Look man I know it’s tight to game time but sometimes I gotta work and why the heck does this stupid sport play weekday day games? Let’s keep this tight.
- Dom Smith is not playing and Lyin’ Todd Frazier is batting cleanup. Fire everyone. Steve Cohen needs to walk in and say, “Raise your hand if you work here” and then tell everyone with a hand up to leave. All of them. The manager, the GM, the janitor. everyone. EVERYONE. Gary, Keith , Ron, Gelbs, EVERYONE. EVERYONE FIRED OVER TODAY’S LINEUP.
C Robinson Chirinos, INF Todd Frazier and RHP Miguel Castro have been activated.
RHP Ariel Jurado, C Ali Sánchez and RHP Franklyn Kilome have been optioned to the team’s Alternate Training Site
Lyin’ Todd will wear #33, a number commonly associated with known cheater Mike Scott and also The Dark Knight.
Like I said, sometimes I gotta work so blah blah @mediagoon buys some jerseys, Dom rules, Pete sucks, Porcello is my favorite Met, you know the moves…
Dominic Smith is batting .313/.389/.656 with 14 runs, 12 doubles, seven home runs, 26 RBI, 11 walks and a 1.046 OPS…He leads the Mets with 12 doubles, 26 RBI and is tied for the team- lead with seven home runs…He is tied for fourth in the majors in doubles, tied for fifth in the NL and tied for 12th in RBI, tied for fourth in the NL and tied for seventh in the majors in extra-base hits…Smith is tied for ninth in the NL with a .313 batting average…He has 19 extra-base hits in 96 at-bats this season and sports a 1.046 OPS…Smith hit 11 home runs in 177 at-bats last year…He has set a career-high with 12 doubles…His previous high was 11 doubles in 143 at-bats in 2018…He hit 10 doubles in 177 at-bats last season… Dom recorded 25 RBI in 2019 and a career-high 26 RBI in 167 at-bats in 2017…He has already matched his career-high in RBI…blah blah overslept once you know the joke.
Smith is now a qualified hitter…His 1.046 OPS ranks sixth in the NL and eighth in the majors…His .656 SLG ranks fourth in the NL and sixth in the majors. Blah blah didn’t let him play blah blah insert joke here.
Pete Alonso | INF | .208, 6 HR, 19 RBI, 0 SB
Prior to today’s game, the Mets announced the following roster moves: RHP Ariel Jurado, RHP Franklyn Kilome and catcher Ali Sánchez were optioned to the team’s Alternate Training Site…RHP Miguel Castro (#50), Catcher Robinson Chirinos (#26) and INF Todd Frazier (#33) were all activated…Frazier was batting .241/.322/.380 with 11 runs, seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and seven RBI in 31 games with Texas this season…Frazier spent two years with the Mets from 2018-19 and appeared in 248 games with the club, batting .233/.316/.418…Chirinos owns a career slash line of .231/.326/.432 with 251 runs, 98 doubles, four triples, 85 home runs, 264 RBI and a .758 OPS over 590 career games…RHP Miguel Castro appeared in 16 games for the Orioles this season and is 1-0 with a 4.02 ERA (seven earned runs/15.2 innings) with five walks and 24 strikeouts.
The Mets have lost five-in-a-row after winning three straight…The five-game losing streak is tied for their season-long (also, July 29-August 2)…The team is a season-low six games below .500…Today, the Mets finish a brief two-game series at Oriole Park at Camden yards…The team returns home tomorrow for the makeup game against the Yankees at 4:10 pm…Following the game against the Yankees, the Mets host the Phillies (four games) and the Orioles (two games).
