According to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal, T.J. Rivera has been activated from the seven day disabled list.
Rivera was on the disabled list since June 14th due to a pulled hamstring. This season he is hitting .363/.402/.523 with seven homers and 52 RBI. He was named the Pacific Coast League’s Player of the Month for the Month of May. He is currently second among second basemen in the Pacific Coast League All Star Game voting.
To make room for Rivera on the roster, the Mets have released Daniel Muno. The 2011 eighth round draft pick played 17 games for the Mets last year hitting .148/.258/.185. Last September, he was removed from the 40 man roster so the Mets could make room for Eric Young, Jr. This season he was hitting .239/.391/.318 as a utility infielder who mostly played third base.
In other minor league news, Columbia Fireflies reliever Christian Montgomery was put on the suspended list. So far this year, Montgomery was 1-1 with a 3.34 ERA and a 1.58 WHIP in 19 relief appearance. Montgomery was last put on the suspended list for 50 games in 2013 for testing positive for a drug of abuse for a second time. As of right now, there is no reports why Montgomery was put on the suspended list this time.
The first axe to fall. Didn’t expect the first to be Muno.
When McNeil returns I wonder who is next.
Muno asked for his release 3 times and the FO wouldn’t give it. The guy still wants to play baseball and orders from up top kept him on the bench.
Cecc made an error Sunday and two on Monday. Time for that crap to end. Cecc is the worst SS I have ever seen at AAA. I was glad to see his name off the board today, the youngun is that bad.
Conforto hit the ball hard today.
Happy to see Nimmo got a few hits yesterday, buttttttt if he sniffs center field be afraid, very afraid.
Ynoa got beat up today but that is hard to judge. 110 degrees and he threw long balls and 25 pre game pitches. Way many tosses pre game IMO.
The Smoke Show hit 97 today.
1 scout was in the house and he was there to look at Bradford, Smoker and Sewald.