6/19/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 6/19/2020


Good Morning. Happy Birthday Jacob deGrom and St. Lucie Mets Jaison Vilera, it is opening day in Japan and ex-Met Nori Aoki is playing, and MLB Players and Owners still can’t figure it out.

Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Minor League Links, Asian Baseball Links, and This Day in Mets History.

Mets Links:


Mets.com: Looking back at top 2017 Draft picks. Mets: David Peterson, LHP (No. 10) Taken 20th overall in the 2017 Draft, Peterson made the jump to Double-A last season and struck out 122 batters while tossing 116 innings of 4.19-ERA ball and posting the Eastern League’s third-best ground-ball rate. As the Mets’ most advanced pitching prospect, Peterson, with his strike-throwing ability and extreme ground-ball tendencies, is nearly ready to join the team’s big league rotation.

Empire Sports Media: Ranking the New York Mets Second Basemen of the Last 20 Seasons. 1. Daniel Murphy; 2. Edgardo Alfonzo; 3. Jeff McNeil; 4. Neil Walker; 5. Jose Valentin; 6. Luis Castillo; 7. Robinson Cano; 8. Roberto Alomar; 9. Ruben Tejada; 10. Kazuo Matsui. 

Rising Apple: Mets most underrated trade in franchise history put them in the 1973 World Series. Tim Boyle liked the deal that sent pitchers Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella to Atlanta for Felix Millan and George Stone.

12Up.com: The Smartest Pick Mets Made in 2020 MLB Draft. “The Mets used the supplemental No. 69 overall pick on Isaiah Greene. The left-hander stands over six feet tall and already had a commitment to play at Missouri. However, this pick becomes even better when you see what Greene signed for. Greene could end up being the centerfielder of the future and is still only 18 years old. He looks a bit scrawny now, but that should change once he arrives in the Mets organization.”

Mets 360.com: George Foster left left field.  Jim O’Malley looks back at George Foster’s departure from the 1986 Mets.

Mike’s Mets looked at the 2005 Mets Bullpen in “A Pyromaniac's Delight”.

Metsmerized Online: The Bats that Help Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil Go BOOM. Mets slugger Pete Alonso has become the face of Dove Tail Bats, ever since breaking the rookie home run record with 53 dingers in 2019…[Dove Tail’s owner] didn’t think it was coincidence at all that McNeil’s power surge came once he started using the zero knob Dove Tail, ‘No doubt, we were able to find the right bat for Jeff.’”

Phil Mushnick NY Post: Mets’ Pete Alonso part of sports’ growing vulgarity problem.



MLB LINKS:

AP News: Players at 70 games, MLB at 60, Manfred says deadline near.

CBS Sports: Rob Manfred says MLB, MLBPA negotiation 'needs to be over' after latest proposal from players union.
Mike’s Mets – Talked about this in “Agree to disagree”: Unbelievably, there is a real danger that being 10 games apart could still blow everything up, but I think we all could hope for cooler heads to prevail.

Yahoo Sports: Bring baseball back? Rob Manfred and Tony Clark can't even agree on what 'agreement' means.

USA Today: 'Entirely in his self-serving interests': Some think Scott Boras is wrecking MLB's 2020 negotiations. He says otherwise.

USA Today: From expanded playoffs to sponsored jerseys: Four ways MLB's shortened season may permanently alter the game.  Also mention was the universal DH and marginalized starting pitchers.

Yahoo Sports: Albert Pujols paying salaries of furloughed Angels employees in Dominican Republic.

ESPN.com: Did three words on social media get MLB negotiations back on track? “the simple hashtag #WhenandWhere could go down as the game-changer.”

MLB Trade Rumors: The Braves have agreed to a $2,197,500 bonus with first-round selection Jared Shuster, according to MLB.com’s Jim Callis (Twitter link). 

MLB Trade Rumors: Blue Jays Sign 2nd & 3rd-Round Picks.

MLB Trade Rumors: Rays Sign Comp A Selection Alika Williams.

MLB.com: Major League Baseball celebrates Juneteenth.

USA Today: Twins slugger Miguel Sanó, accused of kidnapping, says he's been blackmailed.

Minor League Baseball:

  
Asian Baseball:

Kyodo News: Japan's pro baseball season begins after 3-month virus delay.

