@WexlerRules Senga is a clear and valuable upgrade under any circumstance.
Baty was a AAA player without an obvious MLB role available. The presumption was that the Mets would not need him badly enough to push hard for a return. Infield injuries have changed the calculus.
@WexlerRules I just think your takeaway from the reporting is too absolute. A Baty return was always a longshot for multiple reasons, but things have lined up just so:
-Mets are still in it
-Mets badly need a LHH IF
-Baty is seemingly on the shorter end of his projected return timeline
@WexlerRules I don’t really see why anyone would have mentioned it until and unless Baty actually proved able to get into rehab games before the end of the minors season. What would there have been to say?
@WexlerRules The Mets’ playoff odds were under 20% at the time of that reporting. His season *was* likely over, in part because the team’s was as well.
But it was always plausible that he could return under the originally stated timeline, and the urgency to get him back has probably risen
@WexlerRules Just because some beat reporters put Baty down as an afterthought doesn’t mean he and the Mets weren’t working towards a possible return
If things go as we hope, it’s possible the Mets will still be playing games 6 weeks from *now*
@WexlerRules@gregjumpshot It was described as a 4–6 week injury, and there were 5 weeks left in the season at the time, so never crazy to think he might have made it back. And the injuries to McNeil and Lindor have certainly added urgency to the Mets’ infield needs since then.
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@jaseidler ✅ Offense-first team reliant on a washed-at-29 franchise slugger
✅ “Oops all 4th starters” rotation
✅ The usual unwatchable Mets bullpen
✅ Top prospects mostly hurt
✅ Year four of endless Lindor discourse
It’s rough out here.
@WexlerRules@SyracuseMets Nimmo posted a similar line in his final go-round at AAA in 2017, then came up to the majors and was very good. Can’t always judge development by the slashline