{"id":2650,"date":"2016-09-01T05:56:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2016-09-01T05:56:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:56:50","slug":"send-me-an-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2650","title":{"rendered":"Send Me an Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/59.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/59.gif\" alt=\"59\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>The Mets following Wednesday&#8217;s victory over the sinking Marlins said they have acquired veteran right-handed reliever Fernando Salas from the Angels in exchange for Class A pitcher Erik Manoah. Salas, a one-time closer with the Cardinals and currently serving that role part-time in Anaheim, is expected to add depth to the &#8220;7th-inning&#8221; level of the Met bullpen, where Hansel Robles and Jim Henderson have encountered recent struggles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/49.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/49.gif\" alt=\"49\" width=\"58\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Salas has worn No. 59 in both St. Louis and in Anaheim, although that figure currently belongs to Josh Smoker. It would seem an awful lot of work to accommodate him but it could be done if Smoker goes back to the 49 he was issued when he first arrived, or grabs one of the few remaining unassigned numbers (2, 46, 53, 58). More likely though we&#8217;ll see Salas in one of those.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/00.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/00.gif\" alt=\"00\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s a suggestion though. What if they took advantage of SALAS&#8217; palindromic qualities and gave him a number that looks the same frontward and backward? 00?<\/p>\n<p>Salas&#8217; arrival by the way ensures he can be post-season eligible, as can the four guys the Mets have already announced are getting recalls from Class AAA Vegas: Michael Conforto (30), Kevin Plawecki (26), Ty Kelly (56) and Gabriel Ynoa (63). With news that Neil Walker is also likely to be out for the rest of the year you wonder if or when Gavin Cecchini gets a call but perhaps this is T.J. Rivera&#8217;s time to shine.<\/p>\n<p>Four games into the below mentioned &#8220;21-12&#8221; scenario, the Mets are 3-1 and sure enough are making the progress they have to towards the playoffs but my pennant fever at this point is still just an itchy rash. As I&#8217;ve said all year if and when\u00a0they puncture that 10-games-over plateau, maybe the temperature rises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets following Wednesday&#8217;s victory over the sinking Marlins said they have acquired veteran right-handed reliever Fernando Salas from the Angels in exchange for Class A pitcher Erik Manoah. Salas, a one-time closer with the Cardinals and currently serving that role part-time in Anaheim, is expected to add depth to the &#8220;7th-inning&#8221; level of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2650\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Send Me an Angel&#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":[411,439,387],"tags":[743,739,715,685,695,710,737,722],"class_list":["post-2650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-met-mysteries","category-shams","category-uni-controversies","tag-fernando-salas","tag-gabriel-ynoa","tag-josh-smoker","tag-kevin-plawecki","tag-michael-conforto","tag-neil-walker","tag-tj-rivera","tag-ty-kelly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650","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=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions\/2651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}