1/6/21

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 1/6/2021

 



Good Morning. Happy Birthday Marlon Anderson and Nathan Jones. The Mets finalize coaching staff, are optimistic about George Springer, and are going to look at Corey Kluber, Plus Spring Training will be delayed for Double A and Single A players. 

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

Mets Links:

Mets.com: Mets finalize coaching staff under Rojas.


SNY.TV: Mets to attend Corey Kluber's throwing session next week: report. The Mets had someone at James Paxton's session in December.



Mets.com: Which free agents could fill Mets' rotation? Anthony DiComo looks at Trevor Bauer; Jake Odorizzi; Masahiro Tanaka; Taijuan Walker/Garrett Richards; James Paxton/Corey Kluber/José Quintana.


Anthony DiComo Mets.com: Here are the best Mets seasons by position. Here’s a few of the ones that made the list - Starting Pitcher: Dwight Gooden – 1985 Key stats: 24-4, 1.53 ERA, 276 2/3 innings, 268 strikeouts; Relief Pitcher - Jesse Orosco - 1983 Key stats: 13-7, 1.47 ERA, 62 appearances, 110 IP; Left field: Bernard Gilkey – 1996 Key stats: .317/.393/.562, 30 HR, 117 RBI, 155 OPS+.

Mike Puma NY Post: “team brass is optimistic Springer will be wearing a Mets uniform by the time spring training begins, according to an industry source. But that optimism doesn’t guarantee the 31-year-old Springer is coming, leaving a need to consider other possibilities.” Mike looks at Jackie Bradley Jr.; Kevin Kiermaier; Kevin Pillar; and Jake Marisnick.



SNY.TV: Latest on Mets target Liam Hendriks: Could Dodgers be looking to build 'super pen'?

MLB.com: Ranking the top 10 relievers on FA market. Liam Hendriks ranked #1; 2. Trevor Rosenthal; 3. Kirby Yates; 4. Brad Hand.  Justin Wilson makes the list at #9. 


Brian Joura Mets360: Casey Stengel and trying to thread the needle with free agents. “Springer would be a good fit but the Mets don’t truly need him, especially if there’s no DH in the NL in 2021. Their real need is SP but with so many candidates available, they can wait until closing time if need be. It’s interesting – at least to me – that none of the second-tier starters have inked a contract yet.”

NY Post: New Mets owner Steve Cohen pocketed $1.6B in 2020. “The billionaire investor’s hedge fund Point72 Asset Management returned double digit gains of around 17 percent in 2020, according to an investor. Cohen’s personal take on that haul is expected to be in the range of $1.6 billion — or roughly two-thirds the $2.4 billion the 64-year-old paid for the Queens team in August.”

NY Times: Steven Cohen’s Past Re-emerges to Cast Doubt on His Updated Image. “In the complaint, Sara Vavra, who led a trading group at Point72, said Mr. Cohen stopped by her office in July 2019 and began ‘an abusive, expletive-ridden tirade’ in which he said her work ‘sucked’ and she was ‘stupid’… ‘We determined that Ms. Vavra made numerous misrepresentations during her employment about things big and small and the same is true about her complaint’…said Tiffany Galvin-Cohen, a Point72 spokeswoman.”

Metro News: MCU Park reportedly under consideration to become vaccination center.

Yahoo Sports: Tim Tebow releases first children's book, which pays tribute to his dog, Bronco.



ICYMI yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Tom Brennan – Can Jake Stretch his innings per start?

Mack’s Scouting Report - RHP - Grant Holman.

Mack’s Scouting Report - RHP - Mason Marriot.

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

MLB Links:

Baseball America: Start of Minor League Season At Double-A And Class A To Be Delayed.  “MLB told minor league teams that spring training for Double-A and Class A players will not begin until MLB and Triple-A players have departed from spring training. The delay will allow for more social distancing…Even if MLB spring training begins on time, many minor leaguers would not report to spring training until late March or early April.”

CBS Sports: MLB restricts facility access before spring training, says violators of COVID protocols will be disciplined. Players who work out at their team's facility will be subject to various COVID-19 protocols.


MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers Re-Sign Blake Treinen.

MLB Trade Rumors: Cubs Release Colin Rea.

