Good Morning. The MLB Season opens today in DC and LA, Marcus
Stroman goes to the IL, and the Mets Sign Juan
Lagares and Brian
Dozier for the Taxi Squad.
Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Asian Baseball Links, and This Day in Mets History.
NY
Post: The injury occurred Friday, according to manager Luis Rojas, when
Stroman took a line drive off the calf in an intrasquad scrimmage. Stroman kept
pitching and threw a bullpen session three days later.
NY
Post: Jacob
deGrom will start Friday’s opener against the Braves, who will counter with
Mike Soroka, at Citi Field. Steven Matz
will get the nod Saturday, squaring off against Max Fried, with Rick
Porcello set to make his Mets debut in Sunday’s series finale.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Eduardo
Núñez Makes Mets’ season-opening roster.
Joining Núñez on the bench will be Luis Guillorme, per source. Both of those players are capable of manning second, third and short.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 23, 2020
Look who's back. The Mets have signed outfielder Juan Lagares, who is in camp today. Source says it's a minor league deal. pic.twitter.com/z59wtaWayR
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 22, 2020
Brian Dozier, New York Met. pic.twitter.com/xmzDrKgdF9
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 22, 2020
Mike
Puma NY Post: Mets 2020 preview: Shaky bullpen will make or break playoff
chances. Prediction: 33-27; In a
full season the Mets are probably an 88-89 win team, so this is the prorated
version. It should be good enough to keep the Mets in the hunt for the NL East
title and at the very least the wild-card race. The lineup could be among the
league’s best and the rotation remains solid, but let’s see about the bullpen.
The staff predictions in today’s Post. pic.twitter.com/Ir94N4N5O7
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) July 22, 2020
Newsday:
Mets prepared for a wild ride in a 60-game season. Dominic
Smith: “There’s things that we don’t even know are going to happen over the
next couple [months] that will happen . . . Whatever it is, we’re going to have
fun with it, keep an open mind to it and just try to do our jobs.”
NY
Daily News: Chili Davis dishes on the difficulties of working from home and
Jeff
McNeil’s natural hitting ability. Davis, 60, is dealing with underlying
health conditions that consider him high-risk to contract COVID-19. For that
reason, he’s instructing Mets hitters through various Zoom calls, text
messages, WhatsApp messages and regular phone calls.
Mets.com:
Mets slugger Pete Alonso
announces he will be partnering with Citi on a new monthly blog that will be
featured on Mets.com.
Mike’s Mets talks
about Stroman’s injury in Playing Doctor: “Anyway, there's no reason to
worry about Stroman too much. I have it on good authority that Stroman has
secured the doctor who is guiding Jed Lowrie
through his rehabilitation.”
MLB
Trade Rumors: Dodgers Extend Mookie
Betts. A 12-year extension through
the 2032 season. It’ll reportedly guarantee him a whopping $365MM in new money
on top of this year’s $27MM salary.
CBS
Sports: Five MLB players who might follow Mookie Betts's path from blockbuster
trade to massive extension. Francisco
Lindor; Kris Bryant;
Willson
Contreras; Tyler
Glasnow; Marcus Semien.
USA
Today: MLB 2020 predictions: Dodgers are World Series favorites for shortened
season. Bob Nightengale picks the Mets to win the NL East – 2 of the other
6 writers pick the Mets as the Wild Card.
Joel
Sherman NY Post: What to watch for in MLB’s 60-game season: The top storylines
of 2020. Among the questions Joel asks are Will the ball fly again? Will
games be faster or slower? Can the Nationals become the first team since the
1998-2000 threepeat Yankees to win consecutive titles?
Sources: MLB and union are re-engaging on the possibility of expanded playoffs for this season. Has to be done before first pitch 25 hours from now, but there seems to be optimism. Hope was to go from 10 playoff teams to 16.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 22, 2020
MLB
Trade Rumors: Mike Trout
On 2020 Season: “I’m Playing”.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Cardinals Release Brett Cecil. The veteran reliever was
entering the final season of a four-year, $30.5MM deal that proved to be a
substantial misstep.
More mistreatment of MiLBers: Some MLB teams are not paying for housing for MiLB players in the 60-man pool. They also aren't paying salaries yet (just the $400/wk stipend). That means some MiLB players are losing money right now by being in that pool of players.
— Garrett Broshuis (@broshuis) July 22, 2020
Asian Baseball:
Yakult Swallows 5 DeNa 5 Nori Aoki
1 for 3, run scored 2 walks; Gabriel Ynoa
4 innings, 7 hits, 5 runs, 4 Ks. (Box
Score).
The NC Dinos game yesterday was postponed.
All Games today in the KBO have been postponed.
Addison Russell is now a free man (completed 2-week quarantine) and will have his 1st workout w/ #KiwoomHeroes on Friday. He might play few games in futures league but there is also a possibility for him to make #KBOLeague debut on Sunday vs. Lotte. #KBO pic.twitter.com/4KTKyDPOrB
— Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 (@DanielKimW) July 22, 2020
Mack’s
Blast From the Past 7/23/2014: Stephen Guilbert- Why Infield Defense Matters. It is insane--let me be clear: Not just
illogical, not something to consider, not merely a "bad idea"--it is
insane to build a team around ground ball pitchers and play poor defenders
behind them in the infield. Absolutely insane.
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Todd Pratt to
the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary
Bennett on July 23, 2001.
New York Mets released Shaun
Marcum on July 23, 2013.
Neil Ramirez granted free agency on July 23,
2017.
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2000
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After rejecting a trade to the
Mets, 36 year-old Barry
Larkin agrees to a three-year, $27 million contract extension to continue
to play for the Reds. The deal will keep the former Rookie of the Year
(1986), NL's MVP (1995), and 11-time All-Star shortstop in Cincinnati until
2003.
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2011
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For the first time in the 50-year
history of the franchise, the Mets compile a 50-50 won-loss record after
playing one hundred games. New York achieves the dubious distinction when
they lose in Florida, 8-5.
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1965 - In a 5 - 1 win over the Mets, Phillies first baseman Dick Stuart homers at Shea Stadium, becoming the first player to have gone deep in
23 major league ballparks.
1996: In the pitchers' hell known as Coors Field, the Rockies take
a pair from the Mets, out-slugging them, 10 - 7 and
11 - 10. The two games feature 59 hits, including eight home runs, off 17
pitchers. In the 1st inning of the nitecap, Dante Bichette, Andres Galarraga and Vinny Castilla hit consecutive homers off Pete Harnisch. Galarraga hits another in the 3rd, one of his six hits for the
day.
1999: The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner
Vasquez.
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2 comments:
I read Stroman could miss several weeks. This team should find the snake that always bites it.
I wonder if a Dom Smith or JD Davis trade to get a quality starter might be possible. I'd hate to see them go...but...Don't trade any high picks please.
We very very lucky last year to avoid the SP injury bug...
I have no long term plan for any player this year, but, in a 60 game season, always play the hot hitter.
Start Dom for the first 3 games...
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