10/6/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 10/6/2020

 

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Jerry Grote, Gene Clines, Gary Gentry, Robert Person, and Darren Oliver.  ALDS scores and highlights, Andy Martino gets a sharper image of Sandy’s Front Office and will the Steve Cohen vote be right after the WS?


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


Mets Links:


Andy Martino SNY.tv: A sharper image of Sandy Alderson's potential Mets front office begins to emerge.  In addition to the names we reported last week as possible general managersBilly Owens and Bobby Heck, talk in the industry last weekend expanded to include MLB senior vice president of baseball operations Peter Woodfork and Arizona Diamondbacks senior VP and assistant GM Ameil Sawdaye. A few Alderson allies see Owens as a particularly strong candidate.


amNewYork: MLB owners vote to approve Steve Cohen appears to still be on course for right after World Series.


Sports Illustrated: Why Jerry Seinfeld Wouldn't Want to Buy Mets. “Jerry Seinfeld wouldn't want to buy the New York Mets, mostly because he doesn't want fans yelling at him about the team more than they already do. This was revealed in a 60 Minutes interview by SI's Jon Wertheim.”


Baseball America: Andres Gimenez: Mets 2020 Rookie Of The Year. “Andres Gimenez was better than advertised. Regarded mostly for his speed and defense, Gimenez produced offensively at a respectable .263/.333/.398 level with three home runs and eight stolen bases in 49 games. He emerged as the team’s starter at shortstop, ahead of Amed Rosario, in September.”


Gotham Sports Network: Selecting the Mets All-Wilpon Team Part 1: Starting Rotation. Which Mets best represent the dysfunction and turmoil of the Wilpon era? Victor Zambrano is #1 and Jason Vargas is #5 but Pedro Martinez, Johan Santana and Matt Harvey are also in the starting 5.


Mets Daddy: Marcus Stroman Is A Better Option Than Trevor Bauer. According to Mets Daddy - “Looking at the 2017 – 2020 time period, Marcus Stroman has faced far superior competition.”


Rising Apple: Mets should not trade for Francisco Lindor this offseason. “The gluttony of shortstop talent the Mets have is enviable. Why waste resources to trade for a guy approaching free agency when you can just wait a little longer and sign him?”


Rising Apple: Mets Monday Morning GM: Scouting the Pirates for a trade target. Tim Boyle Thinks the Mets could find a pitcher in Pittsburgh.


Empire Sports Media: The emergence of Luis Guillorme.


Mike Phillips Sports Media 101: New York Mets 2020 Season in Review: Coaching Staff.


Mets360: Critical decisions for new Mets ownership and a team roster for 2021 – and beyond.

 

MLB Links:




MLB.com: Cole gets 'nastier' and Yanks slam 4 homers. Yankees 9 Rays 3 (Box Score).


ESPN.com: Giancarlo Stanton extends home run tear with slam in ninth inning. “Stanton's ninth-inning home run made him the first Yankees designated hitter to smack a grand slam in a postseason game and made the power-hitting left fielder the third Yankee to homer in the club's first three games of a postseason, joining Aaron Judge in 2018 and Hank Bauer in 1958.”


ESPN.com: Manager Aaron Boone will turn to rookie Deivi Garcia, 21, to start Game 2 for New York Yankees.




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MLB.com: Astros put AL on notice with romp over A's. Astros 10 A’s 5 (Box Score).


Yahoo Sports: Houston is going to be a problem: The Astros are sticking together and looking dangerous.


MLB.com: 8 teams playing today, 8 key storylines.


MLB.com: Marlins @ Braves 2:08 EDT Preview.


MLB.com: Astros @ A’s 4:37 EDT Preview.


MLB.com: Yankees @ Rays 8:10 EDT Preview.


MLB.com: Padres @ Dodgers 9:38 EDT Preview.



CBS Sports: Supreme Court clears way for class-action lawsuit from minor league players being paid below minimum wage. MLB took its argument to the U.S. Supreme Court in a final effort to prevent a trial.


CBS Sports: Why MLB has a brain drain problem in front offices; and how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated it. The baseball industry is entering a potentially transformative phase. The scouting and coaching staffing cuts hint that the draft and minor leagues, each minimized this season for logistical purposes, will be reduced in scale on a permanent basis.


Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:

Transactions:


New York Mets signed free agent Ted Martinez on October 6, 1966.


Centerfield Maz: Gary Gentry: 1969 World Champion Mets Pitcher (1969-1972).


Centerfield Maz: 10/6/1969 Mets: NLCS Game #3: The Mets Win The Pennant.


National Pastime.com:

1980

After the club finishes in last place in each of his first three seasons in the dugout; the Mets extend manager Joe Torre’s contract through the 1982 season. During his five seasons with the team, the future Hall of Fame skipper will compile a 286-420 (.405) record for the struggling franchise.

1991

David Cone ties a National League mark for strikeouts as he fans 19 Phillies en route to a 7-0 victory in the season's finale. The Mets right-hander finishes the campaign with a league-leading 241 strikeouts, making it second straight season he has led the circuit.

