{"id":2590,"date":"2016-06-20T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2016-06-20T05:34:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:34:19","slug":"struggling-sophomores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2590","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Sophomores"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s come to this.<\/p>\n

Swept by the Braves at home, the third-place Mets are expected to, and let’s face it, probably ought to, shake the team up at least a little before the hated Royals arrive for a two-game set starting Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"26\"<\/a>Some of the changes appear obvious. Travis d’Arnaud will return behind the plate and hopefully, he’ll stay healthy. It appears very likely that Kevin Plawecki to Last Vegas will be the corresponding move. No excuse for how poorly he’s hit\u00a0— wearing 26, Plawecki’s barely any different than the overmatched 22 he was in his rookie year — but thanks in part to d’Arnaud’s fragility Plawecki’s never had that two months in Las Vegas he so obviously needs.<\/p>\n

\"30\"<\/a>Will Michael Conforto join him on that plane? It would appear to be a consideration, and one I advocated weeks ago.\u00a0I have little doubt Conforto can and will be a very good hitter but it’s long past the point where he ought to work out his issues in Las Vegas, even for just a short while.<\/p>\n

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Likely too early for this radical a cure but how about Conforto to Vegas, Zimmo! to leadoff, Grandy to 7th? Just for a few weeks? #Mets<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jon Springer (@Springer66) June 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n