The reinforcements are on their way, leaving Mets Brass to face a key decision of the list probably for Friday.
Jeff McNeil and Francisco Álvarez are scheduled to receive spin to the triple-a Syracuse on Tuesday and Wednesday and except a setback would be in a position to join the Mets for their four-game series that begins on Friday in Washington.
Those Potntiaty in Limbo includes Luisangel Acuña and Brett Bitch – Any of which could return to Syracuse to create space in the list for McNeil, who is expected to recover his role as the initial man of the second base.
“I think that difficult decisions are something good when we have players that we are staying here,” said the president of baseball operations, David Stearns, on Monday before the Mets faced the Philis in Citi Field. “As we get healthier, thesis decisions will become more and more part of our thinking process.”
McNeil The season began on the injured list With oblique tension.
Álvarez returns from spring training of surgery for a broken hamate bone in his left hand.
Luis Torrens has managed the initial capture tasks, with Hayden Senger as the backup.
Acuña has become a reliable piece in alignment, beginning most games moved in the second base in the absence of McNeil.
He entered on Monday with a.
After a slow start, Bitch has increased during the last week, he entered Monday 7 of 22 (.318) about his six previous openings.
Betsen Second base and third base has moved.
“Especially during the last week, 10 days, both boys have played well,” said Stearns. “Brett, bouncing between Second and Third, is not the easiest thing in the world, and has managed it well and made some really pleasant defensive plays. [Acuña] He has really done exactly what we expect. He has played a really solid defense in the second base. It is executing the bases very well. He is making contact with his legs and climbing to the base. “
The METS could choose to keep both when McNeil Returns-Outfielder José Azócar is not sure that a point on the list, but there may not be enough shifts to the bat to justify said decision.
If Acuña hash is an additional point of sale, it is the possibility that it can be part of the central field mixture while José Siri It is on the Kured list with a fractured left warmth.
“I think we will have to overcome how that mixture looks exactly in the next few days, but [Acuña] He is working very hard … at this time, and we are advancing, so we will reach the point where I think we have confidence in putting it there. “
The Mets will have to decide if the 23 -year -old would be better attended by playing every day for Syracuse.
“It’s a great debate, right?” Stearns said. “Are everyone playing at a slightly lower level of competition or having a less regular game time at the best level of competition?
Stearns said he would expect Tyrone Taylor to receive most of the action in the center with Siri marginalized for six to eight weeks, but pointed out that the Mets have other options, including McNeil, Acuña and Brandon Nimmo.
“We believe we have enough people to play there to cover that position and cover it well,” said Stearns.
