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RutgersJetFan

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Not until 2019, unless the Mets trade him.

 

Harvey is arbitration eligible this Fall, and maybe the Mets can buy him out for a couple of years and extend him until he is 31. 

 

Why worry about that now? 

 

Because that would distract from actually having to discuss the game of baseball.

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Clippard is not the closer. And you don't leave a ******* dude that got off a plane two hours ago that can't pitch against righties in either.

That game was one pitch away from the biggest disaster ever. Sorry but it's indefensible.

O'Flaherty hadn't pitched since July 29. he needed work and it was a low leverage situation. Better him work in that game first time as a Met, rather than a tight one. 

 

He has a .276 baa righties lifetime, so it is not as if he can't face righties. 

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HAHAHAHA-Knew it couldn't last:

 

Relief pitcher Jerry Blevins re-injured his injured left forearm, will undergo surgery and will likely miss the rest of the season, the team announced Thursday (Aug. 6).

Blevins slipped stepping off a curb and re-fractured the distal radial bone in his left arm on Monday. His surgery is set for next week in Boston.

According to ESPN NY’s Adam Rubin, the Mets knew about Blevins’ incident, but did not know the extent of the injury when they acquired LHP Eric O’Flaherty from the A’s on Tuesday (Aug. 6).

Blevins, who was placed on the disabled list in April after he was struck by a line drive, was cleared to begin throwing again last Thursday (July 30).

Blevins pitched five scoreless innings in seven appearances before going on the DL.

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Left-hander Josh Smoker was the 31st overall pick in the 2007 draft out of high school in Georgia, three slots ahead of Todd Frazier and six slots ahead ofTravis d’Arnaud. Injuries, however, undermined Smoker’s career in theWashington Nationals system.

With his fastball mph sagging to the mid-80s, Smoker was released after reaching high-A with Washington in 2012. He pitched in relief for Rockford in the independent Frontier League last season and figured he would give independent ball one more shot this season before calling it a career.

Then a freelance scout found him and alerted the Mets.

With Smoker healthy and with his velocity back in the mid-90s, the scout alerted the Mets to the southpaw’s revival, coinciding with the end of spring training.

Smoker, 26, has breezed from Savannah to St. Lucie and now to Binghamton this season. Through 10 relief appearances with the Double-A B-Mets, he has a 1.64 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 11 innings. He is sitting at 95-96 mph with his fastball and touching 97-98.

“There was a point a couple of years ago when I pretty much thought I was done,” Smoker said. “I was planning on going back to independent ball this year just to kind of play one more year and have fun with it. I really wasn’t expecting much to come from it. Luckily it did. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.

“I think the biggest difference is I’m finally healthy. Before, every time I picked up the ball, it seemed like my arm was going to fall off. It’s good to finally be healthy. I had a few shoulder surgeries. It was labrum and cuff. It was from a bone spur that was rubbing everything. I just ended up tearing it all up. So I got that all cleaned up and taken care of and now everything feels good.”

Just how close did Smoker come to being out of baseball?

“I was in independent ball a little bit last year, and I was trying to get with some teams. Nobody was really giving me any looks,” Smoker said. “The guy that usually catches my bullpens in the offseason couldn’t do it. So he hooked me up with another guy. And he just happened to be birddog scout [Paul Fletcher]. He’s a pitching coach for the York Revolution. He said he catches their guys sometimes when they’re low on catching. He caught me. And I guess he gave the Mets a call and that’s how it happened.”

ORGANIZATION LEADERS

Average: Patrick Mazeika, Kingsport, .331; Gavin Cecchini, Binghamton, .315; Alex Castellanos, Vegas, .314; Ali Sanchez, GCL Mets, .314; Jeff McNeil, St. Lucie, .312; T.J. Rivera, Binghamton, .311; Dominic Smith, St. Lucie, .306; Kevin Kaczmarski, Kingsport, .303; Vinny Siena, Brooklyn, .299; Wuilmer Becerra, Savannah, .299.

Homers: Josh Rodriguez, Binghamton, 17; Travis Taijeron, Vegas, 17; Alex Castellanos, Vegas, 16; Michael Conforto, Binghamton, 12; Brandon Allen, Vegas, 12.

RBIs: Josh Rodriguez, Binghamton, 66; Dominic Smith, St. Lucie, 64; Alex Castellanos, Vegas, 56; Brandon Allen, Vegas, 56.

