Happy Birthday Brodie Van Wagenen, Noah looked good pitching against the Astros, Robinson Cano and Pete Alonso got some hits and more. Let's hit the links.
Mets 3 Astros 1 (Box)
(Video
Highlights).
Noah
Syndergaard started, struck out four and allowed a run on two hits.
SNY.TV
had this quote on what Noah worked on: "I think just confidence, and
confidence in my delivery, really," Syndergaard said. "Just trusting
it and trying to be as rhythmic as possible."
NY
Post: His new manager, Luis Rojas, has liked what he has seen from Syndergaard
and thinks the 6-foot-6 pitcher can deliver even more.
“The more you learn yourself, the more adjustments you can
make,’’ Rojas said. “He’s getting his slider to translate from bullpen to
games. The feedback he’s getting and the research and work he’s doing with
Hefner helps him understand what his pitches are doing and how they are moving.
It tells you how you get swings, ground balls, and make pitches play. Right
now, it’s paid off.”
Robinson
Cano and Pete Alonso
led the Mets offense with back to back doubles in the fifth. Each went 2 for 3
on the day as they look to get their bats going.
NY
Post: J.D. Davis played his first game since jamming his left shoulder Feb.
25 and reported no problems.
René Rivera
added a solo home run in the eighth.
Edgardo
Fermin came in to play left field later in the game.
He made a nice sliding catch in the seventh
and then started a real nice relay throwing to Luis
Guillorme to René Rivera
to get a runner out at the plate.
Jeff McNeil
was back in the lineup for the Mets going 0 for 2 and Amed
Rosario went 1 for 3 with a double.
Top Mets prospect, Ronny Mauricio, singled in a late game at bat.
Top Mets prospect, Ronny Mauricio, singled in a late game at bat.
SNY.TV
had takeaways from yesterday’s game including: Erasmo
Ramírez and Robert
Gsellman led the way for the Mets bullpen. Ramirez matched
Syndergaard's four punchouts, while Gsellman added two. Both tossed two frames.
Ryder
Ryan and Joe
Zanghi each pitched one inning as well.
The Mets play the 10 and 5 Miami Marlins at 1:05 p.m today.
first pitch on Monday. Elieser Hernandez starts for the Marlins while the Mets will
start Walker
Lockett.
More Mets links:
Matthew Cerrone SNY.TV: “3 under-the-radar Mets who could
have an impact in 2020: Brad Brach,
Jed
Lowrie, and Walker
Lockett.
NY
Post: New grip becoming Jeurys
Familia difference-maker.
Mets.com:
Familia: 'My job here is to be better'.
213
Miles from Shea had 2020 Conglomerate Mets Projections: Jeurys
Familia 59.2 innings; 4.014 ERA; 1.39 WHIP; 9.57 K/9;
Ken
Davidoff NY Post: Each time the Astros play the Mets in 2020…the Mets can
reassure themselves that they made the right call cutting ties with Carlos
Beltran
Brian Joura in Mets 360 had Mets 2020
projections: Michael
Conforto. Here is Brian’s
prediction: 590 PA; .270/.370/.505; 35 HR; 95 RBIs.
Brian Joura in Mets
360 had: Michael
Wacha’s Spring, Brandon Nimmo’s
Grapefruit League results, Cano and the theatre.
LoHud:
New York Mets' Tomas Nido
hired Lorenzo Gardmendia and his team Gradum Baseball — based in Florida — to
help him rework his swing and increase his plate production.
Elite Sports NY: Robinson Cano will struggle to be productive in 2020.
Rising Apple: Mets Depth Piece Eduardo Nunez has plenty to prove in 2020.
Metsmerized.com: A Healthy Brandon Nimmo is just what the Mets need.
Elite Sports NY: Robinson Cano will struggle to be productive in 2020.
Rising Apple: Mets Depth Piece Eduardo Nunez has plenty to prove in 2020.
Metsmerized.com: A Healthy Brandon Nimmo is just what the Mets need.
MLB.com had “The
fastest player on every team”. For
the Mets it is Amed Rosario.
12up.com:
VIDEO: Little Kid Mets Fan Pretending to Steal Signs for Astros is the Most
Adorable Troll Yet.
Other MLB News:
AP
News: Verlander has sore triceps, Astros send ace for more tests
AP
News: No fans, no fun: Athletes uneasy over empty-arena solutions.
MLB Trade Rumors: Rangers
outfielder Willie Calhoun Suffers Fractured Jaw; Hit in the mouth with a 95mph
fastball from the Dodgers’ Julio Urias.
Mack’s
Blast From The Past comes from 3-9-12 – Dave Rubin - Not Here to
Praise Nor Bury Omar...
Born on this date:
- Guy Conti (1942)
- C. J. Nitkowski (1973)
- Brodie Van Wagenen (1974)
1963
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Songwriters
Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz introduced the official Met theme song, Meet
the Mets, to the public. The tune will be modernized in 1984, adding Long
Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, Uptown and Down, to the team's East
Side, West Side geographical realm.
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All in all, I am feeling very good about the 2020 Mets, with the biggest threat as I see it being the corona virus - will it disrupt the baseball season. The great thing about baseball in most places? It is played outdoors, so you are not breathing recirculated indoor air.
ReplyDeleteSyndergaard seems more and more like he may have a big bounceback year.
I think Brian Joura's Conforto 2020 projection is about exactly where I would slot Conforto - good job, Brian.
Elite Sport NY has Cano not doing well? My suggestion, in an earlier article, is to play him almost exclusively against righties, who in his career he's hit much better than lefties, and rest the remainder - if so, he'll do fine.
Tom, I have Conforto busting out in a big way mostly based on law of averages. His BABIP has barely been over .300 once, and never again, so just on that alone there’s hope. By comparison, Rosario’s .319 second half average had a .371 BABIP. I’m expecting Conforto to have big time David Wright numbers this year.
ReplyDeleteInteresting take in the NY Post today about how the Coronavirus is slowing down.
Losing David Rubin as a writer here is like having your cleanup hitter go down with a season ending injury.
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