NY Mets report card grades for the first month of the season

Jake Marisnick

Marisnick has appeared in five games this season, all of them as a defensive replacement. He looked fine in center field, but has been on the injured list for most of the season with a left hamstring strain. The Mets traded Blake Taylor for him, and Taylor has been lights out in the Astros bullpen. While that is not his fault, Mets fans are certainly hoping for some production from Marisnick especially if Taylor turns out to be good for Houston.

Grade: N/A

Eduardo Nunez

Nunez has been out for a majority of the year as well, as he only has appeared in two games and has gone 1/2 at the plate. Nunez’s absence has opened the door to more playing time for Guillorme and Gimenez which is a very good thing.

Grade: N/A

Rene Rivera

Like Marisnick and Nunez, Rivera has been out most of the season. He appeared in two games and has gone 1/4 at the plate. Rivera’s absence has opened the door for Nido to get all of the opportunities as the backup catcher, and Nido has done quite well in that role. Rivera might be back in September.

Grade: N/A

Yoenis Cespedes

Cespedes won the opener with a home run and has given the Mets fans a lot of good, and a lot of bad. His Mets career ended with him not showing up to a game in Atlanta, and then later on opting out of the season. Thank you for the memories, Yo!

Grade: N/A

Luis Rojas

Rojas was thrust into the manager’s role after the Carlos Beltran firing and has had his ups and downs. I love that he has learned to hit Nimmo at the top of the order regardless of whether the pitcher is right-handed or left-handed, that guy is an on-base machine. His bullpen management in my opinion has been subpar. I don’t know what made him think that using Edwin Diaz with the bases loaded with his history of bad control was a good idea. For the most part, he’s been an upgrade from Mickey Callaway and has a really hard job navigating through this shortened season.

Grade: C

Brodie Van Wagenen

I don’t know where to begin. He continues to trade assets for one-dimensional center fielders like Billy Hamilton and Jake Marisnick. I still haven’t gotten over the Diaz and Cano trade. He says he wants to win now and, in the future, but it’s hard to do that when all of the prospects are traded in an attempt to win now. Brodie made no effort to get more pitching depth after the Syndergaard and Stroman injuries and the Mets are suffering from that. The rotation that he called the deepest in baseball has been awful. Most of his moves, excusing the J.D. Davis trade, have not worked. When the Mets get new owners, Brodie should be the first to go. Hopefully, he doesn’t trade the prospects he has put on the 60 man roster pool in an attempt to win this year.

Grade: F

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