Good Morning.
Happy Birthday to Zack
Wheeler and Fernando
Salas, now that SNY will be included Alex Rodriquez
and Jennifer Lopez are once again trying to buy the Mets, T.J. Rivera is released by the Phillies, and the KC Royals
decide to not cut any minor leaguers.
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In a conference call with local media members today, Royals GM Dayton Moore said this about the club's decision to stand by their minor league players: pic.twitter.com/8ZfWWx95Jh
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) May 29, 2020
NY
Post: Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez taking second shot at buying Mets. “The
Wilpon family…have become more eager than ever to unload the franchise thanks
to COVID-19 making their precarious financial condition even more dire. A
strong signal of that desperation is the inclusion of SNY, the Mets’ television
network, in a new deal. The Wilpons’ reluctance to sell any part of SNY,
combined with cold feet from J-Rod’s original partner on the deal (Long Island
pharma billionaire Wayne Rothbaum), initially led to a dead end.”
I thought Mack’s Mets Dave Ruben made a great point about this to me
via text. With only 5 rounds in the
upcoming MLB Draft, the Mets need to get an agreement so the undrafted Free Agents
would want to sign with them.
SNY.TV:
Sandy Alderson talks Matt Harvey's Mets career, what led to downfall: 'I love
the guy'. 'For the most part, it was a good partnership between Matt and
the Mets'.
NY
Post: Mets hope top prospect Francisco Alvarez can be catcher of the future.
“In his first season in pro ball, Alvarez quickly moved from the Gulf Coast
League to Class-A Kingsport and showed promise. In 35 games in the Appalachian
League, Alvarez — then just 17 — had an OPS of .820 over 131 plate appearances.
And while he’s not a natural behind the plate, an NL scout who saw him play at
Kingsport called him “serviceable defensively.’’ “For a kid with his build, you
look to see if he can move around,’’ the scout said of Alvarez, listed at
5-foot-11 and 220 pounds. “He seems to have good instincts back there and had
some agility, but he’s far from a finished product.’’
LoHud.com:
How do you spot a Jeff McNeil when others don't? 'Your lens,' says coach who
recruited him. Mark Kertenian…who recruited Jeff McNeil
when he was an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge years ago…Kertenian
noticed fluidity in McNeil’s movements. The high schooler possessed clear
athleticism and a certain looseness. Most importantly, he had barrel accuracy:
His bat found the ball almost every time he swung, which MLB organizations view
as one of the most important tools.”
The
Sporting News: Tim
Tebow should be viewed by Mets as just another failed minor leaguer.
Brian
Wright Metsmerized.com: Reliving the 2000 Mets: An October Preview in May. Beginning
on May 22 and continuing through the Memorial Day weekend, Bobby Valentine‘s
group jettisoned to San Diego, then east to St. Louis before u-turning to Los
Angeles.
In an memo to players today, the MLBPA said it is weighing the timing and substance of a potential response to MLB’s proposal that “sought additional paycuts of more than $800M that it contends are necessary to make it economically feasible to play games without fans.” 1/2
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) May 29, 2020
NY Post Joel Sherman: Baseball needs an adult to step up and stop this madness. “It should start with you, Commissioner Rob Manfred. A statement can be this simple: If the political and medical worlds give their blessings, we are playing regular season major league baseball beginning July 3, continuing through the Independence Day weekend and — we hope — going without interruptions until there is a World Series. Period. End of statement.”The MLBPA’s memo to players also states, “Importantly, the union still awaits key documents from MLB that would support the dubious financial distress claims the league has made in its attempt to force the additional givebacks from players.” 2/2
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) May 29, 2020
NBC
Sports: Dodgers pitcher David Price
will pay $1,000 out of his own money to each Dodgers minor leaguer who is not
on the 40-man roster during the month of June.
Mets.com:
These are the best throwing arms in the NL East. For the Mets - Yoenis
Céspedes. “Now that Juan
Lagares is gone from Flushing, Céspedes possesses the strongest arm in the
Mets’ clubhouse. The only question is whether he'll have a chance to use it,
now 22 months removed from his last big league game, or if his leg issues will
keep him limited to a designated-hitter role (or even off the field
altogether).”
