8/25/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 8/25/2020

Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Pedro Feliciano, the Mets Single Season games for pitcher record holder with 92 in 2010.  The Mets resume play with 2 against the Marlins today and BVW says the Mets will be careful “Very Careful” at the trade deadline plus Albert Pujols passes A-rod and MLB highlights.


Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, and This Day in Mets History.

Mets Links:

MLB.com: Mets to resume play vs. Marlins today.  NY to play twin bills vs. Miami (Tues.) and vs. Yankees (Fri., Sun.)


NY Post: Mets will be ‘creative’ with rotation during daunting stretch.  

SNY.TV: How coronavirus hiatus and new jam-packed schedule could impact Mets during stretch run. Starting Tuesday, the Mets -- who at 12-14 are percentage points behind the 13-15 Colorado Rockies for the second wild card in the NL -- are scheduled to play 34 games in 34 days.

SNY.TV: Brodie Van Wagenen updates Mets' coronavirus situation, talks ramifications: 'This is a year that can't be about excuses' The GM also discussed the upcoming schedule and potential that David Peterson and Michael Wacha will be ready to return.

SNY.TV: Brodie Van Wagenen talks Mets' trade deadline approach: 'We're gonna be very careful'. 'We have to be responsible for the future of the organization while still being opportunistic for ways to improve the club'.

NY Post: Why Brodie Van Wagenen is unlikely to make major Mets splash at trade deadline. “We feel we have a number of players who could be trade deadline-type acquisitions for us,” Van Wagenen said.”

MLB.com: 30 teams, 30 bold Deadline predictions. “Mets Prediction: They'll trade a shortstop... But the Mets have the type of up-the-middle talent that other clubs crave, including three talented young shortstops in Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez and Ronny Mauricio. Long term, the Mets don’t have room for all of them.”


MLB.com: These prospects could draw trade interest. For the Mets they say Mark Vientos. “One of the youngest players in the 2017 Draft, when the Mets selected him in the second round, Vientos is one of the more projectable power hitters below the Double-A level, even if his numbers-to-date don’t exactly reflect that much. The 20-year-old packs a ton of strength into his projectable 6-foot-4, 185-pound frame, and the hope is that his massive raw power will begin to translate in games as he gains experience and improves as an overall hitter.”

You Tube Mets Channel Mets GM Provides Update on Team.



SNY.TV: Here's how schedule shakes out with Mets returning to play after coronavirus postponements. The Mets have not played since Wednesday night in Miami after two positive coronavirus tests.

Mike Puma NY Post Mets mailbag: Behind the Wilpons’ money-losing myth. “The Wilpons want to keep SNY for obvious reasons — the network is a cash cow, bolstered by the fact it pays so relatively little to carry Mets games. The contract between the network and team runs through 2030.”

Baseball America interviewed Mets Scout Jim Reeves On Signing David Peterson (Podcast).

Forbes.com: New York Mets’ Two Coronavirus Cases Should Alarm Everyone Else In Major League Baseball.  The likeliest explanation is the scariest: Even the teams and players committing to the most precise of lockdowns are vulnerable to outside forces. On a bus. On a plane. In a hotel. In the middle of a pandemic, dangers lurk literally everywhere.

Reflections on Baseball The Wilpon Era – A Retrospective: The Culprit Was Jeff – Not Fred.  

Mike’s Mets continues his look at the 2006 Division Series between the Mets and Dodgers in “Beating the Odds, Part 2”.

Elite Sports NY: New York Yankees: Aaron Judge ‘excited’ to feast on Mets’ pitching.

Brian Joura Mets360: Mets prepare for return to action after a Covid break.

Amazing Avenue: Prospect Retrospective: Alex Escobar.

Metsmerized Online: Edwin Diaz’s X-Factor Is Back.

Rising Apple: NY Mets report card grades for the first month of the season. Jacob deGrom, Dominic Smith, Luis Guillorme, all get an A+.

Rising Apple: Mets must re-sign their 2019 Christmas gift, Dellin Betances.

Rising Apple: Three Mets who have been more fun than expected in 2020. Luis Guillorme, Robinson Cano, and Tomas Nido.

Rising Apple: Mets: Brandon Nimmo wins the leadoff hitter battle with Amed Rosario.

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History (1969) Win Streak At Six As Mets Sweep Padres.

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History (1969) Mets Sweep Dodgers At Shea.

Centerfield Maz: Julio Franco: The Oldest Player To Ever Hit a HR & 2006 NL Eastern Champion Mets Player (2006-2007).


MLB Links:

Fishstripes: MIA 11, WAS 8; Marlins vets lead hit parade through nation’s capital. Marlins 11 Nationals 8 (Box Score).


MLB.com: Pujols passes A-Rod on all-time RBI list. Astros 11 Angels 4 (Box Score) Tom Brennan Mack’s Mets - In Case You Missed It, the Mets DIDN'T Draft Albert Pujols in 1999!



Rockies 3 Diamondbacks 2 (Box Score)


Twins 3 Indians 2 (Box Score)

Here is the full MLB Scoreboard from yesterday. 

MLB.com: 5 blockbuster proposals for the Deadline.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:
Transactions:

New York Mets signed free agent Brian Buchanan on August 25, 2004.

New York Mets traded Billy Wagner to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Carter and Eddie Lora on August 25, 2009.


1985
At the age of 20 years, 9 months, 9 days, Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest 20-game winner ever when the Mets beat San Diego at Shea Stadium, 9-3. Doc is 27 days younger than former Indian hurler Bob Feller, who accomplished the feat with Cleveland in 1939.
2008
Mike Pelfrey becomes the first Mets hurler with back-to-back complete-game victories since Bret Saberhagen accomplished the feat in 1995. With the help of a pair of Carlos Delgado three-run home runs, the 24 year-old right-hander beats the Astros, 9-1.



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2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Pujols passes A Rod in all time RBI list. Once upon a time, the Mets passed on drafting Pujols for 12 rounds. We know what happened next.

Brodie, don't make trades that will greatly piss off those of us who care about top prospects.

Play ball.

August 25, 2020 at 6:23 AM
Mack Ade said...

I like the leaner links post...

Still think you can ditch the MLB link portion.

Comments and thoughts?

August 25, 2020 at 11:15 AM

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