The Mets Police

Why would you call this league the High-A East League and not give it a cool name like, I dunno, the Larry Doby Division or something.  Because baseball is terrible.  Anyway…the Cyclones seem to find themselves in this now.

 

So I was scrolling down twitter and I was like – HEY, this is cool!  Look at this!  Baseball is promoting its players!  Here is a player I had never heard of and now I know his name!

I decided then I would enthusiastically share this on the blog as its the sort of thing that MLB needs to do.

Then…..sadly……I noticed the sponsorship which is where I have crossed it out.   And I got sad.  Of course baseball can’t just grow the sport, they have to monetize every single inch of everything every time.  Would they have even done the tweet had some salesperson not bundled in some “additional value” into a package (We will include you in tweets!).   My guess is no.

So there is nothing pure about this.  Baseball doesn’t care about you Mr. Ramos…you were just today’s means to a sponsorship.

Now let us hear from the great Tom Petty.

If you reach back in your memory
A little bell might ring
About a time that once existed
When money wasn’t king
If you stretch your imagination
I’ll tell you all a tale
About a time when everything
Wasn’t up for sale
…
There was no use in pretending
No magic left to hear
All the music gave me
Was a craving for lite beer
As I walked out of the arena
My ears began to ring
And money became king

My friends the Mets sent me a press release and I was kinda hoping it was going to say they traded Pete to Seattle for Kelenic or Chicago for Kris Bryant or South Korea for somebody, but it did not.  Maybe next time.

METS ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES

FLUSHING, N.Y., March 9, 2021 – The New York Mets announced the following 19 players have been reassigned.

 

Pitchers: RHP Matt Allan, RHP Oscar De La Cruz, RHP Ryley Gilliam, RHP J.T. Ginn, RHP Harol González, RHP Trevor Hildenberger, RHP Tylor Megill, RHP Stephen Nogosek, RHP Marcel Rentería, RHP Jared Robinson and LHP Tom Windle.

 

Position Players: Catcher Francisco Álvarez, OF Pete Crow-Armstrong, INF Brett Baty, OF Drew Ferguson, INF Ronny Mauricio, Catcher Nick Meyer, Catcher Hayden Senger and INF Mark Vientos.

 

In addition, RHP Franklyn Kilome, RHP Sean Reid-Foley and LHP Thomas Szapucki have been optioned to the Triple-A roster.

 

The Mets now have 53 players in major league camp.

 

Hey look, another day has gone by and the Mets aren’t giving Dom Smith, the everyday LFer who will be playing out of position, any time in LF during a practice game.  THAT’S WEIRD.

I will continue to ask and continue to be shouted down:

Are the Mets incompetent?

Is Dom Smith hurt?

Which one is true?

Why isn’t the beat paying attention to this?

If you are going to play a guy out of position you should at least let him practice the position.   Unless he’s hurt.  Or the Mets know a DH is coming.  (Sandy Alderson was on the rules committee, I am not sure if he still is, and I have actual work to do.  I’m not actually a full time beat reporter even though most days I do a better job in five minute stints from my basement or while grilling chicken.)

It has been so long now I can’t even remember but I think the pattern has been DH, no game, DH, 1B, did not play, and now DH again.    Are his legs bad?

How do you people not see this is suspicious???????

What’s the story Mets?  Come clean.

If Dom Smith is going to play out of position in LF, shouldn’t the Mets be getting him some reps in Left Field?  What’s the point of playing him at 1B if that’s where Vulgar Bear is going to play?

Is Dom hurt?  Is the manager incompetent?