Hurts So Mets — Injuries in 2021

[G-Fafif]

[Edgy MD]

Holy smokes.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Holy smokes.

If you are one of the folks who believe things happen in threes, the top pitching prospect (Allen) and top outfield prospect (Crow-Armstrong) are out with injuries that require surgery.

Somebody please put top catching prospect Francisco Alvarez in a plastic bubble. PLEASE!



Later

[Willets Point]

All the Mets are broken.

[MFS62]

Thor pitched four one-hit innings in his first rehab start for St.Lucie (low A) today.

Unfortunately, top catching prospect Francisco Alvarez was benched, probably because he was only hitting .450.

Wouldn't it have been nice for Alvarez to catch him, to enhance his familiarity with a major league pitcher's thought process when facing a hitter?

Terrible decision, IMO, for whoever made it.



Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Oh for christ skaes

[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Oh for christ skaes

Present your case for not playing Alvarez, if he's healthy.

Looking at the state of the current catching situation, why wouldn't you want him to develop as quickly as possible?

Don't you think this would help his development?

Later

[Edgy MD]

More interesting is that, starting against Syndergaard and his St. Lucie teammates, playing left field for the Palm Beach Cardinals, was a handsome prospect with the unlikely name of "Tommy Jew."

[G-Fafif]

Sam McWilliams and Stephen Tarpley both to the IL, because who isn't?



The COVID IL in their case.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Oh for christ skaes Present your case for not playing Alvarez, if he's healthy. Looking at the state of the current catching situation, why wouldn't you want him to develop as quickly as possible? Don't you think this would help his development? Later

Jeez Louise. I don't have a case. It's completely irrelevant. How desperate to have an opinion must one be to argue a "terrible decision" was made either way?

[bmfc1]

J.D. Davis is playing 1B for Syracuse tonight, not 3B or LF, I guess so w/Pete out Villar can stay at 3B and Dom can stay in LF. J.D. has 2 errors already. https://www.milb.com/gameday/ironpigs-vs-mets/2021/05/22/646306#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=646306https://www.milb.com/gameday/ironpigs-vs-mets/2021/05/22/646306#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=646306

He also blasted a HR.



Can someone help me understand why JD would play 1B when Dom is a "plus" fielder at 1B and JD is new to the position? JD is better at 3B than 1B, Dom is better at 1B than LF, and Villar seems to be the same at 2d or 3d so they are doing this because playing Dom at 1B and JD at 3d would mean that Moe, Larry and Johneshwy are the OF'ers (which is awful) and/or to keep Peraza/Tovar in the lineup at 2B. Is that it?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Setback for Zimmo. That sucks

[Edgy MD]

YamamotOW!

[duan]

J.D. Davis is playing 1B for Syracuse tonight, not 3B or LF, I guess so w/Pete out Villar can stay at 3B and Dom can stay in LF. J.D. has 2 errors already. https://www.milb.com/gameday/ironpigs-vs-mets/2021/05/22/646306#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=646306https://www.milb.com/gameday/ironpigs-vs-mets/2021/05/22/646306#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=646306 He also blasted a HR. Can someone help me understand why JD would play 1B when Dom is a "plus" fielder at 1B and JD is new to the position? JD is better at 3B than 1B, Dom is better at 1B than LF, and Villar seems to be the same at 2d or 3d so they are doing this because playing Dom at 1B and JD at 3d would mean that Moe, Larry and Johneshwy are the OF'ers (which is awful) and/or to keep Peraza/Tovar in the lineup at 2B. Is that it?

Because Dom Smith is due to get hurt this week...



In all seriousness. I don't get how we've managed a situation where when Pete Alonso is out and Dom isn't playing all the innings at first. The sequence where he was moved out of 1st because Tovar came in boggles the mind.

Tovar and Gsellman in on Double Switch



Tovar to 2nd

Villar to 3rd

Drury to 1st

Dom to LF

Maybin to RF



Brandon Drury has STARTED 102 in the OF in the majors

He has STARTED 15 at 1st in the majors



Tovar has played 51 games at 3rd in the minors.

So if you ARE resistant wouldn't you just put Tovar at 3rd and Drury in Right.

....

I know it's hard to keep on top of the all the moving parts, but jeez.

[Fman99]

This is bad. Being the Mets' strength and conditioning coach is like being the head nutritionist on the Donner Party.

[TransMonk]

Maybe JD is headed to play 1B somewhere else?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

hmmm.



Big integrity test for the Mom's Basement Press Association.



Not a bad idea if he's on the block.



But why would JD be a 1B were he to be traded to a team losing its 3B?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Do the Mariners have an extra 3B and are missing a 1B?

[G-Fafif]

For all I know, Seager to the Mets will happen, but @toogooden17, cited in the above link, is doing what amounts to a brilliant performance art piece this entire season, acting the part of “Mets beat reporter for the Washington Examiner” on Twitter and letting people believe it. It started under the pretense that if he posted lineups and injury updates seconds after Anthony DiComo, et al, that was enough to make him (or anybody) a Mets beat reporter. It's kind of taken on a life of its own since.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Cuz its funny and patriotic to shit on journalists.

[bmfc1]

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

late June = early August

[bmfc1]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: late June = early August

My thought was "= right after the ASB".

[Benjamin Grimm]

Wow... Lots of bad news there.

[Edgy MD]

Conforto's agent's advice seemingly didn't work out.



McNeil is a bad situation, because he's one of three guys in the last few weeks who aggravated an injury trying to play hurt. Conforto too, I guess, but it wasn't public knowledge that he was trying to play through something.

[Benjamin Grimm]

http://leaptoad.com/mets/starting_pitcher_graph.php?year=2021>



On this chart, you can literally see how the Mets rotation has crumbled in May.

[Edgy MD]

This isn't all the doing of injuries, though. There's some haphazardness in the deployment that just doesn't serve the situation.

[LWFS]

Fargas likely to go

to the IL. Same with Yamamoto (whose spot Jake will take when activated later today).



17 total ILed. What's the record?

[dinosaur jesus]

Fargas likely to go https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1397217680151699457?s=20to the IL. Same with Yamamoto (whose spot Jake will take when activated later today). 17 total ILed. What's the record?

The record is 30 by the Yankees in 2019. Seems reachable.

[Benjamin Grimm]

30 overall? Or 30 all at once?