7/6/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 7/6/2020


Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Willie Randolph and Lance Johnson.  Luis Rojas says Jed Lowrie is a “Full Go” and yesterday Jacob deGrom was in “mid-season form”.


Mets Links:

NY Post: Jacob DeGrom looks dominant during simulated Mets game. “Facing the Mets’ everyday lineup, Jacob deGrom was predictably ahead of the hitters. He initiated mostly weak contact, struck out three and didn’t walk a batter over two innings in which he threw 34 pitches…While facing nine hitters over two innings, deGrom only allowed singles to Dominic Smith and Yoenis Cespedes. He fanned newcomer Jake Marisnick to begin his outing and later struck out Pete Alonso and Rene Rivera.”

SNY.TV (No longer MetsBlog): Luis Rojas says Jacob deGrom is in 'mid-season form' after Mets first sim game.





Mets.com: Back on field, Lowrie aims to contribute in '20. “About two hours after Mets manager Luis Rojas described Jed Lowrie as a “full go” on Sunday…Lowrie emerged onto the Citi Field dirt with a group of teammates...Unlike his teammates, however, Lowrie was not sprinting. Wearing a brace on his left leg, Lowrie instead jogged slowly around the basepaths when it was his turn to run. He never approached anything resembling full speed.”





NY Post: MetsDellin Betances sees results after shutdown: ‘Blessing in disguise’.




NY Post: Mets will open 2020 MLB season at home against the Braves. “MLB is expected to release the official schedule this week, with the Braves at Citi Field on July 24 to kick off the Mets’ season.”

Mets 360.com: This year’s schedule to highlight rivalries old and new for the Mets.  Brian Joura talks how the Mets faced a house of horrors in Turner Field in the 90’s and about this season notes: “In the 60-game sprint of 2020, the Mets are going to have to do better against the Braves – percentage-wise – than they did last year, while hoping to mimic what they did against the Nats and Marlins.”










MLB LINKS:




MLB Trade Rumors: NL East Notes: Phillies offseason addition Zack Wheeler is still weighing his options about participating in the 2020 season.








ESPN.com: Frank Robinson's name belongs on baseball's MVP trophy. “Robinson is the only player to win MVP awards in both the National League (1961) and the American League (1966).”



Asian Baseball:


Yesterday in Japan:

DeNa 8 Yakult Swallows 1 Nori Aoki 1 for 4 (Box Score).


Last weekend in the KBO:

Hanwha Eagles 6 Doosan Bears 2 Chris Flexen had a tough start Saturday for the Doosan Bears, 4 innings, 9 hits, 6 runs (Box Score).

Yesterday it was the NC Dinos 7 Kia Tigers  6 Aaron Altherr 0 for 3 with a walk , 1 run (Box Score). 











Mack’s Blast from the Past: 7/6/12: The Game of the Year. Neither the Savannah Sand Gnats nor the Charleston RiverDogs scored for the first nine and a half innings Friday night. However, Savannah 3B Aderlin Rodriguez changed that with one swing leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, blasting a 2-1 offering over the leftfield wall fora 1-0 Gnats’ victory. Gnats’ starter Michael Fulmer gave the team seven scoreless innings, yielding just two hits and a walk while striking out four. He finished seven innings for the second time as a professional. Reliever Chasen Bradford held the ‘Dogs off the board in the eighth and ninth innings, while TJ Chism worked a 1-2-3 top of the 10thwith two strikeouts to earn his second win of the year.


Born on this date:

1962
Rod Kanehl, appearing as a pinch-hitter, hits the first grand slam in Mets history, going deep off Bobby Shantz in the eighth inning of the team's 10-3 victory over the Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. The bases loaded round-tripper comes in the 79th game of the franchise's existence.
1962
In a rare Mets victory, Gil Hodges goes deep off Redbird hurler Ray Sadecki for his 370th and final home run of his career, finishing tenth on the all-time list and with the most round-trippers ever hit by a right-handed batter in the National League. In attendance at the Polo Grounds contest is eight year-old Howie Rose, the future Mets radio voice watching his first major league game, and Ralph Kiner, the play-by-play announcer for the expansion team, who will have the quiet first baseman on his postgame show, Kiner Korner, reminding his guest that the right-handed NL home run mark had been established by him in 1954.

2004
Recently acquired outfielder Richard Hidalgo establishes a club record, homering in five straight games for the Mets. In 16 games with New York, the former Astro has eight home runs, compared to hitting just four with Houston in 56 games.


1970: Tommie Agee hits for the cycle to pace the Mets to a 10 - 3 win over the CardinalsJim McAndrew is the winning pitcher.

1976 - Houston's J.R. Richard allows 10 walks but no runs in shutting out the Mets, 1 - 0, in 10 innings. Starter Jon Matlack is the losing pitcher.

2004 - Recently-acquired outfielder Richard Hidalgo establishes a club record homering in five straight games for the Mets. In 16 games with New York, the former Astro has eight home runs compared to just four he hit with Houston in 56 games.

2010: Johan Santana provides his own run support, banging the first homer of his career in a three-hit shutout of the Cincinnati Reds, 3 - 0. The Mets' ace connects off Matt Maloney for a solo shot that opens the scoring in the 3rd.



You tube:







7/6/16: Flores slugs the Mets to a 4-2 win. Wilmer Flores stole the show at Citi Field as he bashed two solo home runs, as Jacob deGrom fanned seven over seven innings.












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2 comments:

Mack Ade said...

I was hit in the face once from an a liner hit down the third base line. All I remember about it was the shock felt when it struck.

Tom Brennan said...

That Giancarlo Stanton is one big headache.

Cespedes owns Jake deGrom. MVP next?

If Lowrie is ineligible for insurance payout to Wilpons, he should be a 30 man pinch hitter. Brace for impact.

Betances will be a big asset, I think.