6/26/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 6/26/2020

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Bill Robinson and Drew Gagnon, the Mets sign Pete Crow Armstrong and more details come out about MLB's COVID 19 protocols.   

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

Mets Links:

As we had last night on Mack’s Mets, Mets signed First Round Draft Pick Pete Crow Armstrong.

NY Post: Pete Crow-Armstrong, an outfielder from Harvard-Westlake High in Los Angeles, agreed to terms on a slot-value bonus of $3.359 million, an industry source confirmed. The Mets also signed Isaiah Greene, an 18-year-old outfielder from Corona, Calif. — selected as the No. 69-overall pick — in the draft’s compensatory round. Greene was compensation for Zack Wheeler’s departure through free agency last winter. According to an industry source, Greene’s signing bonus was $850,000.

Mike Puma NY Post: Where the Mets stand as the long MLB layoff nears an end. Mets players have already begun trickling into New York, with the majority expected to arrive over the weekend.  First, there will be coronavirus tests conducted on players and staff and two-day quarantines. The testing will continue every other day during three weeks of camp and the regular season.

SNY.TV (MetsBlog): Dominic Smith's emotional conversation about racism in America: 'I feel like we can change, and I do believe in us'.

Mike’s Mets talks about how Rob Manfred gives a lesson in “How Not To Take Responsibility.”

SNY.TV (MetsBlog): 5 roster and lineup questions Mets still need to answer for 2020 MLB season. Can Yoenis Céspedes be the regular DH? Who is the closer? Should there even be one? Who will lead off? How much will Jake Marisnick play? What's up with Jed Lowrie?

MLB.com: Looking back at the 2015 Draft picks: Mets: Desmond Lindsay, OF; Lindsay failed to crack MLB Pipeline’s list of the Top 200 Draft prospects before going to the Mets with the 11th overall pick. Though he has shown promise at times when healthy in the pro ranks, Lindsay’s time on the field has been few and far between, with injuries (including multiple hamstring injuries) limiting the now-23-year-old outfielder to just 242 games in five seasons.

AM NY: 2020 projected Mets lineup with DH: Is this the best 9 the franchise has ever seen? 1) Jeff McNeil- 3B; 2) Pete Alonso- 1B; 3) Michael Conforto- RF; 4) Yoenis Céspedes- DH; 5) Wilson Ramos- C; 6) Robinson Cano- 2B; 7) J.D. Davis- LF; 8) Amed Rosario- SS; 9) Brandon Nimmo- CF.

Brian Joura Mets 360.com: Amed Rosario and batting the fast guy first. Brian does an in-depth look at Mets leadoff hitters over the years, their OBP and SBs.  One of the many key points: “You put Nimmo and his lifetime .387 OBP in the leadoff spot for a 162-game season and he’s got a shot to challenge Carlos Beltran’s franchise record of 127 runs.”

Jacob Resnick Metsmerized Online: Breaking Down What Mets’ Taxi Squad Could Look Like. “Sure to be included are Eduardo Nunez, who was in position for an opening day roster spot prior to the shutdown, Matt Adams, who hit 20 home runs a year ago, and Rene Rivera.

Amazing Avenue: The Mets who might be helped or hindered by the short 2020 season. Among those mentioned Luis Rojas – “Barring a clubhouse insurrection, Rojas faces a no-lose situation. If he does well, then he has a case to stay long term. If he doesn’t do well, he can attribute the team’s failures to the unprecedented nature of a 60-game season. After all, how can any manager expect to manage well under these apocalyptic conditions?”

Metsmerized Online: Mets’ Win Total Set at 32.5 by Vegas.
Elite Sports NY: New York Mets sale: Harris and Blitzer open bidding at $1.4 billion (Report).

CBS Sports: Wilpons could hold off on selling the Mets if their asking price isn't met.

Reflections on Baseball: Oozing Debt, Fred Wilpon Has No Choice But To Sell The Mets.

Rising Apple: Revisiting the Mets trade for Yoenis Cespedes in 2015. “Slugger Yoenis Cespedes was on his way to provide a boost to the offense in Flushing. In exchange, the Mets were sending pitchers Luis Cessa and Michael Fulmer to the Detroit Tigers.”

Last Word on Baseball: New York Mets #1: Ronny Mauricio.
Last Word on Baseball: UGLY ELEVEN 2008 COLLAPSE # 11. September 28 2008 vs the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium. Marlins 4 Mets 2.



MLB LINKS:

NY Post: MLB mound visits will be masked and socially distant this season.

SNY.TV (MetsBlog): Are MLB players really headed for another strike? After talking to Club execs, agents, attorneys and other sources, Andy Martino thinks a strike is not inevitable.  predict what's next for the sport. “Adds a prominent agent: "Owners can't afford to have another interruption after the pandemic. The players are hurting but the hurt for the owners is worse. Owners need to operate."

