10/2/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 10/2/2020

 

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Kevin Kobel and Scott Schoeneweis.  Francisco Alvarez to play in Australia, Playoff highlights, and Steve Cohen looks to beef up the Mets Analytical Department.


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


Mets Links:


amNY: Source: Analytics overhaul among Steve Cohen’s top priority upon Mets takeover. “The lack of an analytics department has withheld the Mets from gauging an in-depth understanding of the game with advanced statistics that can help scouting identify the kind of player the ballclub needs — whether that’s through the draft or the free-agent and trade market.” 


Rising Apple: Three moves we should expect to see the Steve Cohen regime make. 1. Sign a Player to a record deal. 2. Swipe a Yankees Free Agent. (They suggest Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, or DJ LeMahieu) 3. Keep/Bring back familiar and beloved Mets faces (Michael Conforto for example).


Empire Sports Media: Should the New York Mets pursue Trevor Bauer this offseason?


Andy Martino SNY.TV: Pat Roessler, Billy Owens, Bobby Heck could have roles with Mets. “Nationals assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler, Oakland assistant general manager Billy Owens, and Tampa Bay special assistant Bobby Heck.”


SNY.TV: Analyzing what was broken for 2020 Mets and fixing it for 2021: The starting rotation. The Mets have serious work to do when it comes to the rotation, and the help probably isn't coming from within. 


Mike Phillips The Sports Daily: New York Mets 2020 Season in Review: Starting Pitching.


Amazing Avenue: 2020 Mets takeaways: The rotation. Jacob deGrom was elite. The rest of the rotation, not so much.


Brian Joura Mets360: Final report card for the 2020 Mets.  An F for BVW.


Metsmerized Online: What Went Wrong With the 2020 Mets?


Metsmerized Online: Mixed Bag From Jeurys Familia in 2020.


Amazing Avenue: Mets fans’ confidence on the grow. That might have something to do with the Wilpons’ departure.


Metsmerized Online: Saluting the 1973 Mets.




MLB Links:






MLB.com: A's advance, win 1st playoff series since '06. A’s 6 White Sox 4 (Box Score).





Yahoo Sports: Before they save baseball, the unapologetically fun Padres had to save their season.


MLB.com: Tatis' monumental bat flip fires up Friars. Padres 11 Cardinals 9 (Box Score). Series tied 1-1.




MLB.com: Braves blank Reds again to reach NLDS. Anderson sets marks in playoff debut; Atlanta snaps 10-series skid. 


MLB.com: Ozuna hits homer, snaps 'selfie' on way to 1st. Braves 5 Reds 0 (Box Score). Braves win series 2-0.




MLB.com: Kershaw's playoff gem: 'Fun night for me'. Dodgers 3 – Brewers 0 (Box Score). Dodgers win series 2-0.


ESPN.com: Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has Tommy John surgery.


MLB Trade Rumors: Starling Marte Fractures Left Pinkie.


CBS Sports: Francisco Lindor says Cleveland can afford to keep him: 'It's a billion-dollar team'.


NY Post: Mic’d up A’s player drops F-bomb in heat of elimination game.


Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

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Transactions:
New York Mets traded Paul Siebert to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Coluccio on October 2, 1978.


Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History: 1969 NLCS Preview.


Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History (1999): Rick Reed's Shut Out Guarantee's The Mets of A Wild Card Tie.


National Pastime.com:

1961

Two days before the start of the World Series between the Reds and Yankees, the expansion Mets introduced Casey Stengel as the franchise’s first manager. The introduction takes place at the Savoy Hilton in the same room where the Bronx Bombers held a press conference at the end of last season to announce the 70 year-old Old Professor's ‘mandatory retirement.’ During his three-plus years in the Amazins' dugout, he will compile a poor 175-404 (.302) record, but will serve as the face of the new franchise, making the team lovable losers with a loyal fan base.

 

1965

In the nightcap of a twin bill on the next-to-last day of the season, Mets rookie Rob Gardner, making his fifth career start, and Phillies veteran Chris Short match zeros, both going 15 frames in a game that ends in a scoreless tie after 18 innings at Shea Stadium. The 20 year-old southpaw, who eventually develops arm problems, compiles a 4-10 record along with an ERA of 4.79 during his two years with New York and wins just 14 games with six major league teams over eight seasons.

