We have winter ball updates below and a number of Mets news
from around the internet.
Yesterday, there was lots of news about the Mets being
interested in Starling Marte and lots of teams interested in Zack Wheeler.
The
NY post has the Mets being interested in Starling Marte. Mack’s Mets’ Mike Freire will have more on
this later today.
Rising
Apple talks about Jim Duquette’s crazy trade proposal for Starling Marte. “Duquette’s deal for Marte would send Andres
Gimenez, Franklyn Kilome, and either Mark Vientos or David Peterson to
Pittsburgh.” No. Thank you.
Reflections
on Baseball says the Mets should release Cespedes. He thinks the Mets should release him and
file a grievance against paying the balance like the Yankees recently did with
Jacob Ellsbury. He makes some good
points.
SNY.tv
has a story about how Wilson Ramos may have convinced the Mets to stick with
him next season. FYI, best Mets
Batting Averages last year at Citi Field where the Mets play half their games –
JD Davis .354; Jeff McNeil - .310; Wilson Ramos - .291;
The Brooklyn Cyclones have their annual Garage Sale today.
In other baseball news:
Cubs
acquire pitcher Jharel Cotton from the Athletics. Cotton, 27, went 11-10
with a 4.95 ERA in 29 starts for the Athletics over the 2016 and '17 seasons.
He had the procedure to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right
elbow prior to the 2018 season.
In Winter Ball Last night:
Daniel
Zamora came in to get one out in the 7th inning for Toros
Del Este in a 11-6
Toros loss. Daniel gave up 2 hits
and a walk, with one strikeout, giving up an un-earned run. In two games this winter he has 1.1 innings
pitched, 0.00 ERA, 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 Ks, 2.25 WHIP.
Jordany
Valdespin also played in that same game for Toros
Del Este going 2 for 5, and is hitting .323 this winter.
Juan Lagares went 2
for 5 with a home run and 2 RBIs in his game for Aguilas
Cibaenas. He is now hitting .395.
In the Australian League both Jeremy
Vasquez and Rule 5 eligible, Hansel
Moreno saw action today.
Jeremy recorded
his first hit this winter, a single, going 1 for 3. He has had 11 at-bats in 4 games with 2 walks
and 2 Ks for a .091 average.
Hansel Moreno
went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and a walk.
In 4 games Hansel has 2 hits, 1 double, in 12 at-bats with two walks, 4
strikeouts, 2 RBIs, 1 stolen base, and 3 runs scored.
Former Mets
#1 draft pick, Gavin Cecchini is also playing this winter in
Australia. In 4 games and 16 at-bats he
has 6 hits for a .375 average.
UltimateMets has this date in
Mets History:
Born on this date:
- G. Herbert Walker (1905)
- Bob Friend (1930)
- Jason Jacome (1970)
- Warren Spahn (2003)
- Tom Burgess (2008)
- Bobby Gene Smith (2015)
New York Mets traded Dave Gallagher to the Atlanta Braves for Pete Smith on November 24, 1993.
New York Mets traded Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit and Grant Psomas to the Florida Marlins for Carlos Delgado on November 24, 2005.
The Mets' one-time closer John Franco signs a three-year pact as a set-up man to stay with his hometown team, foregoing an opportunity to close for the Phillies. The 40 year-old Staten Island resident, lost his closing job to Armando Benitez during the 1998 season.
Mack’s Mets Blast from the Past. Bernie Madoff’s jacket.
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3 comments:
MetsDaddy's reached a little too far when he projected both Mazza and Kilome as possible players to be removed from the 40 man.
Kilome especially.
He could turn out to be the big surprise, either as the SP5 or out of the pen in 2020.
Mack - my vote for over reach is Duquette’s deal for Marte. Andres Gimenez, Franklyn Kilome, and either Mark Vientos or David Peterson to Pittsburgh. Way too much. Only if Pittsburgh picked up Cano and/or Cespedes and their full salaries owed.
I like Duquette, but I'm glad he's not our GM today.
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