{"id":3516,"date":"2022-04-07T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2022-04-07T15:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:22:39","slug":"lets-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Do This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I might have predicted a 100-win season a week ago but the injuries to deGrom and the shuffling of the starting rotation have me a little worried as we get started, finally, on a new year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/43.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"48\" \/>The Mets officially added non-roster arrivals Travis Jankowski and Chasen Shreve to the 40-man and active roster, which will have 28 guys for the first few weeks. The shaggy Jankowski will wear 16 and Shreve, who was <del>43<\/del> 47 in his appearances last season, is now wearing <del>47<\/del> 43.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Blankenhorn (73) and Jordan Yamamoto (45) were kicked off the 40-man roster to make room for the new guys; Miguel Castro (50), who I kinda liked for his ability to make opposing batters every bit as uncomfortable as fans hoping the Mets can hold a lead, was traded to the Yankees for Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/>We also will be welcoming Adam Ottavino (0), Starling Marte (6), Eduardo Escobar (10), Mark Cahna (19), Max Scherzer (21), Joely Rodriguez (30) and Chris Bassitt (40) for the first time&#8211;they will be recorded onto the All-Time Roster in order of appearance. Jeff McNeil is now wearing No. 1; David Peterson has gone back to 23; and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner is now in 55.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"48\" \/>Other staff&#8211; Manager Buck Showalter in 11; Bench coach Glenn Sherlock returns to the No. 53 he wore as a Mets coach in 2019; Wayne Kirby, who wore No. 11 as a Mets player in 1998, will be sporting No. 54 as the portly first base coach; new hitting coach Eric Chavez will wear 51; and third-base coach Joey Cora will wear 56.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I might have predicted a 100-win season a week ago but the injuries to deGrom and the shuffling of the starting rotation have me a little worried as we get started, finally, on a new year. The Mets officially added non-roster arrivals Travis Jankowski and Chasen Shreve to the 40-man and active roster, which will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3516\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Let&#8217;s Do This&#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":[13,866],"tags":[1005,933,917,752,1014,947,928,1015,1012,1013],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opening-day","category-who-is-this-guy","tag-buck-showalter","tag-chasen-shreve","tag-david-peterson","tag-glenn-sherlock","tag-jeff-mcniel","tag-jordan-yamamoto","tag-miguel-castro","tag-travis-blankenhorn","tag-travis-jankowski","tag-wayne-kirby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516","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=3516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3521,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}