3/25/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 3/25/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Lee Mazzilli and Tom Glavine.  Cardinals 3 Mets 0 (Box Score).  Mets  send 4 to minors and MLB to crack down on substances on baseballs.  

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Brandon Nimmo CF 0 for 4, 1 K; Francisco Lindor SS 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 4, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 3; Dominic Smith LF 1 for 2; Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 4, 1 K; J.D. Davis DH 0 for 2, 1 HBP, 1 K; James McCann C 1 for 3, 1 K; Luis Guillorme 3B 0 for 3; Corey Oswalt (L 0-1) 4 innings, 2 hits, 1 HR, 1 run - earned; Jeurys Familia 1 inning, no runs, 1 walk, 1 K; Dellin Betances 1 inning, no runs, 1 walk, 1 K; Miguel Castro 1 hit, no runs, no walks, 2 Ks; Jerry Blevins 1 inning, 2 hits, 2 runs – one earned, 1 walk.  




Mike Puma NY Post: Dellin Betances will have to carve out Mets role using creativity. “Arm strength is down,” a scout said. “He uses his fastball as a show pitch to set up his offspeed, which is still good. I think he’s at the point in his career where he knows he’s going to have to make adjustments in order to survive.”






Tim Healey Newsday: Jacob Barnes, who is on the 40-man roster and cannot be optioned to the minors, has impressed Mets officials and has the ability to throw multiple innings, something the club values. Mike Montgomery could serve as a long reliever and a second lefthander (alongside Loup); he is able to opt-out of his contract to seek a major-league gig elsewhere if the Mets don’t add him to the roster by some point this weekend.





Mike Puma NY Post:  Jordan Yamamoto and Corey Oswalt both departed major league camp…The shuffling leaves Joey Lucchesi in a strong position for the rotation job, but manager Luis Rojas has also indicated he might use an opener. If the Mets go that route, left-hander Mike Montgomery, who is competing for a job on a minor league contract, could be the choice.







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Joel Sherman NY Post: Much like survey steroid testing in 2003, MLB is using this as an educational tool to see how widespread a problem it has before becoming even stricter on the issue. MLB wants to determine what kind of sticky substances are being used and to what advantage. MLB would like to be armed with the information as it continues to work on a baseball that like the one used in Japan will have a tackier surface and, perhaps, discourage the need to cheat.


Mike’s Mets: Cracking Down on Sticky Stuff, Hefner's Positive Impact.



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New York Mets signed free agent Orel Hershiser on March 25, 1999.

New York Mets released Buddy Carlyle on March 25, 2016.

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2 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Luis Guillorme 0-3 AND 2 errors? Change something - deodorant, socks. That ain't Luis.

Betances ramp up - let's see.

Familia may drive us froot loops, but so far, so good.

Every spring, there is wailing over guys like Yamamoto being left behind. But that number 26 is a tough taskmaster.

Time to start hitting, fellas - don't make all of my offensive exuberance look stupid.

March 25, 2021 at 7:09 AM
John From Albany said...

Hopefully McNeil is coming out of it.

March 25, 2021 at 7:20 AM

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