Bay finishes year on the bench: As expected, Mets OF Jason Bay was not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's season finale against the Reds. On Tuesday, manager Terry Collins anticipated that Bay would not likely not play in the team's final games due to weakness stemming from his illness. Collins was correct in his prediction as Bay never got off the bench Wednesday. (Updated 09/28/2011)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Bay did appear as a pinch runner in Tuesday's 13-inning affair, but has not been up to play a full game. He has registered a lowly .245 batting average with 12 homers and 57 RBI -- his lowest totals when playing at least 100 games in a season. Fantasy owners should have adjusted expectations for the former Fantasy stud going into the upcoming season. The move to New York's big ball park seems to have derailed his career, but he is still capable enough to turn things around to be worth drafting in the late rounds this spring. (Updated 09/28/2011).
01/17/2012 04:51 2012 Fantasy outlooks: New York Mets
The Mets face a lot of question marks (Johan Santana and Jason Bay, to name a pair), but Fantasy owners can also look forward to up-and-coming talent taking big steps forward in 2012.
After months and months of near-nonexistent production, Jason Bay finished last season on a high note, hitting .351 with three homers over his final 57 games. Pretty cool, right? Sure, but you're a sucker if you believe it means anything. Yes, Bay deserved some benefit of the doubt after his disastrous 2010. He was playing his first season in New York, and he missed almost the entire second half with a concussion. Stuff happens. But your patience should have run out on him after he returned in 2011 with an even lower batting average and OPS. He's already tried adjusting his swing. He's already tried adjusting his mental approach. He's done everything but resign to the fact that he can't do at age 33 what he could at age 29, which includes staying healthy. Has playing in a bigger ballpark hurt his numbers? Probably. Will the shortened fences this year help his numbers? Maybe a little, but considering they've been better at home than on the road during his two years in New York, Bay's issues go well beyond park factors. If you target him as anything more than a fourth or fifth outfielder on Draft Day, you're grasping at straws. (Updated 1/11/12)
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