Good Morning. Happy Birthday Phil Lombardi, Shane Spencer, and Livan Hernandez. The Mets get Taijuan Walker, Jacob deGrom talks about staying long term, and it’s Noah Vs. Trevor Bauer on Twitter.
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As we had
yesterday on Mack’s Mets - Mets
have deal with RHP Taijuan Walker.
SNY.TV:
Luis Rojas discusses Taijuan Walker: 'He turns the rotation into a deep
rotation'.
Brian Joura Mets360: “Walker has a full
repertoire, with his main pitch being a 93.2 mph fastball. His main offspeed
pitch is a slider but he also features a splitter and a curve.” (Subscription
required).
Metstradamus:
“Walker split the season between Seattle and Toronto. Had a 4.00 ERA with
Seattle, and a 1.73 ERA with Toronto. But his WHIP was significantly better in
Seattle in 2020: 1.07 to 1.25. So all that proves is that baseball is weird.”
Mike
Puma NY Post: “Walker…finished 4-3 with a 2.70 ERA and 1.163 WHIP in 11
starts”.
SNY.TV:
Taijuan Walker celebrates new Mets' deal with perfect nod to Tom Seaver.
— Taijuan Walker (@tai_walker) February 20, 2021
NY
Post: Trevor Bauer, Noah Syndergaard get into heated Twitter spat: ‘See you at
the bottom’.
And then he said......”I’m sorry I chose another team but I’ll donate to your charities!” https://t.co/Kxkje5Uqn2
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) February 20, 2021
Keep digging https://t.co/OR0tYEiDCA pic.twitter.com/OqnSuuLSgG
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) February 20, 2021
You bring a drone and your mixtape and it’s a deal. #takeajokebro https://t.co/iAPPv3Kj0e
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) February 20, 2021
Mets.com:
deGrom a Mets lifer? He likes the idea.
Jacob deGrom says he hasn't thought much about the opt-out in his contract after 2022, but the idea of being a Met for life "is really cool" to him. Seeing the way David Wright was treated by Mets fans had a significant impact on him.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 19, 2021
Jacob deGrom on his future with the Mets:
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 19, 2021
"One thing I do think is really, really cool is whenever somebody spends their entire career with one team...it's definitely something I've thought about" pic.twitter.com/cKYPYev4VP
"Ultimately, the team goal is to win the World Series. You still set personal goals, and my goal is to win another Cy Young"
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 19, 2021
- Jacob deGrom pic.twitter.com/NZg5OJnLzD
Jacob deGrom on the Mets' offseason:
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 19, 2021
"It's exciting. Hopefully we can go out there and win a World Series" pic.twitter.com/6Hmc5dsF0j
Jacob deGrom on the Mets offering Trevor Bauer $40M+:
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 19, 2021
"He waited until free agency. I signed a deal before free agency. I signed the deal and really haven't looked back." pic.twitter.com/BhtJCx9TBb
On BNNY presented by Tri-State @Cadillac, @Jim_Duquette talks about how he'd handling Jacob deGrom's looming opt out and @Anthony_Recker breaks down how much deGrom's stuff has improved since catching him in 2015 https://t.co/86XoyO5bm7 pic.twitter.com/Kwp4XTQu5x
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 20, 2021
Charcoalin’ in deProgress pic.twitter.com/EDtcZpla8j
— Joe Maracic (@GrafixJoker) February 20, 2021
Nathalie
Alonso Mets.com: How Lindor's defense could transform Mets: “A two-time
Gold Glove Award winner with the range and instincts to make highlight-reel
plays on a regular basis, Lindor
has 46 career DRS at shortstop since debuting with Cleveland in June 2015. His
42 DRS since '16 rank fourth among MLB shortstops in that span. (The Mets rank
last in that stretch with a collective minus-69 DRS at shortstop.)
Joel
Sherman NY Post: Steve Cohen’s Mets are still taking the upside route. “Imagine on Nov. 10 – the day of Cohen’s
introductory press conference that so stirred the optimism of Mets fans – you
would have been told the Mets will be signing none (ZERO) of the top six free
agents this offseason. That would have felt impossible, right?”
