Good Morning. Happy Birthday Keith Hernandez, Rick Ownbey, Jonathan Hurst, and Brooklyn Outfielder Kenny Taylor. SNY thinks the Mets will have payroll to spare, and the World Series starts tonight.
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Baseball, and This Day in Mets History.
SNY.TV:
Analyzing the Mets' payroll situation for 2021 and beyond. Danny Abriano projects
a $134 million payroll with $76 million to spend under the luxury tax.
Reflections
on Baseball: The Mets Are Off The Back Pages Drawing Up A Plan For 2021. Yes, finally!
Rising
Apple: Mets Monday Morning GM: Again, thank you for not trading Dominic Smith.
Metsmerized
Online: 2020 MMO Report Card: Dominic Smith. Primary Stats: 50 G, 199 PA, 10
HR, 42 RBI, 14 BB , 45 SO, .316 BA, .377 OBP, .616 SLG, .993 OPS.
The
Sports Daily - Mike Phillips' Mets Player Review Series: Miguel Castro.
Empire
Sports Media: New York Mets Player Evaluations: Infielder Luis Guillorme. “Guillorme finally got a chance to play every day from
August 11 through September 1 and took full advantage of it. In 12 games (11
starts), he slashed .469/.550/.563 with three doubles, seven walks, and eight
strikeouts.”
Mets360: Should the Mets consider trading
Jeff McNeil?
Metsmerized
Online: Despite Shortened Season, Amed Rosario Can’t Shake This Trend. Armed has struggled in the first half of
seasons.
Mets
Daddy: Hopefully Mets See Defense Will Win 2020 World Series.
Metsmerized
Online: Fan Shot: The Case For Acquiring Francisco
Lindor.
Rising
Apple: Francisco Lindor trade proposal on social media has fans divided.
Ernest
Dove The Sports Report: Ernest talks about Mets Top Prospects Ronny Mauricio, Francisco Alvarez, Matthew Allan, and more.
MLB
Trade Rumors: TB-LA World Series Game 1 FAQ (8 ET, FOX).
MLB
Trade Rumors: Dodgers Name Clayton Kershaw Starter For Game 1.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Rays Name Glasnow, Snell Starters For First Two Games Of World
Series.
MLB.com:
Experts pick World Series winner, MVP.
MLB.com:
Rays-Dodgers: World Series position analysis.
MLB.com:
Friedman called this World Series 6 years ago.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Tigers Interview Pirates Bench Coach Don Kelly For Managerial Position.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Nationals Hire Jim Hickey As Pitching Coach.
ESPN.com:
Ex-Astros GM Jeff Luhnow again denies role in Houston Astros' sign-stealing
scandal.
ESPN.com:
World Series 2020: Cody Bellinger's October heroics started with a text from
his dad. “Then, after the Atlanta Braves took a commanding 3-1 series lead,
he [ex-big leaguer Clay Bellinger] sent Cody a text. He felt his son was
suddenly becoming too passive within the strike zone. The message: Get in the
box, be the man, see what happens.”
Yahoo
Sports: NLCS Game 7: Cody Bellinger dislocates shoulder celebrating go-ahead
home run.
Yahoo
Sports: Ranking the worst Atlanta sports losses, from Game 7 to 28-3.
Baseball
Mexico Blog: The Mexican Pacific League opened its 2020-21 season last
Thursday with a full slate of five games, four with fans in the stands.
#WinterLeagueNews#LMP
— Christopher Soto (@SotoC803) October 19, 2020
After a day off Saturday, #Mets C Juan Uriarte was back in the lineup yesterday for the Caneros de los Mochis and went 1-for-4 with a triple in their win over the Venados de Mazatlan.
Today
in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Wid Matthews (1896)
- Bobby Floyd (1943)
- Keith Hernandez (1953)
- Rick Ownbey (1957)
- Jonathan Hurst (1966)
- Kenny
Taylor
(1996)
Died on this date:
- Mel Harder (2002)
- Chuck Hiller (2004)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Al
Jackson and Charley
Smith to the St. Louis
Cardinals for Ken
Boyer on October 20, 1965.
New York Mets sold Larry
Bearnarth to the Milwaukee
Brewers on October 20, 1970.
New York Mets sold Ron
Taylor to the Montreal Expos on
October 20, 1971.
New York Mets released Ken
Takahashi on October 20, 2009.
Amazing
Avenue: Revisiting the Mets’ four-game sweep of the Cubs in the 2015 NLCS.
|
1969 |
Joining the AFL’s New York Jets
and the Apollo 11 astronauts, the Mets become the third group this year
honored with a ticker-tape parade on Broadway. Additionally, the World
Champions attend three rallies throughout the Big Apple, with hundreds of
thousands of New Yorkers enjoying the day-long festivities. |
1973 - Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics has RBI doubles in the
1st and 3rd innings to lead Oakland to a 3 - 1 victory over the New York Mets in
Game 6 of the World Series.
2015: The Mets beat
the Cubs,
5 - 2, to take a three games to none lead in the NLCS. Daniel Murphy homers in his fifth
consecutive postseason game, tying a major league record, while Jacob deGrom overcomes a rocky 1st inning to pick up
his third win of the playoffs.
October 20, 1973: @Mets started Tom Seaver on three days rest for Game 6 in Oakland. Seaver held the @Athletics to two runs over seven innings. Catfish Hunter, Darold Knowles and Rollie Fingers held the @Mets offense in check, sending the Series to Game 7. Final: A’s 3, Mets 1. pic.twitter.com/stR8AzweC1
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) October 20, 2020
10/20/2015 The Mets move to just one win away from a World Series berth. They get a dominating performance from Jacob deGrom as he throws 7 shutdown innings while Daniel Murphy stretches his consecutive home run streak to 5 games. Lucas Duda and Yoenis Céspedes also had RBIs. pic.twitter.com/qtW0QBConw
— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) October 20, 2019
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New, rich owner...if we can fix the team this offseason to make it a 100 win team, bust the cap and do it.
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