USA Today: MLB safety protocols include interesting rules: No licking hands, no spitting, no showers.

Yahoo Sports: MLB manual for unusual season includes wet rags for pitchers and much more.

Yahoo Sports: Family files lawsuit against Dodgers claiming security targeted, assaulted them because they are Latinos.

Yahoo Sports: With shortened season on the way, Dodgers join Yankees as co-World Series favorites in Vegas.

ESPN.com: Giants plan to display fans' images in stands.

MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Sign First-Rounder Austin Wells.

MLB Trade Rumors: Amateur Draft Signings: 6/25/20.


Minor League Baseball:

Asian Baseball:

Yesterday in Japan:

Yakult Swallows 3 Hanshin Tigers 1 Nori Aoki 1 for 3 (Box Score).

Nori Aoki is back in LF for today’s game (Box Score).

Here is the Japan Baseball Scoreboard.

The Korea Herald: KBO club manager falls unconscious during game, regains consciousness inside ambulance. Youm Kyoung-youb, manager for the SK Wvyerns in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), collapsed in his dugout at SK Happy Dream Park in Incheon, some 40 kilometers west of Seoul, after the top of the second inning against the Doosan Bears.

Yesterday in the KBO:

NC Dinos 3 KT Wiz 1 Aaron Altherr 2 for 4, 1 run, 1 RBI (Box Score).  In the second game it was KT Wiz 19 NC Dinos 6 Aaron was 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter (Box score).

Today the NC Dinos are taking on the Doosan Bears.  Aaron Altherr is so far 1 for 1 with a run scored (Box Score).

Drew Gagnon’ is on the mound today for the Kia Tigers on his birthday.  Through 3 innings he has given up 5 hits and 3 runs (Box Score).

Here is KBO’s Scoreboard.

Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

John From Albany - In Praise of Sportspyder, an interview with Dallas DeVries, Sportspyder co-founder.

Tom Brennan - INTERESTING DWIGHT GOODEN STATS.

Mike's Mets - So We Begin.

Breaking News - Mets sign First Round Pick Pete Crow Armstrong.

Mack’s Blast from the Past comes from 6/26/2013: Five B-Mets Named Eastern League All-Stars. Cesar Puello, Josh Rodriguez, Allan Dykstra, Logan Verrett and Jeff Walters.  “Outfielder Cesar Puello, 22, has hit .338, slugged 14 home runs and collected 51 RBI through 58 games in his first season at Double-A.”

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:
National Pastime.com: 

1963
In a clear message of support for the German people, President John F. Kennedy delivers his iconic "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) speech from the steps of the Rathaus Schoneberg in front of an audience estimated at 450,000. During his visit, large crowds greet JFK with banners, including one that reads, "Let's Go Mets."
1966
Ron Santo is struck in the face by a pitch thrown by Mets' starter Jack Fisher. The Cubs third baseman's fractured cheek ends his record consecutive streak at the hot corner at 390 games, but his 27-game hitting streak, one shy of the franchise mark, stays intact with a first-inning single.

1983
Rusty Staub ties the single-season record with his eighth consecutive pinch hit. 'Le Grand Orange' equals the 1958 mark established by Dave Philley of the Phillies when he singles in the ninth inning off reliever Ron Reed in the Mets' 8-4 loss to Philadelphia at Shea Stadium.
2011
Three days after Jim Riggleman's sudden resignation, the Nationals name senior advisor Davey Johnson as the team's manager for the remainder of the season. The 68 year-old former skipper compiled an 1148-888 (.564) record during his 14 years in the dugout with the Mets, Dodgers, Reds, and Orioles, finishing lower than third place on only three occasions.

Baseball Reference:

1985: The Cubs beat the Mets, 7 - 3, ending a club-record-tying losing streak at 13 games, their longest loss streak since 1944.

2009: Brett Gardner collects five hits, including a triple and a homer, as the Yankees beat the Mets, 9 - 1, before a record-breaking crowd at Citi Field. Alex Rodriguez hits home run number 564 of his career, passing Reggie Jackson on the all-time list; Jackson was 6th at the time of his retirement in 1987 but falls to 12th now. Three errors by the Mets' infield in the 2nd lead to four runs.

2018 - Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson takes a leave of absence to fight a recurrence of cancer. He had already taken some time off to undergo chemotherapy after the 2015 season.

Centerfield Maz: "Uncle Bill "Bill Robinson: 1986 World Champion Mets Hitting Instructor (1984-1989).

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History: (6/6/1986) The Bill Robinson - Rick Rhoden Brawl

You tube:

6/26/15: Syndergaard lifts Mets to 2-1 win.



Flores' walk-off single leads Mets in win: 6/26/18.



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