Steals: Wilfredo Tovar, Vegas, 29; Patrick Biondi, Savannah, 24; Champ Stuart, St. Lucie, 21; Jonathan Johnson, Savannah, 19; Jeff McNeil, St. Lucie, 15.

ERA: Michael Fulmer, Binghamton, 2.03; Steven Matz, Vegas, 2.19; Gaby Almonte, Brooklyn, 2.27; Casey Meisner, St. Lucie, 2.35; Martires Arias, Savannah, 2.53; Merandy Gonzalez, Kingsport, 2.56; Robert Gsellman, Binghamton, 2.59; Ronald Guedez, GCL Mets, 2.65; Edwin German, GCL Mets, 2.78; Tyler Badamo, Brooklyn, 3.10.

Wins: Robert Gsellman, Binghamton, 11; Casey Meisner, St. Lucie, 10; Scarlyn Reyes, Savannah, 10.

Saves: Jon Velasquez, Binghamton, 19; Paul Sewald, Binghamton, 17; Akeel Morris, Binghamton, 13; Jimmy Duff, Savannah, 12; Alex Palsha, Brooklyn, 10.

Strikeouts: Martires Arias, Savannah, 99; Steven Matz, Vegas, 94; Michael Fulmer, Binghamton, 92; Darin Gorski, Vegas, 92; Seth Lugo, Binghamton, 92.

SHORT HOPS

 

  • Brandon Nimmo is holding his own so far in seven games since a promotion from Binghamton to Las Vegas. Nimmo is hitting .250 (6-for-24) with one RBI, three walks and three steals. He has manned all three outfield positions.

  • In his past eight games, Binghamton shortstop Gavin Cecchini is hitting .472 (17-for-36).

  • The Mets signed ex-Padre Tim Stauffer and assigned him to Las Vegas. The 33-year-old right-hander is a native of Saratoga Springs, New York. He had a 6.60 ERA in 13 relief appearances this season with the Minnesota Twins. In his 51s debut Saturday, Stauffer allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk in 5⅓ innings against Tacoma.

  • Traded to the Detroit Tigers for Yoenis Cespedes, Michael Fulmer drew rave reviews in his debut for his new organization. Pitching for Double-A Erie, Fulmer allowed two hits and two walks in 6⅔ scoreless innings on Tuesday against Portland.

  • The Savannah Sand Gnats will be known as the Columbia Fireflies when they relocate to a new stadium in South Carolina next season.

  • Mike Hessman, who appeared in 32 major league games for the Mets in 2010 and also played for the organization in Buffalo that season, is now the king of minor league homers (while playing for U.S.-based teams). He produced his 433rd career minor league homer on Monday while playing with Triple-A Toledo. Hessman passed Buzz Arlett, who played in the minors from 1918 through 1937.

  • Infielder T.J. Rivera was demoted from Las Vegas to Binghamton, which affords the Bronx native more playing time.

  • Right-hander Corey Taylor, the Mets’ seventh-round pick out of Texas Tech, has allowed one earned run through 13 innings with Brooklyn.

  • Left-hander Blake Taylor, the player to be named in the Ike Davis trade, underwent Tommy John surgery last week.

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O'Flaherty hadn't pitched since July 29. he needed work and it was a low leverage situation. Better him work in that game first time as a Met, rather than a tight one.

He has a .276 baa righties lifetime, so it is not as if he can't face righties.

Righties are hitting 420 against him this year. But that's not the point. The point is leaving him in with no contingency plan was dumb. Even Darling was ripping him for it.

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I'll also say this, Collins has to find a way to have Uribe playing at least 4 days a week when Wright comes back. He has to. Uribe was the guy last night who kept everyone calm and in check, always moving to the mound when it was needed. I think he's the main reason Familia pulled through that. That is the type of player that gets you to the playoffs and deep into them.

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I'll also say this, Collins has to find a way to have Uribe playing at least 4 days a week when Wright comes back. He has to. Uribe was the guy last night who kept everyone calm and in check, always moving to the mound when it was needed. I think he's the main reason Familia pulled through that. That is the type of player that gets you to the playoffs and deep into them.

Collins said last night, he only envisions Uribe playing 3rd…………...

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Collins said last night, he only envisions Uribe playing 3rd…………...

 

It's hard to imagine a dude his age with that belly playing well at SS or 2nd. But he can't be so bad that you can't rotate him in once a week at both positions to give Tejada and Flores a rest. Along with once a week at 3rd that's 3 starts easy. I'm not sure where Murphy and Johnson fit into that but keeping Uribe in the lineup should be a top priority IMO.

