Official 2020 Mets Thread, p. 50

[blueNorange]

most homeruns mauricio has it in a season was 4, he already has 3 hr in like 7 games to start 2021

audio is off but the beautiful swing is on display

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that is a puuuuuurty swing

This kid has really filled out. Has he shot up in height and weight in recent years?

With him and Baty both slotted for 3B, we may have a bit of a conundrum at some point. What say you guys?

baty probably ends up not sticking at 3b, he was never good there.

lf/1b/dh

[mpharris36]

most homeruns mauricio has it in a season was 4, he already has 3 hr in like 7 games to start 2021

audio is off but the beautiful swing is on display

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that is a puuuuuurty swing

This kid has really filled out. Has he shot up in height and weight in recent years?

With him and Baty both slotted for 3B, we may have a bit of a conundrum at some point. What say you guys?

He has, I heard they might give Mauricio reps in the OF because he is so tall.

But 3B is his likely position. We will be seeing the DH in the future so if he can hit they will find a spot for him. Also we never know when guys will be needed to enhance the team via trade. Good problem to have with so much young hitting depth in the system.

PCA and Alvarez look like the real deals as well.

[mpharris36]

most homeruns mauricio has it in a season was 4, he already has 3 hr in like 7 games to start 2021

audio is off but the beautiful swing is on display

Read on Twitter

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that is a puuuuuurty swing

This kid has really filled out. Has he shot up in height and weight in recent years?

With him and Baty both slotted for 3B, we may have a bit of a conundrum at some point. What say you guys?

He has, I heard they might give Mauricio reps in the OF because he is so tall.

But 3B is his likely position. We will be seeing the DH in the future so if he can hit they will find a spot for him. Also we never know when guys will be needed to enhance the team via trade. Good problem to have with so much young hitting depth in the system.

PCA and Alvarez look like the real deals as well.

[HarthorneWingo]

that is a puuuuuurty swing

This kid has really filled out. Has he shot up in height and weight in recent years?

With him and Baty both slotted for 3B, we may have a bit of a conundrum at some point. What say you guys?

He has, I heard they might give Mauricio reps in the OF because he is so tall.

But 3B is his likely position. We will be seeing the DH in the future so if he can hit they will find a spot for him. Also we never know when guys will be needed to enhance the team via trade. Good problem to have with so much young hitting depth in the system.

PCA and Alvarez look like the real deals as well.

How far off are those two?

[mpharris36]

This kid has really filled out. Has he shot up in height and weight in recent years?

With him and Baty both slotted for 3B, we may have a bit of a conundrum at some point. What say you guys?

He has, I heard they might give Mauricio reps in the OF because he is so tall.

But 3B is his likely position. We will be seeing the DH in the future so if he can hit they will find a spot for him. Also we never know when guys will be needed to enhance the team via trade. Good problem to have with so much young hitting depth in the system.

PCA and Alvarez look like the real deals as well.

How far off are those two?

With the way both are mashing, potentially, 2022 at the earliest assuming they get to AA this year (which seems likely at this rate). Then they could start at AAA next year with a taste of MLB if they need them (but most likely 2023 for the full year). PCA and Alvarez are after that 2023 or 2024

Alvarez might not be the best defensive catcher but dude mashes.

[Davis18]

Too early but, is Cano trade worst trade in Mets franchise history?
It is up there with Jay Buhner trade for Yankees.

[Stannis]

Too early but, is Cano trade worst trade in Mets franchise history?
It is up there with Jay Buhner trade for Yankees.

Yes. Mets gave up their best prospect when taking the salary dump would have sufficed.

[HarthorneWingo]

Too early but, is Cano trade worst trade in Mets franchise history?
It is up there with Jay Buhner trade for Yankees.

Yes. Mets gave up their best prospect when taking the salary dump would have sufficed.

Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi and it’s not even close.

[HarthorneWingo]

Btw, anyone else see Pillar get smacked in face with a 95 mph fastball last night? He walked off the field under his own power.

Former hockey player.

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Edit: Pillar says he’s fine.

