Good Morning. It's the anniversary of
the Mike Piazza
to the Mets trade, Mets will look to have Spring Training in Florida and MLB Players respond to MLB on the return proposal.
Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Minor League Links, Asian Baseball Links, and This Day in Mets History.
MLBPA has delivered its response to MLB’s health protocols. Includes notes on:
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) May 21, 2020
• Testing frequency
• Protocols for positive tests
• In-stadium medical personnel
• Protections for high-risk players and family
• Access to pre-, postgame therapies
• Sanitization protocols
Mets Links:
Yankees and Mets will both be going back to Florida to conduct spring training at their regular spring sites (assuming MLB and union strike a deal). Teams have a choice and while New York’s Covid-19 numbers are improving, Florida’s numbers are better than most per capita.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 22, 2020
Mike’s
Mets Talks about Jose Lima’s stint with the Mets in “Wrong Place, Wrong Time”.
Jose Lima’s
Mets line in 2006: 0-4, 9.87 ERA.
Ken
Davidoff NY Post: Mets catcher's health battles led him to an uplifting
connection. Ed Hearn
talks about his health struggles and the connection he made with “John
Thompson, the ambassador for the independent New York Boulders, and provided a
boost for the 27-year-old.”
NY
Post: Mets seeking encore from Justin
Wilson, minus the injuries.
Elizabeth
Muratore Rising Apple: NY Mets: Five best player walk-up songs of all-time in
Mets history. 5) Lucas Duda
– “All Along The Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix; 4) Noah
Syndergaard – “Game of Thrones theme music” by Ramin Djawadi; 3) Daniel
Murphy – “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys; 2) Wilmer
Flores – “I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrandts; 1) Jacob
deGrom – “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Kyle
Newman Elite Sports NY: New York Mets 2020 draft preview: 5 prospects to know.
Casey Martin, SS, Arkansas; Cole Wilcox, RHP, Georgia; Dillon Dingler, C, Ohio
State; Garrett Mitchell, OF, UCLA; Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF, Harvard-Westlake HS.
Metsmerized
Online: Revisiting Mets’ Longest Winning Streaks Since 2015. The 11 game
streak from April 12-23, 2015 leads the list.
Metsmerized
Online: Amazin’ Memories: Darling, Viola Pitch The Greatest College Game Of
All-Time. 5/21/1981 St. John’s Frank Viola
beat Yale’s Ron Darling
in a 12 inning 1-0 game.
MLB.com:
Cruz aiming to become 3rd-generation big leaguer. “Rice shortstop Trei Jose
Cruz has been around the sport his entire life…His grandfather, Jose Cruz
Sr., collected 2,251 hits in 19 Major League seasons…Trei’s dad, Jose Cruz,
Jr., played 12 seasons in the big leagues.”
MLB
Trade Rumors: Ranking The All-Time No. 1 Picks. Alex
Rodriguez, (1993) came out on top with a 113.7 fWAR.
Minor League Links:
Savannah
Now.com: Savannah Bananas announce plans to live-stream games from Grayson
Stadium. “The Bananas pushed back Opening Day from May 18 to July 1 and
plan to implement social distancing at Grayson, which normally as a seating
capacity of 4,100. About 2,000 fans will be allowed into games under the plan
this season…will implement live streaming of games to give fans a chance to
experience the lively Banana game atmosphere online.”
Baseball
Mexico: AMID VENUE DOUBTS, CARIBBEAN SERIES TIX ON SALE. “Even though the
organization that oversees the Caribbean Series has threatened to move the
event elsewhere in 2021 if an ongoing dispute involving the ballpark where it
would be played isn't resolved soon, the host Mazatlan Venados have begun
selling prime tickets for the weeklong Crown Jewel of Latin Baseball.”
Kyodo
News: Baseball: Hiroshima Carp let fans into practice. “Nippon Professional
Baseball is looking to start its season in the middle of June or early July,
but no date has been set. Although Tokyo remains in a state of emergency, teams
across the nation are picking up the pace of training in order to be ready when
the season begins.”
Tim
Boyle Rising Apple: Former Mets pitcher Chris Flexen is excelling in the KBO.
“Through three starts, Chris
Flexen, is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA. After 20
innings, he already has 22 strikeouts compared to just 4 walks.”
Aaron
Altherr went 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs yesterday for the NC Dinos. (Box
score).
Aaron Altherr puts the NC Dino’s up 10-4 with this HR. #aaronaltherr #homerun #hr #kbo #ncdinos #baseball former #mlb #player pic.twitter.com/JGGaP4PJU1
— Dee Black MMA (@Dee_Black_MMA_) May 22, 2020
Aaron
Altherr is back in CF today for the NC Dinos, with a walk in his only plate
appearance so far. (Box
score).
Rain washed out the games in the CPBL again today.
Mack’s
Blast From The Past: May 22nd 2014 -- Mets 5, Dodgers 3. (Box Score). Jonathan
Niese got the win and David
Wright and Curtis
Granderson each went 2 for 4.
Born on
this date:
- Collin Cowgill (1986)
Died on this date:
- Ernie White (1974)
Transactions:
New York Mets released Gil Hodges on May 22, 1963.
New York Mets traded Preston Wilson, Geoff Goetz and Ed Yarnall to the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza on May 22, 1998.
New York Mets released Scott Strickland on May 22, 2005.
New York Mets released Jorge Sosa on May 22, 2008.
