That being the case, the only likely scenario that Gotay does well is if Johnson goes down. I suppose we might regret having given the Braves a serviceable backup, but we’d deal with it by knowing that losing Johnson hurts them far more than having Gotay helps them.

Easley would probably get the first call. I guess after that maybe Argenis Reyes, even though Reyes’ career hitting is nothing like as strong as the numbers he put up this Spring. A-Hern’s also gotta be high on the 2B depth chart.

This year, like last, we end the season with 17 games with no rest. Hopefully we’ll keep all 3 of our early-September rest days (last year we lost one to making up a rainout) otherwise once again we could be weak by game 162

Even if he does well in Atlanta, it will still be the case that with the starters the Mets have, they didn’t and don’t have room for a 2B with below-average defense who can’t hit lefties.

That being said, while Gotay may be little more than a bench player, I do somewhat agree with Matt that it could come back to haunt the Mets. At least because Gotay went to a division rival. 18 games against the Braves–it’s hard not to imagine that Gotay will get a game-winning hit in one of them, at least.