Anthony's Baseball Talk

   Remember when  Josh Smoker  was looking like a promising reliever for the Mets? Ah, mediocre times, mediocre times indeed. When they decided to pull the plug on the Smoker experiment last winter, they traded him in what felt like an awfully quiet one. The return we got for him didn't seem too significant at the time, as we traded for a then 24 year old (and rarely covered) reliever named  Daniel Zamora .

  Courtesy of Off The Bench Baseball    When Brandon Nimmo emerged as a surprise hit, it seemed like he was never gonna slow down. Not only did his mainstream stats look great, but his peripherals and process seemed to check out as well (hit more fly balls with authority, great exit velocity and never chased outside the zone). As a result, he was putting smiles on the faces of Mets fans, and had even more reason to smile himself (as he always does). This all peaked on June 24th, when Nimmo had a wRC+ of 166. The next day, Nimmo got hit by a pitch on his right pinkie finger, and he hasn't been the same.

Image Courtesy of ESPN     In a season where very little has gone right for the Mets, it has been difficult to find interesting topics to discuss (because, ya know, the whole "this team is bad" thing has been beaten to death for a while now). What has been interesting though, is that Kevin Plawecki has seemingly been figuring it out as of late.