Jeff Francoeur has been dealt to the Texas Rangers.
The Mets, reportedly, will get Joaquin Arias in return. Amazing they got anything for Francoeur, honestly.
Lucas Duda and Jenrry Mejia have been promoted from Triple-A Buffalo. Duda will likely get playing time in Frenchy’s absence. And Mejia will start on Saturday.
In other words, outside of the dismal loss tonight, the Mets did everything right!
There's a chance Jeff Francoeur could be spending his last day as a New York Met.
Two MLB sources told ESPNNewYork.com that the Texas Rangers are looking for a right-handed-hitting outfielder for the bench and are considering Francoeur.
"His name has definitely been talked about," one source said.
They say everything is bigger in Texas. I wonder what Francoeur’s OBP would look like there.
But seriously, this would be a smart move for the Mets.
Let the man go. He shouldn’t factor into next year’s lineup as it is, smile or no smile. Deal him now and let Fernando Martinez (or someone else) get a few rips up at the MLB level in this lost year.
OR: How I’ve gotten through the last few months for the last few years.
The Mets aren’t dead yet. But they’re far from being alive.
They’re more of a deer who was just hit my a Mack truck. It’s alive, stumbling about, but you just know it’s not going to make it.
So, I present to you, how I’ve lived with the last few months of the last few years: Make every game a season.
What?
Yeah, you heard me. Each game stands on its own. It’s all that there is. The performance of the players should still be judged in terms of the season (looking at you, Jeff Francoeur), but each game should exist as a live-or-die type of event.
It makes things a tiny bit more interesting.
“Hooray, Mets beat the Nationals. Ha! Suck it, Strasburg!” Too soon?
It adds a little spice to something that will otherwise be mundane and boring. Because you know this team won’t be playing spoilers.
Do you have a way to make the last few weeks interesting? Share it in the comments!
-Jerry Manuel
What stuff?
From a Poynter article by Roy Peter Clark:
Here was a game with two New York teams, a pennant on the line, in the bottom of the ninth, one out, two runners on base, with the world tuned in.
But, in the corrections at the end of the article, it reads:
The original version of this story incorrectly said there were two outs left in the game at the bottom of the ninth.
Emphasis mine.
Um, isn’t that the same thing?
-Jerry Manuel, expressing feelings shared by every Mets fan
Where to begin? By now, everyone knows that K-Rod was involved in a scuffle, alledgedly punched his father-in-law, will be charged with third-degree assualt and spent the night in a Citi Field cell.
Amazing, I know.
This team is a comedy of errors, on and off the field.
But I feel the worst for Jay Horwtiz. That poor, poor man.
Also, leave your questions or comments below for Howard.
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