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[HarthorneWingo]

I can't believe we came back and won that game last night. I turned it off before the Mets got up in the top of the 12th inning because I lost faith. Rojas taking Stroman out after only 6 innings (88 pitches) pissed me off but not as much as the 2-Run HR Castro gave up after coming in for Sto in the 7th.

Nice to see Khalil Lee get his first hit and it was a memorable one.

[blueNorange]

alvarez's season so far

20 for 48, .417 ba
5 doubles
2 homeruns
15 walks/7 strikeouts
.567 obp
.646 slugging
1.213 ops

[blueNorange]

alvarez promoted to brooklyn

so if you wanna cheap baseball ticket, brooklyn now has baty/mauricio/alvarez

[HarthorneWingo]

Syndergaard timetable pushed back to end of August, at earliest.

EDIT: Make that "Done for the season."

[blueNorange]

you gotta move alvarez to dh, he should never catch in the majors ... he's toooooooooo talented

look at that swing.

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[HarthorneWingo]

you gotta move alvarez to dh, he should never catch in the majors ... he's toooooooooo talented

look at that swing.

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Is he really that bad of a catcher, defensively? He also looks like a fat slob ... not that fat slobs can't hit (see e.g. Bartolo Colon )

[blueNorange]

you gotta move alvarez to dh, he should never catch in the majors ... he's toooooooooo talented

look at that swing.

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Is he really that bad of a catcher, defensively? He also looks like a fat slob ... not that fat slobs can't hit (see e.g. Bartolo Colon )

it's not that, he has an elite bat and i don't want his knees to deal with squatting and also playing 140+ games instead of 115-120.

he's 5'10" and 230, he has a wilson ramos body.

[HarthorneWingo]

you gotta move alvarez to dh, he should never catch in the majors ... he's toooooooooo talented

look at that swing.

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Is he really that bad of a catcher, defensively? He also looks like a fat slob ... not that fat slobs can't hit (see e.g. Bartolo Colon )

it's not that, he has an elite bat and i don't want his knees to deal with squatting and also playing 140+ games instead of 115-120.

he's 5'10" and 230, he has a wilson ramos body.

So he's just thick muscularly? Is he athletic? If so, maybe he can play 3B or LF. Anyhow, a lot of catchers are squaty. If we can get a good 5-7 years out of him, that's a win.

Is he a net positive behind the plate?

[blueNorange]

Is he really that bad of a catcher, defensively? He also looks like a fat slob ... not that fat slobs can't hit (see e.g. Bartolo Colon )

it's not that, he has an elite bat and i don't want his knees to deal with squatting and also playing 140+ games instead of 115-120.

he's 5'10" and 230, he has a wilson ramos body.

So he's just thick muscularly? Is he athletic? If so, maybe he can play 3B or LF. Anyhow, a lot of catchers are squaty. If we can get a good 5-7 years out of him, that's a win.

Is he a net positive behind the plate?

no he's a big thick dude like vlad jr.

and yes a lot catchers squat, not a lot are the talent alvarez is with the bat.

and do you hear yourself? a good 5-7 years out of him? he's 19 ... put him at dh and you're getting 10 good years out of him.

[HarthorneWingo]

it's not that, he has an elite bat and i don't want his knees to deal with squatting and also playing 140+ games instead of 115-120.

he's 5'10" and 230, he has a wilson ramos body.

So he's just thick muscularly? Is he athletic? If so, maybe he can play 3B or LF. Anyhow, a lot of catchers are squaty. If we can get a good 5-7 years out of him, that's a win.

Is he a net positive behind the plate?

no he's a big thick dude like vlad jr.

and yes a lot catchers squat, not a lot are the talent alvarez is with the bat.

and do you hear yourself? a good 5-7 years out of him? he's 19 ... put him at dh and you're getting 10 good years out of him.

Maybe he can play 3B? He's got that Ron Cey/Pablo Sandaval physique. That way we could move Pete to DH and Dom to 1B where he needs to be. He's such a much better fielder than Pete, even though Pete has definitely improved.

[blueNorange]

you do know dom has a positive grade in left field right? he's a plus defender there.

and alvarez is a slow plotting guy, it's catcher, first base or dh.