Hate to have a post simply reference another site and contain no original content, but this wrap-up on Metsgeek was pretty funny so I thought worth copying here.
The only silver lining in this dark cloud of a game was that it provided Exhibit 45 in the case against Jose Valentin, who went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, stranding six...He’s not hitting, which would be okay if the Mets had a stacked lineup and he was getting it done with the glove. But the Ol’ Gray Lineup, she ain’t what she used to be, and she can’t absorb another player whose on-base percentage is on the wrong side of .300. And Valentin’s defense is about as sharp as you’d expect from a 37-year-old playing with a leg brace.
Really, what more does Ruben Gotay have to do to win the job? He’s hitting .333 with pop, and he’s not doing it with bloops and bleeders – his line-drive percentage rate is 25%, says Fangraphs.com. He’s the only one on the team who seems aware that you’re allowed to foul off a two-strike pitch.
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Totally agree here. Gotay has earned a bigger role.
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