11/27/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 11/27/2020

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Randy Milligan and Raul Valdes. Bartolo Colon wants to retire a Met and J.P. Ricciardi may also be coming back.

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

Mets Links:

SNY.TV: J.P. Ricciardi could return to Mets front office. A final decision has not been made on a Ricciardi return, but it has been seriously discussed.

Mike Puma NY Post: Former Mets pitcher Chris Young emerges as GM candidate.” Young, a Princeton graduate, pitched for the Mets in 2011-12, during Alderson’s tenure as GM. The right-hander also pitched for the Padres when Alderson was the team’s president.”


Mets.com: Back for '21, Rojas motivated by new regime. “’The excitement of thinking about what it's going to be like and the talk of how active we’re going to be this offseason with the goal of being a competitive team next year, that’s something that motivates you to prepare even more and keep growing within the game,’ Rojas said by phone, in Spanish, from his native Dominican Republic.”

SNY.TV: Dom Smith Q&A: Thoughts on Steve Cohen, Marcus Stroman's return, and getting MVP votes. Dominic Smith also told SNY about his non-profit BaseballGenerations' All-Star Game and what it means to him.


SNY.TV: 5 things Mets fans should be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Steve Cohen; The Tom Seaver statue; A full(er) season of Jacob deGrom; Return of the Black Uniforms; A farm system on the rise.



Mike Puma NY Post: Why George Springer would ‘shine’ with Mets. Lee Mazzilli who’s son L.J. Mazzilli played with George Springer at UConn said: “I think [Springer] has the makeup for New York…“I think he would shine and other players would gravitate toward him and I think his personality would rub off and other players would see that type of personality he has, which would be a good thing.”

Mets360: Roundtable: How do the Mets move forward in the post-Robinson Cano reality? David offered this: “Consider that the Mets had $24 million tied up into their second (or third) best second baseman and that they still have glaring holes in center field, catcher, their starting rotation and their bullpen…The addition by subtraction here allows the Mets to keep Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo in the starting lineup while re-allocating those funds to the needs I just mentioned.”

Mets Minors.net: Baseball America Releases Updated Mets Prospect List: 1. C Francisco Alvarez; 2.SS Ronny Mauricio; 3. SS Andres Gimenez; 4. RHP Matt Allan; 5. OF Pete Crow-Armstrong; 6. 3B Brett Baty; 7. 3B Mark Vientos; 8. RHP J.T. Ginn; 9. LHP David Peterson; RHP Josh Wolf.



MLB Links:

MLB.com: 5 Black Friday deals we’d like to see. This includes “Mets get: 3B Nolan Arenado, LHP Ben Bowden (Rockies’ No. 10 prospect); Rockies get: IF/OF J.D. Davis, C Francisco Alvarez (Mets’ No. 2 prospect) and RHP Jordany Ventura (Mets’ No. 23 prospect)”.  You Lost me at Alvarez.

MLB.com: GMs like to cash in on Black Friday deals, too. Donaldson, Schilling trades among major moves at Thanksgiving time.

MLB Trade Rumors: Indians Designate Adam Cimber For Assignment, Claim Jordan Humphreys.

MLB.com: J.T. to DC? How it could impact market.

MLB Trade Rumors: Diamondbacks Release Junior Guerra.

MLB Trade Rumors: Hunter Renfroe, Brian O’Grady Become Free Agents.

MLB Trade Rumors: Blue Jays Interested In Brad Hand.

MLB Trade Rumors: Yadier Molina Says Five Teams Have Shown Interest. Mets are one of the 5 - Yankees, Cardinals, Padres, and Angels are the others.

MLB.com: Each team's most intriguing Rule 5 prospect. Lots of interesting names.  For the Mets they have Shervyen Newton, INF – “He went unselected a year ago but remains an intriguing candidate given his sheer athletic ability, switch-hitting and defensive versatility -- especially for a team that believes in Newton’s untapped potential.” Shervyen is on the Syracuse Mets Roster which means a team would need to add him to their 40 MLB Roster if selected.


Winter Baseball:

A couple games of interest from Wednesday in the Dominican:

Aguilas Cibaenas 2 Los Toros del Este 1 (Box Score). For Los Toros; Bruce Maxwell caught and went 0 for 4 with 1 K - .067 Batting Average this winter; Jenrry Mejia 2 scoreless innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 Ks – 0.00 ERA this winter; For Aguilas, Robel Garcia, DH, 0 for 2 with 2 walks.     

Leones del Escogido 4 Estrellas Orientales 2. (Box Score). Ariel Jurado 2/1 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 Earned Runs, 3 walks, 1 K.     

Last night it was Aguilas Cibaenas 9 Estrellas Orientales 7 (Box Score).  For Aguilas, Robel Garcia, 2B, 1 for 3 with a walk, 2 runs scored and an RBI. Robel is hitting .167 this winter.      

