1/19/21

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 1/19/2021


 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Jon Matlack and Anthony Young. Mets get a LHP but lose a GM and Juan Lagares is the MVP of the Dominican Final Series.     

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

Mets Links and Links from SportSpyder:

As we had yesterday on Mack’s Mets - Mets part of 3 Team Trade Get LHP Joey Lucchesi.  the Padres acquired RHP Joe Musgrove from the Pirates, Pirates get: OF Hudson Head, RHP Drake Fellows, RHP David Bednar and LHP Omar Cruz from Padres, and C Endy Rodriguez from Mets. 

Brian Joura Mets360: “Lucchesi throws a two-seamer and when right gets a good number of ground ball outs. His primary offspeed pitch is a changeup and he also mixes in a cutter. Lucchesi's first two years in the majors ('18-'19) he amassed 303 Ks in 293.2 IP. There's definitely talent here and 2020 is something of a mystery. There were no reports immediately available about an injury”

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets may not be finished after trading for Joey Lucchesi. “Lucchesi has minor league options remaining, so even if he didn’t crack the Mets’ roster in spring training he would provide depth at Triple-A Syracuse. He does not become arbitration eligible until next offseason…Still on the lookout for potential starting-rotation depth, the Mets plan to scout a showcase on Tuesday in Miami that features veteran starters Julio Teheran and Anibal Sanchez.” 

Mike's Mets: Building A Better Bullpen.

Mets360: Balanced Mets Lineup Sets Example for MLB.

Mets.com: 5 best pitching performances in Mets history. #1. Tom Seaver, July 9, 1969 vs. Cubs, 9 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K.  Johan Santana’s No Hitter, Bobby Jones 1 hitter, Al Leiter and David Cone also make the list.

MLB Trade Rumors: Mets GM Sent Unsolicited, Explicit Images To Female Reporter In 2016.



Mets.com: Mets reviewing incident regarding GM Porter. 









ICYMI yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Reese Kaplan -- Is Playing "Steinbrenner" the Only Approach to Take?

Tom Brennan – To Nido, Or Not to Nido, That Is The Question.

Mack’s Scouting Report - RHP - Shane Panzini.

Mack’s Scouting Report - RHP - Caedmon Parker.

Mack’s Scouting Report - 2B - Max Ferguson.

For the full list of Mack’s Draft reports click here.

MLB Links and NL East Links from SportSpyder:

NY Post: Reds wanted Gleyber Torres from Yankees in rumored Luis Castillo deal. 

MLB Trade Rumors: Nationals To Sign Jon Lester.

MLB Trade Rumors: Blue Jays To Sign Tyler Chatwood.

MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers Have Considered Marcus Semien At Third Base.

MLB Trade Rumors: Red Sox Trade INF C.J. Chatham To Phillies.


Winter Baseball:

In Puerto Rico, between Los Indios de Mayaguez 20 Los Atenienses de Manati 7 (Box Score). Former Met Juan Centeno went 1 for 4 with an RBI and 1 K.  After giving up 30 runs on Sunday and 20 runs on Monday, Yadier Molina was even asked to pitch for Los Atenienses de Manati.Los Indios now leads the series 3-0.

In the Dominican Republic:

Aguilas Cibaenas 7 Gigantes del Cibao 4 (Box Score) as Aguilas takes the Dominican Championship. Juan Lagares CF 1 for 4 with his 3rd HR in as many games, 2 RBIs, 1 K, .379 in the championship series. Ex-Met Dario Alvarez earned the Save – 2/3 inning, no runs, no hits. 




Here is yesterday’s scoreboard from Venezuela.

Here is yesterday’s Mexican Pacific League Scoreboard. 

For the complete Winter League Stats for the current Mets, Mets minor leaguers, and Ex-Mets, click here.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:

Transactions:
Seattle Mariners signed Brent Mayne of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 19, 1997.

New York Mets signed free agent Allen Watson of the Anaheim Angels on January 19, 1999.

Colorado Rockies signed Steve Reed of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 19, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Darren Oliver on January 19, 2006.

Seattle Mariners claimed Chasen Bradford of the New York Mets on waivers on January 19, 2018.

Centerfield Maz: Jon Matlack: One of the Best Left Handers In Mets History (Part One : 1971-1973).

Centerfield Maz: Jon Matlack: One of the Best Mets Left Handers of All Time (Part Two - 1974-1977).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

2010 - Free agent catcher Bengie Molina re-signs for one year with the Giants in what is considered a surprise move, first because top catching prospect Buster Posey seems poised to play regularly for San Francisco, and also because the Mets had been expected to bring in Molina to be their starting catcher this season. 

Breakfast Links One year ago today - 1/19/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want more?  Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news. 

Want something else tracked here each day?  Please leave a comment below.
Posted by on

4 comments:

Bob W. said...

"Carlos Beltrán got fired after 76 days just over a year ago.

Jared Porter has been the Mets GM for 36 days."

This reminds me of a different dark moment in Mets history.

I believe it was in the 1990s or 2000s (John, you may be able to track this down), the Wilpons had the genius idea to hire two "super-scouts". One of those hired was a guy named Bill Singer.

A few days after the hiring, Singer was at a baseball executives meeting somewhere. He was at the hotel bar, when he ran into Kim Ng (I believe she was with the Dodgers or MLB at the time). Singer, who had had too much to drink, decided it would be funny to mock Ng's Chinese heritage by pretending to be Chinese. He was fired the next day, probably less than a week after being hired.

January 19, 2021 at 9:00 AM
Mike Freire said...

Sad story, for sure......primarily for the reporter that Jared was harassing.

Having done background checks and hiring for quite a few years in my previous life, I find it baffling that this hasn't come
out before today. Heck, he worked for the Cubs, the Diamondbacks and most recently the Mets and nada.

An even better question is why did ESPN sit on the story until now? I understand that the victim didn't want to make a big deal out of the issue, which explains the original non-report. BUT, why didn't someone from ESPN approach Sandy in the run up to Jared's hiring? It was only five or six weeks ago, right?

My guess is that ESPN cared more about "maxing out" this story then they did anything else, to include the victim.

Shame on Jared Porter and shame on ESPN.

January 19, 2021 at 9:54 AM
John From Albany said...

Great point Mike. Who knows the thinking behind it but it sure makes you wonder.

January 19, 2021 at 10:48 AM
John From Albany said...

Bob - I remember the Bill Singer fiasco. Crazy now - crazy then. Baseball is a relatively small community. Very possible no one likes to rat on others for fear they will be rated out. All teams can do is to discipline respective employees when these things happen to prevent them from happening again.

January 19, 2021 at 10:52 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)