They have also talked about possibly having Alonso give 3B a shot off season to see if that may be an option and have Smith at 1B.
His defense has been better than expected and he has worked hard at it. He has a chip on his shoulder about the bad defense rap and that's a good thing. If he transfers that work ethic over to third, it could work out for everyone.
I think that the Mets will proceed exactly as you have outlined. No trades other than expiring contracts, unless someone blows them away, which I do not expect.
I had not heard any discussion about moving Alonso to third, but it is intriguing. I found a 2017 article which addresses that possibility. Apparently he played some third in HS and freshman year of college. It sounds like he might welcome a return there, because it would give him the opportunity to show off his throwing arm.
I guarantee you two of them will be gone by offseason if BVW has anything to do with this (Smith/Rosario).
Given BVW is the GM I figure he does have something to do with it.
They are all young and very early into this thing. Don’t reject any possibilities just yet.
Are you sure he IS the GM and not Jeff Wilpons puppet? They let a legit GM go away and look at him now: hosting the AL wildcard game as of now. I mean Chaim Bloom and the Tampa front office has only had one of the best organizations for some time now, despite being in THAT division.
Do I think BVW left his high paying job as player agent to become Wilpons puppet? No I do not. I think the Cano trade and the Familia signing were 100% BVW.
Players who can field a position(pretty well as it turns out) and are ripping the cover off the ball, are not moved to another position.
You don’t move them during the season and maybe you don’t move Alonso at all. But if he could adapt to 3rd the way he has improved at 1st, maybe you give it a try during the off season. But only if Smith proves out to be a 280/290 30HR guy.
Not at all. But Smith is supposedly a superior 1B. Alonso has surprised us at 1B and is good but not superior. So, let’s say we had Alonso 1B, Davis 3B, Smith LF. That would give us average, bad, bad
Alonso hasn’t played 3rd since high school or freshman year in college, and you think you can just move him over to 3rd. I would not mess with success. Smith is improving in left field anyway.
The above would have won the game for the Mets in the 10th inning had Calloway pinch hit for Nido with Ramos withrunners on 2nd and 3rd and no outs. I had no confidence in Nido to deliver and he struck out of course. And then he pinch hits Ramos for the waste lagares and Ramos gets a free pass thus wasting
But even after that Conforto has to put the ball in play up next rather than promptly striking out.
Don’t disagree but I am confident that Ramos would have hit a sac fly at worst to drive in a run if pinch hit for Nido and Mets would be up by a run by the time Conforto was up.
You’re obsessed with this. Lol. He doesn’t deserve to have his name spelled out correctly.
But if Ramos hits for Nido, don't the Giants walk Ramos right then and there?
Presume Ramos is walked. Bases loaded and no outs. Have lagares hit And the Conforto pinch hits for pitcher. Bases loaded and non outs are better than bases loaded with 1 out. As much as I dispise lagares, I like his chances better than Nido due to experience. Good point you raise
