When was the last time a team cut their Opening Day cleanup hitter just 11 games into the season? Has that ever happened before?
If not, the New York Mets made history on Sunday.
Call it a panic move, call it a move out of desperation, or call it a move just to create some buzz, but the Mets have designated first baseman Mike Jacobs for assignment. In seven games, Jacobs hit .208 with one home run.
“I think we gave him an opportunity,” manager Jerry Manuel said through the Associated Press . “We just felt that we didn’t quite see what we wanted to see.”
I have a question to Manuel and the Mets: What exactly were you expecting to see?
Through seven games Jacobs has put up a .208/.296/.375 hitting line. In 128 games last year with the Kansas City Royals, Jacobs ...
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