The Shoulder

[Edgy MD]

Adam Rubin on the Twitter wrote: Terry Collins said Yoenis Cespedes had an injection in the shoulder. Collins believes Cespedes will be fine by Friday's workout at Citi Field.

Trying not to let the injury and the reports of golfing on the day of the clincher ruin my pennant-winning buzz. These guys golf all the time, right? Some of them are probably golfing right now, right?

Right?!

[Elster88]

I hope someone is lifting the champagne bottles for him

[Gwreck]

Buster Olney:
@Buster_ESPN: Re: Cespedes playing golf today--for context, he plays golf almost every day. Loves the game

[Zvon]

This is interesting and concerning. We all saw that shot of him on the bench near the end, all smiles and goggled up for the celebration. But we also saw that shot of him on the bench with the shoulder replayed over and over. Whether he hits or not, we need The BIG C in the lineup. One thing is apparent off the getgo. Him in the lineup, just being there, changed everything.

[Fman99]

If it lingers, also, they can always give him the first two days as DH and keep his bat in the lineup.

[Edgy MD]

If the injury isn't impeding his swing.

The Mets know better than to make a biggish deal of this at this point I imagine. Or hope. But I tend to suspect this affects the decision to re-sign him, even if it doesn't, on its own, flip it.

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm guessing he got a shot sometime during the game.

Smoltz, Maddux and Gl@v!ne were notorious golfers. Playing golf the morning of a night game isn't that unusual for these guys.

He's got 5 days to rest it. An advantage to a sweep.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Fman99 wrote: If it lingers, also, they can always give him the first two days as DH and keep his bat in the lineup.

I completely forgot about the DH aspect to the Series!

[Gwreck]

7 of the 8 potential opposing starting pitchers are righties (David Price is the only lefty). I could see the Mets (strongly) preferring to use Kelly Johnson as the DH if at all possible.

[Edgy MD]

They could just as easily put Nieuwie in the outfield and use Cespedes for a game or two at DH if necessary.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd rather do that. Part of Kelly Johnson's value is the number of positions he can play. You lose that flexibility if you start him at DH.

[metirish]

He'll be fine(I hope) , needs to refine his swing so he doesn't do this again

[Gwreck]

I don't get the Niuewenhuis love. He's not a good hitter.

You don't lose Kelly Johnson's flexibility by putting him at DH. At worst, you risk potentially putting the pitcher back in the lineup if -- in an emergency -- he has to play another position. It's not as if the Mets are going to be taking Duda, Murphy or Wright out of the game except in an emergency.

[Edgy MD]

Gwreck wrote: I don't get the Niuewenhuis love. He's not a good hitter.

I love a lot of people who aren't good hitters (my mother, for instance, is hopeless against lefties), but Nieuwenhuis has done a lot of good hitting. As disastrous as his first half was this season, he led the team in slugging in 2014. That's not nothing.

He also brings good defense and baserunning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm a Niuewy guy, but with him it's a matter of whether at the moment he looks good at the plate or not. He hit it awfully hard last night, so to me worth a shot unless Uribe is healthy.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I love a lot of people who aren't good hitters (my mother, for instance, is hopeless against lefties),

I laughed at that.

Later

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

MFS62 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I love a lot of people who aren't good hitters (my mother, for instance, is hopeless against lefties), I laughed at that. Later

Mom needs to play with Derek Jeter. He makes everyone around him better. Or so I hear.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Mom needs to play with Derek Jeter. He makes everyone around him better. Or so I hear.

Would you want your mother playing with Derek Jeter? (Well, at least she'd get a fruit basket...)

[Edgy MD]

You went there. I can't believe you went there.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

These jokes would be a lot funnier, I suspect, if I knew who this Derrick Jetee character was that you're talking about? Is he some ex-ballplayer or something?

[Centerfield]

You should ask about it in the other thread.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mike Puma, New York Post wrote: Yoenis Cespedes sat out the Mets� workout Friday at Citi Field while continuing to recover from a shoulder injury, with four days left until the dawn of the team�s first World Series in 15 years. The team�s most dangerous power hitter (non-Daniel Murphy category) did not receive a cortisone shot until Thursday, one day after leaving the Mets� NLCS clincher in the second inning due to left shoulder soreness. He is expected at Saturday�s full-squad workout.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: These jokes would be a lot funnier, I suspect, if I knew who this Derrick Jetee character was that you're talking about? Is he some ex-ballplayer or something?

he's some bland executive of a crappy long-form blog that ghost-writes 'player-written' articles.