 

1991

On Fan Appreciation Day at Shea Stadium, Howard Johnson drives in a run with a seventh-inning single to finish the season with a league-leading 117 RBIs. 'HoJo' is the first switch-hitter to lead the National League in runs batted in and the first Mets player to accomplish the feat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

1969 - The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 4, at Shea Stadium in Game 3 of the NLCS to clinch the pennant. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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11 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Interesting that 50 years ago, on Gentry's and Grote's birthdays, Gentry started against Atlanta and the Mets clinched the pennant in the game you note. He didn't pitch great, but Ryan threw 7 solid relief innings, and Grote had a hit, too. They were no doubt having fun.

Yanks currently having fun. Mets currently are not.

Funny how little the Yanks have gotten in the regular season out of Stanton, but he is earning that paycheck right now.

Tom Brennan said...

Make that 51 years! I need an analytical dept LOL

John From Albany said...

Wait if you get an analytical dept., are you getting rid of your scouts?

Mack Ade said...

There will always be a need for someone attending college and baseball games looking for talent.

Raw said...

Hi,
I saw a very nice article on some of what is going on in the Mets Instructional league. Can we find out who the Mets have assigned to their instructional league. I saw an article from the Washington Nationals where they listed all of their players.

By the way can’t the Mets have a good analytical department and good scouting department?

Mack Ade said...

Raw

It seems like the Mets have refused to release the list.

Anonymous said...

What The Fans Want

Sometimes player personnel moves are made through repeated fans insistence, a fact very much noticed by sports franchise ownership who actually do watch sports television and listen to sports radio from time to time where there are call-in fans. Don't let any one of them kid you. They do pay attention because the fans are the ultimate consumer in all this.

Sometimes it is a sport franchise's management team making all of the calls personnel wise, and then selling us (the fans) on what they have just done personnel wise.

And then too, sometimes it is a combination of the two things above. For this sports team (the NY Mets) it is usually a combination of these two approaches. But since 2015 this strategy for some reason has not worked out so well. Maybe this can be reversed for 2021.

Anonymous said...

So what are the main key problems here personnel wise?

(Again)

1. Adding a third High Quality (H20) third starter. Does it have to be a veteran starter like say a Trevor Bauer? A: No. But for some here it does or they could be bridge jumping come mid February 2021. After all, Trevor is probably the best starter available.

My preference is playing the numbers game instead. Here's why:

I'd go out and use that same $17 million a season to setup a grouping of three more from outside really good kid starters, to add to the three already here. Then bring all six to camp and let the best ones win starting jobs.

The Mets already have David Peterson slated for the 2021 NYM starting rotation. He's a first year new Mets starter that showed confidence and capability in most of his 2020 outings culminating in a really nice last start recently. But the Mets also have in-house three more, namely Thomas Szapucki, Harol Gonzales, and Corey Oswalt to consider and tryout in this next spring training.

So right there, the three in-house kid starters. We need three more but from outside.

These have to be young starters from other teams who show promise, but might be buried under too many other kid starters in the same one organization or a starting rotation on the parent club not allowing more than one new in-house promotion from AAA.

This is precisely what I am talking about here. Making the most from a somewhat limited trading position here with these Mets.

You could sign and trade a Marcus Stroman, who could fetch you maybe one or two (from the same one trade partner) of these young arms the Mets could use in their 2021 rotation. You could trade a well known Andres Gimenez super glove for one more. And then, use maybe an MiLB Met for the third.

Right there, the NYM would have six young arms to tryout for two places in their respective starting rotation.

Anonymous said...

A pretty fair and insightful 2020 NY Mets Report Card by NJ.com's own Justin Toscano. I concur totally with his assessments.

Excellent job done by the new kid on the block, Justin Toscano.

Keep the good work up!

Anonymous said...

Not sure how you all feel right now here...

But here's how I feel about this playoff season.

1/ First off, I feel like the Miami Marlins should have been our NY Mets. Should have been and could have been. What killed the Mets chances. Three bad starters in the same one rotation, all veterans too.

2. The Houston Astros did not even have a .500% won/lost record. And they are in it. Is it okay now for me to whine? I hope so.

3. The Yankees essentially had one good starter all of this shortened season (Cole from a trade) and they made the second round.

4. Unless our President starts wearing his mask all the time, like he is supposed to, please do not have him throw out the Mets 2021 first pitch. It could be covered in whatever Covid19 is. There are 75 year old women all around the country mad at him today because he didn't leave his mask on yesterday. I've heard it eight times already since lunch today. Just wear the dang stupid thing to quiet the grey haired female mob forming!

Thank you, and have a pleasant day sir.

Anonymous said...

Tom:

Interesting point you make above on the 50 years ago pennant clinching game.

As some know here as well, Nolan Ryan threw one of the hardest fastballs that I ever had seen live in a game. But he tended to be a bit wild with it, which probably lead to his being traded from the Mets.

I use to always sit in the green seats as a kid, but I always brought my blue plastic Mets promotional day helmet along, just in case Nolan Ryan was called in from the bullpen.