Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes provided an update on his efforts to return from surgeries to both heels. As Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News writes, Cespedes expressed confidence that he will be able to make it back to the MLB field, but says it’s unlikely to occur before the middle of the coming season. Cespedes does say that he’s now pain-free, which seems promising, though it remains to be seen how things will progress once his rehab is able to ramp up toward full speed.
- In other recent Mets news, ace Jacob deGrom discussed his contract situation with reporters including Tim Healey of Newsday. Generally, deGrom reiterated what is already known to be the case: he expects to discuss an extension in the coming weeks but has yet to receive an offer and won’t negotiate past the start of the season. The star righty largely demurred when asked about the oft-floated concept that he might operate under self-imposed workload limitations if he doesn’t have a long-term deal, though he did not rule out such an approach.
- Speaking of possible blockbuster extensions, Rockies star third baseman Nolan Arenado will not follow deGrom’s lead in placing timing restrictions on his talks with the club, as MLB.com’s Thomas Harding reports. Arenado said he does expect there to be a “silent deadline” once “serious games start,” though generally it sounds as if he’s open to chat just about any time. It certainly seems as if there are plenty of good vibes between player and team, though hammering out an appropriate contract will still come with challenges. Arenado, 27, already agreed to a record-setting $26MM salary for the 2019 campaign, after which he’ll hit the open market.
- While the Marlins were said to have some interest in Carlos Gonzalez, it seems the organization doesn’t intend to make any further additions at the outset of camp. MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro reports that the club presently intends to give a chance to Peter O’Brien to stake out a claim to time in right field. That means that Brian Anderson is shifting back to third base, leaving the club with a rather unexpected combination of Neil Walker and Martin Prado slated to share the action at first bse (and other areas in the infield). President of baseball operations Michael Hill says the team will still keep an eye on market opportunities, but is “extremely happy” with the “current group of players.”
- Nationals reliever Aaron Barrett has been through a gauntlet of terrible arm injuries, but he’s still plugging away at a comeback effort. As Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com writes, the 31-year-old righty is showing some signs of real potential while enjoying an opportunity to pitch in MLB camp, though he has a ways to go before he’ll truly be considered for a big league opportunity. Barrett once featured intriguing swing-and-miss stuff, but has made only twenty low-A appearances over the past three seasons.
Anything the Mets get out of Ces will be gravy.
“Gravy” because Cespedes has made every penny of that contract worthwile, that anything extra is “gravy”. Give me a break!
Please just shut up. Obviously you’re a yankee fan. Just shut up
Dodgers fan, but go off.
you said you were a Yankees fan a month ago…stop jumping when someone points u out…fool
You must have me mistaken with a popular Yankee homer, Xabial. I rarely comment on this site, maybe once every 2 months on a dodgers article. Had to point out a Mets clown when I saw one.
Hey Xavier-Welcome to a whiney Metsie fan post where they defend the nonsensical until enough real baseball fans point out all of the facts.
You wearing your Kei Igawa jersey today Michael yank my doodle
Wow ‘86 I thought that you retired after 33 years of mediocrity. At least your posts are consistent with your team. How is Bobby Bonilla?
Mikey, that’s quite funny coming from a whiny yankee fan
MIKE!!! YANK!!!! Use the big words!! Use the big words!! You know we’re waiting
Mike Yanks is all over Mets articles…. I love it!! He’s the coolest wanna be troll on this site. He’s a delight
Metsman… you forgot Elsbury, Pavano, and Feliciano, which they cried about because they felt the Mets overused him. What’s funny, is if they thought the Mets overused him, 1) why sign him and 2) why sign him more than a year. Just Trashy Cashy trying to save face. Hey he ain’t the only guy that’s stepped out on his wife and has his side piece stalk him… LMAO
Wow dummy. How do you know a big word?
Anyone with a self esteem so low that they include dummy in their identity is a dope. Or maybe smoking too much dope, dummy?
Get whynot-I baited you as a
Whiney and you went for it. Look down. Oops you’ve stepped in dog poop. That’s a Met fan like you
Having a good day
Mikey boy… poop is really that’s they best you can come up with? Well, I guess that’s the best your limited vocabulary can manage
You were the one that. stepped in it the day that you became a Mets’ fan. Its part of the ritual, hence why you are so loyal. Admit it whynot, you enjoy the smell and texture. Anything to protect it for your family’s sake you will do.
How old are you? I’m seriously curious
Why is it “gravy” if the Mets get anything out of Ces? If I was a met fan I’d be incredibly upset by the lack of time he has been on the field with his massive contract, that could be spent elsewhere for a much better use then a guy whose constantly hurt.
