11/17/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 11/17/2020


 


Good Morning.  Born Today Tom Seaver. Happy Birthday Val Pascucci and Seth Lugo.  Joel Sherman makes the case against a Francisco Lindor trade and the Mets have interest in Marcell Ozuna.


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


Mets Links:


Mets.com: Mets deliver Thanksgiving to local families.



Joel Sherman NY Post: Mets should avoid Francisco Lindor trade temptation. Joel makes the case clearly that many of us have been saying all along: “The Mets are depth challenged at the upper minor leagues. Thus, they should be keeping as much — if not all — of their major-league collateral as possible to withstand the long season since they cannot expect much help from below in 2021…The Mets can play Andres Gimenez at shortstop and upgrade elsewhere with not only Cohen’s cash advantage as the majors’ richest owner…Many teams are not expected to play aggressively or at all in free agency.”


Mike’s Mets in “To Everything a Season” agrees by saying “I'd rather see the Mets husband their player currency very carefully and spend the cash currency on multiple starting pitchers, relievers and a catcher, while filling out their roster with as many upgrades as possible.”


Joe Vasile Mets360.com: Signing George Springer good for Mets on and off the field. “Signing Springer, a Connecticut native, would send a message to the rest of Major League Baseball that the new Mets are not just talk, but that they mean business.”


Metsmerized Online: Links To George Springer In Mets’ Front Office Search. “Bobby Heck, special assistant to the general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, served six years prior as the assistant GM and scouting director for the Astros and… delivered the 2017 World Series MVP [George Springer] to Houston as a first round selection in the 2011 MLB draft.


Ken Davidoff NY Post: Mets expressing MLB free-agency interest in Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna spent most of his time (39 games) at DH, mixing in 19 starts in left field and two in right field. The Mets appear covered at these three positions…But Ozuna can’t be wholly ignored because he slashed .356/.463/.867 against lefty pitching and is .294/.349/.517 for his career.



Joe DeMayo SNY.TV: Mets top 20 prospects for the 2021 season: Joe’s top 10 - 1. Francisco Alvarez; 2. Matthew Allan; 3. Ronny Mauricio; 4. Pete Crow Armstrong; 5. Brett Baty; 6. J.T. Ginn; 7. Mark Vientos; 8. Josh Wolf; 9. Isaiah Greene; 10. RHP Robert Dominguez. 


Anthony DiComo Mets.com: 5 Mets who should be in the Hall of Fame. #1: Keith Hernandez followed by Carlos Beltran, David Cone, David Wright, Dwight Gooden.  As I have said previously, I would also add Rusty Staub.


Rising Apple: New York Mets must trade J.D. Davis this offseason. “No matter where he plays in the field, he’s a defensive liability…Davis is 27 years old, is under team control through the 2024 season, and is still very valuable. The Mets would be able to get a good return for him now, and there’s a strong chance his value only continues to decrease.”


Mets Junkies: Free Agent Target Liam Hendriks. “In 2019, Hendriks put up a 1.80 ERA in 75 appearances, striking out an amazing 124 batters in 85 innings pitched, wow.


Rising Apple: Will the Mets stay under the luxury tax threshold with Steve Cohen? Based on the latest projections, the Mets have a payroll of about $162M, which would leave them with about roughly $48M to add this offseason without going over the luxury tax…$210M.



Amazing Avenue: A look back at Brodie Van Wagenen’s tenure as Mets GM. “It wasn’t very pretty.”


The Sports Daily.com: Mike Phillips' Mets Player Review Series: Steven Matz. 2020 Stats: 9 Games, 6 Starts, 30.2 Innings Pitched, 0-5 Won-Loss Record, 9.68 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, 36:10 K:BB Ratio, -1.0 WAR.


Mets You Tube Channel: Catching Up with Mike Pelfrey.




ICYMI Yesterday At Mack’s Mets:


Reese Kaplan -- Time for the Mets to Catch a Break.


Tom Brennan - Series Part 4 of 5: What Went Wrong With The Mets From 2016-2020. Today? 2019.


Mack - Scouting Report - SS - Luke Leto.


