After Conforto got his first start of the year, where he drew a bases loaded walk and smacked one of the hardest hit home runs in the majors this year, Collins not only took credit for putting him the lineup, but answered as follows when asked whether Conforto would be starting tonight in Philadelphia against the righty Aaron Eickoff:
“Who am I going to sit?”
Cue every Mets fan’s jaw hitting the floor.
Once you really overanalyze, which Terry Collins has never seemed want to do, the answer is obvious.
It isn’t Jay Bruce, who is raking right now and should have every opportunity after such a seesaw will-he-or-won’t-he-be-traded offseason.