5/9/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 5/9/2020


Good Morning, Pete Alonso takes a ride with Jim Breuer, a Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card fetches some big dollars, and MLB to cut amateur draft from 40 rounds to 5.

All the news that’s fit to Link, Mets Links, MLB Links, Minor League Links, Asian Baseball Links, and This Day in Mets History.    

ESPN.com: Sources: MLB shortens 2020 draft from 40 rounds to 5: “The agreement allows teams to delay signing bonuses, with a maximum of $100,000 to be paid within 30 days of a player signing, 50% of the remainder due July 1, 2021, and the leftover due July 1, 2022.

Owners have long sought a shorter draft in spite of general managers and player-development personnel arguing that the domestic draft offers the greatest amount of surplus value compared to cost. The cutting of the draft coincides with the proposed elimination of a quarter of minor league teams, a measure that has drawn significant criticism.”

Ernest Dove Metsminors.net: The Mets will make six picks, including a selection from the Philadelphia Phillies as compensation for losing Zack Wheeler.

Yahoo Sports: “The decision comes after weeks of discussion between MLB and the MLBPA during the league’s coronavirus shutdown. The union had previously agreed to the possibility of a draft as short as five rounds, but was pushing for a 10-round draft during talks. MLB’s draft usually consists of 40 rounds.”

Joel Sherman NY Post: “The agents believe that baseball operations departments very much wanted the 10-round draft, but that a bloc of owners wanted the financial savings — believed to average about $1 million per team — of a five-round draft as franchises deal with so much lost revenue inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Without an agreement with the union, the Commissioner’s Office implemented the five-round draft. Nevertheless, teams will be able to sign an unlimited number of undrafted players for the $20,000 maximum.”

Mets Links:

Mike Puma NY Post: Seth Lugo’s wish to join Mets rotation could be granted.  “With Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz the only healthy Mets starting pitchers under contract or club control for 2021 — Noah Syndergaard is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and expected to miss the early part of the season — Seth Lugo may finally get his wish next year and return to starting duty.”

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets’ Noah Syndergaard: Goal is to return at start of 2021 season.

LoHud: NY Mets: Noah Syndergaard faces a tough road to being an ace again.

Deesha Thosar NY Daily News: Mets slugger Pete Alonso is thinking about hitting a home run on his birthday — in December.

NY Post: R.A. Dickey had one of the more improbable Cy Young seasons ever.

SNY.TV: Was R.A. Dickey's Cy Young or Johan Santana's no-hitter the more surprising Mets 2012 feat?

12Up.com: VIDEO: SNY is Tweeting About Matt Harvey Bullpen Sessions and it Needs to Stop.

Centerfield Maz: Jerry Buchek: Late Sixties Mets Infielder (1967-1968). Gerald Peter Buchek was born on May 9th, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History: (1967) Jerry Buchek's Walk Off HR Gives Tom Seaver His Third Career Win.

Mike’s Mets talks about the sale.no sale of the Mets in “Bad Business As Usual”.

Call to the Pen.com: New York Mets: The franchise no one wants.

Faith and Fear in Flushing: Pitchers Break. Jason Fry looks at Gary Gentry.

Rising Apple: Mets History: Derek Bell had one of the best forgotten one-and-done years.

Rising Apple: Support the New York Mets and charity with these face coverings.

Rising Apple: Will Matt Harvey pitch in Major League Baseball again?

Metsmerized Online: Top Five Left Field Campaigns in Mets History: 5) Frank Thomas – 1962; 4) Kevin McReynolds – 1988; 3)  Yoenis Céspedes – 2015; 2)  Bernard Gilkey – 1996; 1)  Cleon Jones – 1969.

Forbes.com: Why Alex Rodriguez And Jennifer Lopez Couldn’t Buy The New York Mets. “Why not? Rodriguez wanted to be the managing partner of the Mets while he and Lopez were going to put in only $50 million to buy the team. Rich guys like Wayne Rothbaum and Richard Tsai were never going to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the Mets and turn the keys of the team over to Rodriguez.”

Last Word On Baseball: Handling the New York Mets Pitching in Shortened Season. “With the upcoming plan of potentially having occasional seven-inning games and double-headers in 2020, the New York Mets are going to need to figure out what to do with their pitching.  If Lugo can only throw one inning and needs a day off, they are better of starting him in the shortened games. He will likely also need to throw in-between starts during the week, which could allow the Mets to have him come in relief in between starts on a limited pitch count.”

YouTube: New York Mets Videos: Ride Along with Pete Alonso and Jim Breuer. Features Pete listening to radio calls of his homeruns last year in the car.