Mack - Scouting Report - SS - Michael Braswell.


MLB Links:


NY Times: Mark Buehrle, Torii Hunter, Tim Hudson and Barry Zito headline this year’s list of first-time finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame.


MLB.com: The best player not in the HOF for every team. Keith Hernandez is the Mets player.


Fangraphs: On the Coming Deluge of Non-Tenders. In 2019 there were 53 non-tenders and it looks like the number will increase this year. “The number of front offices who view the bottom of their rosters as fungible is growing.”


MLB Trade Rumors: Sugar Land Skeeters To Become Astros’ Triple-A Affiliate.


MLB Trade Rumors: Mike Clevinger To Undergo Tommy John Surgery; 2-Year Deal Official.


MLB Trade Rumors: Brewers Open To Moving Josh Hader.


MLB Trade Rumors: Braves Sign Drew Smyly, one-year, $11MM deal.


MLB Trade Rumors: Marlins Introduce GM Kim Ng.


USA Today: 'It means the world to me': Marlins general manager Kim Ng set to inspire new generation of girls.


AP Sports: Column: A woman in charge, and it’s about time.


Winter Baseball:


Phil Regan’s Los Toros Del Este threw a combined no hitter against the Tigres del Licey 2-0.  Ex-Mets Pedro Payano, Jenrry Mejia, and Tim Peterson, were some of the pitchers after the Yankees Domingo German started.  Mets Minor League free agent signee, Bruce Maxwell was the catcher.





NY Post: Yankees’ Domingo German dominates in first game since suspension. The Yankees pitcher threw four hitless, scoreless innings, walking one and strikeout seven for Toros del Este in his 2020 Dominican League debut Monday night. 


Mets Pitcher Ariel Jurado started the game for the Estrellas Orientales and was tagged with the loss after giving up a run on a base hit by Juan Lagares in the first inning.  Aguilas Cibaenas 4 Estrellas Orientales 3.


Christopher Soto Mets Minors: Dominican Winter League Kicks Off, New Met Robel Garcia Homers.


Asian Baseball:



The KBO Series is underway this morning with RHP Drew Rucinski of the NC Dinos facing RHP Raul Alcantara of the Doosan Bears. Aaron Altherr is in CF for the NC Dinos (Box Score).



Here is KBO’s Scoreboard.   


Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:


Born on this date:



Died on this date:



Transactions:
Florida Marlins drafted Chris Donnels from the Mets on November 17, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent John Cangelosi on November 17, 1993.

Atlanta Braves signed Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 17, 2016.


Centerfield Maz: Mets Hall of Fame Pitcher: Tom Seaver (Part One)- the Sixties.


National Pastime.com:


1964

Yogi Berra signs a two-year contract with the Mets as a player-coach, earning $35,000 per season. The recently fired Yankee manager, donning his familiar number 8, will collect two hits in his limited nine National League at-bats.

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6 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

I feel the same way, actually, about Lindor not coming to the Mets and spending elsewhere. If, however, Cohen wants to go crazy spending, then acquiring a guy as good as Lindor is very attractive.

I took a look at Ariel Jurado's career record (majors and minors). He sure gives up lots of hits. That said, I think he is still 24.

Always good to see Jenrry Mejia pitch - I don't know why, given his 3 suspensions. I still remember the battle he lost against Ryan Howard in one log at bat. He was not scared.

November 17, 2020 at 6:44 AM
Tom Brennan said...

long at bat, not log at bat

November 17, 2020 at 6:44 AM
John From Albany said...

Morning Tom. If only the Doosan Bears could pitch Chris Flexen every inning of every game.

November 17, 2020 at 6:55 AM
bill metsiac said...

I know nothing about "new Met Robel Garcia". Is he a prospect or filler?

November 17, 2020 at 8:56 AM
John From Albany said...

My vote - filler. He signed as a minor league free agent a couple of weeks ago. I missed him as I went over the rosters the other day.

November 17, 2020 at 10:05 AM
bill metsiac said...

Thanks. I should've checked his MnL stats before asking. Now I see that he's not a hitter.

November 17, 2020 at 10:17 AM

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