The latest out of Citi Field….
- Jed Lowrie’s official Mets debut will wait a few more days, as the infielder will play in more minor league rehab games through the weekend rather than be activated off the injured list on Friday. (Mike Puma of the New York Post was among those to report the news.) Lowrie has yet to play this season due to a capsule strain in his left knee, though his extended rehab stint isn’t due to any sort of health setback, but rather simply the fact that the Mets want to give the veteran infielder more time to get ready. Lowrie missed almost all of Spring Training due to the injury, and he has only two hits in 25 plate appearances during the six rehab games he has already played. The 35-year-old Lowrie signed a two-year, $20MM contract with New York as a free agent over the offseason.
- With Lowrie’s return delayed, the Mets will get a bit of extra time to figure out a bit of a roster crunch situation. As MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo writes, demoting either J.D. Davis or Dominic Smith would cost the Mets a productive player, though Davis could at least benefit from playing every day as a left fielder at Triple-A. If not Davis or Smith, the team could also designate veteran Adeiny Hechavarria for assignment, though that would leave the shortstop position thin behind Amed Rosario. Lowrie has a lot of shortstop experience, of course, though he has played only two games at the position since the start of the 2016 season. DiComo doesn’t think that Keon Broxton (who is out of options) is a candidate for DFA limbo when Lowrie joins the 25-man roster.
- Todd Frazier also won’t be moved to make room for Lowrie, as a source tells Newsday’s Tim Healey. With just a .143/.160/.265 slash line through 50 plate appearances, Frazier has yet to get on track following his own Spring Training injury, an oblique strain that kept him out of action until April 22. The injury continued a frustrating stretch for Frazier since joining the Mets, as he was hoping to rebound from a subpar 2018 season. New York’s crowded infield will likely lead to less playing time for Frazier, who is cognizant of the situation but still confident that he can regain some of his old form. “I don’t know if this will be my last year with the Mets. I know I’m a free agent after this year, so I want to put my best foot forward and make an impact on this team again,” Frazier said. The 33-year-old is still owed roughly $7.2MM of his $9MM salary for the 2019 season, making him an expensive cut if the Mets decided to part ways with him entirely.
- In other Mets news from earlier today, Steven Matz was placed on the 10-day injured list due to radial nerve discomfort.
Wilpons don’t believe in sunk costs so Frazier will be here stinking it up over Davis no matter what.
I figured Frazier would hit his usual .220, so far he’s “exceeded” my expectations.
So who are you predicting will demoted or DFA’d ?
When Lowrie is activated, McNeil will be sent to Syracuse.
And all of Queens better riot
Why not Nimmo? Idk how he stays in the bigs this long.
Really? The guy batting lead off hitting .350 is going to be demoted? Unless Smith has suddenly become a left fielder, he is on a yo-yo string this year. Broxton needs to go, Lagares, Frazier, Vargas, Nimmo needs s reboot to cut his K’s in half…
Muts fans a month ago suggesting Frazier to the Yanks. lofl
Lulz…isn’t Cashman super busy papering over his holes with more money again?
Haven’t been to a World Series in a decade but yeah keep laughing
Do the Mets need another risky loan?
Yankees year in and year out make the playoffs- We Met fans get excited when we are still in the race in June.
You gotta love Orioles fans living in Jersey who blindly take swipes at the Yankees.
Dom was already sent down. So, if JD has options, he’s next.
Didn’t Dom come back earlier today in the Matz injury spot?
Believe so, at least. And if so, he’s available to go back down yet again
Dom was sent down and can be sent down again- he has limited use with Alonso secure at 1b and the mets OF overcrowded as it is.. Davis offers more flexibility.
Can’t imagine why they would have recalled Smith if they were planning to send him down the next day (and after a day off, no less). Not like Lowrie coming back today was a surprise.
WILPONZI
They could keep JD up and send down one of the pitchers with options. I think Bashlor goes down next. That HR he gave up yesterday was painful after the Mets blew an opportunity with 2nd & 3rd with 1 out.
Frazier is terrible.
The Mets make some confusing decisions. Keon
(.152 BA) stays? Sign Motel 6 players, get Motel 6 amenities.
And I’m not even a Mets fan!
Yeah Keon should stay he’s a good defensive replacement in the end of games. This isn’t a hard choice at all Frazier should be the one to go and they should think twice about it
Then what the hell is Lagares?
5 minutes away from season ending injury.
Now be fair how many opportunities has he had – you need at bats to get hot.
Rosario should go down and learn how to play defense. Let Lowrie start SS with Hech coming in as a d-replacement.
Rosario has been one of the more consistent bats since last August. Do you really think the coaching is better at AAA? Let him learn up here. If you are that worried about his defense, double switch him after he bats late in games. Flores came up as a shortstop and was so prepared that Reyes was needed until Rosario was ready. I believe Rosario’s issues are fatigue, not ability.
Not fatigue, i think he is having a focus problem..
It should be Broxton getting DFA’d. He hasn’t hit much, and shown that he doesn’t know how to read a line drive hit towards him. With Lagares as a quality defensive replacement, Broxton seems redundant.