MLB LINKS:

NJ.com: MLB rumors: Will owners cancel 2020 season over money? “While logistics and health concerns should be the paramount obstacles for MLB and the MLBPA to work through to get back on the field amid the coronavirus pandemic, something else will be at play in a major way: Money.”

AP News: Sound of silence: Baseball thinking ahead to silent stadiums.

The Sporting News: The eight best active MLB players draftedin Rounds 6-10.  Includes these Mets: Jacob deGrom, No. 8 (Ninth round, Mets, 2010); Jeff McNeil, No. 49 (12th round, Mets, 2013);

MLB.com: Each team's best small school Draft pick.  For the Mets Jody Davis, C.

USA Today: Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. has solution to stop sign-stealing: Throw inside at batters.

ESPN.com: Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card from 1910 sells for $492,000.

12Up.com: Braves Predicting Even Larger Revenue Drop as Games Without Fans Loom. 

Minor League Links:

Time News.net: K-Mets' first season brought along the Darryl Strawberry spotlight.

MiLB.com: Is that an alligator in the dugout? Animals on the field just part of Minor League landscape. 

Asian Baseball:

Tulsa World: Pro baseball: Union graduate Drew Rucinski has strong opener in Korea.

12Up.com: KBO Just Demoted an Entire Umpiring Crew to the Minors and MLB Should Learn From This.

12Up.com: First Baseball Fan of 2020 Officially Enters Taiwanese Game in Major Step Forward.

The Salt Lake Tribune: Three former Salt Lake Bees take the field in the Korean Baseball League: Jose Miguel Fernandez, Drew Gagnon and Drew Rucinski.

The Samsung Lions 5 – Kia Tigers 0 (Box Score), Drew Gagnon took the loss.  5.1 innings, 4 runs, 3 earned, 5 hits, 2 walks, 5 Ks.

NC Dinos 13 LG Twins 5 (Box Score). Aaron Altherr 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter.  

Today’s NC Dinos game has been postponed. 

Here is the KBO scoreboard for yesterday and today.

Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Tom Brennan - Repost: 2008-2017 Mets Drafts Results Analysis Article.

Mack – Friday Thoughts: Shortstops, Draft Pitchers, 2020 Baseball, Summer Ball, Joe D.

B-Met 2020 Season On Hold Until At Least June 15th.

Mack’s Blast From The Past May 9, 2015: Mack had the Baseball Prospectus Scouting Report on - Michael Conforto.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:
Transactions:

 New York Mets traded Hobie Landrith to the Baltimore Orioles for Marv Throneberry on May 9, 1962.

New York Mets released Craig Swan on May 9, 1984.

New York Mets claimed Mark Dewey on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 9, 1991.

New York Mets signed free agent Doug Linton on May 9, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Brian Lawrence on May 9, 2007.

National Pastime.com:  

1979
At the Astrodome, substitute umpire David Pallone ejects the entire Cardinal bench when the players throw helmets and bats onto the field to protest a call. Due to the umpire strike, the minor league arbitrator works second base the major league game.

Baseball Reference:

1962: The Orioles ship Marvelous Marv Throneberry to the Mets for C Hobie Landrith and cash.

1984: Umpire Joe West ejects two television cameramen from Shea Stadium when they allow the Mets to view replays of a controversial play at the plate in which Hubie Brooks is called out. The Mets beat Atlanta, 3 - 1, with Ron Darling getting the win.

1989: Mets SS Kevin Elster and Red Sox catcher Rick Cerone end their major league-record errorless game streaks for their positions. Elster had played 88 consecutive games without an error while Cerone had played 159.

2009: The Mets defeat Pittsburgh, 10 - 1, for their 6th consecutive win. Sandy Alomar is at the helm in place of Jerry Manuel, who was suspended for bumping umpire Bill Welke in an argument on May 7th. Jose Reyes collects 3 hits and 3 RBI for New York.


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4 comments:

Mack Ade said...

I was going to write a post on the draft decisions made yesterday, but a shortened '5 round' (one paragraph) though about it will be in tomorrow mornings FWIW post.

May 9, 2020 at 9:32 AM
John From Albany said...

Kudos to Ernest Dove for reporting on the Draft changes first.

May 9, 2020 at 11:05 AM
Ernest Dove said...

Man that was a fun night last night lol.

May 9, 2020 at 2:36 PM
Tom Brennan said...

Ernest, good job as always.

Non drafted players will get a max of $20,000? A clear sign indeed of hard times. Sorry, fellas.

If they are drafting and signing players in mid-June, where and when do they play?

Oh and baseball's best current player drafted in the 34th round? I'm guessing Seth Lugo. Nice pick, even nicer of Lugo to turn it into a great pick.

May 9, 2020 at 5:01 PM

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