1/20/21

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 1/20/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Travis Taijeron and Ali Sanchez. Sandy will be the GM this year, George Springer goes to the Jays, and Dominic Smith voted a Top Ten LF.

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

Mets and SportSpyder Links:

As we had yesterday on Mack’s Mets: Mets Fire Jared Porter.

Joel Sherman NY Post: It’s on Sandy Alderson to lead Mets from Jared Porter disaster. “Sandy Alderson now has to take over the day-to-day running of the Mets’ baseball operations until next offseason. He needs to bring stability, integrity and success to that department, making it so attractive that come October or November, the best candidates will line up to interview as opposed to what happened this most recent time.”










Brian Joura Mets360: Mets 2021 projections: Jacob deGrom. “One of the lousy things about the shortened 2020 MLB season was that it robbed us of a full season of prime Jacob deGrom.”  Brian’s Projection – “210 IP, 2.61 ERA, 275 Ks, 50 BB, 23 HR”.  That would be great.

Answers to key questions in Mets’ Jared Porter aftermath; New York Post 1/19/21 7:07 PM

MLB to investigate ex-Mets GM Porter over inappropriate text messages - Metro US; Metro News 1/19/21 7:04 PM

Steve Cohen Does The Right Thing With Porter Even If ESPN Didn’t Reflections On Baseball 1/19/21 6:59 PM

Mets GM candidates: After Jared Porter firing, here's where Steve Cohen could turn to fill vacancy - CBSSports.com 1/19/21 6:47 PM

Sandy Alderson on hiring a new Mets GM: ‘I’m very confident in the group that we have’ | SNY YouTube: SNY Mets 1/19/21 6:26 PM

The Mets and Reds Could be a Match for a Trade; Prime Time Sports Talk 1/19/21 6:25 PM

Addition of Joey Lucchesi to staff is Jared Porter's last deal for Mets   | Newsday  1/19/21 6:16 PM

Mets did not consult women in hiring Jared Porter, will not immediately replace fired GM Yahoo Sports: Big League Stew 1/19/21 5:37 PM

New York Mets won’t hire a new general manager in the short-term after Porter’s dismissal; Empire Sports Media 1/19/21 5:23 PM

The Broader Implications Of The Jared Porter Firing For Talent Acquisition Departments Across Sports Forbes 1/19/21 5:06 PM

Mets President Sandy Alderson addresses the termination of GM Jared Porter | SNY; YouTube: SNY Mets 1/19/21 5:01 PM

Mets' Sandy Anderson calls Jared Porter firing a 'wake-up call,' says vacant GM position won't be filled - CBSSports.com 1/19/21 4:56 PM

Mets Won't Hire Jared Porter's GM Replacement Until After 2021 Season Bleacher Report 1/19/21 4:49 PM

Forgotten 2021 Additions Mets Junkies 1/19/21 4:46 PM

New owner, but the same ol’ New York Mets Elite Sports NY 1/19/21 4:37 PM

New York Mets did nothing wrong in hiring, firing GM Jared Porter  Sportsnaut 1/19/21 3:56 PM

Ex-Mets GM Jared Porter could be facing an MLB suspension next Yahoo Sports: Big League Stew 1/19/21 3:49 PM

Steve Cohen shows that these are not the same ol’ Mets Fansided: Call To The Pen 1/19/21 3:29 PM

Mets Do the Right Thing and Fire Jared Porter Blogging Mets 1/19/21 3:29 PM

Women in sports media are enduring harassment all the time, and Jared Porter's firing won't change that Yahoo Sports: Big League Stew 1/19/21 3:25 PM 

ICYMI yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Tom Brennan - METS' BABIP and RISP observations

Player Profile: Drew Ferguson.

Sandy Alderson Address the Media.

Mack’s Scouting Report - 1B - Joseph Carpenter

Mack’s Scouting Report - C - Luis Aviles

Mack’s Scouting Report  -  2B  - Edarian Williams

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

MLB and SportSpyder NL East Links:

MLB.com:

Springer has 6-year deal with Toronto (report)

Hall of Famer Don Sutton dies at 75



Halos reach deal with lefty Quintana (source)

From 1-50, the best current nicknames in MLB

Mets fire general manager Jared Porter

Where the Yanks can find their next lefty bat

Toronto adding Yates on 1-year deal (source)

These are baseball's 10 best LHP prospects

Astros fan had big mustache, bigger heart

Musgrove seeks 'the ultimate dream' in SD

MLB Trade Rumors:  Rangers Sign Hunter Wood To Minor League Deal.

Winter Baseball:

In Puerto Rico, between Los Indios de Mayaguez 3 Los Atenienses de Manati 2 (Box Score). Former Met Juan Centeno went 0 for 2 with a walk. Indios wins the series 4-0.

No Mets in action yesterday in Venezuela or in the Mexican Pacific League.

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:

Died on this date:

Transactions:

New York Mets signed free agent Karim Garcia of the New York Yankees on January 20, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Jose Parra on January 20, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Tom Martin on January 20, 2009.

New York Mets signed free agent Cory Sullivan of the Colorado Rockies on January 20, 2009.

Houston Astros signed Cory Sullivan of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2010.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Hairston of the San Diego Padres on January 20, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Rafael Montero on January 20, 2011.

Oakland Athletics signed Alejandro De Aza of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2017.

National Pastime.com:

1984

Mets fans are shocked as the franchise loses future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver for the second time. The White Sox draft the unprotected 'Tom Terrific,' who rejoined the team last season after being traded away to Cincinnati in 1977, as compensation for losing Dennis Lamp, a Type A free agent, to the Blue Jays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

1984: The Chicago White Sox claim 39-year-old pitcher Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Dennis Lamp to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets left Seaver off their protected list assuming (wrongly) that no team would want to select the aging star, who finished 1983 with a 9-14 record and a 3.55 ERA. But Seaver will improve to 15-11 with the White Sox this season.

Breakfast Links One year ago today - 1/20/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tom Brennan said...

Porter situation- read when they were vetting him, Anderson reached out to NO women. If he had, would he have flagged Porter on this. Unlikely, but maybe. Optics are bad.

Smith baseball’s #8 LF? Defense bad, offense superior. So # 8 does not seem far fetched. That said, we need a DH.

January 20, 2021 at 6:59 AM

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