Mets activate Cuddyer, send Campbell to Triple-A

“After going 0-for-7 with two walks (one intentional) in a pair of rehab games with Class A St. Lucie, Michael Cuddyer is due to rejoin the Mets on Monday”, Rubin wrote earlier today.

After signing a two-year, $21 million free-agent contract in November, the 36-year-old Cuddyer has struggled, hitting.

Conforto has hit just. 235 and posted a dismal.

Cuddyer is hitting just. They have surged into first place in the National League East, leading the Washington Nationals by 1 1/2 games.

Lagares, who raised his batting average to.257, wasted no time making an impression. “But we’ve been winning a lot of games and that’s what matters right now”.

To Collins, the answer is simple.

Collins had said before the game he was impressed with how Lagares, once a fixture in the lineup, had handled not starting every day.

He couldn’t do that in the past.

Posting unpromising numbers in the minor league ranks, to coincide the slew of outfielders now on the Mets’ active roster, manager Terry Collins has announced that Cuddyer will not be guaranteed any playing time upon his arrival.

Channeling his inner Ben Crenshaw at the 1999 Ryder Cup when he correctly predicted victory, Collins didn’t point a finger into the camera, but he did have a good feeling about his beleaguered outfielder.

Before the Mets made a series of deals before the non-waiver trade deadline, Juan Lagares got the lion’s share of action in center field despite offensive numbers that had fallen off. Since the deals – especially for Yoenis Cespedes – at-bats for Lagares have been unpredictable.

It seems that same principle will apply to Cuddyer as well. As you always say, they dictate a lot. “You don’t hit, somebody else is”.

Surprisingly to some, Cuddyer will also not be guaranteed playing time. 179 with three homers and 19 RBIs in 61 games overall. Now, with Cespedes and Johnson aboard, opportunities for Cuddyer to play left will become less frequent. 222 (8 for 36) with a homer and eight RBIs, the 2014 first-round pick has the Mets’ confidence he deserves to remain at the top level.

“Our mindset is that we want the best 25 players we can get on the field”, Alderson said. “Issues of development, et cetera, are secondary to whether anybody can help us now”.