Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman responded to Pillar's tweet saying that the media is "always searching for anything to cause controversy." No different than earlier this year when we were churving ??.
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Love y’all too! Felt nothing but love in NYC. Pillar weighed in on Twitter, saying that he was not booing fans and that they shouldn't look too much into the gesture. "He's a really good kid so it's something that'll be apart of his learning experience" /rQiUcrQ91f More from Luis Rojas on Javier Báez and his comments It’s something that will be part of his learning experience here." It’s something, knowing Javy, he's a really good player, a really good kid. This is something that maybe other players go through when they come and play here. "Javy is probably learning from this experience because this is new for him that’s where he’s coming from with this. That’s where our focus should be," Rojas said. "We want to win for the organization, we want to win for ourselves, we want to win for the front office, our owner, and we want to win for the fan base. When asked by reporters about the gesture and Baez's comments, Mets manager Luis Rojas said he did not know during the game what the intention was, but he also said it is the team's job to be "prepared to come out and play and give the very best version of baseball that the fan base needs." Javier Báez swings and misses at a pitch /cAUgdBVyOW 710 OPS with a 33.3 percent strikeout rate with New York and recently went viral with a particularly bad swinging strike. It has just a 2 percent chance of reaching the postseason, per FiveThirtyEight.īaez, who was acquired by the Mets at the trade deadline from the Cubs, has posted a meager. August has been disastrous, however New York has gone 8-19 in the month and now sits third in the division at 63-67. Mets fans - including the team's owner - certainly have reasons to feel disappointed by the team's recent performance. On July 25, the Mets were 51-44, leading the NL East by four games and given a 62 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to FiveThirtyEight. The team's $198 million payroll trails only the Dodgers and Yankees, teams that appear to be surging toward locking up playoff spots. DeGrom has been injured for much of the season after a historic start and the offense has struggled to a 93 wRC+, the 20th-best in the majors. The Mets came into the season with lofty expectations after adding Lindor, Carlos Carrasco and James McCann in the offseason to a core that included two-time National League Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom and 2019 NL Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso. We love them for every one of these qualities." "Mets fans are loyal, passionate, knowledgeable and more than willing to express themselves. I will be meeting with our players and staff to convey this message directly. "The Mets will not tolerate any player gesture that is unprofessional in its meaning or is directed in a negative way toward our fans. Booing is every fan’s right," Alderson said. The players and the organization are equally frustrated, but fans at Citi Field have every right to express their own disappointment. "Mets fans are understandably frustrated over the team’s recent performance. Mets president Sandy Alderson said in a statement Sunday night that Baez's comments and the thumbs-down gesture were "totally unacceptable" and "will not be tolerated."
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"I play for the fans and I love the fans but if they're gonna do that, they're putting more pressure on the team" /cjUER4M2PtįAGAN: Braves coach Ron Washington uses fungo bat to teach defense, life Javier Báez says the thumbs down celebration is in response to the fans booing the team I play for the fans, I love the fans, but if they're going to do that, they're just putting more pressure on the team and that's not what we want." "Because if we win together, we've got to lose together. When I strike out and I get booed, it really doesn't get to me, but I want to let them know that when we success, we're going to do the same thing, to let them know how it feels," Baez added.
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"We're not machines we're going to struggle," Baez said. Baez said after the game that it was a response to the booing. Other Mets, including Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar, flashed the sign during the game as well. In the fourth inning of the team's 9-4 win over the Nationals on Sunday, Baez hit a two-run home run and, upon crossing home plate, gave a thumbs-down gesture. So they've decided to send a message right back. Javier Baez and other Mets players are tired of hearing boos from New York fans.