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3/9/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 3/9/2020



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.

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.


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.









Mack’s Blast From The Past comes from 3-9-12 – Dave Rubin - Not Here to Praise Nor Bury Omar...   


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1963
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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3 comments:

  1. 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.

    Syndergaard 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.

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  2. 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.

    Interesting take in the NY Post today about how the Coronavirus is slowing down.

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  3. Losing David Rubin as a writer here is like having your cleanup hitter go down with a season ending injury.

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