{"id":218683,"date":"2021-04-04T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-mets-are-coping-with-this-covid-19-layoff\/"},"modified":"2021-04-04T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T04:30:00","slug":"how-mets-are-coping-with-this-covid-19-layoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-mets-are-coping-with-this-covid-19-layoff\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Mets are coping with this COVID-19 layoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How Mets are coping with this COVID-19 layoff<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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There isn\u2019t a silver lining.<\/p>\n

Luis Rojas was presented the question in multiple forms Saturday, but the Mets manager couldn\u2019t find much good to come from the four-day layoff in which his team was entrenched after MLB postponed the opening series<\/a> in Washington for safety reasons, with four Nationals players testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

OK, maybe there was one positive: Rojas could watch other MLB game<\/a>s and take notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is kind of weird,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cI watched a ton of games [Friday] night and highlights, so I think we can take something out of it. You watch, you see some of the things you can detail from some of the things you see down the road as well. You can write them down, take notes. There\u2019s some opportunities even though it\u2019s kind of weird. We are doing our best even though the circumstances are not the desired ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Mets played a simulated game at Nationals Park after a third straight day of workouts. They will hold another workout Sunday before travel<\/a>ing to Philadelphia for their scheduled opener Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Manager Luis Rojas is looking forward said this COVID-19 enforced layoff has been \u201ckind of weird.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt\u2019s a weird feeling,\u201d James McCann said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a kid on Christmas morning looking forward to Opening Day and then have it taken away and sitting there and watch other teams play and not getting to play. I think two words would be \u2018tough\u2019 and \u2018strange.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob deGrom remains the scheduled starter for the opener, with Marcus Stroman and David Peterson set for the following two games. Taijuan Walker is scheduled to start Thursday\u2019s home opener against the Marlins, and Rojas said he remains undecided if he\u2019ll revert to deGrom for the fifth game, following a day off, or start lefty Joey Lucchesi, perhaps paired with an opener.<\/p>\n

DeGrom last faced hitters on March 26 in a spring training B camp. He threw a side session Saturday, according to Rojas, and is anxious to get started.<\/p>\n

\u201cJake is everywhere, let\u2019s just say that,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cHe\u2019s throwing off the slope, next thing you know he\u2019s shagging, he\u2019s doing things, he just wants to be active. I think some of the guys, they want to get out of the hotel sometimes and just be here running around, but we also know we\u2019ve got to be limited too and make sure we have a good comeback workout [Sunday].\u201d<\/p>\n

The Braves are scheduled to play the Nationals \u2014 who will be without several players following the positive tests and quarantines \u2014 in a three-game series beginning Monday. But Rojas declined to say if he viewed the situation as a benefit to the Braves, after the Mets lost such an opportunity to play a weakened team.<\/p>\n