MLB Trade Rumors: Tigers Sign OF Robbie Grossman.


Yahoo Sports: MLB legend Hank Aaron gets COVID-19 vaccine, hopes to send message to Black Americans.


Yahoo Sports: Dodgers icon Tommy Lasorda 'resting comfortably' at home after long hospital stay.

MLB.com: 5 teams that could be fine sitting tight. 1. Brewers; 2. Blue Jays; 3. Cardinals; 4. Dodgers; 5. Nationals.

CBS Sports: Which American League team is building the best roster? Why White Sox are currently ahead of Yankees, others.

CBS Sports: Potential landing spots for Cubs stars: Willson Contreras: Philadelphia Phillies; Kris Bryant: Atlanta Braves; Anthony Rizzo: Toronto Blue Jays; Javier Baez: Minnesota Twins; Kyle Hendricks: Los Angeles Angels; Craig Kimbrel: Chicago White Sox.

MLB.com: Ha-Seong Kim: Padres are best team in MLB.

MLB.com: A new hope for 30 players in 2021. For the Mets - Dellin Betances “Betances posted a 6.10 ERA before landing on the injured list in late August due to a right lat strain, which he said had been bothering him for weeks. Betances briefly returned at the end of the season to give up three more runs, finishing with a 7.71 ERA -- but he's still got a chance at redemption.”

Winter Baseball:

In Puerto Rico yesterday:

Criollos de Caguas 4 RA12 0 (Box Score). Johneshwy Fargas 1 for 3 BI and a walk. 

No games Tuesday in the Dominican Republic.

In Venezuela:

Cardenales de Lara 6 Bravos de Margarita 3 (Box Score). For Los Bravos David Rodriguez LF 0 for 3 with a walk as his average dropped .391.

Leones del Caracas 6  Tigres de Aragua (Box Score). Wilfredo Tovar 1 for 5, 1 walk, 1 K, .292 average.

Caribes de Anzoategui 6 Tiburones de La Guaira 5 (Box Score). Jaison Vilera (Save, 1) 1 inning, no hits, 1K, 2.38 ERA.

No current Mets playing in the Mexican League. Per Baseball Mexico Blog: “The eight playoff teams were each allowed to choose two players from either Navojoa or Los Mochis, the two non-playoff teams.” Mets catching prospect, Juan Uriarte, who played for Los Mochis, was one of the players not chosen    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:
New York Mets signed free agent Braden Looper of the Florida Marlins on January 6, 2004.

New York Mets traded Vance Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for Anderson Hernandez on January 6, 2005.

Tampa Bay Rays signed Mike DiFelice of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2008.

Cleveland Indians signed Scott Atchison of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2014.

New York Mets signed free agent Taylor Teagarden of the Baltimore Orioles on January 6, 2014.

Washington Nationals signed Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 6, 2016.

New York Mets traded Scott Manea, Ross Adolph and Luis Santana to the Houston Astros for J.D. Davis and Cody Bohanek on January 6, 2019.

New York Mets traded Kevin Plawecki to the Cleveland Indians for Walker Lockett and Sam Haggerty on January 6, 2019.

Centerfield Maz: Marlon Anderson: Late 2000's Mets Utility Player (2005 / 2007-2009).

Centerfield Maz: Roy Staiger: Mid Seventies Mets Third Baseman (1975-1977).

Centerfield Maz: Legendary Italian / American Pitcher: Ralph Branca (1926-2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

1999: Surgery makes the news as the New York Mets prize rookie outfielder Jay Payton undergoes arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. 

2012: The Mets ink SS Ronny Cedeno.

Breakfast Links One year ago today - 1/6/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

A slow mo off season.

I wonder, among those billions of data points, if Scott will determine there are data points that could help deGrom average 2 more outs per start?

Anyway, if we can add a half dozen wins based on analytics, that would be worthwhile.

January 6, 2021 at 6:40 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - you would like the playoff system in the Mexican Pacific League this year - 8 of the ten teams make it - and those teams can draft players from team that didn't make it - imagine a team being able to add a Jacob deGrom or Juan Soto to their roster last year for the playoffs?

January 6, 2021 at 8:36 AM

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