Tomas Nido – The Disgruntled Mets Fan

Mets DFA Tomas Nido with Omar Narvaez Returning from Injury

5 Jun

Tomas Nido is the odd man out. The longtime Mets stalwart has been designated for assignment, the club announced Monday.

Omar Narvaez has been activated and will return Tuesday in Atlanta, joining Francisco Alvarez as the Mets’ catching tandem. The veteran Narvaez said Sunday he is “100 percent” after playing in six rehab games, bouncing back from a calf strain.

Honestly I was a huge Nido fan. But with the team struggling so much this year, Nido’s hitting being anemic and pitchers raving about how well Alvarez calls a game, Nido had to be the odd man out.

Tomas Nido Named a Gold Glove Finalist

23 Oct

Great for Nido, he deserves the award as he had an excellent season behind the plate. I thought Luis Guillorme would be a cinch to win the new ‘utility’ glove, but honestly don’t pay that much attention to defense around the league to understand why he didn’t make the final’s.

No, The Mets Should Not Call Up Francisco Alvarez

12 Aug

As I write this the Mets are 7 games in front of the NL East division. Tomas Nido has been great defensively and solid offensively. And the hope is that McCann will eventually get around to going above the Mendoza line. That said, bringing up Alvarez now is unnecessary and would put too much pressure on the kid anyway. For now, he can wait till 2023.

Why Wasn’t Tomas Nido Catching Jacob deGrom Last Night?

18 May

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MetsBlog.com:

As rough as things have been for the Mets, if they can’t get consistency out of deGrom, they’re going to have serious issues.

Wilson Ramos, who went 2-for-4, was Friday’s catcher, and after what transpired it wouldn’t be a surprise if Tomás Nido is behind the plate for deGrom’s next start.

DeGrom is 2-0 with a 0.43 ERA in three starts pitching to Nido, but is now 1-5 with a 6.39 ERA when pitching to other catchers.

Callaway had no regrets about sticking with deGrom as the game got away from him.

“He’s your ace,” the manager said. “He’s gonna throw his pitches. You’re gonna win or lose with him. That’s the right thing to do. He’s the leader of the staff and he gets that chance.”

Listen, deGrom still has to make the pitches, but when you look at the difference in results on deGrom between when Nido catches him and when Wilson Ramos does, it’s worth having a conversation about.