Sending you into the weekend with the 🔥 from de🐐, @STR0 & @JoeyFuego44 at Mets camp today pic.twitter.com/8pTW6RllYP
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 20, 2021
New digs lookin' good @JoeyFuego44 🔹🔸 pic.twitter.com/wdbImJCUG6
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 19, 2021
New number, new city, and new team... But it will always be the same dream. #45 #LFGM #NYC 🔵🟠🤙🏽 @Mets pic.twitter.com/vDXxHYcomI
— Jordan Yamamoto (@jyamaz50) February 19, 2021
The pure power of Francisco Alvarez. 🤯 💪 pic.twitter.com/bgYXVPORbK
— Mets Farm Report (@MetsFarmReport) February 19, 2021
Mets P prospect Conner o'Neil putting in work 👀 https://t.co/ybTf3VyGiB
— Ernest Dove (@ernestdove) February 20, 2021
The honorable MC @ernestdove returns back to the Sports Report on @sportanarium radio at 5:39 PM EST/10:39 PM 🇬🇧⏰tomorrow in a preview of @ernestdove tomorrow on https://t.co/vZBSXvr8XX we🎤the Mets signing of Taijuan Walker. #metstwitter pic.twitter.com/NQO0xvHpk3
— Thomas Brice (@ThomasBrice2017) February 20, 2021
This evening I received some exciting news about my dear friend, the late Shannon Forde. pic.twitter.com/mKM1VK9mRr
— Jay Horwitz (@Jay_HorwitzPR) February 19, 2021
Does baseball actually make any sense? pic.twitter.com/nnDmd14LJy
— MetsFanMania (@MetsFanMania) February 19, 2021
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Arraez to concussion IL following scary collision
Lindor swats slow-start stigma, fuels Mets' win
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Toolshed: 2021
Minor League schedule quirks For example: “Binghamton and Somerset
-- affiliates of the two New York clubs in the Double-A Northeast Northeast
Division -- won't face each other for a single six-game series...The list goes
on. Some parts of the schedule are necessarily wacky to fit the new guidelines,
and that means it won't be until 2022 when certain teams can face clubs from their
own divisions again.”
Jays' Groshans joins the MiLB podcast
Been a while:
Oldest Minor League ballparks
Today
in Mets History Per
Ultimatemets.com:
Born
on this date:
- Phil
Lombardi
(1963)
- Shane
Spencer (1972)
- Livan
Hernandez
(1975)
Died on
this date:
- Kevin
Collins (2016)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Don Aase on February 20, 1989.
Los Angeles Dodgers signed Don Aase of the New York
Mets as a free agent on February 20, 1990.
New York Yankees signed Dwight Gooden of the New York
Mets as a free agent on February 20, 1996.
New
York Mets
signed free agent Tony Clark on February 20,
2003.
2010: The Mets sign
veteran C Rod
Barajas to a contract, joining a crowded catching corps that
also includes Henry Blanco, Omir
Santos and top prospect Josh Thole.
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5 comments:
Bauer is addicted to Twitter. Noah dug him real good.
That was a really funny video on the unusual baseball stuff we find so extraordinary.
Conner O'Neil looking good - I think he had his TJS two weeks before Syndergaard. So he ought to be ready for AA ball about when it starts in May.
I say that link on Fielder III power. It had a video of Cecil hitting one over the roof - that was mammoth. There's got to be a lot of African Americans who are not pursuing baseball who, if the pursued it like Cecil and Prince, would be really wealthy, great players today.
Tom,
For a multitude of reasons, Baseball has lost much of Black America. The RBI program has helped a lot but more can be done. Dom Smith and the Players Alliance are doing a lot to help as well. The 60's might just be the greatest period of baseball when we had such great players as Willie Mays, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Willie McCovey, Ernie Banks, and many more.
I'm obviously a huge Conner o'Neil fan and friend. His Low A numbers were really good. He of course now in hindsight realizes he pitched injured in Lucie. Cant wait to see him back healthy and have his chance just like anyone else.
John, NBA and to a lesser extent NFL and college sports on TV for those two sports likely pulled blacks away from considering baseball. Many would-have-been baseball millionaires focused instead on hoops where you might be immensely talented - but not good enough to crack the roughly 500 who play in the NBA - and earned nothing playing hoops. I am betting many would have a higher success rate in baseball. Sometimes, when I watch the NCAA tournament of 64, I marvel at the athleticism - but almost all of them will not play pro hoops. Sad.
Ernest, let's hope Conner rocks 2021.
Two things:
- Walker should alot of class but also a knowledge of the history of the Mets with that picture. How many players know baseball history?
- I was disappointed to see Syndergaard’s comment about the man’s wife. How much of a dick does he have to be? Say ‘don’t be jealous’ and leave it at that. To me he’s an immature jock and he appears happy with that. Not just from yesterday, but other retorts of his.
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