Dominic Smith supplied the Mets with a loud reply Sunday about which place participant ought to depart with MLB rosters on the verge of shrinking to 26.
Reply: Someone not named Dominic Smith.
The beforehand slumping first baseman was in the course of nearly all the things on this evening, serving to the Mets win their seventh straight sequence to start the season (extending a franchise document) with a 10-6 victory over the Phillies at Citi Discipline.
Smith went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, an evening earlier than common supervisor Billy Eppler will resolve on two roster subtractions. Smith, who has minor league choices remaining, may very well be a candidate for demotion to Triple-A Syracuse, however there's additionally the matter of underwhelming Robinson Cano.
Cano owns a .195/.233/.268 slash line with one homer and three RBIs in 43 plate appearances since coming back from a PED suspension that price him all of 2021.
The Mets nonetheless owe the 39-year-old second baseman $37 million on a contract that runs via subsequent season.
“I wouldn’t be joyful,” Francisco Lindor stated earlier than the sport, when requested in regards to the risk Cano will get dumped. “I don’t need to see that occur. He’s an excellent teammate, an excellent individual and clearly he’s acquired an ideal monitor document and everyone knows what he’s able to doing. I don’t care how outdated he's, the thoughts remains to be contemporary and he can nonetheless hit.”
Lindor was requested what he’s seen from Cano, who has began solely as soon as within the Mets’ final 5 video games. Cano has been a part-time participant, shifting between second base and DH.
“The inconsistency is coming as a result of he’s not in there day by day,” Lindor stated. “He’s been a man, his complete profession, and he’s in a brand new position. He didn’t play final yr and he’s in a brand new position proper now so that's what is occurring. He actually hasn’t adjusted to the brand new position that he has.”
Travis Jankowski has emerged as a reliable backup outfielder whom Buck Showalter and Eppler like and doesn't have minor league choices remaining. If the Mets have been to designate him for project he must clear waivers earlier than he might return to the group.
Smith entered with a .167/.295/.194 slash line, and practically doubled his hits whole in a single evening (he entered with six). Jeff McNeil joined Smith with an outburst, going 4-for-5 with an RBI.
Smith’s two-run single within the fifth highlighted an inning through which the Mets scored 3 times to take a 6-3 lead. After McNeil doubled Lindor to 3rd, Pete Alonso was deliberately walked to load the bases and reliever Jose Alvarado crossed up catcher J.T. Realmuto, resulting in a handed ball for a run. Smith adopted together with his third hit of the sport, giving him three RBIs.
Within the sixth, Smith delivered a single for his fourth hit of the sport. Starling Marte adopted with a two-run single that prolonged the result in 9-4.
Within the fourth, Smith stroked an RBI double that tied it 3-3 following Eduardo Escobar’s leadoff single. Luis Guillorme’s double over Odubel Herrera’s head in heart had given the Mets a 2-1 lead within the second in opposition to Zach Eflin following Marte’s RBI fielder’s alternative.
Max Scherzer opened the sport with 5 straight strikeouts (a primary in his profession), however acquired blitzed by the lengthy ball, surrendering three homers over six innings in surrendering a season-high 4 earned runs.
Kyle Schwarber’s second blast of the sport, a two-run homer with two outs within the fourth, positioned the Mets in a 3-2 gap. Realmuto drew a two-out stroll earlier than Schwarber cleared the fence in right-center for his twelfth homer in opposition to the Mets because the begin of final season.
Two innings earlier, Schwarber ended Scherzer’s streak of 5 strikeouts to start the sport with a shot over the right-field fence. Schwarber additionally homered Saturday evening in opposition to Adam Ottavino to place the Phillies forward within the seventh inning.
Bryce Harper jumped on an 0-2 cutter from Scherzer within the sixth inning for a solo homer that pulled the Phillies inside 6-4.
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