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Soft Todd Frazier homers and Gary Cohen regains his HOF ability

Hey GREAT job by Gare here.  This is what Gary CAN do and SHOULD do but as we have discussed all summer does not do.

This is a fantastic honest call with no shtick, no to the track, to the wall laziness and a flash back to the younger Gary Cohen.  I really don’t want Gare to coast his way to the Ford Frick Award…..you can do this Gary.

As always much thanks to Nick for sending these to me.

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Mets announce 2019 Spring Training Schedule

METS ANNOUNCE 2019 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE

Also let’s not gloss over the ST Logo…

Anyway here’s the official release and my continued thanks to the Mets for sending these things to me.

 

14 Games To Be Played at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 29, 2018 – The New York Mets today announced that the club will open its 2019 Spring Training Grapefruit League schedule on Saturday, February 23 vs. the Atlanta Braves at 1:10 p.m. at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, FL. The Mets will play 32 exhibition games in 2019, including 14 home games in Port St. Lucie.

 

The 2019 Spring Training schedule at First Data Field in Port Lucie is highlighted by a visit by the Boston Red Sox Monday, March 4.

 

The complete Spring Training schedule also features the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins each seven times this spring, along with five games vs. the Cardinals and Nationals, three contest vs. the Braves, two each vs. the Red Sox and Tigers and one against the Orioles.

 

Season and group tickets will go on sale Monday, October 1 at 10 a.m. at mets.com and StLucieMets.com or by calling 772-871-2115. Special ticket packages including the Red Sox trip to Port. St. Lucie will go on sale Thursday, November 1 at 10 a.m. Individual game tickets will go on sale Saturday, January 12 at 10 a.m. at mets.com, StLucieMets.com or by calling 772-871-2115.

 

The Mets today also announced the launch of the 2019 Amazin’ Getaways Spring Training fan travel packages. The spring line-up will include three Grand Slam packages and two Spring Specials.

 

Grand Slam departures from New York are scheduled for March 1, March 7 and March 14. All packages include hotel accommodations, rental car, game tickets and custom merchandise. The Grand Slam packages also include an exclusive pre-game brunch and a Meet and Greet with select Mets players and team personnel.

 

All Amazin’ Getaways can be customized to fit every fan’s schedule and budget. For more information, call 718-577-5055 or visit mets.com/AmazinGetaways.

 

The 2019 Spring Training schedule is subject to change.

 

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Prediction: this David Wright thing goes worse for the Mets than ANYTHING since 1977 including Madoff

I keep thinking about this David Wright thing.

The poor guy has done everything he could do to get back on the field, and now he is playing almost every day.

How do the Mets not activate him?

The answer is likely money, and it’s not so much about paying him for three weeks in 2018, but more about how would they be able to get insurance for however many of the 324 games David can and can’t play in 2019 and 2020 as part of his $35 million left on the contract.

This will not go well for the Mets.  Not at all.

One could see the union asking why the guy isn’t being activated.

Maybe the Mets get away with it this September and David, always the good citizen, goes quietly.

What happens next March when he wants to play?

Will the Mets tell him he didn’t make the team?

Would David asked to be released?

Will the Mets DFA him?

Could we even see the unthinkable where a team like the Nats/Orioles take a flyer on David, since the Mets would be on the hook for the salary.   Could David’s career end with a six game stint on the Orioles?

All of these scenarios are terribly ugly.

None of this will go well for the Mets and Wilpons.  None of it.

They are going to get destroyed if they get into it with The Captain.

You think fans are angry now?  You think the Madoff thing was bad?  This will be 1977 bad.  Yes I am playing the Seaver card here, and this time it will be Seaver in the age of social media.

Don’t do this Mets.  Bring David back on September 7th and enjoy the sellout crowds that weekend.   I’m really serious.

DO NOT HAVE THIS FIGHT, you may actually lose the team this time Jeff when the union starts asking questions.

 

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Mets Police Morning Laziness: cheap Mets (Wright), not so cheap Mets (Alonso), and a suspended game!

SLACKISH REACTION: Wait, what happened? A suspended game in the 10th? That’s fun! I didn’t see it as I went to bed at 10pm. I thought last night was a good example of baseball being boring. That one inning where the Mets scored took forever and was totally not exciting. Jake isn’t winning the Cy, you can let that dream go.

Meanwhile, David Wright played 3B for Las Vegas.  Here he is in a Reyes de Plata uniform…surely to be a UNIcorn.

David was one for four, which you can read about here.  What is infuriating is the the stupid cheap Mets are bing stupid and mostly cheap and aren’t going to bring him up.

The cheapness isn’t so much about this year, but it’s about how if he plays it will be harder to get a new insurance policy for 2019 and 2020.  Poor David, he has done all this work and they won’t play him.  Prediction: this gets VERY ugly.

Also getting ugly, Peter Alonso’s agents are upset that the Mets won’t give Peter a look in September.  I get all sides.  Seems the Mets are acting like they want to see Dom Smith play as if they aren’t totally done with Dom.  The conspiracy says stupid cheap Mets.  The anti-conspiracy is that the Mets are afraid Peter won’t do well in the majors yet – I know #TheNarrative is that he is Babe Ruth, but take a closer look at the AAA numbers – and if you are looking at Jay Bruce as first baseman, maybe it would be stupid to lower Peter’s trade value.   I get it.  Agents like to make money, that’s their job.  I might be with the Mets on this one.

Oh yeah, totally forgot – Joey Bats was traded to the Phillies for basically “I dunno, give us something when you get a chance.”   Whatever.

Vargy pitches today!  We hope….we’ll probably get Vargas.

And you know who else pitches today bitches?

Not sure how much TDK recapping I can do tonight.   Can the Reds puts him tom tomorrow?

 

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David Wright played for the 51s on Tuesday. How did he do?

David went 1 for 4. It is WAY easier to get content from Vegas than it was from PSL. Also of note, likely the only time you will ever see Wright in a Reyes de Plata jersey.