Spoken like a classic closet Mets fan
Nah man, very far from. I just get annoyed by players who get paid massively, and actually do very little on the field to earn it. Although injuries did seem likely when he was paid that in the first place.
Yah think bush1?
There weren’t one or two signs of injuries with Ces…there was a trail so abundant that an elephant could eat.
Was it their medical staff’s incompetency which has been well documented?
Or was it part of the Wilpon M.O.? You know sign a player to a big contact even though there is a likelihood of prolonged injuries. Then insure the deal so that when payday happens Mutt and Jeff can collect the refund WITHOUT reinvesting a dime back in the team.
BTW-Wagon Wheel is already growing discouraged that despite his contract providing for full autonomy over roster and budgets, after the stupid Cano deal Mutt pulled the plug on his ATM card by draining the funds.
Or is it your favorite, Kevin Brown Yankee Jersey this Saturday morning as you watch cartoons?
Let’s go step for step. Your team gives me so much more material!
Mo Vaughn?
Let’s also remind you that my team didn’t trade “The Framchise” Tom Seaver. We’re the Mets that stupid?
Yup.
Wagon wheel and ATM card… never heard those before, let’s see mutts and coupons should be coming soon. Whiny yankee fans could at least try to come up with something original but that’s probably too much to ask from their fragile minds
It’s time Mets Man to bury this identity as well. It’s marginally better than “Mets2015NLCSchamps2016WSchamps”
Which turned out to be a really bad prediction huh?
Here’s an appropriate one:
HopelessinFlushing
It’s timeless and will work for the rest of your time on here.
BTW-how are last year’s great signings, AD, Jose Jose, Jay Bruce and Todd Fraizer? Have you moved into the assisted living factility with them?
Yankee fans dissing Mets fans about crappy free agent contracts is like Michael Jackson dissing Meg Ryan about her plastic surgery.
How I miss the Ed Whitson days.
Ken Phelps. Over.
Ellsbury? Can do this all day…
Mutt and Jeff!!! LOVE IT!!
Wow. All you boys got to put on the Depends diapers early today. Too bad that your mommies have given up cleaning you with wipes. That’s why your posts smell of anger.
Thanks to all of the angry Metsie fans for posting today!
It’s great to find so much attention as I wait in line to check out at Costco this afternoon. You make it easy to post in rapid fire.
Every time that you take a position you end up in a worse position as you defend a losing franchise with zero self pride.
Go knock them out. I’m heading to a car wash and can respond while they wax my car this afternoon.
Do ya think about that?
leaving your job at Costco for the second one at the car wash… times must be tough
Did you actually beg enough on the street to catch enough bus fare to go home?
I think a hit a sore spot. No more comments about your minimum wage jobs, got it.
I understand the frustration for a huge contract with a guy barely on the field but you cannot account for injuries and hold those injuries against him
Especially when, apparently, not one Mets’ coach, trainer, team mate, manager, etc new anything about it. This is a guy that ONLY plays when there is a spotlight to stand in. He showboats, rarely hustles, is a poor outfielder (I don’t care what stats show because I watch 130 Mets’ games a year), does not cooperate with trainers (he get dehydrated because he won’t drink anything during games), goes golfing when he’s hurt, misses team mandated deadlines…basically does what he wants, when he wants. He is about the polar opposite of David Wright.
What meds are you on Brizzo?
When you sign a player to a big contract you get him with extensive tests. In this case the dopes in a Flushing had previous experience with him. When they went on the wild goose chase that he didn’t drink enough water true baseball fans should have pulled the plug in this laughable team.
That they didn’t actually find the problem until last year is pathetic.
The Yankees haven’t won anything since they got clean, so Mikes trolling comes from a position of little strength. He is the cutest troll on here. Sounds like a butt hurt Mets fan that defected
Not only have they not won since the cheaters left, they actually gave one a plaque and put it with real legends
So is that his fault or the teams?
Hey DUMMY-your team just traded for a DRUG user in 2018.
At $30 million per season for an aging, slow and lazy 2B who has been in the DL repeatedly the past few seasons what kind of a message does that send today?
The Mets have no class. You don’t trade your legend franchise player Tom Seaver. I hope he asks for
His name to be removed from Chitifield.
All this talk about gravy makes me miss the Cespedes Family BBQ.
Good stuff…
Michael Hill says he’s “extremely happy” with the roster, and that the fans should give the team a chance, but then unveils a roster consisting of 1B (lol) Neil Walker and Martin Prado, Peter O’Brien in RF, and absolutely zero depth. I get they are rebuilding, but they aren’t even trying to be competitive.
