A few and a half weeks immediately after designating Robinson Cano for assignment, the Mets appear to have built the accurate move.
Cano, who grew to become a roster casualty May well 2 despite the approximately $37 million the Mets owed him as a result of following year, has begun slowly and gradually with the Padres, also.
By way of his very first 7 games with San Diego, Cano is 3-for-23 (.130, and all singles) with 1 RBI, a wander and five strikeouts. The 39-yr-old, who has played next base, been the DH and pinch hit, has been worse with the Padres than he was in a dozen games with the Mets.
The Padres had a spot open up in their infield for the reason that Fernando Tatis Jr. — who is shut with Cano and whose father managed Cano in the Dominican Winter season League previous yr — experienced a wrist personal injury that is predicted to sideline him until eventually at the very least late June. When Tatis returns, the Padres may have to make one more final decision on Cano.
The Mets, in the meantime, have been joyful with the players who could have been sent out if Cano were retained.
Considering the fact that the Mets officially launched Cano on May possibly 8, Luis Guillorme is 13-for-31 (.419) with a .471 on-foundation percentage in 13 game titles, and J.D. Davis is 9-for-38 (.237) but making persistently reliable contact. Dominic Smith has been improved of late, reaching base 4 moments in his past two video games, and the Mets price Travis Jankowski, who has nevertheless to strike but has been a speedy pinch runner and sound late-game outfielder.
“Given the construction of our roster and how the participating in time was likely to be allotted, it put us in a position in which we had to make some tricky decisions,” GM Billy Eppler stated soon after Cano was specified.
The Mets announced Darryl Strawberry will just take aspect in Old-Timers’ Day on Aug. 27 at Citi Discipline.
“Shea was normally a fantastic location for me,” Strawberry, who has not stepped on the area in a Mets uniform in 32 decades, reported in the release. “The supporters ended up generally good. They supported me in the superior and negative periods.”
Far more than 60 former Mets are expected to be part of Strawberry, together with Dwight Gooden, who informed The Publish he will pitch in the video game. Other attendees will incorporate Mike Piazza, Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, John Franco, Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, Al Leiter, Ed Kranepool and 92-12 months-old Frank Thomas, an unique Fulfilled.
“Sorry to say, I really do not imagine I will be ready to enjoy,” claimed Strawberry, who played with the Mets from 1983-90. “My knees and shoulder will not allow me swing a bat any longer. It’s the wear and tear and the yrs catching up with me. I will be there supporting the fellas who will be on the field.”
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