6/12/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 6/12/2020


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Thomas Szapucki, Jeff Wilpon says that 4 or 5 buyers are interested in the Mets, and the MLB Draft continued last night.











SNY.TV (MetsBlog): Mets' 2020 MLB Draft pick Eric Orze has beaten cancer twice: 'This is a kid that will not quit'. 'He's motivated and he wants the challenge of professional baseball'.



SNY.TV (MetsBlog): Scouts on Mets draft pick Pete Crow-Armstrong, who could be center fielder of the future. 'He keeps getting stronger. His path to the ball has been great. His plate awareness is tremendous'.

Prospects1500: 2020 MLB Draft Preview: Q&A with Pete Crow-Armstrong. JW: What first got you interested in playing baseball? PCA: “I don’t really remember when I first started but my dad has always been a Cubs fan. I remember him showing me Kerry Wood‘s 20 strikeout game when I was like 3. I loved playing wiffleball in the backyard when I was little we had a backdrop with ivy that resembled Wrigley Field.”





SNY.TV (MetsBlog): Mets' Pete Alonso says he'd only need 10 days to be ready for 2020 season: 'I want to go as soon as possible'. 'For me, conditioning-wise, I feel like I'm in outstanding shape.'

Bleacher Report - Mets Have 'Four or Five Suitors' Interested in Buying Team, Says Jeff Wilpon.  "I can't tell you exactly what it's going to be and how it's going to look. But we're working toward a transaction and there's four or five suitors that are out there to do something with and [there's] a bunch of philanthropic planning and family planning that my dad and my uncle want to do, and it's totally fine."



12UP.com: Darryl Strawberry's Comment From His Own Draft Day Totally Nailed His MLB Career – “I would describe myself as a good hitter who can run, throw, & play defense.  Most of all, though, I like to hit.”




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Minor League Baseball:

Syracuse.com: What does Rob Manfred’s vow of major league return mean for Syracuse Mets, minorsv? “International League president Randy Mobley said Thursday the fate of the minors will depend upon whether the major league teams still want to stock affiliates with players and crank up an abbreviated schedule or instead draw up an alternate plan of working out a group of fill-ins at spring training complexes… Mobley said it’s conceivable IL teams would be comfortable with a 50-game slate that mirrors the majors. The key, Mobley said, is what percentage of capacity local health regulations will allow in those stadiums.”


Asian Baseball:


NC Dinos 7 Doosan Bears 5 (Box Score). Aaron Altherr 1 for 4 with an RBI in the win.

Aaron is back in CF for today’s game (Box Score).

Drew Gagnon is back on the mound this morning for the Kia Tigers (Box Score).








OPEN THREAD - Mets Second Day's Picks.


Mack’s Blast from the Recent Past: 6/12/2011 Mack on Mets Apathy. Does anyone out there actually believe that Ruben Tejada, Pedro Beato, and Lucas Duda is a better alternative to Reyes, K-Rod, and Beltran?



Born on this date:
Transactions:

New York Mets signed free agent Tug McGraw on June 12, 1964.

New York Mets traded Johnny Stephenson and Rob Gardner to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Hendley on June 12, 1967.

Los Angeles Dodgers signed Danny Heep of the New York Mets as a free agent on June 12, 1987.

New York Mets traded Wayne Housie to the Milwaukee Brewers for Josias Manzanillo on June 12, 1993.

New York Yankees claimed Darren Bragg of the New York Mets on waivers on June 12, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent T.J. Rivera on June 12, 2011.


1979
The Mets enjoy the most productive inning in franchise history when ten runners cross the plate in the sixth fame of their 12-6 victory over the Reds at Shea Stadium. The highlight of the double-digit deluge is Doug Flynn's three-run inside-the-park home run.



2007: The Dodgers homer on three straight pitches off the Mets' John Maine in the 2nd inning, as Wilson Betemit, Matt Kemp and Hong-Chih Kuo go yard. Kuo's home run is the first ever in the major leagues by a native of Taiwan.

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3 comments:

Unknown said...

The Luis Castillo game is one I'd choose not to remember. Epic fail.

Bob W

Tom Brennan said...

ISAIAH GREENE - LOVE PLAYERS WHO OOZE TALENT. WELCOME ABOARD.

Happy birthday, Tom Szapucki. Hurry it up, quality draftees of 2019 and 2020 will be coming up from behind.

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