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“Ryan Church will make his long-awaited return to the Mets tomorrow,” according to the Daily News.
Church who went 0-for-4 last night, while playing for Double-A Binghamton.
Manuel, talking to reporters about Church yesterday, said:
“When he does come back, we don’t have to rely on him playing every single day…It depends on how he feels…We feel very confident in the young players we have in left field, and also with Tatis in right…I feel very good with what they have done.”
This makes total sense, in that, a) it says to the team that you play if you produce, regardless of who may be coming back from the disabled list, and b) it allows the Mets to slow-play Church’s recovery, while still getting him in to the mix.
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thats great news, finally
but who do u send down?
Evans has been on fire
Murphy is just the man
Reyes is great at spelling Easley
and the team is just hittin it’s stride
ugh…
Cancel would be my choice.
Cancel, and hold up Castillo until september 1st
Good call.
I would have to say that Nick Evans will have to be sent down. Only because Tatis still needs to get his AB’s. I think Evans needs to be told this is only until Sept 1 and that he did a great job. He really did show so much improvement from his first stint. Very good progress.
Church is coming back just in time for our invasion of Philly. Can’t wait.
Good call everyone above. Cancel should be sent down.
Evans is starting every game against LH pitching with a 412OBP 511 slg and 362 avg.
They would be crazy to send him down instead of Cancel
The most likely person to be sent down seems to be Cancel.
I agree with Jerry 100% on this. As much as I want Church in this lineup, he belongs on the bench…for now. If Chuch were to plug him in the lineup right away, it would go against everything Jerry talked about; you play well, you play. Tatis/Endy and Murph/Evans have done great and benching any one of them in favor of Chuch would make Jerry a hypocryte and will lose all credibilty with his players. Church should get spot starts every few days to ween him back to playing big league ball. It will also help his condition.
*If Jerry were to plug him into the linep.
YESSSsssssss!!! Welcome back Churchy!!
Agreed about how Jerry is running the team, great job.
Platoons bring out the competition in guys.
with pairs at C, 2B, LF and RF its no surprise the supporting guys are getting it done. Even Schneider and A. Reyes are hitting well over thier heads…
A. Reyes needs to stay because no one else can handle 2B when Pelfrey is on the mound.
You have to love the element that the young players bring to the mix. It’s a long overdue, breath of fresh air.
I can’t say enough good things about Murphy. Evans looks to be solid as well. They both learn very quickly and approach the game the right way.
A. Reyes is a good ball player. There are a lot of haters on here with him still … but he’s going to grow into a very solid ball player.
I’m witcha. A-Rey is by far the best defensive 2B we got.
Yes, I have been very impressed by how Jerry’s managing this team. When Willie was fired, I was really disappointed that Jerry was named interim manager. But he really seems to be exactly what this team needed.
Yes. Glove and power.
noice!
Lets just hope that Manuel makes the rule that Church is not allowed to slide into second base anymore this season. Unless it is in game 7 of the world series.
Dare I say this team is actually getting healthy? One positive to all this is that they should be fresh for the playoff run..hopefully…
Dont jinx, thanks.
And welcome back Church, we all missed you.
Luckily, I am far enough away from the team that I cannot jinx them. When a person is in a different time zone, the jinx is nullified.
Better not slide! If you look at the reply of Church sliding, which they’ve shown a million times since it’s happening, he made the mistake of not lifting up his right arm as protection, which is pretty much standard for sliding into second feet first when there is a double play in progress. I’m sure they’ll show the reply again when he returns tomorrow. If his right hand is up then he probably wouldn’t have gotten hit so hard.
With that said…It was a blessing in disguise because we are stronger now with more good players like Tatis, Daniel and Nick.
Go Mets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The question isnt so much who should be sent down for Church, but who should be sent down for Church, Castillo, and Al Reyes… Cancel would be one…
I guess they are hoping they can hold out Castillo until Sept 1st, that would be the easiest thing to do.
As for Al Reyes, he is the kind of player who would have to be on the 25 man roster before Sept 1st in order to be post season elidgable. I hate the idea of being without A. Reyes for 10 days (unless Pelfrey wont be starting…) so maybe Stokes will leave for Reyes on Aug 31st. and A. Burgos will come up on Sept 1st….
The problem with holding out Castillo is that his 20 day minor league rehab stint is up. Now, they have to stage simulated games to keep from calling him up.
Somehow, I get the feeling his knees are still barking at him.
One can only hope…
Actually, Castillo is still stuck in the bathroom. haha
But yeah, it’s a safe bet to take that his knees are giving him problems. It’s not something that the Mets are going to announce publicly … but if you read between the lines it makes sense.
The sense I get is that Castillo wants back but the Mets dont really have room for him.
I dont know that simulated games are the best way to get someone back, but his hitting in the minors tells me something isnt right.
Not true about Al Reyes. He would be eligible for the post season via replacing an injured pitcher and can be called up after 9/1. He simply has to be in the organization by the 1st… not the big leagues.
It just gets better and better. All is starting to come together for this team. Only glitch is the loss of our closer…..
The same closer who everyone on this website bashed when he was healthy. I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Well, not ‘everyone’….I never did. Billy is Billy - I know he had some blown saves but he still was our best bet for that closer roll in that BP…..
Make that two of us.
I hope I wasn’t premature in adding Al Reyes to my roster. Closer in Arizona was killing me lately, and the Dodgers are going to win that division going away, so I dropped him.
Liriano is blazing in Minny if he’s available in your league. 4-0 with a 1.something ERA since August 1st.