Good Morning. Happy Birthday Rick Anderson and Howard Johnson. Mets have a lot of "Irons in the Fire", Phil Regan comes home and the Phillies lost money in 2020.
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Bill
Madden had lots of takeaways from this weekend’s article in the Daily News such
as: “clubs are waiting until Dec. 2 [non-tender deadline] to start
assessing their needs...
Phillies managing partner John Middleton told his baseball people
that because of the massive losses the club suffered last year they may not be
in position to re-sign Realmuto or any other big-ticket free agents…Word is Rob
Manfred is pushing hard for the Mets to hire Chris Young.”
ESPN.com: Philadelphia Phillies lost $145M during 2020 season, report says.
Mets Daddy: Phillies Not Attempting To Re-Sign J.T. Realmuto Is Ludicrous.
MLB.com: The free-agent hitters with the best tools. This includes Best arm: J.T. Realmuto - Key stat: 1.89 second average pop time to 2B in 2019.
Phil Regan was as gung-ho as ever about coaching in the Dominican.
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) November 28, 2020
And then six players on his team, Toros Del Este, tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
He’s returning to Florida this weekend.
More from Regan: https://t.co/K54214KHL4
NY Post: Mets, Steve Cohen biding their time: ‘Lots of irons in the fire’.
MLB
Trade Rumors: According to Sportsnet.ca’s Shi Davidi, the Jays have
“progressed beyond just talking” with Springer, which would seem to indicate
that Toronto has issued at least one offer to the former World Series MVP.
Metsmerized
Online: Mets’ Alternative CF Options As Jays Woo George Springer.
Kevin Kiermaier, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Nick Senzel are considered.
MetsJunkies: What it would take to get Bauer… and Snell. For Bauer, Writer Gem Tablak suggests the Mets would have to outbid the projected Dodgers’ offer for “a four year deal worth $128M”…Two Blake Snell Trade proposals include Andres Gimenez and Brandon Nimmo or Matthew Allan, Brett Baty, J.D. Davis, and Thomas Szapucki.
Amazing Avenue: International Free Agent Profile: RHP Tomoyuki Sugano. Arguably the best pitcher in Japan, Tomo Sugano may be coming to the United States in 2021.
Metsmerized Online: Mets Should Target Tomoyuki Sugano Next Month.
Rising Apple: New York Mets must avoid overpaying for Masahiro Tanaka.
Faith and Fear in Flushing’s co-Most Valuable Mets of 2020 are Michael Conforto and Dom Smith. https://t.co/jWMpDUt7xe pic.twitter.com/Raq83qzOSa
— Greg Prince (@greg_prince) November 29, 2020
A couple of Posts looking at Pete Alonso’s 2020 year:
Rising Apple: “The infamous sophomore slump seemed to bite Alonso hard in 2020. His batting average dropped 29 points, his OBP was down 32 points, and his slugging percentage took the biggest hit from .583 down to .490.”
Rob Rogan Mets360 noted: “He appeared to miss more on pitches outside of the strike zone in 2020, though he didn’t swing at them much more often. Pitchers also appeared to bust him inside with cutters more often in 2020, a pitch he had less success with than in his 2019 breakout. These all appear to be signs of a player making adjustments to adjustments, though, and none of them signal that Alonso was overmatched during his second tour through the league”.
Rising Apple: Expect Marcus Stroman to make you forget about a lost 2020. Besides the fact that he will be playing for a long term deal after 2021 they note: “If Marcus Stroman can cut down on his walks, which many attributed to nerves in his first season in Queens, he will have the potential to have the breakout season fans were expecting to see in 2020”.
Rising Apple: How the Mets can become the Gold Standard of Major League Baseball. Aim to win every year; Reward players with extensions; Develop and nurture minor league talent.
John Stearns in the spotlight on the @Mets 1978 Yearbook. #Dude #MonstersOutoftheCage #LGM #MetsRewind #Mets pic.twitter.com/n6ZoUX2b2E
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) November 28, 2020
Remember that time Ron Darling met Telly Monster? #LGM 🤪😂 pic.twitter.com/UpGdIRFKQg
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) November 29, 2020
ICYMI: Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:
Reese Kaplan -- Be Thankful, Be Wary, Be Excited.
Tom Brennan – From tender turkeys to non-tender turkeys.
Mack - Scouting Report - LHP - Drew Gray.
Mack - Scouting Report - LHP - Mason Albright.
MLB
Trade Rumors: 2020 Non-Tender Candidates.
MLB.com
has 12 Free Agent reunions they’d like to see. This includes James McCann and Rick Porcello and the Tigers.
MLB
Trade Rumors: KBO’s Hanwha Eagles Sign Ryan Carpenter, Nick Kingham.
MLB.com:
The most memorable recent 3-team deals. The J.J. Putz,
Sean
Green, Joe Smith
trade from 2008 is included. I agree
with Joe Smith’s assessment “It was a mess.”
Boston
Herald: Blake Snell on the trade block is more proof the Rays are bad for
baseball.
AZCentral:
Ex-Angels General Manager Tony Reagins, who is Black, should be running a
baseball team. “Reagins ran the Los Angeles Angels from 2008-11, a
four-season span in which the club averaged 90 wins per season, made the
playoffs twice and posted the only 100-win season in franchise history.”
