2/17/21

John From Albany - Mets News and Breakfast Links 2/17/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Binghamton Rumble Ponies Pitcher Thomas McIlraith. James McCann talks to the Media, Corey Oswalt stays with the Mets, Brad Brach is released, and Pitchers and Catchers report today.

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Ken Davidoff NY Post: Why Mets shouldn’t rush into Francisco Lindor contract extension. “Allowing Lindor to play through on his walk year would enable both sides to develop a greater comfort for each other, or not, before taking the plunge. If it works out as well as hoped, then Lindor can rest assured that his new boss will take care of him with a ginormous contract.”

NY Post: Mets most popular World Series bet by a wide margin

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Chicago Cubs signed Jerry Morales of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 17, 1981.

Colorado Rockies signed John Maine of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 17, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Dana Eveland on February 17, 2014.

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1976

Future National League Cy Young Award winner Mike Scott pitches a perfect game for Pepperdine against California Lutheran University. The right-hander, who will throw a no-hitter as a major leaguer for the Astros, will be selected by the Mets in the second round in the June draft.

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9 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

McNeil, Nimmo, and McCann - 3 understandable early birds - all hungry

Remember1969 said...

There are some interesting post season odds on that chart.

I am not sure how much the rest of you guys like to follow the other teams and divisions, but I try to at least look at them. I'll do a similar prediction for all teams a bit later on in the spring.

My knee-jerk reaction has the Yankees a bit too high, the Blue Jays too low, the Tigers and Mariners too low, and the NL Central is a crapshoot .. still working on that. I agree with the top heavy NL West. The fight is for third place.

Tom Brennan said...

Remember 1969, you should come up with your own projections for an upcoming article (or articles).

Remember1969 said...

Could be, give me about a month to get into spring training.

Preview note: Unfortunately, I cannot be any kinder to the Orioles fans :-(

Mack Ade said...

Remember -

I look forward to them.

bill metsiac said...

What's the story with Nogosek, and why is Ernest Dove so high on him?

Mack Ade said...

Nogo has pitched well and deserves a chace, probably 2022

bill metsiac said...

Makes sense, but Ernest went way beyond that expectation, and seems to feel this will be a real breakout year.

John From Albany said...

Bill - Nogosek seemed about to breakout in 2019 but did not fair well in Flushing after posting a 0.00 ERA in Syracuse. Maybe this year he breaks through.