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and Andrew
Edwards, the Mets may still pursue J.T. Realmuto, and MLB will submit their
2020 plan to the players.
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CBS
Sports: MLB 2020 season plan: Owners approve league proposal, will submit to
players union Tuesday, report says. Yankees And Mets Seasons Could
Start July 4. Here are some of the plan details:
82-game regional schedule and universal DH;
30-man active rosters with a 20-player taxi
squad
14 teams in the postseason with games
played in home cities in October
50/50 revenue split for players and owners
The
Morning Call: Reports: MiLB season, including IronPigs, to be canceled on heels
of AHL/Phantoms campaign cut short. Multiple national media outlets are
reporting that Major League Baseball’s proposal for a 2020 season — which is
being sent to the Major League Baseball Players Association for a vote on
Tuesday — includes canceling this year’s entire minor league schedule.
Mike’s
Mets talks about the Owner’s revenue sharing proposal in “Beware of Rich Guys
Bearing Gifts.”
Mike
Puma NY Post: Jeff McNeil
could get in the way of his own Mets stardom. “The biggest concern I have about
[McNeil] is how hard he is on himself,” the talent evaluator said. “He really
punishes himself when he struggles and he doesn’t even try to hide it. This is
a game that is totally set up for failure and he obviously wants nothing to do
with it, but it hasn’t stopped him yet. I just wonder if he goes into an
0-for-20 or 1-for-40 slump, how is he going to emerge from that?”
Mike
Puma NY Post: “The Mets wanted J.T. Realmuto
in a deal with the Marlins before the 2019 season, so it would be surprising if
the team doesn’t pursue the CAA client (Van Wagenen used to co-head the firm’s
baseball division) in free agency this upcoming offseason.”
12up.com:
Mets Luck Out Big Time With Universal DH Rule Because Yoenis
Cespedes Isn't Completely Useless Now.
NY
Post: How Matt Harvey
is trying to fight off the baseball end he fears. “I’ve grown up and matured on
and off the field,” Harvey said. “There are a lot of things I’d do differently,
but I don’t like to live with regret.”
My Mets Journal
creates sketches of Mets events.
Yesterday it was “We
are the Champions.... of 1969!” and “I LIKE MIKE!”
(Mike Piazza).
Dave Groveman Mets
360.com: Mets Minors: 2020 amateur draft projections. Dave looks at potential Mets draft candidates
and has this prediction: Round 1 – Pete Crow-Armstrong; Round 2 – Kyle Nicolas
and Logan Allen; Round 3 – Alex Santos.
Rising
Apple: Was the best Mets season by a position player David Wright in 2007? “In
2007, Wright
had the highest WAR of any position player for a member of the Mets. This
includes offense and defense. By just a decimal point, Wright beat out Carlos
Beltran’s 8.2 from 2006 with an 8.3 of his own.”
USA
Today: World Baseball Classic canceled for 2021 because of coronavirus pandemic.
ESPN Deportes first reported the cancellation Monday, reporting that the WBC
may not be played until 2023.
Ken
Davidoff NY Post talks about what Sean
Doolittle and Paul DeJong
are saying about the safety aspects of coming back.
MLB.com: A
future star who got away, 1 from every team. For the Mets? (there is just
one?) – they pick Nelson Cruz.
MLB.com:
Remember Frank Thomas? No, not that one ... These are MLB's greatest
same-named doppelgangers.
MLB.com: He's
19 years old ... and he has a 105-mph fastball. Luke Little, the
19-year-old southpaw is 6-foot-8. He was
also clocked at 102 mph during games -- the highest among all southpaws in the
upcoming Draft class -- though he more often sat between 93-96 mph when
pitching longer outings.
The
Morning Call: Reports: MiLB season, including IronPigs, to be canceled on heels
of AHL/Phantoms campaign cut short. Multiple national media outlets are
reporting that Major League Baseball’s proposal for a 2020 season — which is
being sent to the Major League Baseball Players Association for a vote on
Tuesday — includes canceling this year’s entire minor league schedule.
Aaron
Altherr is playing CF today and is so far 1 for 1 (Box
Score).
We're just 90 minutes away the game today!
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Mack’s
Blast From The Past May 12, 2011: Mack looked at 2011 Draft
candidates: Trevor
Bauer, Erik
Johnson, Daniel
Norris, Andres Sanchez, Taylor
Jungmann, George
Springer.
