It could help get his bat in the lineup more.“It’s gone a lot better than what I projected,” Rojas said.The players have not disappointed.“With the opportunity that I have, I think I’m able to bring veteran leadership and also with the versatility I have, being a switch hitter, in any position they put me in, I think I can help the team,” Cabrera said.Now, amid a pandemic-altered season, he’s here at Citi Field for summer camp.“First and foremost, I just want to thank God for the opportunity,” Cabrera said through interpreter Alan Suriel on Sunday. He batted .280 with a .713 OPS for the Pirates last season and is a .285 hitter over a 15-year career with eight different teams.With the Mets, Strickland figures to battle Chasen Shreve, Paul Sewald, Drew Smith and others for a spot in the Mets’ Opening Day bullpen.The Mets also re-signed both Ramirez and Cordell after releasing them this weekend.
The Mets have said they will only comment on baseball-related matters for their players.On Sunday, a reporter asked how athletes can fight racism each day.Cabrera, who has played for nine teams, is a career .285 hitter. It’s very sad to see and it puts me in a weird place. In 2012 with the Giants, he went to the All-Star game, finished the season with a .346 batting average and 11 home runs, and won a World Series.He’s an outfielder, but manager Luis Rojas recently said the team will also try Cabrera at first base during camp. They can still add up to 10 via a combination of trades, internal promotions or additional free-agent signings.NEW YORK -- A day after announcing their initial player pool for the start of summer camp later this week, the Mets on Monday supplemented it with a quintet of signings.
Obviously racial inequality and racial injustice is prevailing in America and it’s something that needs to change going forward. A former first-round Draft pick of the White Sox in 2008, Beckham finished fifth in the American League Rookie of the Year Award voting the following season, but he never repeated that success as a big leaguer. They’re off on Monday, then will be a full go toward the regular season.Starting pitcher Marcus Stroman, who is Black, has been vocal on social media as the country grapples with racial injustice.He’s now back in New York, but the circumstances couldn’t be more different.At the beginning, there were challenges. Rojas said there's no timeline on when the Mets will see them. He did not hear from them during the delay, but soon after MLB implemented a season, the club reached out to Cabrera’s agent. All five are part of the Mets’ 60-man player pool scheduled to begin working out at Citi Field on Friday.
Now 33, he joins Luis Guillorme and Eduardo Núñez as depth options for the Mets at second and third base.Strickland, a veteran of six Major League seasons with the Giants, Mariners and Nationals, was released by Washington in March after allowing nine runs over 6 2/3 innings in Grapefruit League play. I’m coming in here to work hard and give it my all.”Rojas and his staff wanted to see how the players would adapt.Moving forward, the Mets might soon lengthen their intrasquad and simulated games (they've been holding five-inning games). June 29 (UPI) --The New York Mets signed three veteran players, including former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Melky Cabrera, to minor league contracts. The Mets’ player pool is now up to 50 players. Melky Cabrera Astacio (born August 11, 1984), nicknamed The Melkman is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization. Three of them -- reliever Hunter Strickland, infielder Gordon Beckham and outfielder Melky Cabrera -- came from outside the organization. TThe Mets announced the signings of five players to minor-league contracts Monday: outfielder Melky Cabrera, reliever Hunter Strickland, infielder Gordon Beckham, righthander Erasmo Ramirez and outfie Just realize that the world is at a place right now for a reason.
What It Means: Cabrera signed a minor league deal with the Mets late last month.
The latest stats, facts, news and notes on Melky Cabrera of the NY Mets “(New York) is where I first started my career and I’m grateful for the team to give me this new opportunity to continue playing here.”This excludes other medical issues, like a COVID-19 positive test. The club signed Juan Lagares in a corresponding roster move. New protocols. 2019: 7 HR, .280 BA, 47 RBI,Career: 144 HR, .285 BA, 854 RBI, OF, AllStar, Yankees/WhiteSox/... 2005-2019, b:B/t:L, born in Dominican Republic.