Hope springs eternal, even in mid-summertime. The New York Mets commenced the scrimmage portion of coaching camp at Citi Subject on Thursday, and the two gamers who stole the display early on possibly weren’t who you would have guessed.
Jed Lowrie, batting his way back from a laundry list of accidents due to the fact signing with the Mets very last offseason, notched his first foundation hit of summer season camp with an opposite-area double off some dude named Jacob deGrom to kick things off.
Jed Lowrie. He life. pic.twitter.com/hEGBoo6jZY
— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) July 9, 2020
This deGrom child experienced much better step it up if he desires to make this ballclub.
Lowrie, 36, observed just nine plate appearances in 2019 because of to a mysterious still left-facet ailment that began as a knee concern in Spring Training and just retained evolving as the year wore on.
Right after manager Luis Rojas declared Lowrie a “full go” on Sunday, the longtime MLB infielder explained he was “confident that I’m going to be able to do what ever is questioned of me [this season]”, in spite of nonetheless having acclimated to the a variety of leg braces he’s been donning.
Using deGrom the other way in the first at-bat of the year is an encouraging sign if you decide on to see it that way. Even now a very very long highway in advance.
In the base 50 % of the to start with with correct-hander Seth Lugo on the mound, a further long-dropped Mets star, Yoenis Cespedes, turned heads once again with an absolute blast to deep left field. Alternatively of jogging the bases, Cespedes simply turned all-around and headed back to the dugout.
Yoenis Cespedes just homered off Seth Lugo. #Mets pic.twitter.com/pvfgFbefNc
— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) July 9, 2020
Ah, the joys of summer season baseball.
Cespedes, 34, has played in just 119 game titles due to the fact the get started of the 2017 season due to double heel decalcification medical procedures in 2018 and his notorious run-in with a wild boar on his ranch in Florida, causing a big ankle injury.
While, even as his heels have been supplying out on him as a result of 2017 and 2018, the Cuban star strike .282/.343/.525 with 26 homers, 23 doubles, and a 132 OPS+ more than all those 478 plate appearances.
If Cespedes is balanced — as evidenced by that dinger, he seems to be sensation Okay — he could be a actual asset to this 2020 Mets squad. The specified hitter spot seems to be like the excellent place to benefit from La Potencia’s ability quotient.
We’ll keep you posted with updates from Citi Subject.