MLB Trade Rumors: Former MLB Players In NPB: Japan Central League.  This includes former Mets: Nori Aoki, OF; Ryota Igarashi, RHP; and Gabriel Ynoa, RHP.

MLB Trade Rumors: Former MLB Players In NPB: Japan Pacific League.  Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is targeting a June 19 Opening Day. Here are some recognizable names: Saitama Seibu Lions (80-62-1): Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP; Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (76-62-5): Matt Moore, LHP; Orix Buffaloes (61-75-7): Adam Jones, OF.

Nori Aoki is playing Left Field this morning for the Yakult Swallows, batting third, and is so far 1 for 2 with a run scored (Box Score).

Here is the Japan Baseball Scoreboard.

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

Aaron Altherr is back in CF and hitting 4th for the NC Dinos. (Box Score).

Here is KBO’s Scoreboard.

Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

John From Albany - The Mets NL DH.

Mike's Mets - Just When I Thought I Was Out...

Mack’s Blast from the Past: 6/19/2014: Morning Report – K-Port, San Diego, 2015 SS, Cory Oswalt “Robin asked – Hey Mack. Is this going to get any better?  Mack – Hey Robin. The simple answer is no.”  Wait was this the “Blast from the Past” or a recent post?

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:
Transactions:

 New York Mets released Gary Gentry on June 19, 1975.

New York Mets traded Brian Givens to the Seattle Mariners for Mario Diaz on June 19, 1990.

National Pastime.com: 

1963
At Yankee Stadium, the Mayor's Trophy Game is revived, with the cellar-dwelling Mets beating the mighty Yanks, 6-2. Before leaving for the West Coast, the Dodgers would play the Bronx Bombers in the annual midsummer exhibition contest to raise money for sandlot baseball teams.
1989
Dwight Gooden, with the Mets' 5-3 victory over the Expos, wins his 100th career game. Doc's 100-37 career total at the century mark is second only to Hall of Famer Whitey Ford's 100-36 start with the Yankees in 1958.

2003
During a College World Series contest against Stanford, a pitch strikes Cal State Fullerton shortstop Justin Turner on the left side of his face as he attempts to bunt. Adding insult to injury, the future Mets infielder also suffers a broken ankle on the play when he unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting hit by the 87-mph fastball thrown by Matt Manship.
2007
On the bus ride to Shea Stadium to take on the Mets in an interleague contest, Twins' color commentator Bert Blyleven says he will have his head shaved if the tonight's starter, Johan Santana, throws a complete-game shutout. The left-hander from Venezuela will shave the broadcaster's head after going the distance in Minnesota's 9-0 victory over New York's National League team.


Baseball Reference:

1971 - At Shea Stadium, the Mets defeat the Phillies, 6 - 5, in 15 innings. Ken Singleton homers in the 14th inning to re-tie the game and Donn Clendenon homers in the 15th to win it.

1989 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets records his 100th victory, 5 - 3, over Montreal. His 100-37 career record is second only to Whitey Ford's 100-36 start.

2016 - In one of the rare highlights for the Braves this season, Julio Teheran pitches a one-hitter for a 6 - 0 win as the Braves complete a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field. Michael Conforto's 3rd-inning single is the only baserunner for New York, while the resurgent Freddie Freeman matches a career-high with four hits for Atlanta.

2017 - Rookie 1B Cody Bellinger hits a pair of homers in the Dodgers' 10 - 6 win over the Mets. In doing so, he overtakes both Wally Berger (in 1930) and Gary Sanchez (in 2016), who had hit 20 homers in their first 51 major league games, as he now has 21 long balls. That total leads the National League even though Bellinger spent the first three weeks of the season in the minors.

Amazing Avenue: This Date in Mets History: June 19—Hurlers pitch in with some memorable victories over the years. Highlights on this date included Dwight Gooden's 100th career win and David Cone's near no-hitter.

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2 comments:

Mack Ade said...

Please Jacob.

Don't get old.

June 19, 2020 at 9:30 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Love the Duke Snider clip. I was waiting for Pete Alonso to rip of his jersey.

Will we ever have baseball again?

June 19, 2020 at 10:02 AM

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