Stop Fucking Around and Call Up Conforto (reprise)

[Centerfield]

Hitting .512 over his last 10, with 4 HR's.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=624424#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL

Call him up. Stick him in CF. Let's go on our run.

[Ceetar]

Centerfield wrote: Hitting .512 over his last 10, with 4 HR's. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=624424#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL Call him up. Stick him in CF. Let's go on our run.

I mean, he's sucked against lefties in the majors and hasn't even been great against righties in a while, can't really play center well.

Granderson and Ruggiano are fine for another week. Let Conforto really refine his swing against this garbage and show up for the Nats in Sept.

[ashie62]

Keith loves Conforto's swing and has mentioned Conforto "looks like he knows what he's doing at the plate. Trouble against lefties? so far you betcha.

Too much talent here to be riding the Vegas plane.

[Frayed Knot]

If trouble vs LHP was his only trouble then he wouldn't have been farmed out in the first place. But starting May 1st he hit .160 w/63 K in 192 AB, and almost all of that came vs RHP.
He'll be back when rosters expand next week unless Bruce's 'cramp' is in fact a fracture fibula in which case he'll be back sooner.

[Vic Sage]

Frayed Knot wrote: If trouble vs LHP was his only trouble then he wouldn't have been farmed out in the first place. But starting May 1st he hit .160 w/63 K in 192 AB, and almost all of that came vs RHP. He'll be back when rosters expand next week unless Bruce's 'cramp' is in fact a fracture fibula in which case he'll be back sooner.

As bad as Conforto's numbers are, they're still better than what Bruce has given us so far, so I'm rooting for that broken leg. God, i hated that trade and I hate it more every day. I just know Dilson will come back to bite us in the ass; I can feel it in my bones.

[Frayed Knot]

Vic Sage wrote: As bad as Conforto's numbers are, they're still better than what Bruce has given us so far,

Sadly, what Bruce has given us so far is nearly identical to what we were getting from Conforto starting in May
Bruce as a Met is .169/.256/.286 over 86 PA
Conforto since May 1 = .161/.234/.313 over 214

Combine that all with Grandy (and at least he walks and homers on occasion) and we got ourselves a whole lotta suck from corner OF positions.

[Edgy MD]

And a lot of dudes who call left field their best position.

[Frayed Knot]

Here's what I'm getting for all NYM OFs combined in 2016: .238/.305/.434 // 739
For all OFs minus Cespedes: .221/.290/.392 // 682

NL avg OPS for OFs looks to be right around 760

[Centerfield]

I'd play Conforto to play over Granderson.

Since the All-Star Break:

Avg .180 OBP .239 SLG .336 OPS .575

[Edgy MD]

I'm also not above putting him at first and telling him to make believe he knows what he's doing.

Loney is steady, but I think we have more than a good idea what his ceiling is and it's not high enough.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm also not above putting him at first and telling him to make believe he knows what he's doing. Loney is steady, but I think we have more than a good idea what his ceiling is and it's not high enough.

I'd be down with that too. Fuck man. We need some bats.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I think I was a fan of teach-Conforto-first-base when the Duda man went down.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jeez they should put Bruce at 1B

[Edgy MD]

Stop fucking around start De Aza over Bruce!

[Centerfield]

Conforto 3-4 with a HR last night.

[bmfc1]

I'm asking this in all seriousness: which hitter leaves the roster if Conforto is recalled? On this roster, replace TJ Rivera with Walker: http://m.mets.mlb.com/roster/
Ruggiano is a righty OF which they need and has done well.

[ashie62]

Centerfield wrote: Conforto 3-4 with a HR last night.

2 stolen bases also.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Ashie62 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Conforto 3-4 with a HR last night. 2 stolen bases also.

Is Conforto playing center in Vegas? If they were giving him time to better learn the new position, that would make a little bit of sense. Because he's sure not playing left or right when he comes back up.

[Ceetar]

Cody Ege and a washed up Tim Lincecum. It's good that he's hitting, but let's let him commit some of these good habits, like swinging at bad pitches in good places instead of the opposite, to memory a little more. He'll be here in a week.

[Chad ochoseis]

bmfc1 wrote: I'm asking this in all seriousness: which hitter leaves the roster if Conforto is recalled? On this roster, replace TJ Rivera with Walker: http://m.mets.mlb.com/roster/ Ruggiano is a righty OF which they need and has done well.

I was thinking about this, too. Send Lugo to the minors until Sep. 5? There are no off-days between now and then, so he's needed if healthy. Same with Smoker. Ruggiano's been good, and none of the veteran position players have been bad enough to DFA and eat salary. Not for a marginal improvement in our outside chance to squeeze into a WC spot. So my guess is that we're stuck with the team we have until Thursday.

[Benjamin Grimm]

For the month of September, they should be all-hands-on-deck in the bullpen. Add ten or twelve relievers if necessary. It will save on wear-and-tear on the pitchers' arms. The downside, of course, is that it will encourage Terry to make too many foolish pitching changes, but this may be a necessary risk given the current state of the pitching staff.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: For the month of September, they should be all-hands-on-deck in the bullpen. Add ten or twelve relievers if necessary. It will save on wear-and-tear on the pitchers' arms. The downside, of course, is that it will encourage Terry to make too many foolish pitching changes, but this may be a necessary risk given the current state of the pitching staff.

It also means probably too-frequently calling upon the 10th guy in the depth chart.

[Edgy MD]

Well, they went all-hands last September, carrying 37 guys for much of the month and even going as high as 38 at one point, when they usually top out at 30 or 31. I was proud of them, and I expect something similar this year, even if half of all Met-loving twitter users will threaten to throw themselves from the Throg's Neck if Eric Campbell returns.

[Edgy MD]

Conforto went 4-7 with a homer yesterday as the Mets split a doubleheader with the Salt Lake Bees. They took Tim Lincecum for 8 runs, 5 earned, in 4.0 innings.

[Centerfield]

Michael Conforto. 3 for 4 again. Yawn.

[batmagadanleadoff]

He's coming ....

[Frayed Knot]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: He's coming ....

Krusty?

[Vic Sage]

Santa?
Valdez?
Corey?
Godot?

[Edgy MD]

Eli?

I'm proud to report that the Krusty krack dates back over 15 years to my sig line of 2001. And that slovenly but heroic clown did, ultimately, arrive.

[MFS62]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: He's coming ....

Until I see him in a game, he's just breathing hard.

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