{"id":2562,"date":"2016-05-14T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2016-05-15T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:32:04","slug":"mayday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2562","title":{"rendered":"Mayday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/36.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/36.gif\" alt=\"36\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Hate to have to point out the obvious but May&#8217;s been a terrible month for the Mets so far, with nearly the entire lineup slumping, injuries to a starting pitcher and catcher, and a schedule that&#8217;s only starting\u00a0to get difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Travis d&#8217;Arnaud wasn&#8217;t doing much at the plate or behind it before a shoulder injury nicked him but he&#8217;s not getting out of his slump on the DL. I&#8217;ve always been a little wary of Steven Matz&#8217;s health and so his elbow soreness\u00a0worries me too.<\/p>\n<p>Reinforcement arrived late this week when lefty Sean Gilmartin was recalled and Wilmer Flores hit the DL. Gilmo is back in the familiar No. 36 and strirrups. Down Flores and d&#8217;Arnaud, we&#8217;re especially vulnerable to lefties.<\/p>\n<p>Can we get Curtis Granderson (.146\/.196\/.333 in May); Neil Walker (.121\/.216\/.152); Lucas Duda (.189\/.318\/.459) and Michael Conforto (.143\/.200\/.262) going again? Now? Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hate to have to point out the obvious but May&#8217;s been a terrible month for the Mets so far, with nearly the entire lineup slumping, injuries to a starting pitcher and catcher, and a schedule that&#8217;s only starting\u00a0to get difficult. Travis d&#8217;Arnaud wasn&#8217;t doing much at the plate or behind it before a shoulder injury &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2562\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mayday!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[665,612,642],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sean-gilmartin","tag-travis-darnaud","tag-wilmer-flores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}