3/20/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 3/20/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Brooklyn Cyclones Pitcher Josh Hejka.  Mets 8 Cards 5 as Nido goes deep and Lindor hits a Grand Slam.  Mets send 9 to farm and Chris Christie is now a Mets Board Member.  

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Mets 8 Cardinals 5 (Box Score) Brandon Nimmo CF 0 for 1, 2 walks, 2 runs scored; Francisco Lindor SS 2 for 4, Grand Slam HR, 4 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 K;  Michael Conforto RF 1 for 2 with a walk; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 3 with an RBI; Jeff McNeil 2B 0 for 1, 3 HBP; J.D. Davis DH 1 for 3, run scored; Kevin Pillar LF 0 for 3 with a K; Tomás Nido C 3 for 3, HR, 1 run scored, RBI;  Brandon Drury 3B 0 for 3, run scored, RBI; Taijuan Walker 4 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 3 Ks;  RHP; Jerry Blevins 1 inning, no runs, no hits, no walks; Corey Oswalt 2.2 innings, 5 hits, 5 runs – all eaarned, 2 HR, 1 walk, 1 K; Trevor Hildenberger 1/3 inning, no runs, 1 K; Daniel Zamora 1 inning, no runs, 1 hot, 1 walk. 

No Game on Saturday for the Mets.  They travel to West Palm Beach to take on the Washington Nationals on Sunday at 1:05 PM.  Jacob deGrom is scheduled to pitch.







Tim Healey Newsday: David Peterson likely to be part of Mets' rotation. Lefthander David Peterson probably will be in the starting five, manager Luis Rojas said Friday, solidifying what had been a likelihood since the start of camp. And to replace Carlos Carrasco, who is out with a strained right hamstring, the Mets again are mulling using an opener in addition to one of their depth starters. "There’s a lot of different strategies that you can think of," Rojas said.















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New York Mets purchased Frank Lary from the Milwaukee Braves on March 20, 1965.

New York Mets signed free agent Octavio Dotel on March 20, 1993.

New York Mets traded Jason Phillips to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kaz Ishii on March 20, 2005.

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1961 - The New York Yankees of the American League announce the team will oppose any plan that would enable the new National League expansion franchise in New York, NY to use Yankee Stadium. This decision leaves the old Polo Grounds as the only viable option for the NL's new team, the New York Mets, who will begin play in a year's time.

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1973  In an exhibition game played in Puerto Rico, Willie Mays, subbing for manager Yogi Berra, pilots the Mets to an 8-3 win over the Pirates.

Mack’s Blast From The Past comes from 3-20-13 – Mack – The Puerto Rico Question.  Mack looked how adding Puerto Rico to the MLB draft contributed to the number of Puerto Rican players dropping from 53 in 2001 to 17 in 2012. 

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5 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Not sure what the Mets would do with Tyler Flowers. Big day for Nido clinched his back up catcher spot, it seems.

If I were Mazeika, having a .500 OBP in nearly 30 plate appearances over the last two springs with just 4 Ks, I would certainly be disheartened.

Fargas too - good camp. Amazing when you get cut and the number of guys in camp is still 44.

Oswalt? I don't want to say what my brother said to me. In short, why is he still here?

March 20, 2021 at 7:02 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom,

I think we all saw the other day why Oswalt is still here (5 Ks in 2 innings). He has the stuff, can he do it consistently? (Oh and he also was placed on waivers and no one claimed him).

I think the Mets are agreeing with what Jimmy pointed out yesterday on one of your posts, backup catchers need to be a defense first position (which explains the demotion of Mazeika and Rodriquez). Anything they give you with a bat is a bonus. By getting Tyler Flowers the Mets could pinch hit Nido with McCann and instead of making McCann come in to catch, Flowers can catch to give McCann the full day off from catching.

The other interesting thing is that the Mets released a catching first guy in Ali Sanchez. I guess the Mets did not see his potential.

As far as Mazeika is concerned he will be a minor league free agent after this year. If he does not get to the bigs this year, he will be elsewhere next year.

March 20, 2021 at 7:24 AM
Ernest Dove said...

Definitely assume its last chance for Patrick Mazeika who deserves it. I assume he plays C/1B/DH again to get needed ABs.

March 20, 2021 at 1:53 PM
John From Albany said...

Thanks Ernest. Also surprising that Andres Regnault was released.

March 20, 2021 at 4:05 PM
Tom Brennan said...

Ernest, let's see what Mazeika has in the tank this year. Hard for me to believe that if the Mets give up on him, someone else won't want him

March 20, 2021 at 8:41 PM

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