Story
about Cespedes taking batting practice against Endy Chavez is all over the
internet. Endy Chavez originally
posted the video then deleted it, but SNY.TV still has it which is linked
above.
Even
made the NY Post Back cover. (If the
front page pops up first, click on it for the back page).
If any of these are added, the Mets may go
with three catchers or that could mean that either Wilson Ramos will be
traded or Tomas Nido
might be traded or waived as Nido is out of options.
It could also have implications for Rule 5 Draft eligible Patrick
Mazeika and Ali
Sanchez.
We should see some moves all around the league today
regarding the Rule 5 draft.
I think there is a good chance that players like Ranfy
Adon and Andres
Regnault could go in the minor league portion of the draft. Mack’s Mets Tom Brennan thinks I have nothing
to worry about and he is usually correct.
As
Baseball America has detailed: After the teams finish the major
league portion of the Rule 5 draft, they move on the minor league portion. At
this point, there are no further eligibility rules. Any player picked in the
minor league Rule 5 draft immediately becomes a member of his new organization
without having to be stashed on any particular roster—a player taken in the
Rule 5 draft can end up playing next year in low Class A.
Last year the Mets picked up Chris
Mazza, Braxton Lee, and Catcher Mitch
Ghelfi. Maybe they will
explore this avenue again this December.
Another Big story continues to be MLB’s proposed contraction
of 42 Minor League Teams.
MLB.Com has the
latest Trade Rumors and mulls about Marte going to the Mets. Jim Duquette suggests the Mets as the first
team the Pirates should call to shop Marte.
In Winter Ball Last night:
Daniel
Zamora made his winter ball debut.
He was the first pitcher out of the pen for Toros
Del Este pitching the 7th. He struck out his first batter, hit the next
one with the pitch, then induced his 2019 Syracuse Mets Teammate, Arismendy
Alcantara, into an inning ending double play.
Juan Lagares went 1
for 3 with a walk and 2 runs scored. He
is now hitting an even .400.
UltimateMets has this date in
Mets History:
Born on this date:
- Jackson Todd (1951)
- Amed Rosario (1995)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Reggie Dobie to the Seattle Mariners for Chuck Carr on November 20, 1988.
New York Mets signed free agent Moises
Alou of the San Francisco
Giants on November 20, 2006.
New York Mets traded Henry
Owens and Matt Lindstrom to
the Florida Marlins for Jason
Vargas and Adam Bostick on
November 20, 2006.
New York Mets traded Guillermo
Mota to the Milwaukee Brewers for Johnny Estrada on
November 20, 2007.
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3 comments:
Cespedes and his power coming back? Offense could be ferocious, defense could be atrocious. I'm OK with that.
Nice Humphreys video - and I am surprised that the MLB article thinks he could be in jeopardy if left off the 40 man.
Re: Humphreys
No one is going to pick up someone that spent the last 1.5 yrs on IR
Essentially the Mets desperately wanted out of the Guillermo Mota contract and when the picked up Estrada who was a good hit/no field catcher, they promptly non-tendered him. So essentially they got Milwaukee to pay his salary rather than releasing him and having to pay it themselves. Having pitched to a 5.76 ERA in his brief trial as a Met, the Brewers got to pay him $3.2 million and he delivered a 4.11 ERA out of the pen. Maybe this trade and non-tender gambit has some merit. Anyone want Yo or Familia or Lowrie?
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