10/21/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 10/21/2020

 


Good Morning. Happy Birthday Bryce Hutchinson. Steve Cohen gets an approval, Manny Rodriguez on way to Australia and the Dodgers win WS Game 1.


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


Mets Links:


As we had yesterday on Mack’s Mets: Steve Cohen's Mets bid approved by MLB's Ownership Committee.


CBS Sports: MLB's Ownership Committee includes the owners of the Pittsburgh Pirates (Bob Nutting), Chicago White Sox (Jerry Reinsdorf), Detroit Tigers (Chris Ilitch), Cleveland (Paul Dolan), and the Mets (Fred Wilpon) -- though Wilpon likely recused himself as suggested by Scott Soshnick of Sportico, who was the first to break the news.


Deesha Thosar NY Daily News: MLB’s ownership committee voted 7-1 in favor of him taking over the team from Fred and Jeff Wilpon, according to a source. The lone no vote came from White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.


Joel Sherman NY Post: Next up will be the eight-owner Executive Committee, followed by the full ownership group, when Cohen will need 23 of 30 votes for his $2.475 billion purchase of the Mets to go through. Since the Mets will vote for Cohen, he’ll really need just 22 of 29.


SNY.TV: Sources: MLB vote on Steve Cohen's purchase of Mets not yet scheduled. Sandy Alderson will take over as team president if Cohen is approved.


Amazing Avenue: Watching the Rays and Dodgers in the World Series through a Mets lens.  Regardless of which team wins this World Series, the Mets under Steve Cohen should seek the path that results in them looking a lot more like the Dodgers than the Rays.



Rising Apple: Mets and Yankees should have a hard-fought free agent battle this winter. Writer Tim Boyle thinks the Mets and Yanks could both go after J.T. Realmuto and Trevor Bauer.


Metsmerized Online: Could The Mets Sign Trevor Bauer?


Mets360 - The complete game: Trevor Bauer vs Marcus Stroman.




Empire Sports Media: New York Mets Player Evaluations: Center Fielder Jake Marisnick. Marisnick played in 16 games but only started 8 times. In those starts, he was very productive slashing, .385./.407/.731 with two home runs and five doubles. Overall, he also batted .375/.412/.688 against left-handed pitching but was very respectable with a .294 average and .529 slugging against righties.


Empire Sports Media: New York Mets Player Evaluations: Third Baseman Todd Frazier. After spending half the season with the Texas Rangers, he batted .241/.322/.380 with two home runs, seven RBIs, and seven doubles.  


The Sports Daily - Mike Phillips' Mets Player Review Series: Yoenis Cespedes. 2020 Stats: 8 Games, 31 At Bats, .235 Batting Average, 5 Hits, 1 Double, 2 Home Runs, 4 RBI’s, 3 Runs Scored, .622 OPS, -0.1 WAR.


Empire Sports Media: New York Mets: Was Seth Lugo a viable starter? 6.15 ERA as a starter…As a reliever, the talented New York Mets’ righty fared much better, with a 2.61 ERA.

 

MLB Links:







MLB.com: 'Doing special things right now,' LA wins G1. Dodgers 8 Rays 3 (Box Score).


MLB.com: Betts & the Babe? Mookie dominates in G1. “Betts stole second and third base before scoring, becoming the first player since Ruth in 1921 -- another player famously traded away by the Red Sox -- to walk and steal two bases in the same inning of a World Series game.”




Yahoo Sports: World Series Game 1: Mookie Betts and the Dodgers thoroughly dominate the Rays.



ESPN.com: Los Angeles Dodgers ride Clayton Kershaw to Game 1 World Series win.


ESPN.com: Tampa Bay Rays' Kevin Cash goes against trend, leaves Tyler Glasnow in to throw career-high 112 pitches.


USA Today: How did MLB pull off the World Series? 'I didn't think there was any way'.


Yahoo Sports: Four ways baseball fans can participate in the World Series from home like never before. The Cheer at Home feature at MLB.com, and the Rally App are some of the ways.


Yahoo Sports: Rob Manfred hopes to keep MLB's expanded postseason and new extra-inning rule beyond 2020.



NY Post: Fired Astros GM Jeff Luhnow: These 22,000 texts prove my sign-stealing innocence.


MLB Trade Rumors: Looking For A Match In A Francisco Lindor Trade. About the Mets they say- “The Mets aren’t necessarily set at short, where Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario were more OK than great in 2020.”


MLB Trade Rumors: Bigger Contract: George Springer Or J.T. Realmuto?


MLB Trade Rumors: Padres Catcher Luis Campusano Charged With Felony Marijuana Possession.


MLB Trade Rumors: Looking Back At The Randy Arozarena Trade.


ICYMI, Mack’s Mets Tom Brennan also talked about Randy Arozarena yesterday in: “AROZARENA SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF SMART INTERNATIONAL SIGNINGS”.



Winter Baseball:



Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:


Born on this date:


Transactions:

New York Mets released Ryota Igarashi on October 21, 2011.


Metsmerized Online: OTD 1973: Berra’s Controversial Decision In World Series. The George Stone Vs. Tom Seaver Game 6 decision is revisited. 


My take?  Yogi didn’t lose the 73 World Series.


National Pastime.com:


1973

In Game Seven, the hometown A's capture their second consecutive World Championship, defeating the Mets, 5-2, when Darold Knowles, coming out of the bullpen with two outs and two on in the ninth, gets Wayne Garrett to pop out. The 31 year-old southpaw reliever, who hurls 6.1 Fall Classic innings without giving up an earned run en route to recording two saves, is the first pitcher to appear in all seven games of a World Series.

1986

After losing the first two World Series games at home, the Mets beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 7-1. Lenny Dykstra's first-inning home run marks the third time in history in which the Mets' leadoff hitter has homered in the initial inning of Game 3 of the Fall Classic. The feat was also accomplished by Tommy Agee (1969) and Wayne Garrett (1973).

 

2000

In the longest World Series game ever played, the Yankees take Game 1 of the Subway Series, thanks to Jose Vizcaino's 12th inning two-out single, defeating the Mets, 4-3, in four hours and fifty-one minutes. The victory surpasses the streak established by the Murderers' Row clubs, as the present Bronx Bombers win their 13th consecutive World Series game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:


2015: The Mets complete a sweep of the Cubs in the NLCS with an 8 - 3 win at Wrigley Field. They score 4 runs in the 1st and 2 in the 2nd to run away with the game, while Daniel Murphy, who is named MVP of the series, sets a new postseason record by homering in his sixth straight game.






Want more?  Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news. 


Want something else tracked here each day?  Please leave a comment below.

Posted by on

3 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Rays are now facing baseball's true Goliath. They found that out last night.

The Dodgers are a team for the Mets to emulate, IMO.

October 21, 2020 at 6:38 AM
John From Albany said...

I agree Tom. They get guys off the scrap heap and turn them into stars - see Justin Turner and Max Muncy. They go for the big money guys too - see Mookie Betts.

October 21, 2020 at 7:47 AM
Ernest Dove said...

Wishing Bryce hutchinson the best. Really hoping he shines in spring camp. Maybe jump to AA.

October 21, 2020 at 7:56 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)