Ceetar

You can't shift on the other side of the wall. drive the ball.

Problem is I believe Sandy said something like Gourriel would easily need a month in the minors before he'd be ready.

Luckily the Nationals aren't that good either. Tonight's a big swing game, but no, i don't see them losing out. They can't hit and the guys that CAN hit are nicked up and/or trying to hard. I don't know if they can/should overpay and get a top bat right now, but they need one. Duda is at least a month away, best case. Wright's not coming back this season. Maybe d'Arnaud, a slow-starter, gets going and that helps. Or Nimmo does, or Lagares, or Reyes. Or Conforto fixes his approach with some minors time. I guess that makes it look semi non-bleak. there's a little bit of depth and some non-sucky hitters floating around. There are 5 games in there against the Nationals that could really bury the Mets if things go horribly wrong, but that All Star break is going to do wonders for nicked up guys like Cespedes and Granderson.

G-Fafif wrote: The natural instinct for as many as Mets as possible is at odds with the desire to rest everybody. They finish first half at home on a Sunday, they start second half in Philly on Friday. Round trip to San Diego is a long journey for the tipping of caps. Plus I can see Cespedes's hip aggravating somewhere over Missouri (where little good ever happens to Mets) when he gets up to use the lavatory. I like to think the celebratory nature of a few days doing 'baseball stuff' but not competitively is a better mental break than just taking 4 days off.

in other news, Yankees ink deal with Stubhub and do away with any semblance of paper (print at home) tickets it seems like. mobile only.

I don't begrudge Reyes his second chance. I don't even really begrudge the Mets for signing him(aggressively promoting him might be a different thing), they're not a PR firm and their reputation and profitability isn't based on good deeds, almost exclusively it's based on winning and Reyes helps them do that a lot more than Eric Campbell, or De Aza has so far or even likely Wilmer Flores or Kelly Johnson. But ultimately we're profiting because a woman got put in the hospital by her husband. Reyes, despite losing some money, is going from wallowing on the Rockies to a contending team which might even mean he makes MORE money in the end if he has late season or postseason success this year or next. His wife's likely the only one that loses in this scenario, and that's a problem.

d'Kong76 wrote: SDI wrote: The Nationals hope their offense gets untracked by beginning a stretch of 19 of their next 23 contests in their own ballpark Do they even proofread these? no.

Syndergaard vs. Joe Ross. Nationals broke their losing streak and are ready to start another one. They celebrated by putting Steven Strasburg on the DL with rib/back issues. Mets lost a getaway game where they rested some regulars, who should be raring to go tonight. 3 games back, 2 losses. Let's grab this thing.

TheOldMole wrote: Is this something everyone knew except me? You can get the Mets live streaming video on Reddit. Not something I need to know about, but maybe don't be too vocal about it.

The real problem is that no one can hit so they desperate needs hits and runs when pinch hitters come up. That said, the Mets have only used a pitcher to pinch hit once, so it's not like it's really hurting them. Diamondbacks, Reds and Pirates have all done it twice. Cubs 4 times.

hey look at that, like clockwork, someone brings up Reyes again with vague rumors so we can keep talking about it! 24 hour news cycle wins again.

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d'Kong76 wrote: Joe Giglio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com wrote: "What was he pulling there?" Francesa asked during the opening of his show after playing the audio of Collins calling Mets PR man Jay Horowtiz a "puppy dog" for simply suggesting that his manager be forthcoming with the biggest news of the day around the team. "First of all, everybody, like us here back at the FAN, we already knew the news. He wasn't hiding anything," Francesa said, alluding to the fact that the station's reporter already had an idea of what was going on with Syndergaard. "Why would you then embarrass a PR guy—and Jay Horwitz, who's one of the nicest guys and best guys in the business and has been there 40 years—why would you treat him like that?" Francesa continued. "All of a sudden because Terry Collins won some games last year and went to the World Series, now he's a tough guy? I mean, that was obnoxious. He owes Jay a public apology." Sometimes guys are so transparent. Media is upset that Collins basically dropped the news and left, depriving them of getting meaningless sound byte answers to followup questions that Collins doesn't have answers to, so they latch onto an almost definitely inside joke phrase and talk about that instead.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Worries about Thor. They always underplay things. who knows, maybe Thor being proactive and honest about aches is actually preventative.

