Jonathan
Niese and Carlos
Gomez were in action last night in the Dominican Republic and lots
of links as always this morning.
Ken
Davidoff thinks the Mets latest Managerial opening is a “golden opportunity” for
Brodie Van Wagenen. “Van Wagenen
whiffed on his first managerial hire, Carlos Beltran, when the legendary former
player got wiped out in the Astros’ sign-stealing tsunami, so now it’s take two
for the beleaguered general manager as he prepares for his second season...he
can pick from a crop that includes a gaggle of accomplished managers (The
Post’s Mike Puma reports Dusty Baker’s candidacy has gained steam, though there
hadn’t been any contact as of Friday afternoon)… Most who miss out on the
Astros’ and Red Sox’s managing gigs would gladly accept the Mets’ spot…Why?
Because their roster clearly has talent.”
Metstradamus
weighed in on the possibility of a veteran manager being hired: “That said, it isn’t happening. I can’t see Brodie
Von Ego put his ego aside for some good ol’ collaboration with a strong
personality. I also don’t see Fred and Jeff Vanderbilt paying Baker what I
think he would want to come out of semi-retirement at the age of 70 to take
over. But again, these are weird and desperate times, so we’ll see.”
John
From Albany still carries a candle for the other Mets Managerial Candidate,
Edgardo
Alfonzo. Sorry Mack, couldn’t
resist.
SNY's
John Harper, Anthony McCarron, and Dave Lennon unveil their 2020 Hall of Fame
ballots: John Harper : Todd Helton,
Derek
Jeter, Andruw
Jones, Jeff
Kent, Scott
Rolen, Curt
Schilling, Omar
Vizquel, Billy
Wagner, Larry
Walker; Anthony McCarron: Barry Bonds,
Roger
Clemens, Derek Jeter,
Jeff Kent,
Scott
Rolen, Curt
Schilling, Gary
Sheffield, Omar
Vizquel, Billy
Wagner, Larry
Walker; David Lennon: Barry Bonds,
Roger
Clemens, Derek Jeter;
Cooperstown
Cred says forget twitter, Curt Schilling is a Hall of Famer: These articles
from Chris Bodig are full of great points.
One quick highlight - “Schilling’s 216 career wins are low for a Hall of
Fame starting pitcher and his 3.46 ERA is high. There is only one pitcher
enshrined in the Hall of Fame who has both fewer than 220 wins and an ERA
higher than 3.45. That one pitcher is Jesse
Haines, a long-time hurler for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1920-1937 who
finished with a 210-158 (.571) career record and a 3.64 ERA.” As the headline
suggests, he has lots of arguments for the positive in the article as well.
Cooperstown
Cred also recently noted that Derek Jeter’s career was filled with Hall Of Fame
moments.
Mets.com
talked about how former Met Pat Mahomes
is relishing in his son’s NFL success.
MLB.com
had the top catching prospects for 2020.
#5, Francisco
Alvarez with an estimated arrival time of 2023.
MLB.com also
had the top defensive prospects for every team.
For the Mets, SS, Andres
Gimenez. ”Gimenez was the shortstop on MLB Pipeline’s 2019 All-Defense Team
and was in the mix again this year after a strong defensive campaign as
Double-A Binghamton’s everyday shortstop. A plus runner who earns similar
grades for both his fielding and arm strength, Gimenez committed 11 errors in
112 games last season and has totaled just 25 miscues over the past two years.
What’s more, the 21-year-old appears ticketed for a breakout offensive season
after winning the 2019 Arizona Fall League batting title (.371).”
213
Miles from Shea continued to look at their 2019 projections versus performance
for Mets players with Robinson
Cano.
Just one game last night in the Dominican
Republic, but it was very interesting. The
Aguilas
Cibaenas and the Tigres
del Licey played 12 and a half innings only to have the game
suspended in a 5-5 tie due to rain (box).
Carlos
Gomez went 2 for 5, 1 RBI, a double, run scored, a walk and a
strikeout. He also threw out a runner
trying to go second to third on a sacrifice fly.
Jonathan
Niese came in the bottom of the 5th inning with a man on
and gave up a single to Emilio
Bonifacio, another single to Erick Aybar
(scoring the inherited runner), then he hit Socrates
Brito with the pitch to load the bases before being replaced. The next pitcher was able to end the inning
with just one run scoring (aided by that Carlos Gomez throw to third). Jonathan’s line last night: 0 innings, 2
hits, 1 run.
Dario
Alvarez pitched 1.1 innings and gave up 2 runs, 2 hits with 2 strikeouts.
Just one game in Puerto Rico as the Cangrejeros
de Santurce beat the Indios
de Mayaguez 3-0 (box).
No current or former Mets in action in that game.
UltimateMets has the date
in Mets History:
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Tim Leary to the Kansas City Royals for Frank Wills on January 18, 1985.
New York Mets traded Tim Leary to the Kansas City Royals for Frank Wills on January 18, 1985.
New York Mets traded Aaron
Ledesma to the California
Angels for Kevin Flora on January 18, 1996.
New
York Mets signed free agent Roberto
Hernandez on January 18, 2005.
Toronto Blue
Jays signed Jeremy
Reed of the New York Mets as a free agent on
January 18, 2010.
New
York Mets signed free agent John
Lannan of the Philadelphia
Phillies on January 18, 2014.
New
York Mets signed free agent Adrian
Gonzalez on January 18, 2018.
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Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news.
9 comments:
Sherveyn Newton at #10? Nah.
After a poor 2019 and 223 Ks over 165 games the past 2 years in the lower minors? He is not in my top 25 for that reason.
Eric Campbell had an excellent K ratio in the minors but struck out 50% more in the majors. To be a future successful major leaguer, a guy like Newton should have been fanning 165 times in 223 games, not 223 times in 165 games. K rates kill many a prospect’s careers, and Newton needs drastic improvements starting in 2020 in that regard. He almost needs to cut his K rate in half, but by at least 30-40% to have a chance at success. That is a big hill to climb.
What kept Kirk N and Matt DD from having real major league success? K rate. It kills careers.
Well said Tom.
I was especially fond of Satin and was bummed when baseball didn'tbwork out for him.
Me too Mack. Thought he was a good one.
Looks like all the current Mets have gone home, and Diaz never pitched this Winter.
What about the pitcher whom we just signed on Regan's recommendation (I forgot his name)? Is he still pitching? If so, how's he doing?
Bill are you referring to Yefry Ramirez and Pedro Payano? Both of them pitched this winter for Phil Regan in the Dominican and have not pitched in a while. They both look to be done. We still may see some pitchers show up in the Caribbean series that starts in February and ends right before Spring Training. There are also some other pitchers throwing for Phil's team that have looked pretty good and are not signed. If any of these get signed, I will let you know.
Payano is the one I was thinking of. So it seems that as soon as someone becomes Mets property he gets pulled.
Thanks, John.
Bill, With a few exceptions, it seems a lot of the players stop as soon as they sign a minor league deal. TJ Rivera played in both the Dominican and the Puerto Rican League but when he signed a minor league deal with the Phillies, he stopped. Carlos Gomez was not able to get an MLB deal and has announced his retirement after the winter season ends.
That makes sense, but what about those who were already under contract when they went to the Winter Leagues?
Does that mean that only FAs played there?
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