Have you forgotten how terrible Vientos is with his glove? This is a guy who seriously had a ball go through his glove. That’s how much he is hated by the ball. He might have a cannon for an arm but in no world do I want to see him with that glove on and playing ANY position! He killed us at third. Was unplayable at first and I can’t see him in the outfield with his wheels. Guys can we put any thought of this guy playing the field to bed and make him a DH forever? The glove experiment is over with him and I don’t care what Boras has done for him.
Interesting to note Lindor's hamate problem is a stress reaction and not a stress fracture. I'm really not sure what that implies. Preventive surgery, maybe? Does that mean a faster timeline?
At least we have a guy who can tell him how it feels. Alvie can tell him all about it.
A fracture would show a frank interruption in the bone or compression of the bone on an MRI. A stress reaction means edema in the bone on the MRI. The latter can progress to a fracture so I guess they're removing the hook of the hamate (the part that's usually affected) since being a ballplayer means he can't really rest it long term. Here's a good short reference:
unless Mauricio proves he can play SS at a major league level, I am for Iglesisas
It is very likely Lindor is going to miss up to a month of the regular season, no matter what they say. the other MLB players with the same injury are going to miss a month, and so will Lindor.
In Met-speak with injuries, 6 weeks means 10 weeks.
SS is too important a position defensively to give up on.
Iglesisas cannot hit, but he can field.
Let's see Ronny in spring training games - if he cannot play the position at a MLB level, given the other options are not acceptable, Iglesias is the move.
Everybody seems to be assuming that Polanco will duplicate his performance of last year, very optimistic. If, instead, he performs like he did in '23 and '24, things may go sour for this club. A lot of things will have to break right for this team.
While walking the dog, I thought "Who can we actually count on to produce offensively"? Soto, Lindor, Bichette. All the rest are ifs, maybes, and hopes.
As for slow starts: I’m not a believer in the maddening noise from Homers,”it’s early yet…relax people; they’ll be ok,etc” every game is equally important, while each alone is only one of 162. I simplify it: you stink until you don’t; you’re good until you’re not. Today’s game is what matters and the state of the team does too. So a poorly performing pitching staff is a major concern today—until they’re not. Same with the lineup. Look, fans have a right to be Homers or objectively critical. So it’s my bad to spout off on the Homers. I’ll try to shut that up this year
Have you forgotten how terrible Vientos is with his glove? This is a guy who seriously had a ball go through his glove. That’s how much he is hated by the ball. He might have a cannon for an arm but in no world do I want to see him with that glove on and playing ANY position! He killed us at third. Was unplayable at first and I can’t see him in the outfield with his wheels. Guys can we put any thought of this guy playing the field to bed and make him a DH forever? The glove experiment is over with him and I don’t care what Boras has done for him.
Agreed, I saw that suggestion that Vientos mans third and I thought, "really?".
Interesting to note Lindor's hamate problem is a stress reaction and not a stress fracture. I'm really not sure what that implies. Preventive surgery, maybe? Does that mean a faster timeline?
At least we have a guy who can tell him how it feels. Alvie can tell him all about it.
A fracture would show a frank interruption in the bone or compression of the bone on an MRI. A stress reaction means edema in the bone on the MRI. The latter can progress to a fracture so I guess they're removing the hook of the hamate (the part that's usually affected) since being a ballplayer means he can't really rest it long term. Here's a good short reference:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7268571/
"Preventative maintenance," my Dad would have said. 😁
unless Mauricio proves he can play SS at a major league level, I am for Iglesisas
It is very likely Lindor is going to miss up to a month of the regular season, no matter what they say. the other MLB players with the same injury are going to miss a month, and so will Lindor.
In Met-speak with injuries, 6 weeks means 10 weeks.
SS is too important a position defensively to give up on.
Iglesisas cannot hit, but he can field.
Let's see Ronny in spring training games - if he cannot play the position at a MLB level, given the other options are not acceptable, Iglesias is the move.
Everybody seems to be assuming that Polanco will duplicate his performance of last year, very optimistic. If, instead, he performs like he did in '23 and '24, things may go sour for this club. A lot of things will have to break right for this team.
The polite way of putting it is, "There's a lot of upside." 😁
While walking the dog, I thought "Who can we actually count on to produce offensively"? Soto, Lindor, Bichette. All the rest are ifs, maybes, and hopes.
Very much so. But lineups are self-reinforcing. If everyone is putting the ball in play consistently, we should be okay.
We're definitely not going to club anyone to death. But I'm cool with that. I hate that all-or-nothing brand of baseball anyway.
I *assume* the power thing with Lindor would be different in relation to which side of the plate he's batting from
PSL's green grass of spring.....ahhh! Still very white here in Northern MN.
As for slow starts: I’m not a believer in the maddening noise from Homers,”it’s early yet…relax people; they’ll be ok,etc” every game is equally important, while each alone is only one of 162. I simplify it: you stink until you don’t; you’re good until you’re not. Today’s game is what matters and the state of the team does too. So a poorly performing pitching staff is a major concern today—until they’re not. Same with the lineup. Look, fans have a right to be Homers or objectively critical. So it’s my bad to spout off on the Homers. I’ll try to shut that up this year