beat guys/writers would've noticed Thor not on the team flight to Atlanta likely anyway.

bmfc1 wrote: The ESPN feed described it as "Tragedy in the Washington outfield". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxbsl-Izx5w ESPN is such a pathetic network. Besides our schadenfreude, was zeroing in on Taylor's walk of shame all the way from the outfield to the clubhouse really necessary? Scully of course was great. "The Wild Horse had a chance to run, and run he did."

soupcan wrote: Ceetar wrote: I don't see anyway that it suggests he didn't shove her into a glass door and injure her. And it's not like they're remotely equal in stature. He's a ripped professional athlete, it doesn't matter if it was blown out of proportion, he still intentionally attacked her. 'Suggests'? Yeah, you're probably right. But without charges being filed and having his wife's testimony, you don't really know what happened. You don't know what their relationship is like. There are quite a few unkowns here. Could be Jose didn't fight the MLB suspension to protect her. You don't know. Again - I don't want to come off as if I'm defending Jose. I'm just trying to sort of play devil's advocate here and point out just how much is unknown. a lot is unknown, but what's not unknown is that we have a 911 call and a medical report (well, we have the 911 call, _someone_ has a medical report) I mean, we can get into the shades of gray about how bad a domestic violence incident it was. People lose their temper and act in anger all the time, but in the end, when the result is an injured person it doesn't really matter why. I do think there is a road to some sort of 'redemption' for Jose, but between the diminished skills, and the positional adjustment, that road is just not the Mets. It doesn't really matter what they investigate about it. I'm not sure there's a single realistic phrase that could come from the Mets, owned by Jeff Wilpon, that would redeem the signing of Jose Reyes in the light of the violence.

yes, MLB conducted an investigation as part of their domestic abuse policy and acted upon it. We're past that now. And I didn't say you were stupid, I said interviewing domestic violence victims in front of the abuser about the abuser is stupid.

Cespedes and Thor off to the doctor. sore wrist, sore elbow. And on we go.

soupcan wrote: I'd just like to know the wife's reasons for not pressing charges is all. Could be that it was a fight that got blown out of proportion. Could be that she was afraid of Jose's wrath if she did file. Could be that she was concerned about lost income. Could be that he threatened to kill her family. Without knowing, we don't know. I don't see anyway that it suggests he didn't shove her into a glass door and injure her. And it's not like they're remotely equal in stature. He's a ripped professional athlete, it doesn't matter if it was blown out of proportion, he still intentionally attacked her. Edgy MD wrote: But presumably, any team that that signs him would try to suss out both sides of the story. There's no way a team is going to start badgering his wife to tell her side of the story. You're not going to bring her in and interview her alone before you decide, and you can't do it with anyone else present or it's tainted. The NFL did that with Ray Rice, and it's beyond stupid.

I require a lower burden of proof than the legal system. Barry Bonds allegedly took steroids.

soupcan wrote: Did he admit it? Wouldn't that then be evidence enough to prosecute? Why would charges be dropped if he confessed? I can't find a quote from him, but regardless, she told cops he pulled her off the bed and slammed her into the glass door and she went to the hospital with injuries consistent with that. He didn't offer any other explanation. The trial didn't happen because she didn't want it to, but it doesn't change what he did.

soupcan wrote: Edgy MD wrote: In this case, the wife refused to cooperate with prosecutors, and charges were dropped. There are some things we'll never know. Guilty until proven innocent? well, he admitted to it no? No one's denying it happened, whether or not it's actionable legally.

Solid win there. Now 4 wins out of the last 9 games against the Royals.

Frayed Knot wrote: So now it's 8-7 Rox on account of Beltran's 7th inning 3R HR - his 19th!! He hit 19 & 15 over the last two seasons and is 39 freakin' years old. and now it's 8-8 I started him too.