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12/24/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 12/24/2020

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Frank Taveras and Miguel Castro. Steve Cohen talks to Howie Rose, Mets get an assistant GM, and Winter Ball Results.

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

Mets Links:


SNY.TV: Takeaways from Mets owner Steve Cohen's Twitter Q&A, including what he views as successful season. “On honoring Tom Seaver – ‘We want there to be a celebration of the greatest Met ever. So we’ll do it when we can all congregate back at Citi Field at a ballgame at a date that the family approves of. We’re looking forward to honoring the greatest Met ever.’"


NY Post: Steve Cohen’s message for Mets fans wanting to sign ‘everybody’. “’As a fan they want me to sign everybody tomorrow, but is that a sustainable strategy?’ Cohen said. ‘Ultimately you want to develop talent. You want to develop your farm system…Yes, you can go buy players, but you buy players that are in their 30s potentially…performance of players tends to decline once they are in their early 30s... Everybody wants to win now — I want to win now..But I also don’t want to put ourselves in a position where if we don’t win now we have just hampered our ability to win down the road.’”


Mets.com: Mets hire Zack Scott as assistant GM.

NY Post: Mets hire Zack Scott as part of Red Sox front-office trend. “Scott, who was a finalist for the job that went to Porter, spent the past two years as Red Sox assistant GM, overseeing analytics, baseball systems and advance and professional scouting.”







SNY.TV: Here's why Mets need to sign Noah Syndergaard to a long-term contract extension. The clock is ticking if the Mets want to keep Noah Syndergaard. “For the Mets, extending Syndergaard would lock in a legitimate top of the rotation talent to go along with Jacob deGrom as the team tries to become a perennial contender.”







SNY.TV: Mets legend Darryl Strawberry on Trevor Bauer, Sandy Alderson's return, and advice for Pete Alonso. 'My hope for the Mets organization is that they can go back to building up the farm system' On Pete Alonso: “I think the key is, having the season he did, you either learn from it or you don’t,” Strawberry said. “I saw some games where there was too much trying to pull everything. It’s about staying on the baseball and hitting it hard.

NY Post: Pete Alonso has ‘helluva’ plan to fuel Mets bounce-back. “Right now, before I get to camp, it’s refining my swing, getting it to where I want it. Once I get my timing down in spring training, that’s when I can really have some fun playing around with some certain things we’re talking about. It’s going to be some fun.”


MLB Links:

MLB.com: 9 stats from 2020 that will boggle your mind. Includes Juan Soto gets Ruthian. Line: .351/.490/.695 (212 OPS+)/

MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers, Tommy Kahnle Agree To Two-Year Deal.

MLB Trade Rumors: Tigers Sign Jose Urena, Designate Eric Haase.

MLB Trade Rumors: Astros, Jason Castro In Serious Contract Talks.

MLB Trade Rumors: Oscar Colas Declared Free Agent By Major League Baseball.

MLB Trade Rumors: Red Sox Sign Matt Andriese.


Winter Baseball:

In Australia, no games scheduled for today or tomorrow.  In addition the Sydney Blue Sox, who feature 4 minor league Mets, Carlos Cortes, Manny Rodriquez, Andrew Mitchell, and Adam Oller had their games for next week “postponed due to restrictions on travel between the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales…December 28, December 29 and 31.”

In the Dominican Republic:

Gigantes del Cibao 4 Toros Del Este 2 (Box Score). Pedro Payano, who the Mets invited to Spring Training this last March,1 inning, no runs, no hits, no walks, 3.48 ERA.

Here is the full scoreboard from the Dominican Republic.

In Venezuela:

Bravos de Margarita 8 Tiburones de La Guaira 7 (Box Score). For Los Bravos David Rodriguez 1B 2 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1K, .373 average.

Caribes de Anzoategui 4 Cardenales de Lara 1 (Box Score) Jaison Vilera (W, 1-0) 1.1 innings, 1 hit, 2 walks, 3.24 ERA.

Navegantes del Magallanes 4 Leones del Caracas 3 (Box Score). Recently re-signed Wilfredo Tovar played SS and went 0 for 4, .280 average this Winter.

Full scoreboard from Venezuela.

In Puerto Rico:

Atenienses de Manati 3 Criollos de Caguas 1 (Box Score). Johneshwy Fargas RF, 2 for 4, 1 K, .412 batting average.

In the Mexican Pacific League:

Algodoneros de Guasave 4 Caneros de los Mochis 1 (Box Score). Juan Uriarte caught and went 0 for 2, .206 batting average this winter.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:

Transactions:

San Diego Padres signed Eric Gunderson of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 24, 1993.

Centerfield Maz: Jerry Koosman: All Time Mets Left Handed Pitcher (Part Two-1973-1978).

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5 comments:

  1. Tom BrennanDecember 24, 2020 at 7:12 AM

    Merry Christmas, everyone. Enjoy, and be well.

    Fargas continues to hit - maybe he will show he can compete for a 5th OF spot.

    David Rodriguez keeps hitting too - a long shot for 2nd catcher, perhaps? Or 3rd?

    I will try to watch this Strawberry video soon, as I have time, to see Darryl the preacher in action:

    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+strawberry+preaching&docid=608048819945016983&mid=E3744CBED55159B1EE36E3744CBED55159B1EE36&view=detail&FORM=VIRE


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  2. Remember1969December 24, 2020 at 11:00 AM

    With all the pain and suffering of 2020, it certainly does not feel like the normal joyous time of the year that it should be, and I know that many, many people will not be having a Merry Christmas. I have been lucky that I have been able to keep my head down and out of the virus this year, but I still think about all those that will have one or more of the 325,000 people missing from the table this week.

    With that all said, I have been very thankful to all you guys on the site for keeping things normal in these non-normal times.

    At the risk of omitting anyone, a special shout-out to Tom, Reese, Mack, and John for their many informative and thought-provoking postings. It is always great to read the comments of Zozo, Jimmy, Dallas, Eddie, and all the others too numerous to mention by name.

    Thank you, Stay safe, and Merry Christmas to all!

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  3. Tom BrennanDecember 24, 2020 at 12:44 PM

    Thanks Remember 1969, and you too.

    Someone I know who was not a close friend but more than a casual acquaintance died of COVID today. Relentless.

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  4. Remember1969December 24, 2020 at 4:11 PM

    I am very sorry to hear about your loss. It is so time to move on from this.

    2020 just keeps on giving. After the 40 inch snowfall last week in the Binghamton area, today we are getting 2 to 3 inches of rain. With all the snow melt and rain, there are major flood warnings through the whole valley. I am fine up here on the hill, but there are a lot of people that live down in the Susquehanna River valley that will be affected in a horribly negative way. I am not sure what we did here in our little area to irritate God, but he sure doesn't seem very happy with us.

    Praying for all those in the towns along the river tonight.

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  5. John From AlbanyDecember 24, 2020 at 5:39 PM

    Thanks 1969. And thanks as well to the great writers here - Mack, Reese, Tom, Ray and Dave as well as our friends Mike Steffanos at Mike's Mets. Brain Joura, Gus, Chris, and the other writers at Mets360, John and Mike at Metsradamus, Ernest Dove, Kevin Kernan at ballnine, plus all our readers and commentators. Glad you stop by and keep coming back.

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