{"id":3367,"date":"2021-02-07T08:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2021-02-07T08:43:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:43:22","slug":"off-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3367","title":{"rendered":"Off Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s no George Springer. But look out, Guillermo Heredia.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets this morning have signed erstwhile Cubs flychaser Albert Almora Jr., presumably to shore up the defense in center field and provide a right-handed bat reserve bat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"27\" height=\"48\" \/>Almora wore No. 5 with the Cubs so will need to shop for a new uni with the Mets. In the meantime all the stuff I speculated on below with respect to adding another Cub or two to the mix seems even more likely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/62.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/>The signing comes as Juan Lagares, whose brief return to the Mets last season included a stint in the ridiculous No. 87, has found a new home in Anaheim. Also spotted on the developing Mets roster: New lefty reliever Aaron Loup assigned 62, with current issuee Drew Smith numberless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s no George Springer. But look out, Guillermo Heredia. The Mets this morning have signed erstwhile Cubs flychaser Albert Almora Jr., presumably to shore up the defense in center field and provide a right-handed bat reserve bat. Almora wore No. 5 with the Cubs so will need to shop for a new uni with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3367\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Off Center&#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":[411,866,751],"tags":[945,949,925,678],"class_list":["post-3367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-met-mysteries","category-who-is-this-guy","category-wild-speculation","tag-aaron-loup","tag-albert-almora-jr","tag-guillermo-heredia","tag-juan-lagares"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367","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=3367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}