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NL Notes: Giants, Brewers, Mets

By Connor Byrne | March 4, 2017 at 9:27pm CDT

There was a scary scene during the San Francisco-Kansas City game Saturday in Phoenix, as a line drive off the bat of Royals third baseman/outfielder Hunter Dozier struck Giants first base coach Jose Alguacil in the face, Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News was among those to report. Alguacil suffered a fractured nose, a deep facial laceration and fractures in his left eye socket, and he was airlifted to a Phoenix trauma center to undergo surgery. He’s now resting with his family, tweets Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area. MLBTR wishes Alguacil a fast recovery as he prepares for his first season on the Giants’ coaching staff.

In lighter news from San Francisco and two other National League cities…

  • Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto will be able to opt out of his contract after this season, but the longtime ace told Chris Haft of MLB.com that’s not on his mind. “To me, this is just a regular year,” he said. “I signed for five [more] years, and I’m not thinking anything past that. It’s just another year for me.” Cueto will earn $106MM if he sticks with the Giants through 2022, though another great season would put him in prime position to land a more valuable pact next winter. In his age-30 campaign last year, Cueto pitched to a pristine 2.79 ERA, logged a 50.2 percent ground-ball rate and recorded 8.11 K/9 against 1.94 BB/9 in 219 2/3 innings.
  • Brewers infielder Jonathan Villar addressed his recent decision to turn down a $20MM extension Saturday, telling Adam McCalvy of MLB.com that it wasn’t difficult to reject. “In my house, I feel good,” he said. “I’m comfortable. … I told my family [about the offer], and they told me, ’It’s up to you. If you want, fine. If no, no.’ I can wait for arbitration.” Villar, who will become arbitration eligible next offseason, noted that he doesn’t harbor any ill feelings toward the Brewers. He’ll now try to build on a breakout 2016 in which he slashed .285/.369/.457 with 19 home runs and a major league-best 62 stolen bases over 679 plate appearances.
  • Given that he was the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason, Mets right fielder Jay Bruce did not expect to return to the club this year, he told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “The whole time I just assumed I was going being traded,’’ said Bruce. “Honestly, the way everything went down, I did not think I would be back. Not to sound like a (jerk), but I knew I was going to be the opening-day right fielder somewhere.” The Mets then informed Bruce in January he’d stick around, which he’s “very, very happy” about. Although Bruce batted a paltry .219/.294/.391 in 187 PAs with the Mets last year after joining the club in a deadline trade with the Reds, his rocky off-field transition from Cincinnati to New York didn’t help matters, Nightengale notes. Bruce stayed in six hotels as a Met down the stretch and was apart from his wife and 4-month-old son, who remained in Texas. The three of them will live in an apartment on New York City’s Upper East Side this year, per Bruce.
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19 Comments

  1. lesterdnightfly

    9 years ago

    Six hotels in one year is nothing.
    Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention stayed in 200 Motels on one tour — and they had more hits than Jay Bruce….

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    • L.Wrong Hubbard

      9 years ago

      Double plus like!

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    • shoelessjoe4ever

      9 years ago

      Lesterdnightfly, best MLBTR post ever. ‘Are you worried…’

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      • aceofrainbows

        9 years ago

        I agree

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      • User 4245925809

        9 years ago

        I would be if Zappa was eating the yellow snow…

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    • realgone2

      9 years ago

      Greatest post in the history of this site. I was just listening to You are what you is.

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  2. liamsfg

    9 years ago

    Batting .219 in a short stretch can happen to any great hitter regardless of what else was happening.

    Some people worry about their wives and infant children when separated, some people don’t. He’s a good guy and I’m sure if you ask him, he wouldn’t make any excuses for his slump.

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  3. cesthebes1214

    9 years ago

    Wow just wow Bruce couldn’t have just buy his NYC apartment when he got traded he was making mad money in the reds organization

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    • mike156

      9 years ago

      Not quite so simple. There are a lot of apartments in the naked city, and if you don’t live here, and you don’t have time, and you haven’t decided (with one year+ year left on your contract and hearing you could get traded again) whether your family is going to uproot..
      Hotel living is weird but remember he was traded with two months to go in the season.

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      • A'sfaninUK

        9 years ago

        mike156, I read cesthebes1214’s post three times and still can’t make head nor tail of it. Kudos to you for trying to reply to it.

        Reply
  4. cesthebes1214

    9 years ago

    But after all the Mets have 3 outfielders that are good that hopefully will succeed in 2017

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  5. Armaday

    9 years ago

    How much of that do you actually think Zappa remembers?

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  6. A'sfaninUK

    9 years ago

    Not to sound like a jerk, but Jay Bruce has a 0.2 WAR over his last 441 games. He actually shouldn’t be an Opening Day starter somewhere, because he’s bad at baseball now, and has been since he turned 27.

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  7. AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres

    9 years ago

    Don’t fool yourself. Barring an injury or major regression Cueto is opting out.

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  8. stubby66

    9 years ago

    it’s amazing how some players like vilar seem to forget the teams that are giving them another chance when he could easily been out of baseball not somebody I think we need to put a team around

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    • davbee

      9 years ago

      Villar isn’t “forgetting” anybody, nor was he remotely close to being out of baseball. He’s betting on himself, which benefits the Brewers in the short term and himself in the long term. Milwaukee is getting a bargain if Villar puts up a couple more seasons like he had in 2016.

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    • A'sfaninUK

      9 years ago

      it’s also amazing how some baseball fans STILL side with owners over players by posting comments like this

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    • fisher40

      9 years ago

      You really need to know your facts on villar. He wasn’t almost out of baseball. Far from it actually

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  9. cesthebes1214

    9 years ago

    Bruce needs extra trainers

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