Good morning.
I got in a little trouble hear last Sunday with my thoughts so I’ll try and tread lightly on opinion minus sabr stats.
The Mets made an excellent trade this week to help the 2015 Mets get closer to the playoffs. They first, traded minor league pitchers John Gant and Rob Whalen to the Atlanta Braves for IF/OF Kelly Johnson and 3B Juan Uribe.
They next placed both Johnson and Uribe on their 25-man and sent IF Danny Muno back to Las Vegas, and released OF John Mayberry.
Gant, and especially Whalen, were nice secondary pitching prospects but they never stood any chance of becoming a member of the Mets rotation unless a lot of other pitchers were either traded or went down with injuries. These are what’s called ‘minor league trading chips’ and were used well in this deal to secure two major league bats that can help today.
Look at the stat line comparisons:
Juan Uribe - .285/.353/.464/.817
Kelly Johnson - .275/.321/.451/.772
Danny Muno - .148/.258/.185/.443
John Mayberry - .164/.227/.318/.545
There is no contractual commitments to either Uribe or Johnson past this season. In fact, the Mets were paid some cash by the Braves to take these two guys on.
The Mets wasted little time inserting Johnson into the lineup. The left-hand hitting utility player replaced Wilmer Flores at second base, joining five other Mets lefties in the lineup.
Saturday's game was just one hell of a lot of fun. The kind of game Mets fans see very rarely. Everybody seem to get into the victory here, especially Johnson with his first Mets home run.
Sunday could create a different lineup with Uribe playing third, Johnson (who hits both lefties and righties well) playing first (or second), and Flores back on second.
Either way, it's a hell of a lot better than Muno (sorry Tom) and Mayberry.
Saturday's game was just one hell of a lot of fun. The kind of game Mets fans see very rarely. Everybody seem to get into the victory here, especially Johnson with his first Mets home run.
Sunday could create a different lineup with Uribe playing third, Johnson (who hits both lefties and righties well) playing first (or second), and Flores back on second.
Either way, it's a hell of a lot better than Muno (sorry Tom) and Mayberry.
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