MLB.com: “Top overall prospect Wander Franco has not played for his Dominican Winter League club, Leones del Escogido, since Friday due to a sore right biceps. Escogido announced on Wednesday that Franco would be heading back to the United States to be evaluated by Rays team doctors…The 19-year-old Rays prospect was off to a blistering start for Escogido, hitting .350/.435/.500 with a homer and a stolen base through the first five games.”

In the Mexican Pacific League:

Los Caneros de los Mochis 16 Yaquis de Obregon 10 (Box Score).  Juan Uriarte, 3 for 5 with a HR (2nd of year), Double, 2 RBIs. He has a .250 Avg. this winter.

Here is the full Mexican Pacific League Scoreboard from yesterday.

Asian Baseball:

Kyodo News: SoftBank Hawks win 4th straight Japan Series championship.


Kyodo News: Giants to allow ace Sugano's MLB move via posting: source. Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano “who has a career record of 101-49 with a 2.32 ERA over eight seasons, is considered a solid major league pitching prospect possessing a superior slider, and extraordinary command and poise”.

Here is the NPB Scoreboard.            

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on November 26:

Born on November 27:

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Bill Denehy to the Washington Senators for Gil Hodges on November 27, 1967.

New York Mets traded Tommie Agee to the Houston Astros for Rich Chiles and Buddy Harris on November 27, 1972.

New York Mets traded Brent Strom and Bob Rauch to the Cleveland Indians for Phil Hennigan on November 27, 1972.

Boston Red Sox signed Skip Lockwood of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 27, 1979.

New York Mets signed free agent Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers on November 27, 1991.

New York Mets traded Jerry Dipoto to the Colorado Rockies for Armando Reynoso on November 27, 1996.

New York Mets traded Rico Brogna to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ricardo Jordan and Toby Borland on November 27, 1996.

Cincinnati Reds signed Ricardo Jordan of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 27, 1997.

Cleveland Indians signed Anthony Recker of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 27, 2015.

Centerfield Maz: Remebering Mets History: (1973) NLCS Game #4 (Reds Even Up Series On Rose HR).

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History (1973): NLCS Game #5 - The Mets Win The Pennant !! The Mets Win The Pennant!!

Centerfield Maz: 2016 Mets Reliever: Josh Smoker (2016-2017).

Centerfield Maz: Former Mets Third Baseman: "The Grave Digger" Richie Hebner (1979).

Centerfield Maz: Former Italian / American Pitcher: Dave Giusti (1962-1977). Born on November 27, 1939 in Seneca Falls, New York. Guisti attended Syracuse University, & was the Captain of their 1961 College World Series team.

National Pastime.com:

1967

The Mets complete the deal that brings Senator skipper Gil Hodges (321-444, .420), who still had a year left on his contract with Washington, to New York to become the team's fourth manager in the brief history of the five-year-old franchise. The Amazins' obtain the beloved former Dodger and original Met by sending 21 year-old right-hander Bill Denehy and $100,000 in reparations to the nation's capital.

1972

The Mets trade Tommie Agee to the Astros for right-handed prospect Buddy Harris and outfielder Rich Chiles, who will appear in only eight games for New York. The 1969 World Series hero, dealt by Houston to the Cardinals in August, will retire at the end of the season.

 

1991

The Mets and Eddie Murray agree to a two-year deal worth $7.5 million. The All-Star first baseman, who played the previous three seasons with the Dodgers, spent the first dozen years of his Hall of Fame career in Baltimore.

 

Baseball Reference:

1997: The New York Mets sign pitcher Juei Ushiromatsu, the first Japanese player to sign directly with a major league team without playing professionally in Japan.

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3 comments:

John From Albany said...

It would be great if Bartolo comes back. He was supposed to pitch in the Mexican laegue last summer but the league was cancelled due to COVID. Maybe he will show up in the Dominican this Winter or at Syracuse this Spring.

November 27, 2020 at 10:25 AM
Tom Brennan said...

I don't mind a Colon comeback try, but he no longer can be presumed to be a below 5.00 ERA caliber pitcher, based on his (now not-so-recent) recent years. I could see him catching on with a bad team that needs pitching, maybe.

If you asked me if I'd want Chris Flexen or Bartolo pitching for the Mets, I'd pick Flexen, based on his 2020 year in Korea. And the new and improved Flexen may still not be quality enough for the Mets in 2021. If we were coming into Wilpon 2020, and Flexen did what he did, they'd probably want to sign him back if the price was right.

November 27, 2020 at 10:34 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - Hope that Bartolo or Flexen could come back next year but in reality probably a stretch and more of a wish that a sound plan.

November 27, 2020 at 11:21 AM

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