Good morning, Happy
Birthday Dillon
Gee, Michael
Conforto is taking regular
batting practice,and A-Rod may look to a Taiwanese Billionaire to help buy the Mets.
NY
Post: Mets to cut pay for full-time employees. Plans were unveiled Monday by the team for
pay cuts that will take effect June 1, according to an industry source. All
full-time employees will be affected, and the cuts will remain in place for the
remainder of the season, whether games are played or not. The Athletic first
reported the cuts.
NY
Post: The Dellin Betances red flag that could make or break his Mets tenure.
“…Dellin
Betances, who arrived on a one-year deal worth $10.5 million, had
appeared in only two exhibition games, and his normally plus-fastball was
sitting in the 90-91 mph range.
NY
Post: Mets mailbag: Marcus Stroman’s future rides on ironic trade possibility. In this article Mike Puma broke the news that
Michael
Conforto “is taking regular batting practice and team officials seem
encouraged by his workouts”. About extending Marcus
Stroman he says: “The Mets have enough money coming off the books
this winter (Yoenis
Cespedes, Jed Lowrie,
David
Wright and Wilson
Ramos, among others) that addressing the rotation should be a top priority.
Jacob
deGrom and Steven Matz
are the only healthy Mets starting pitchers under contract for next year.”
LoHud:
NY Mets: For now, Amed
Rosario is the shortstop of the future.
SNY.TV:
Mets hitting coach Hensley Meulens is going above and beyond for Curacao during
pandemic. Meulens helps out the food bank everyday to provide families with
groceries.
Forbes:
Alex Rodriguez And Jennifer Lopez Looking To Tap Taiwanese Billionaire For
Money To Buy Mets.
MLB LINKS:
ESPN:
Passan's 20 questions: There will be MLB in 2020. It's just a matter of when,
where and how. Jeff Passan goes into
all the details of where we are with the return of Major League Baseball and
what still needs to happen.
SNY.TV:
Potential timeline for the beginning of the 2020 MLB season could be emerging.
“According to SNY's Andy Martino, and with the caveat that the coronavirus will
determine the outcome, the first step toward the 2020 season could be an
agreement between the league and players in May on how the season will proceed. After that, the next step would be a few
weeks of spring training in June and the start of regular season games in July.”
CBS
Sports: 10 rule changes MLB could test during the shortened 2020 season,
including universal DH and a mercy rule. “A universal DH would allow the
Mets to easily put both Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith in the starting lineup.”
(Not to mention Cespedes and Cano.)
Minor League links:
Charleston
Gazette Mail: West Virginia Power: No concrete decisions yet on MiLB
contraction.
Three
Years Ago, The Padres Got An Elite Reliever For Nothing. On April 26, 2017, the Padres took a low-risk
flier on reliever Kirby Yates via waivers.
A
Max Return On Investment. On April 29, 2017, Friedman and the Dodgers
announced the signing of infielder Max Muncy to a minor league contract. What
looked like a nondescript signing then has turned into yet another of
Friedman-led front office’s wise moves in Los Angeles.
Asian Baseball:
Yonhap
News: The South Korean baseball league will hold its annual season-opening
media day via videoconference. This year, the coronavirus pandemic forced
the KBO to postpone the start of its season from March 28 to May 5.
The Korea
Times: Son Hyuk of the Kiwoom Heroes has joined four other skippers in the
Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in criticizing the league office for forging
ahead with the usual, 144-game schedule, despite the delayed start to the
season.
Tom
Travels: 2020 CPBL weekly round-up – No 3.
Tom has one of the best weekly recaps of Taiwan baseball on the net.
No games yesterday in The CPBL but the Fubon Guardians vs. the Rakuten Monkeys today. Monkeys’ LHP Justin Nicolino vs. Guardians’ RHP
Bryan Woodall. Game starts 6:35 AM today.
Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:
2020/04/28 #GuardiansLive vs. @RakutenMonkeys— Fubon Guardians (@FubonGuardians) April 28, 2020
The defending champs come to town as @BWOODALL15 is set to duel @J_Nicolino22 tonight! It's the only @CPBL game today so don't miss our Twitter live stream, starting 6:28PM (GMT+8)!#ItsTime @ElevenSportsTW https://t.co/gZ7UFZzUZ9
Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:
Mack’s
Blast From The Past Morning Report - Apr 28, 2014 - Jeff Reynolds,
Donald Sterling, Weekend Mets, Trade Chips, Michael Conforto, Travis
d'Arnaud. About Michael Conforto Mack
said: “(.414/.557 /.594/.976, 3-HR, 42-RBI), who seems to be a lock for a top
10 pick in the upcoming draft… ‘above average hit tool, bat will play’… This
alone gets you a top ten pick and a seven figure bonus.”
Born on
this date:
- Tom Sturdivant (1930)
- Lute Barnes (1947)
- Jorge Sosa (1977)
- Dillon Gee (1986)
1965
|
As Houston fans cheer their
pregame ascent, Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson and a radio engineer climb into
the Astrodome's gondola and are hoisted 208 feet above second base to
broadcast the game. The umpiring crew determines that any ball hitting the
pair will be in play, since an existing ground rule also calls a ball hitting
any part of the dome is also in play.
|
1995
|
Showing their displeasure at the
recent baseball strike, three fans jump a Shea Stadium fence with one out in
the top of the fourth inning, and begin scattering dollar bills at the feet
of the Mets' players on the field. As a finale to their defiant act, the trio
stands on second base with arms raised, showing the Opening Day crowd
T-shirts that are stenciled with the word Greed.
|
2010
|
David
Wright surpasses Ed Kranepool to become
the Mets all-time leader in doubles. The 27 year-old third baseman, who
collected his 1,000th career hit yesterday, strokes his 226th two-bagger in
the second inning of the Mets' 7-3 victory over L.A. at Citi Field.
|
1962
- Frank Thomas, Charlie Neal and Gil
Hodges hit consecutive home runs in the 6th inning to lead the expansion New
York Mets to an 8 - 6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The victory is a rare
occurrence for the Mets - one of only 40 during their inaugural season.
2001:
Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals ties the major league
record for home runs in April by a rookie
with 8, but St. Louis falls to the Mets,
6 - 5, in 11 innings.
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2 comments:
Juan Lagares topped Mets360's list of defensive Mets players. He shouldn't for another reason: his constantly getting hurt for long stretches with his diving theatrics hurt the team when suddenly subs had to be pressed into service. Keith and Rey were the two best, for that reason.
Good point Tom but when Lagares was healthy he was a joy to watch. Still gets me that the Mets played Rick Ankiel over him that first year Juan came up.
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