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GCL METS 3, GCL MARLINS 2 (9 innings); GCL CARDINALS 2, GCL METS 1: In the opener, Rafael Montero tossed two scoreless innings in a rehab appearance. The Mets won in walk-off fashion when Desmond Lindsay tripled and scored on Franklin Correa's single. In Game 2, Edwin German allowed two runs in six innings in a hard-luck loss. Box 1, Box 2

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Holy ****. Montero threw last night?

 

The players we might be getting back over the next 4-6 weeks is insane. Wright, Matz, Montero, Cudduyer...etc. And this is already a deep team without them.

 

But I thought Tom said there was no help coming for this team?  Has anyone ever been more wrong about....anything....than TomShane?

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But I thought Tom said there was no help coming for this team?  Has anyone ever been more wrong about....anything....than TomShane?

 

Laugh now, but in 3 years, when Todd Frazier is 32 and hitting a blistering 25 home runs on the season, you'll be sorry we didn't give up Syndergaard.

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Laugh now, but in 3 years, when Todd Frazier is 32 and hitting a blistering 25 home runs on the season, you'll be sorry we didn't give up Syndergaard.

 

AND prospects RJF.  Imagine all those prospects we'd have gotten while 25-year old Syndegaard is winning a Cy Young.

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By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com | @AnthonyDiComo | August 6th, 2015

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MIAMI -- The realization struck David Wright as he stepped out of the Marlins Park batting cage on Tuesday, parking ball after ball to the far reaches of the playing field. By Wright's side was hitting coach Kevin Long, offering tips about Wright's stride length -- not another rehab specialist or a trainer "coming up for the millionth time and saying, 'Hey, how's your back?'"

"I'd rather be talked to like a baseball player, not a patient at a therapy clinic," Wright said afterward, before making the short trip north to continue his rehab in Port St. Lucie, Fla. "It's been nice to start getting in the grind again and start thinking about baseball and talking shop with the coaches and guys, rather than being secluded in the training room or a therapy table getting worked on."

If Wright has his way, the spinal stenosis issues that have sidelined him for most of this season will soon fade out of his lexicon for good. Wright's batting-practice session Tuesday marked the first of five consecutive days of intensive baseball activities, which will conclude Saturday in Port St. Lucie. Though Wright loathes making predictions, he admitted that if all goes well, he could begin playing in Minor League rehab games as soon as Monday.

If all continues to proceed swimmingly after that, it's not a leap of faith to think Wright could be back in a Mets uniform by mid to late August, essentially making manager Terry Collins' lineup whole for the first time since April. Collins has already begun tinkering with possibilities, saying he anticipates Wright as his No. 2 hitter in front of Lucas Duda and Yoenis Cespedes.

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Tonight's lineup

 

 

Curtis Granderson – RF
Daniel Murphy – DH
Yoenis Cespedes – CF...
Lucas Duda – 1B
Juan Uribe – 3B
Michael Conforto – LF
Travis d’Arnaud – C
Kelly Johnson – 2B
Wilmer Flores – SS
Jacob deGrom - RHP

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Tonight's lineup

 

 

Curtis Granderson – RF

Daniel Murphy – DH

Yoenis Cespedes – CF...

Lucas Duda – 1B

Juan Uribe – 3B

Michael Conforto – LF

Travis d’Arnaud – C

Kelly Johnson – 2B

Wilmer Flores – SS

Jacob deGrom - RHP

 

^love this. That's the best lineup he's put out since the break. DH'ing Murphy is smart, he's hitting .300 against righties.

 

That is a good 1-9 man. It has been a long ass time since you could say that about the Mets.

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^love this. That's the best lineup he's put out since the break. DH'ing Murphy is smart, he's hitting .300 against righties.

 

That is a good 1-9 man. It has been a long ass time since you could say that about the Mets.

 

Tonight will be a very good test too.  Odorizzi is pretty nasty, and the only guys to have any experience against him are Cespedes (3-9 with a HR against him, career) and Kelly Johnson (0-4).  Not to mention last month he shut down Houston at home.

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^love this. That's the best lineup he's put out since the break. DH'ing Murphy is smart, he's hitting .300 against righties.

 

That is a good 1-9 man. It has been a long ass time since you could say that about the Mets.

What a difference that lineup has actual threats in it all through- unlike the first half of the season the team the  Mets put out there.

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