3/12/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 3/12/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Darryl Strawberry, Dave Williams, and Carlos Muniz. Mets beat the Astros 1-0 as Pete Alonso goes deep and Jacob deGrom hits 102 MPH plus MLB experiments in the Minor Leagues.  

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Mets 1 Astros 0 (Box Score) Brandon Nimmo LF 2 for 3; Francisco Lindor SS 0 for 4, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 1 for 3; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 Ks - .313/.450/.813 this Spring; Dominic Smith DH 1 for 4, 2 Ks; Jeff McNeil 2B 0 for 3; J.D. Davis 3B 0 for 1, 2 walks; James McCann C 1 for 3 with 1 K; Albert Almora jr. CF o for 3, 2 Ks; Jacob deGrom 3 innings, no runs, no hints, 7 Ks; Mike Montgomery 2 innings, 1 hit, no runs, 4 Ks; Jacob Barnes, 1 inning, no hits, 3 Ks; Stephen Tarpley 2 innings, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; Daniel Zamora, 1 inning, 2 walks, 1 K; (17 K’s in all for Mets Pitchers). 

Mets take on the Miami Marlins at Port St. Lucie today, Game Time 1:10 with Marcus Stroman on the mound.

Mets.com: 102 mph heat! deGrom 'aging like fine wine'.  













MLB.com: Each team's prospect with best fastball. For the Mets it is Matthew Allan. “Heading into his age-20 season, Allan already pumps the heater in the mid-90s, and he locates it well to all parts of the zone.”

213 Miles From Shea: Get To Know a 2021 Non-Roster Invitee: Mark Vientos.

Forbes.com: Mets’ Dominic Smith, Mariners’ Kyle Lewis Lead List Of 2020 Hitters Not As Good As Their Traditional Stats. “1B/LF Dominic Smith (Mets) - 2020 Act. = .316-.377-.616, 169 OPS+; 2020 “Tru” = .257-.311-.519, 118 Tru+ - It took awhile for the Mets’ 2013 1st round pick to get his legs and establish himself at the major league level. After a couple uneven trials, he broke through in 2019 and took things up another notch in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. Or at least he seemed to.” 

JFA’s take – I think it is very easy to predict that a player will not be as good as the previous year as other players make adjustments to what they did.  However, I feel that Dom’s ability to hit the ball all over the diamond and pure hitting ability will give him success for years to come.

Metsmerized Online: Looking at How the Mets Overhauled Player Development. A very in-depth look at the new hires the Mets have made in minor league development.  These included: “hiring Driveline-trained and former employees Carter Capps as Rookie League pitching coordinator and Collin Hetzler as complex hitting coordinator…The Mets have also hired former Seattle Mariners director of pitching development (2018-2020), Brian DeLunas to be player development special projects coordinator…Edwin Diaz credits DeLunas for helping him keep his mechanics in order during his emergent 2018 season with Seattle.”

John from Albany - To Develop Players, Bring Back Fonzie.

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USA Today: No shifts, more steals: MLB's 2021 minor-league rule experiments a road map to future.  “most notable coming at Class AA – that teams will be required to ‘have a minimum of four players on the infield, each of whom must have both feet completely in front of the outer boundary of the infield dirt.’  Other changes include: “At Class AAA, they will introduce a larger base (18 inches square instead of 15) for safety reasons and also to enhance the success rate of stolen bases - perhaps baseball's ultimate play of inches...a pitch clock (Low-A West) a limit on pickoffs (all low-A leagues), a "step-off" rule that requires pitchers to fully disengage with the runner before a pickoff attempt (high A) and the automatic, or "robot," ball-strike system (Low-A Southeast).”


USA Today: Baseball scouts return to the ballpark after COVID-19 pandemic decimates industry.

Baseball Mexico Blog: Fernando Rodney to pitch for Tijuana in 2021. 

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New York Mets released Alay Soler on March 12, 2007.

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The second exhibition season bench-clearing brawl this week occurs when a raging Mike Piazza charges the mound after being hit by a pitch thrown by Guillermo Mota, who makes it to the dugout without being caught. The incident may be a follow-up to a similar event last spring when a shoving match between the two players resulted when the Mets' All-Star catcher waited for Mota and grabbed the Dodger reliever by the jersey as he was coming off the field in the eighth inning of the game.


Mack’s Blast From The Past comes from 3-12-12 – Mack wished Darryl Strawberry Happy Birthday with a picture of Darryl playing at Compton High.  

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2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Watching clips of the raw heat from deGrom, I think his current full package is better than Seaver's at his best. Seaver didn't throw 102.

Pete's blast was sweet.

Rest of Mets' lumber needs to emerge from slumber. (No, I won't mention Philip Humber)

Three weeks, folks.

March 12, 2021 at 6:20 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - Pete has looked great this Spring. He just needs to keep it going once the season starts. Now that the regulars are playing, time to get them going as you say.

March 12, 2021 at 6:28 AM

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