Born on this date:
- Yogi Berra (1925)
- Bob Heise (1947)
- Joe Nolan (1951)
- Kevin Bass (1959)
- Kenny Greer (1967)
- Mark Clark (1968)
- Jack Egbert (1983)
- Andrew
Edwards
(1997)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Toby Borland to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Trlicek on May 12, 1997.
New
York Mets traded Lindsay Gulin to the Seattle Mariners for Rick
Wilkins on May 12, 1998.
New
York Mets signed free agent Tom
Wilson on May 12, 2004.
New York Mets traded Mike
Remlinger to the Cincinnati Reds for Cobi Cradle on May
11, 1995.
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1962
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Craig Anderson, who will not win
another major league game, dropping his next 19 decisions that include 16
this season, gets the victory in both ends of a twin bill when the 5-17 Mets,
beat the Braves at the Polo Grounds, 3-2 and 8-7. The victories account for
the first doubleheader sweep in franchise history, and mark the first time a
major league team has accomplished the feat with two walk-off homers, thanks
to the ninth-inning heroics of Hobie Landrith and Gil Hodges.
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1968
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The Mets play their 1000th game in
franchise history, losing to Chicago at Wrigley Field in the first game of a
doubleheader, 4-3. The Amazins have compiled a 332-664 record along with four
games that ended in a tie during the span, but start their next 1000 games of
matchups with a resounding 10-0 rout of the Cubs in the nightcap.
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1974
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In a 4-3 loss to the Cubs at
Wrigley Field, Bronx native Ed Kranepool collects his 1000th major league
hit. The James Monroe High School graduate will play his entire 18-year
career with the Mets, retiring as the all-time franchise leader with 1,418
hits.
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1979
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Bill Murray, anchorman on Saturday
Night Live Weekend Update reports 42 year-old Chico Escuela (a fictional
baseball player portrayed by Garrett Morris) has informed the Mets that he is
quitting baseball. Although baseball has been "berra berra good..."
to him, a crushing blow off the bat of Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey into
the Dominican's infielder's crotch ends an inspiring comeback.
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1990
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Blanking the Dodgers at Shea
Stadium, 7-0, Frank Viola gets his seventh consecutive win from the start of
the season. The Mets southpaw sets a franchise record of nine straight
victories, dating back to his past two decisions last season.
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1998
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The Padres' home game streak,
which started in April of 1983 without a rainout, ends in a scheduled contest
against the team, the Mets, that is leading the major leagues with eight
washouts already this season. A game in San Diego hadn't been rained out in
the previous 15 years, covering a total of 1,184 games.
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2014
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Yankee right fielder Alfonso
Soriano becomes only the seventh player to collect a thousand hits in both
leagues when he singles off Mets starter Bartolo Colon in the bottom of the
second inning of the team's 9-7 loss at the Bronx ballpark. The 38 year-old
Dominican outfielder, who is also the first major leaguer to record 100 HRs,
500 RBIs, 500 runs, and 100 RBIs in each circuit, joins Frank Robinson, Dave
Winfield, Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Orlando Cabrera, and Carlos Lee in
reaching the milestone.
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2010:
The Nationals continue to surprise, beating the Mets,
6 - 4, at Citi
Field, thanks to Roger Bernadina's first two homers this
year. The second is a two-run shot off closer Francisco Rodriguez in the 9th inning
and comes moments after Bernadina makes a diving game-saving catch to rob Jeff Francoeur with the bases loaded. Nats
starter Craig Stammen contributes the other 3 RBI but
does not figure in the decision; instead, reliever Tyler Clippard picks up his major-league
leading 7th win, followed by Matt
Capps's 14th save, which is also a major league high so far this
season.
2011
- Carlos Beltran belts 3 homers and drives in 6
runs as the Mets
beat the Rockies, 9 - 5, after a two-hour rain
delay. Beltran homers from both sides of the plate and to all three
fields in his power display. Ubaldo Jimenez, who set a Rockies
season-record for wins
in 2010, falls to 0-3.
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2 comments:
Luke Little clocked at 105 MPH? Matt Harvey wishes that was him. I wonder which round Little will get drafted in.
Harvey trying to pitch himself to teams. Have a 7.00 ERA too many times and suitors May be few. I am surprised Baltimore hasn’t called. Heck, they called and asked me if I could pitch.
Featured Little in one of my draft posts this month.
As for Realmuto, there will be plenty of money to come off the books this year to sign one primo free agent.
My choices would be either Realmuto or George Apringer, who could be extended by the Astros as I type.
Realmuto would firm up a key position for many years and give us another big bat.
And... if the NL adopts the DH next year, I would retain Wilson Ramos to fill that position.
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