New York Mets sold Keon Broxton to the Baltimore Orioles on May 22, 2019.
|
1998
|
The Mets trade Preston Wilson, Geoff Goetz, and Ed Yarnall to the Marlins for Mike Piazza. Florida had acquired the All-Star catcher last
week from the Dodgers, along with Todd Zeile in exchange for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles
Johnson, Jim Eisenreich, and Manuel Barrios.
|
1963: The all-time shortest managerial career ends after one game - a
loss - when Eddie Yost, who replaced Mickey Vernon (14-26) as the Senators' pilot, is replaced by Gil Hodges. Hodges was acquired
today from the Mets, who receive veteran Jimmy Piersall in return.
Los Angeles's Don Drysdale beats the Mets, 7 - 3, on two hits - homers
by Duke Snider and Tim Harkness.
1988 - Pedro
Guerrero throws his bat at David Cone after being hit by a
pitch in the Dodgers' 5 - 2 loss to the Mets. He will be suspended for four games by National
League president Bart
Giamatti.
2019 - Veteran OF Rajai Davis has a surreal day: at 5:00 PM, he is
taking batting
practice with the Syracuse
Mets in Allentown,
PA, in anticipation of an evening game against
the Lehigh
Valley IronPigs of
the International
League. That's when he gets the
news that he has been called up to the major league Mets. He hires a driver to take him to Citi Field and after a two-hour ride, arrives there in the 3rd
inning. He gets lost on his way to the clubhouse and has to ask for directions. He finally meets his
manager and teammates in the 5th. He is then sent to pinch-hit for Drew Gagnon in the bottom of the 8th and hits a three-run
homer off Sean
Doolittle of the Nationals, capping a six-run inning. The Mets win the
game, 6 - 1.
Want
more? Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news.
Want
something else tracked here each day? Please
leave a comment below.
9 comments:
Another fine Links article today, John.
Players ought to strike a deal and play. Why?
The virus is becoming less of a hindrance every day. In NYS, on its peak new hospitalization day about 6 weeks ago, nearly 3200 were hospitalized that day. Yesterday? Just 246, a 92% drop. And had they hospitalized COVID positive nursing home patients routinely back then, that daily number in April would have been 1000 higher, making it more like a 95% drop...and most of those 246 yesterday are probably from nursing homes. Concede on $$, on both sides, AND PLAY!
Don't come across as greedy this year - and sit out if you wish. Reminds me of the Accountemps commercial...employee calls in sick again...boss says, don't worry we have Bob...and goes on to say what a great worker he is. Lots of minor leaguers would jump at the chance to play big league ball.
The great Pujols (what an incredible first 10 seasons he had) was a 13th round pick by the Cardinals in 1999. Wonder who the Mets picked in the first 13 rounds? Maybe another article topic for me.
Other than Strawberry, none of the Mets' overall # 1 picks had a career fWar of 10 or higher.
Thanks Tom. Fran Healey used to tell the story on TV about how the Mets were in on Pujols but his agent said he wanted $250,000 to sign and the Mets passed. Later on I think Pujols denied the $250,000 part of the story.
Per Tracy Ringoslby, Baseball America: "He was told by several scouts he would be taken somewhere in the first five rounds, but it didn’t happen. The Mets indicated an interest in drafting him in the ninth round, but his agent scared them off...He received a $30,000 bonus and $30,000 for college, which was the stumbling block initially."
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ringolsby-last-laugh-belongs-to-albert-pujols/
I remember going to Piazza's Mets debut back in 1998. It is still shown on Mets Classics.
Bob W
I would train in N.Y. if I were them. The Florida numbers "look good", but Florida is one of the states that may be fudging their numbers.
Bob W
Bob,
I also think that the Mets and Yankees may feel they can control the training area better as opposed to NYC right now. So even if Florida is bad, they may think their players will be able to be isolated better. Either way, hope they all are safe.
Every time I think things are safe...
My daughter came over two days ago for the firs time since the virus shut us down. She is a principal of an inner city school in Beaufort SC and works from home every day with her teachers on Zoom. Except on Wednesday.
On Wednesday's she, her office manager, and assistant principal, and a handful of teaches go to the school and hand out meals to families in the community.
Yesterday... her office manager and 'right hand man', tested positive.
The entire school has now been shut down and my daughter is in a 14 day quarantine.
Sorry to hear that Mack. Hoping fir the best.
Hello everyone, Are you into trading or just wish to give it a try, please becareful on the platform you choose to invest on and the manager you choose to manage your account because that’s where failure starts from be wise. After reading so much comment i had to give trading tips a try, I have to come to the conclusion that binary options pays massively but the masses has refused to show us the right way to earn That’s why I have to give trading tips the accolades because they have been so helpful to traders . For a free masterclass strategy kindly contact (paytondyian699@gmail.com) for a free masterclass strategy. He'll give you a free tutors on how you can earn and recover your losses in trading for free..
Hello everyone, Are you into trading or just wish to give it a try, please becareful on the platform you choose to invest on and the manager you choose to manage your account because that’s where failure starts from be wise. After reading so much comment i had to give trading tips a try, I have to come to the conclusion that binary options pays massively but the masses has refused to show us the right way to earn That’s why I have to give trading tips the accolades because they have been so helpful to traders . For a free masterclass strategy kindly contact (paytondyian699@gmail.com) for a free masterclass strategy. He'll give you a free tutors on how you can earn and recover your losses in trading for free..
Post a Comment