2/1/21

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 2/1/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Austin Jackson. Juan Lagares opens the Caribbean Series with a bang, Drew Smith looks good, latest on Trevor Bauer, and MLB and Players Union still can't agree. 

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

Mets Links: 

Kevin Kernan ballnine.com: The ABCs of Pitching.  Kevin interviewed Ron Darling about what great Mets Trainer Tom McKenna taught him and contains this quote“You can’t abandon your pitching staff by putting a poor defense out there,’’ Darling said of the Mets’ upgrades. “People in charge certainly know that. That old adage of being strong up the middle offensively and defensively still works. So all the new ideas are old ideas that have been around forever."

SNY.TV: SNY apologizes for Steve Cohen tweet gone very wrong.








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MLB.com:

MLB News

Predicting the 2025 All-MLB Team

Pirates call up Harrington for debut; Bednar optioned to Triple-A

MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well

Stanton plans to keep using 'Torpedo' bat upon return from IL

Veteran righty Lynn retires after 13 seasons

This top prospect is already validating the hype

Ottavino returns to Yanks; Devin Williams goes on paternity list

Manaea gets PRP injection, won't throw for 2 weeks amid setback

Predicting when prospects will make MLB debuts by month

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Reynaldo Lopez To Undergo Arthroscopic Shoulder Procedure

Padres Outright Tyler Wade

Mariners Select Jhonathan Díaz

Sean Manaea To Be Shut Down Another Two Weeks Due To Setback In Rehab

Pirates Option David Bednar

Phillies Claim Brett de Geus

Yahoo Sports:

MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton weighs in on torpedo bats: 'You're not going to get the story you're looking for'

Phillies' Matt Strahm proposes batters keep torpedo bats, if pitchers get their own advantage back

Mets shut down Sean Manaea for another 2 weeks after PRP injection for right oblique strain

Mets prospect Jett Williams 100 percent healthy, expected to receive more reps in CF

Aaron Boone on Yankees' 'personalized' torpedo bats; Adam Ottavino having 'a lot left in there'

MLB power rankings: Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees top the list after dominant opening weekends

The Mets start the season, with Juan Soto and Pete Alonso leading the way | The Mets Pod

MLB futures betting 2025: Odds, expert picks, predictions including Aaron Judge AL MVP and home run leader

Sean Manaea shut down from throwing for two weeks after experiencing oblique discomfort

Lance Lynn, World Series champion and 2-time All-Star pitcher, says he’s retiring

ESPN:

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What's going on with Rafael Devers? Putting his historic strikeout streak into context

Stanton won't blame ailing elbows on torpedo bats

Veteran pitcher Lynn retiring after 13-year career

FOX Sports:

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Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton will keep using torpedo bats despite injury questions

What were the 10 biggest storylines in sports in March?

Joel Klatt on Shedeur’s stock & if Jeanty is the best RB in the draft | FULL INTERVIEW | The Herd

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

Top Yankees prospect says trying torpedo bat in 2025 season is 'obvious' move

Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton doesn't blame torpedo bats for elbow injuries, will keep using them after IL stint

Pirates demote former All-Star closer David Bednar to minors after three rough outings in 2025

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Winter Baseball:

Panama 6 Venezuela 3 (Box Score). Venezuelan native and Mets Minor League Catcher, David Rodriguez, who hit .383 with 5 HR 23 RBIs in 38 games this winter in Venezuela is playing for Panama.  He DH’d Sunday, 1 for 5 with a double and a run scored.

Dominican Republic 5 Puerto Rico 1 (Box Score).  Juan Lagares, was the star of this one, 2 for 5, 3 run HR, double, run scored, 5 RBIs, 1 K; Robinson Cano 2 for 3 with a walk;  For Puerto Rico, Johneshwy Fargas 0 for 3, a walk and 2 Ks.




Mexico 10 Columbia  2 (Box Score). Sebastian Elizalde 1 for 3, 3 runs scored, a walk and 1 K; For Columbia Ex-Met Dilson Herrera, 1B, run scored, RBI, 1 K. 

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 claimed Endy Chavez on waivers from the Detroit Tigers on February 1, 2002.

Oakland Athletics signed Ricky Ledee of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 1, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Jesus Feliciano on February 1, 2007.

Kansas City Royals signed Brian Lawrence of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 1, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Marlon Byrd on February 1, 2013.

Centerfield Maz: Jeff Torborg: Former Mets Manager Who Caught Three Career No Hitters (1992-1993).

Centerfield Maz: John Stephenson: Former Mets Catcher Who Caught Nolan Ryan's First Game (1964-1966).

Centerfield Maz: Rudy Meoli: Former Italian / American Player Who Helped Preserve Nolan Ryan's First No Hitter (1971-1979).

National Pastime.com:

2001

Postseason hero Jim Leyritz signs a $500,000, one-year minor league contract with the Mets. The former Yankee has hit one home run per every 7.6 postseason at-bats, making it the third-best performance for players with five or more postseason round-trippers.

2008

In the richest contract ever given to a pitcher, southpaw Johan Santana agrees to a $137.5 million, six-year deal, completing the blockbuster trade between the Twins and the Mets. In exchange for the two-time Cy Young Award winner, Minnesota gets four of New York's highly touted minor leaguers, including three top pitching prospects, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra, as well as fleet-footed outfielder Carlos Gomez.

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4 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

I guess Bauer will make his decision soon, being as it is February.

MLB proposal sounds solid to me - but I'm not a player.

11 months now since JT Ginn surgery = assuming he isn't stuck in some trade, I guess we'll soon start to see if he is a post-TJS Jake deGrom type in the coming months.

TexasGusCC said...

Bauer keeps teasing about the NL East and small inferences to the Mets because he wants to get the Dodgers’ attention and wants to get the Dodgers to step up. He doesn’t want the Mets...

John From Albany said...

Think you are right Gus but the Mets are bidding against themselves. Hope they are careful.

Tom Brennan said...

If the Dodgers get Bauer, you may just as well coronate the Dodgers now.