Yesterday it was the Samsung Lions 5 NC Dinos 4. Aaron
Altherr 1 for 4 with an RBI. (Box
Score).
Aaron is 0 for 3 so far today (Box
Score).
⚾|2020/5/30 16:45 (GMT+8) #RakutenMonkeys vs #UniLions
— ELEVEN SPORTS TAIWAN (@ElevenSportsTW) May 29, 2020
From #Tainan baseball stadium, we have the second game of the 3-game series. Monkeys got one win on Friday, let's see if the Lions can bounce back.#CPBL @CPBL https://t.co/5Cu9jUZyBZ
Mack’s
Blast from the Past: Herb G's Mets Minor League Report: May 30, 2014. Rome (16-38) nips Savannah (35-16) 7-6. Gavin
Cecchini: 2-3, BB, R.; Jeff McNeil:
2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R. L.J.
Mazzilli: 2-4, BB, R.; Dominic
Smith: 2-5, RBI.
Born on this date:
- Fernando Salas (1985)
- Zack Wheeler (1990)
Transactions:
New York Mets purchased Frank Lary from the Detroit Tigers on May 30, 1964.
New
York Mets sold Kevin
Lomon to the Atlanta
Braves on May 30, 1995.
David
Cone announced his retirement on May 30, 2003.
New
York Mets released Eric
Cammack on May 30, 2003.
New
York Mets signed free agent Mike
DiFelice on May 30, 2006.
New
York Mets traded Ramon
Castro to the Chicago
White Sox for Lance
Broadway on May 30, 2009.
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1962
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The Mets complete their first-ever
triple play when shortstop Elio Chacon snags Willie Davis's liner, (1) who
flips the ball to Charlie Neal to double off Maury Wills at second base (2),
and the third out coming on a ball thrown to Gil Hodges, catching Jim Gilliam
off first base (3). The expansion team will be the victim of the only other
triple killing this season when Joe Pignatano, in his final major league
at-bat, pops out to Cubs second baseman Ken Hubbs, who starts a 4-3-6 play to
end the eighth inning in the season finale played a Wrigley Field.
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1962
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Frank Thomas strokes a double off
Sandy Koufax in the Mets' 13-6 loss to Los Angeles, extending his franchise
mark of consecutive games with a hit to 18 for the expansion team. The
streak, which will be only one shy of Maury Wills' league-leading total for
the season, is halted when the New York left fielder goes 0-for-4 in the
nightcap of the Dodgers' sweep at the Polo Grounds.
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2014
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The Mets become the first team to
have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case
'd, when Travis d'Arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the
Mets' 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having
to use an upside-down capital 'P' on d'Arnaud's jersey last season due to
lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked
Majestic, MLB's uniform supplier, to make 'small' uniform letters available,
knowing there would be even more of a need this season.
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2009: Thomas De Wolf of
the DSL
Mets becomes the first minor leaguer born and raised in Belgium.
He goes 1 for 4 with a walk, run and RBI and will post a .432 OBP in the 2009 Dominican Summer League, leading his club.
2013: The Mets complete
a four-game sweep of the Yankees with a 3 - 1 win behind the pitching of Dillon Gee,
who strikes out a career-high 12 batters in 7 1/3 innings. It is the first time
the Mets have ever swept a Subway Series against the Bronx Bombers, as those
are the only four games the two teams will play against each other this year.
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Major league baseball better settle, because we won't riot, burn, and loot over it - we'll just watch Netflix and come up with other hobbies, and remember the days when we used to enjoy baseball.
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone not love this? Maybe Cano can follow suit: Dodgers pitcher David Price will pay $1,000 out of his own money to each Dodgers minor leaguer who is not on the 40-man roster during the month of June.
Good for Oakland As - they are buying themselves long-lasting good will.
Hard to think that TJ Rivera and his .304 career average could be over.
Wise comment about moving fast on the draft.
ReplyDeleteIt won't happen fast enough, if ever.