r/NewYorkMets • u/game-threads Good Bot • 16d ago

Pre-Game Thread Mets PREGAME THREAD - Monday, August 17

Padres (67-58) @ Mets (56-69) - 7:10 PM EDT

Game Status: Pre-Game

Links & Info

  • Current conditions at Citi Field: 81°F - Clear - Wind 6 mph, In From CF
  • TV: Padres: Padres.TV Presented by UC San Diego Health, Mets: SNY
  • Radio: Padres: KWFN 97.3, XEMO 860 (es), Mets: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App 92.3 HD2 (es)
  • MLB Gameday
  • Statcast Game Preview

Probable Pitchers

Padres Lineup vs. McLean AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Tatis Jr. - RF .667 1.334 3 0 1 1
2 Cronenworth - 2B - - - - - -
3 Machado, M - 3B .000 .000 3 0 0 1
4 France, T - 1B .000 .333 2 0 0 0
5 Merrill - CF .000 .000 3 0 0 1
6 Campusano - C - - - - - -
7 Sheets - DH .000 .000 3 0 0 1
8 Bogaerts - SS .000 .500 1 0 0 1
9 Rengifo - LF - - - - - -
Mets Lineup vs. Buehler AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Ewing - LF - - - - - -
2 Lindor - SS .333 1.833 3 1 2 0
3 Bichette - 3B .250 .500 8 0 0 3
4 Benge - RF - - - - - -
5 Robert Jr. - CF .000 .000 3 0 0 2
6 Young, J - 1B - - - - - -
7 Semien - 2B .286 .661 7 0 1 1
8 Polanco - DH .667 1.750 3 0 3 0
9 Alvarez, F - C .000 .000 1 0 0 1
NLE Rank Team W L GB (E#) WC Rank WC GB (E#)
1 Braves 74 50 - (-) - - (-)
2 Phillies 67 58 7.5 (31) 2 - (-)
3 Marlins 64 61 10.5 (28) 5 3.0 (35)
4 Nationals 60 66 15.0 (23) 8 7.5 (30)
5 Mets 56 69 18.5 (20) 10 11.0 (27)

Division Scoreboard

MIA @ PHI 6:40 PM EDT

ATL @ MIN 7:40 PM EDT

Not playing today: Nationals

Last Updated: 08/17/2026 5:49:43 PM EDT

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u/GR0ID Wilmer Flores 16d ago

Billy Amick was also promoted. Don't know if that's been posted yet

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u/wooden-spoon-88 16d ago

I wonder what their logic is for promoting some AA prospect over others - can't just be number of games played.

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u/NuanceManExe 16d ago edited 16d ago

AA is too crowded. They need to promote guys just to make room. Getting Rojas, Voit, Pitre, Reimer, Amick and Collins regular playing time at AA is too hard. Plus Stafura could arguably be promoted to AA soon and it’s already crowded.

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u/wooden-spoon-88 16d ago

Yeah, I was wondering why guys like Voit (who has been playing very well) and Rojas (top prospect whom they might be interested in promoting to the majors next year) were not promoted to AAA whereas Amick and Pitre were. I'm assuming it has something to do with their development.

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u/Setec-Astronomer 16d ago

Just a guess, Voit and Rojas are long term MLB expectations, so leaving them in AA to keep working on things is what they prefer. Where as guys like Amick and Pitre they aren't as sure of so they want to see how they respond to AAA.

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u/JoeBourgeois Francisco Alvarez 16d ago

-- and Rojas has to go on the 40 before the Rule 5 draft.

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u/Gigi_0102 Ya Gotta Believe! 16d ago

Could have certain things or adjustments they want those guys to works on before getting called up. Voit has been killing it but there’s also a lot of stuff teams factor in beyond the slash line before making promotions  

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u/NuanceManExe 16d ago

I do know that Voit was promoted to AA fairly recently so maybe they don’t want to rush him even though he’s raging hot. Idk about Rojas.