CBS
Sports: Rare Honus Wagner video footage shows Pirates legend discussing state
of baseball in 1933. “Wagner
declares that contemporary pitchers relative to pitchers in his day had
"harder work." That's certainly true. The thirties were very much a
hitters' era, whereas Wagner toiled in the Deadball Era.”
MLB.com:
Nationals center fielder Victor
Robles sustained a sprained right ankle while playing for Águilas Cibaeñas
in the Dominican Republic. He has not played in the last three games and is
listed as day to day, the team announced on Saturday.
Así terminó la jornada de este sábado. ✅⚾️ @BHDLeon #CopaBHDLeon pic.twitter.com/N0TABh3krb
— LIDOM (@LIDOMRD) November 29, 2020
Former Met wins to get closer to 50 victories in the Dominican. https://t.co/zqaQIcRPT6
— John From Albany (@AlbanyFrom) November 29, 2020
In the
Mexican Pacific League:
Naranjeros
de Hermosillo 4 Los Caneros de los Mochis 0 (Box Score).
Juan Uriarte did not play, .236 Avg. this winter.
Former Met Fernando
Salas got his 8th save of the winter for Narajeros.
Here is the full Mexican Pacific
League Scoreboard from yesterday.
AP
News: Venezuela’s baseball season kicks off but virus takes a toll.
Today
in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
·
Rick Anderson (1956)
·
Howard Johnson (1960)
·
Pedro Martinez (1968)
·
Matt
Winaker (1995)
Transactions:
New York Mets purchased Al Luplow from
the Cleveland Indians on November 29,
1965.
New York Mets traded Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman to
the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith on November 29, 1966.
New York Mets traded Quilvio Veras to the Florida Marlins for Carl Everett on
November 29, 1994.
San
Francisco Giants signed Kenny Greer of the New York
Mets as a free agent on November 29, 1994.
New York Mets signed free agent Billy Wagner of the Philadelphia Phillies on November 29,
2005.
Philadelphia
Phillies signed Pat Misch of the New York
Mets as a free agent on November 29, 2011.
Centerfield
Maz: Howard Johnson "Hojo": (Part 2) The Nineties & Beyond,
|
1966 |
The Dodgers trade Derrell
Griffith and two-time batting champ Tommy
Davis, who missed most of 1965 after severely breaking his ankle, to the
Mets for Ron
Hunt and Jim
Hickman, who leaves New York the franchise's all-time home run leader
with 60 round-trippers. The injured outfielder continues his hitting prowess,
following a solid comeback season in LA with a very productive one-year stay
in New York, leading the team in almost every offensive category. |
|
1995 |
Charley
Smith, the player traded to the Yankees from the Cardinals for Roger
Maris in 1967, dies at the age of 57 in Reno, Nevada. In 1965, the third
baseman was dealt to the Redbirds by the Mets, along with southpaw Al
Jackson, to obtain Ken Boyer. |
2016 - OF Yoennis Cespedes re-signs with the Mets for four years and $110 million. This averages out to $27.5 million per year, the most ever for a position player. He had opted out of the remaining two years of his contract to have another stab at free agency.
Breakfast Links One year ago today -
11/29/2019
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Qilvio Bears for Carl Everett? What a steal!
ReplyDeletePhillies just laid off 80 people, that owner isn’t signing anyone. One less suitor for Realmuto.
On Regan’s work with Matz, the one thing that impressed me was how Matz’ landing was imbalanced due to him throwing harder - 97mph. Whoever thinks Alderson is going to let a lefty arm like that go with a non-tender is nuts. When Brad Hand is expecting at least $7MM, you don’t think Matz can do that job for $5.5? In fact, Matz may excel in the bullpen where he can just catch and throw, no pacing himself. Still, I’d like to see that talent in the rotation.
Gus - I was upset about the Carl Everett trade at the time as I loved seeing Veras play for Binghamton. I was surprised he never made it.
ReplyDeleteThen, after the 1997 season, Everett was traded to the Houston Astros for John Hudek - in one of the Mets many attempts to get bull pen help.
Now that Regan is back in Florida, he can continue to work with Matz. I agree, tender Matz. He is still a valuable commodity. He may even have options left which would allow him to get his act together in Syracuse.
I believe Carl Everett was accused of beating his kid. Not sure it was ever proved, but he was guilty until proven innocent in the court of Wilpon.
ReplyDeleteBob W.
They'd have to be convinced that Matz can be fixed. HR-prone relievers are recipes for Pepto Bismol.
ReplyDeleteAnyone interested in one of those Snell trades?
Not me. If the Rays want salary relief - fine but no top prospects in the deal.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in Snell if they were willing to take one of our young first basemen for him. That would help the imbalance of the roster. If they want to empty out our minors, they can prey on other teams - and there will be plenty. Washington, maybe Philly, Seattle wants cheap pitching, San Francisco, White Sox, Angels, Milwaukee, and every team in the AL East. And these are the teams off the top my head!
ReplyDeleteI went to a game that Everett hit a grand slam in the eighth or ninth inning, to cap a six run rally and tie the game. Off the right field foul pole, sitting at first base side mezzanine, it was easy to track it. Shea went nuts.
I was at that game also. I believe it was 9/13/97. Ninth inning grand slam to tie a game that the Mets had been held to one hit for the first eight innings.
ReplyDeleteBob W.
That was a great game. I think Corey Lidle pitched great in relief to keep the game close. One of the all-time great Mets comeback wins.
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