1972

Bill Stoneman throws the second of his two no-hitters when he holds the Mets hitless in the Expos' 7-0 victory at Jarry Park. The Montreal All-Star right-hander, who also accomplished the feat in 1969 against the Phillies in Philadelphia in his fifth major league start, becomes the first major league pitcher to toss a no-hitter in Canada.

 

1985

Mets sophomore Dwight Gooden pitches a 5-2 complete-game victory over the Cardinals and will become the seventh pitcher in baseball history to finish the season leading both leagues in wins (24), ERA (1.53), and strikeouts (268). Doc joins Walter Johnson (Senators - 1913), Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies - 1915, 1917), Dazzy Vance (Dodgers - 1924), Lefty Grove (A's -1930, 1931), Hal Newhouser (Tigers - 1945), and Sandy Koufax (Dodgers - 1963, 1965, 1966) in winning the major league pitching triple crown, but he will not follow the six legends into the Hall of Fame.

1986

Dwight Gooden, facing his last batter of the season, registers his 200th strikeout of the season when Luis Rivera looks at a third strike for the final out in the eighth inning of the Mets' 8-2 victory over Montreal at Olympic Stadium. The Mets' phenom becomes the first pitcher in baseball history to reach the coveted plateau in each of his first three seasons.

 

1988

During the season finale, Mets manager Davey Johnson receives an enthusiastic standing ovation from the Flushing Faithful when he comes to the mound to make a pitching change at Shea Stadium. With today’s 7-5 win over the Cardinals, his NL Eastern Division champs secure their 100th victory of the season.

 

1999

Rick Reed strikes out 12 batters without issuing a walk, hurling a complete game three-hitter in the Mets' 7-0 victory over Pittsburgh at Shea Stadium. The win puts New York into a tie for the NL Wild Card with the Reds with one game left in the season.

2004

The Expos, an expansion team in 1969, win their last game representing the city of Montreal, beating the Mets at Shea Stadium, 6-3. The franchise, which is moving to Washington, DC to become the Nationals next season, compiled a 2755-2943 (.484) record, appearing in one postseason during their 35-year tenure in the Canadian city.

 

2005

During the seventh inning of the final game of the season, the Mets halt play for eight minutes as the Shea Stadium crowd pays tribute to Mike Piazza, their 37 year-old All-Star catcher, who will not be with the team next season. The centerfield scoreboard features a video montage highlighting many of the backstop's magic moments in a New York uniform.

 

 

 

2012

"I will never be a Hall of Famer and will never lead the league in strikeouts,"- R.A. Dickey, the opening lines of his autobiography.

In his last appearance of the season, Mets' 20-game winner R.A. Dickey whiffs eight Miami batters to end the campaign with 230 strikeouts, the most in the National League. The 37 year-old knuckleballer did not foresee the possibility of this occurrence when he wrote the opening lines of Wherever I Wind Up, his autobiography released in March, unaware that he would accomplish the feat in the near future.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

2012: Seven years after being beaned on the first pitch he saw in his only career plate appearance, derailing a promising career, Adam Greenberg gets a chance to bat again in the major leagues. The Miami Marlins send him up to pinch-hit in the 6th inning against the Mets' R.A. Dickey. He strikes out on three pitches from the knuckleballer, but the crowd cheers wildly as his story of perseverance has made him a hero to many.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Lots of great baseball going on. I think it the Mets had snuck in, they'd have already snuck out by now.

I love Francisco Alvarez going to Australia for winter ball. It should accelerate his growth, and boy could we only hope he turns into a Tatis Jr or Soto bat fast.

It gets mighty hot down under at that time of year, so stay hydrated, buddy boy. Good news is COVID in that isolated continent is low.

October 2, 2020 at 8:45 AM
John From Albany said...

The COVID reason could be why Alvarez is going there. They also only play 7 inning games. Jake would challenge Seaver's complete game record there.

October 2, 2020 at 8:50 AM

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