "This is my world and you're lucky to be in it" authority that a catcher needs.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I think you made some good points. My feeling is that he will get the 1st opportunity as back up C but fail enough to get through to to Syracuse on a milb deal and we'll see him again in September. 222/272/357

[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I think you made some good points. My feeling is that he will get the 1st opportunity as back up C but fail enough to get through to to Syracuse on a milb deal and we'll see him again in September. 222/272/357

This!

Later

[Edgy MD]

To be fair, I kind of see that attitude as a really useful thing to have as a catcher — especially for a guy that is far more mediocre than his attitude might suggest — but it's not always easy to root for. John Buck was a perfect scenario. He had a mediocre game on both sides of the ball, but he had an All-Star red ass.

[Centerfield]

Tomas Nido hired a swing coach this offseason to change his batpath.



https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2020/03/09/new-york-mets-tomas-nido-hitting-coach/4994946002/https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2020/03/09/new-york-mets-tomas-nido-hitting-coach/4994946002/



"Hired a swing coach" is quickly becoming the new BSOHL.



This guy Garmendia sounds interesting. And reading the article, you start to buy in. And then you remember "swing coach" articles for Gavin Cecchini and Juan Lagares and you temper your expectations a bit.



This part struck me.

During these meetings, Garmendia also puts up a video of a great hitter — say, Mike Trout — to make the point: “What are you doing different than this guy?”

Just do what he does. See? Simple!

[Lefty Specialist]

He'll be the backup since he's out of options. Will have no impact whatsoever.

[kcmets]

Most boring Met in 2020.