{"id":3387,"date":"2021-03-28T08:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2021-03-28T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T00:54:17","slug":"we-got-a-shot-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3387","title":{"rendered":"We Got A Shot This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"41\" height=\"48\" \/>Hey all, I&#8217;m getting my first vaccine jab today. I&#8217;m also getting a shot from the Mets to re-buy 2021 tickets, although we&#8217;ll have to see how that all works out.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve probably mentioned before I buy tickets a la carte rather than by plan. If they offered a Tuesday-Night-Only we might consider it but I like the freedom of choosing not to go some nights. But with season-ticket holders first in line for April&#8217;s 20% capacity I&#8217;m gonna line up Thursday and try to get our first one in (April 27 vs. the Red Sox).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"48\" \/>You know who else looks to have a shot? The 2021 Mets, that&#8217;s who. It wasn&#8217;t great news to be starting the year with Carlos Carrasco or Seth Lugo, and Dellin Betances isn&#8217;t inspiring much confidence but I like our chances this year. Joey Lucchesi\u00a0 might not reach Steven Matz&#8217;s highs but I&#8217;m confident he can avoid the lows and his funky delivery is fun to watch. David Peterson (now wearing 23 doncha know) might not be the No. 2 he was thrust into being last year but can hold down the fort at No. 4\/5 alright.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/44.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"48\" \/>I suppose there remains a little drama as to who makes up the back end of the bullpen, where a newly numbered Robert Gsellman is facing a Matz-like make-or-break moment in his stalled career and Jacob Barnes and Mike Montgomery are considered possibilities to make it. Tommy Hunter already left us. I&#8217;d left him and Montgomery off the in-progress sprint roster (which is now updated below). You&#8217;d figure if Montgomery comes north it&#8217;d be in Hunter&#8217;s 29 and not the 70 he&#8217;s been wearing. Barnes wears 40, which he can keep.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and hey the lineup looks pretty darn good.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see you on Thursday, and maybe some Tuesdays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all, I&#8217;m getting my first vaccine jab today. I&#8217;m also getting a shot from the Mets to re-buy 2021 tickets, although we&#8217;ll have to see how that all works out. As I&#8217;ve probably mentioned before I buy tickets a la carte rather than by plan. If they offered a Tuesday-Night-Only we might consider it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3387\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We Got A Shot This Year&#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":[411,13,866],"tags":[917,959,958,954,960],"class_list":["post-3387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-met-mysteries","category-opening-day","category-who-is-this-guy","tag-david-peterson","tag-jacob-barnes","tag-joey-luchessi","tag-mike-montgomery","tag-rosbert-gsellman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387","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=3387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}