The Mets are set to welcome one of their offseason additions, as infielder Jed Lowrie has been activated from the injured list, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. In addition, Dominic Smith has been transferred to the 60-day injured list and right-hander Drew Gagnon has been recalled from Triple-A.
Lowrie, one of the Mets’ significant signings of the offseason, has yet to play a game in his new uniform due to a series of left leg injuries affecting the knee, hamstring, and calf. Lowrie, 35, inked a 2-year, $20MM contract with the Mets but began the season on the injured list with a left knee capsule strain that emerged in Spring Training. However, a hamstring strain in May delayed the timetable for his recovery, and it seems that rehab subsequently snowballed into a complicated mess of recovery and re-injury.
With Robinson Cano and Todd Frazier installed at second and third base, respectively, it’s unclear just how much playing time Lowrie will receive. In that regard, not much has changed since Lowrie was signed, when the fit appeared questionable, given the team’s invested in Cano and the presence of promising youngster Jeff McNeil. At the very least, he’ll be able to offer some return on the first year of the Mets’ investment. He’s coming off a pair of productive seasons in Oakland, posting a cumulative OPS of .804, including a career-best 23 home runs last season. While he likely isn’t at full health yet, the Mets will hope for signs that Lowrie isn’t far off those numbers—not only for this season, but with an eye on 2020 as well.
Meanwhile, Smith may very well have played his last game this season; now on the 60-day IL, the earliest he could return would come in the final week of the regular season. If indeed his season is over, he’ll close the book on a breakthrough age-24 season in which he has slashed .278/.352/.506 in a part-time role. However, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that there’s a chance he could be cleared to make another appearance or two, as he’ll be reevaluated in his recovery from a stress fracture in his left foot.
He’s alive! Poor JD Davis
He may be activated but IF he even starts a game it’s Todd Frazier who will sit.
Too funny. Mets are loaded offensively. Too bad our bullpen is a joke. Diaz needs to go!
Seattle will happily take him back for free.
Dumping Diaz would be absolutely foolish, and a classic Mets blunder. They need to construct a bullpen for next season that will allow him to work on rebuilding himself without being forced into high leverage spots by default (like last night’s game). His stuff is too good to give up on so soon.
Some players can handle the constant pressure of NY media and fans and some players can’t. There isn’t any shame in it. He’s playing in the largest market in the position that has the most pressure on it. The more he struggles with giving up runs or blowing saves the worse it’ll be on him.
You still don’t bail on him after one poor season. They gave up way too much to do that, and his value is virtually zero now. Might as well hope he figures it out next season and rebuilds his value or becomes a fixture in the bullpen.
Or he can hold Cano’s cane as Robbie falters on balls hit up the middle.
Agreed. Can’t give up on that kind of talent but he needs to be shut down for the rest of the year since each game is basically coming down to win or go home. He needs some Dominican league winter ball to hopefully get his head straight and work on that ailing stuff. The velocity is there the movement isn’t. Maybe he can share a locker with Familia.
…or, they need to rework his psyche or hire a real pitching coach that understands what the difference is from last year to this one. There is too much talent in there for him to consistently be this bad. He’s either a complete stubborn moron (refuses to change) or a head case to continually get hammered over and over as he does.
Low rue is going to the bullpen
Jed who?
It’s a shame about Smith, he really took some strides this season. It’ll be interesting what happens with him this offseason in light of what Davis has done.
Great news for added depth
If you look at remaining schedules of all the competing wild card teams, based on records, Arizona and Milwaukee have the easiest. Washington, Philadelphia have the toughest.
No matter how things end it has been a great second half, with a bright future.
Mets need a manager change. Lots of talent, barely above.500. Tampa Bay 24 games above.500 says it all.
Mickey makes some questionable changes for sure and to make it worse he isn’t very good with the press
That makes it better dummy.
You mean hiring a manager with zero experience was a bad move once again? Who could have seen that coming?
No matter what = reality is setting in that Wilpon’s have officially ripped their hearts out. Saddled with the worst trade in MLB history, and with Cespedes coming off the IL (Insurance LIst) there will be even less money to spread around. Coupled with expensive contract renewals it will be a year to remember in 2020 as the team slips further.
That’s a bit dramatic. It sure looks like a bad trade, but it’s far from the worst in history.
Hey 24–This will be the best that Cano plays for the Mets. Look at his stats over the past 3-4 years—he’s on a downward spiral and age will continue to deteriorate his skills.
Combined with his lazy ways, how long will the young players accept Cano’s leadership?
The drama is unfolding…just pointing out the episodes ahead;)
Until Kelenic and/or Dunn turn into effective MLB players (rather than promising minor leaguers), it’s not even the worst trade in Mets history, let alone MLB history.
Of course it will take time to prove that it is the worst trade in Mets history.
That will be a challenge as they have made many stupid ones.
Here comes the savior. Not. If he plays over Davis Calloway should be fired on the spot. Let him play 2b and 3b, but keep Davis in the lineup every day.
Edwin Díaz, problem is location, location a and location. 100mph up to the middle? Trying to strikeout everybody? Bad combination of pitches,and doesn’t trust or lack control of slider. Mindset storm not a controlled plan. Learn from JV, etc.
mlb.com/news/edwin-diaz-struggling-with-mets
Good pitching is contagious.
So is bad pitching.
Another day to rip Mets fans hearts out.
These are not meaningful games unless the team competes. Teams that give games away are not competitive.
What are the Nido. Ramos splits for Diaz?
If there is no trust in throwing breaking pitches to a catcher who has trouble catching them, does not foretell how many more runs per game pitchers give up?
Defensive runs saved is a great stat. How does it apply to catchers?
I watched Sunday’s game and it was apparent the Mets pitchers could not put hitters away with 0 – 2 and 1 -2 counts because the batter new what was coming – fastball, change-up, fastball. Try a breaking pitch…. Oh wait the catcher cannot catch them, stick with the fastball. Oh there goes another home run. The difference between Syndergaard and Diaz/ Syndergaard is that Degrom figured out that he would pitch whatever pitch he wanted to to Ramos and let Ramos sink himself by showing his inability to catch the breaking pitch. Syndergaard and DIaz just need to throw them and show up Ramos if he can’t catch them.
Ramos being in the lineup Sunday cost them the game regardless of his 3 hits and 3 RBI’s. His weaknesses as a catcher to call a game, throw out runners and passed balls cost the team 1 – 2 runs per game, unless he provides 2 runs per game ( he does not), you lose every time he plays. For the record, Ramos provides about a run per game offensively. 128 games played and 121 runs produced.