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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.

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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

Padres bulldog their way to one of best starts in franchise history

Jackson Holliday has 7 career homers, and TWO of them are grand slams

With 1st '25 HR out of the way, Vladdy ready for takeoff

'Determined' Strider not satisfied despite 500th K in promising '25 debut

105-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor throws out 1st pitch in Milwaukee

Miranda injures left hand carrying case of bottled water

Cards' bats getting results under guidance of new hitting coach Brown

Didn't get the out, but this play's so good, you still need to see it

What are chances Tucker signs in-season extension?

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

White Sox To Promote Edgar Quero

Luis Robert’s Slow Start

Twins Acquire Jonah Bride

Mariners Option Gregory Santos

Latest On Orioles’ Extension Candidates

Padres, Pirates Swap Brett Sullivan, Bryce Johnson

Yahoo Sports:

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

Mets vs. Cardinals: 5 things to watch and series predictions | April 17-20

Brandon Nimmo expects Mets offense to improve after series loss to Twins; open to playing center field

Mets' Justin Hagenman's MLB debut 'was everything you hope for and more'

Spencer Strider returns to the mound — but don't rush to rank him as a top-10 starter

MLB umpire Hunter Wendelstedt takes line drive to head while working 1B during Mets-Twins game

Mets option reliever Max Kranick; Griffin Canning to start Thursday vs. St. Louis

Yankees giving Luis Gil another 10 days before resuming throwing program

Mets fight back late but fall to Twins in extras, 4-3

Fantasy baseball's current No. 1 hitter could be the top player of 2025, and other early season risers

Dodgers legend Manny Mota suffers stroke: 'We hope he can recover all his functions'

ESPN:

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How Paul Skenes is growing into life as MLB's next megastar

Braves' Strider goes 5 in return; Blue Jays fan 19

Umpire hit in face by line drive, taken to hospital

FOX Sports:

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Mariners' Luke Raley throws out Reds' Jose Trevino at the plate to preserve lead

Mariners' Ben Williamson hits first career RBI to extend lead against Reds

Mets vs Twins Highlights | MLB on FOX

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

Spencer Strider makes MLB strikeout history in Braves ace's first major-league start since 2024 UCL surgery

MLB umpire Hunter Wendelstedt 'fine' after being hit in head by line-drive foul ball during Mets-Twins game

Clarke Schmidt returns for season debut: Yankees righty poised to join New York rotation in need of a boost

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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:

  1. 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.

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  2. 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...

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

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

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