When you have the Phillies, Nationals, and Mets making win-now moves, and the Braves with their large pool of young talent, there’s really no reason to even try. I do think they should have been signing the guys like Parra to minor league deals though.
To try to fill that ballpark. I don’t get it, they have had 2 titles in their existence and they don’t even try the other years.
If there is really no reason for them to try, what reason is there for anyone to pay money to watch them play? For that matter, what reason is there for them to even be in the league anymore?
I understand rebuilding, but it doesn’t take that much to field a somewhat competitive team. A AAA team should not be satisfied with Peter O’Brien in RF and a Neil Walker/Martin Prado combo at first base.
There’s very little to be happy about on that major league roster.
Kind of slanted language about Barrette here, no? “Barrett once featured intriguing swing-and-miss stuff, but has made only twenty low-A appearances over the past three seasons.” Yes, this statement is accurate, however, it makes it seem as if he has somehow struggled to make those 20 appearances over a three year period. That he was unable to play for two entire seasons, and then excelled at low-A in his first taste of competitive action in almost 1,000 days seems to tell a different story.
Isn’t that just pointing out that he has been injured so long?
A lot of ex-Yankees on the Marlins. Wonder why…
None of them were there when Jeter was except granderson so I don’t really see anything beyond a coincidence
Your bar has to be set extremely low to say that you are “extremely happy” with the “current group of players” on the Marlins roster. That group will be lucky to surpass 62 wins. None of their starting OF would start on any other team. Only one of their starting pitchers broke 4 ERA and he was at 3.98 with a 4.17 FIP which doesn’t point to a great 2019.
Sounds like a bunch of wins for the fish
A “bunch” of bananas is usually 5 so I think you’re on to something there.
Michael Hill is “extremely happy with their current group of players.” What a crock. That “current group” is a mockery of the league, and worse then most organizations AAA team. Does he really think people are that dumb to believe such nonsense?!
No high ranking official is going to be stupid enough to say that his players aren’t the best and that his team has little to no chance. What else was Hill supposed to do?
Only thing I can think of is try to build a time machine to go back when we could have used our pitching depth to trade for something productive
Maybe do a little better in the Yelich and Ozuna deals too? Obviously no one knew Yelich would be the league MVP, but it was clear to most he was going to be a stud and was under a great contract. It looks like very little of his return is going to be very good.
Obviously he can’t go out and say they are losing on purpose, but his comments seemed so over the top fake that they came off as very disingenuous. I think he could’ve worded it many way differently that didn’t insult everyone’s intelligence. I’m note sure why you think otherwise?
How about saying “I am happy with current roster for its intended purpose”?
Yes that would be better then what he did say and much more accurate
leave it to the one and only Mike Hill to be extremely happy to field a 100+ loss team.
Red Sox will pursue Arenado. Mark it.
You’re the xabial of Red Sox fans…
Wow. We’re pitching a no-hitter with nobody mentioning you know who’s ability at a certain position.
There is trying to get first draft pick and then there is Marlins’ 2019 roster. I would like to see how Marlins play against someone like Redbirds or Bulls.
Regarding Cespedes, I’m no doctor but in the recent photos of him, he’s looks significantly overweight (not in musculature) and I have to believe putting additional weight on surgically repaired heels would be a hinderance to any rehab timeline and increase the probability of potential secondary injuries during the process. The Mets should not count on Cespedes.
How’s he going to keep the weight off if he basically couldn’t walk? That’s not the easiest thing to do at that age.
Maybe exercise bike?
Or how about drink water to quench his thirst for Pina Colada’s?
I don’t know what Michael hill did to become a gm in the first place, let alone have the job for as long as he’s had it
As a fan of baseball, it is tough to see Cespedes out like this. He definitely makes baseball watching more exciting experience. Hope he gets it together soon.
I wonder if O’Brien will get rave reviews out in right field.
No, but a Texas Leaguer just dropped in and the no-hitter’s over.
Aaron Barrett has suffered such terrible injuries. He may be a big long-shot to make it all the way back, but you have to pull for him.
I believe deGrom is being paid $17 million this year to pitch. His uniform says Mets and they are paying him. How in the world can he justify “limiting” his innings? And he is signed for 2020. Once again the fans suffer for this struggle between owners and players. How about the two sides meet and figure this out without all the media conjecture back and forth? It is ruining the game.
My god, Michael Hill might die from Kool-Aid poisoning if he’s not careful. The only way anyone could be “extremely happy” with the Marlins current group of players would be if (1) the goal is to secure the #1 overall pick in the 2020 draft, or (2) they work for another team in the NL East.