{"id":32975,"date":"2020-07-23T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chili-davis-still-unsure-if-hell-join-the-mets-this-season\/"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:58:00","slug":"chili-davis-still-unsure-if-hell-join-the-mets-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chili-davis-still-unsure-if-hell-join-the-mets-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chili Davis still unsure if he\u2019ll join the Mets this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chili Davis still unsure if he\u2019ll join the Mets this season<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The hard part for Chili Davis was watching the Mets\u2019 two exhibition game<\/a>s against the Yankees last weekend.<\/p>\n

Normally, the Mets hitting coach would have been in the dugout, available to discuss opposing pitchers with his players or maybe an app<\/a>roach. Instead, the 60-year-old Davis was at home in Arizona, largely a frustrated spectator.<\/p>\n

Davis, who decided before the start of spring training 2.0 to work remotely because of an underlying health condition that could complicate matters if he were to contract the coronavirus, remains unsure if he will join the team this season. It has left him utilizing Zoom and text messaging more than he could have ever imagined in trying to communicate with players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just really tough to do because I\u2019m used to being around those guys and I\u2019m used to being hands on with them, in contact with them all the time,\u201d Davis said Wednesday. \u201cI know a lot of things are real different there right now as far as how much contact you can make with players. It\u2019s not easy. It\u2019s kind of boring sitting here not doing what I signed up to do. It\u2019s not easy at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis watches video of hitters and speaks regularly with manager Luis Rojas. On site, assistant hitting coach Tom Slater and minor league hitting coordinator Ryan Ellis have assumed the bulk of the instruction.<\/p>\n

In recent days, Davis has begun studying the upcoming opposing pitchers, and he expects to present the pre-series<\/a> scouting report on Zoom to his hitters Friday, when the Mets open their season against the Braves at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

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Yoenis Cespedes\u2019 re-emergence after two years removed from major league action has been a dominant storyline in camp. Davis, who previously served as Cespedes\u2019 hitting coach in Oakland, wishes he could say he was surprised by the 34-year-old outfielder\u2019s surge back into the starting lineup. Cespedes has indicated he will start as the DH on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing in this world that I would ever believe that Cespedes cannot do on a baseball field,\u201d Davis said. \u201cHe\u2019s proven that to me already. He\u2019s a very determined young man. He\u2019s a very proud young man, so I think when he makes up his mind that he\u2019s going to go out to the world and prove what he can do, he\u2019s going to definitely do that. I just hope he stays healthy.If he stays healthy he is going to be a huge benefit to that ballclub.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis will lend his thoughts on the batting order, but ultimately Rojas \u2014 with additional input from other staff members \u2014 will script the lineup.<\/p>\n

From Davis\u2019 perspective, it will likely be Jeff McNeil or Brandon Nimmo batting first, with Amed Rosario hitting ninth, giving the Mets a second leadoff hitter of sorts after the first time through the order.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Rosie is hitting ninth, he is a guy that starts that whole lineup again at the back of the lineup,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIf he\u2019s on base, now you have Nimmo or [McNeil] or somebody coming up after him. I think they are three good quality leadoff hitters.The obvious choice I think will probably end up being Nimmo or Mac [at leadoff] because of the success they have had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis watched Pete Alonso set a MLB rookie home run record last season and is expecting the first baseman to continue his success in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cPetey and I had a conversation [Monday], just reminding him the guy who hit 53 home runs last year wasn\u2019t just the guy who finished the year, the second half,\u201d Davis said. \u201cThe guy that hit 53 home runs last year was the guy that started from spring training to the All-Star break. I thought he had a few more ups and downs in the second half than in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis noted that Alonso won the Home Run Derby last year and represented the Mets at the All-Star Game, setting the bar high for the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing we talk about mostly is this year, especially, you can\u2019t match in a 60-game season those numbers you put up last year,\u201d Davis said. \u201cYou have got to keep the approach as simple as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second thing I wanted him to understand: \u2018Don\u2019t put in your mind that pitchers aren\u2019t going to pitch to you.\u2019 They are.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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