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Day in Mets History.
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
managers, Billy 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.”
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.
It’s Urshey, baby. 😎 pic.twitter.com/mOV9k0A5lU
— MLB (@MLB) October 6, 2020
Giancarlo Stanton - New York Yankees (Playoffs)(1) Grand Slam. pic.twitter.com/IBvHrguzPH
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) October 6, 2020
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.”
Carlos Correa - Houston Astros (2) Solo. pic.twitter.com/pnVKSBQlHc
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) October 5, 2020
Carlos Correa is the first shortstop in history with multiple #Postseason games with 2 HR. pic.twitter.com/PyrsWCyv3q
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) October 5, 2020
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MLB.com:
Astros put AL on notice with romp over A's. Astros 10 A’s 5 (Box
Score).
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.
Advocates for Minor Leaguers supports players making at least the minimum wage. Garrett, one of our co-founders and a lawyer working on this case for years, announces this great news: the lawsuit will continue as a class action. https://t.co/QRRBZKiTlV
— Advocates for Minor Leaguers (@MiLBAdvocates) October 5, 2020
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:
- Joe Frazier (1922)
- Jerry Grote (1942)
- Gene Clines (1946)
- Gary Gentry (1946)
- Robert Person (1969)
- Darren Oliver (1970)
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.
|
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. |
1969 - The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 4, at Shea Stadium in Game 3 of the NLCS to clinch the pennant.
10/6/1969 Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell and Wayne Garrett hit home runs while Nolan Ryan pitches 7 dominant innings in relief as the Mets sweep the Atlanta Braves to clinch their first NL pennant. pic.twitter.com/DO4xy7ADDt
— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) October 6, 2020
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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.
ReplyDeleteYanks 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.
Make that 51 years! I need an analytical dept LOL
ReplyDeleteWait if you get an analytical dept., are you getting rid of your scouts?
ReplyDeleteThere will always be a need for someone attending college and baseball games looking for talent.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI 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?
Raw
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the Mets have refused to release the list.
What The Fans Want
ReplyDeleteSometimes 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.
So what are the main key problems here personnel wise?
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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.
A pretty fair and insightful 2020 NY Mets Report Card by NJ.com's own Justin Toscano. I concur totally with his assessments.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job done by the new kid on the block, Justin Toscano.
Keep the good work up!
Not sure how you all feel right now here...
ReplyDeleteBut 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.
Tom:
ReplyDeleteInteresting 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.