Mets News and Breakfast Links 3/6/2021

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Cookie Rojas.  Jacob deGrom to pitch today against Houston at 1:05, and Matt Harvey struggles in O's debut, and Shohei Ohtani hits 100 MPH.

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The Mets' 6:30 p.m. game tomorrow against the Astros -- Jacob deGrom's spring debut -- has officially been moved to 1:05 p.m. to avoid some nasty incoming weather in West Palm Beach.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) March 5, 2021

Andy Martino SNY.TV: Mets Mailbag: On Luis Rojas' future, the luxury tax, and Noah Syndergaard's timeline.  Regarding Luis Rojas Andy had this: “He wasn't their pick, but he’s not a lame duck, either. Alderson has great admiration for Rojas as a person and felt that he had earned a chance to show he can handle the job in a full season. If he performs well, he’ll stay. But he’s definitely being evaluated by the new leadership.”

Danny Abriano SNY.TV: Predicting the Mets' 2024 roster: Prospects, trades, free agents, and keepers, Danny sees Francisco Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong on the club along with Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto, Brett Baty as the DH, and Matt Chapman coming via Free Agency and Jose Berrios being acquired in a trade.

SNY.TV: CC Sabathia says Marcus Stroman is 'dark horse' Cy Young Award candidate.

Mike Puma NY Post: What made Mets have to have reliever Sam McWilliams. “What did the Mets see in McWilliams, who is attempting to earn a bullpen job this spring? Mainly somebody who had improved his mechanics while replacing his two-seam fastball with a four-seamer, increasing his velocity a few ticks into the 95-96 mph range.”

Mets prospect Khalil Lee opens up on his time with the organization and the impact Dom Smith has already had on him https://t.co/qCZ3e327pr pic.twitter.com/2UuYVSRxqC

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) March 5, 2021

Happy to report update on Mets P prospect Conner O'Neil. The post TJS rehab still going really well, getting on track, showing increased FB velo again. Looking for a successful return during 2021 minor league season. pic.twitter.com/O3HK8ey3rM

— Ernest Dove (@ernestdove) March 5, 2021

🎧🍎 New Shea Anything! 🍎🎧

Why were the Mets willing to spend so much for Trevor Bauer? https://t.co/v97rNdByG0

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— SNY (@SNYtv) March 5, 2021

Can the Mets trust Edwin Diaz in 2021?@sal_licata, @Anthony_Recker, @Todd_Zeile & @martinonyc discuss it on BNNY presented by Tri-State @Cadillac https://t.co/3jpi0wwxCJ pic.twitter.com/ebeYRIDUAr

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 6, 2021

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— Thomas Brice (@ThomasBrice2017) March 6, 2021

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Some of yesterday's Spring Training Highlights:

The ol’ 5-2-3-2 triple play. 😏 pic.twitter.com/uCz1mumSun

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) March 5, 2021

Re-Flexen. 😱 pic.twitter.com/f7GC50duHj

— MLB (@MLB) March 5, 2021

Shohei Ohtani, Ridiculous Splitter. 😳 pic.twitter.com/rtczTlDPUo

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 5, 2021

How's Tork gonna handle the hot corner? So far, so good. pic.twitter.com/MJ5yMf8Kjh

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) March 5, 2021

Niño doing Niño things 🐆@tatis_jr • #PadresST pic.twitter.com/iKEVcOTxa3

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) March 6, 2021

Call him the Dark Knight of Dunedin. Here is Matt Harvey’s first pitch as a Baltimore Oriole: pic.twitter.com/YlWgVhMqmD

— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) March 5, 2021

Here is yesterday's Spring Training Scoreboard.

Orioles.com: Harvey struggled in his O's spring debut on Friday, allowing three runs on four hits in two innings in a 13-4 loss to the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Harvey yielded a two-run double to Randal Grichuk in the first and an opposite-field homer to Danny Jansen in the second, throwing 26 total pitches and hitting as high as 94 mph on the stadium radar gun. Harvey hit a batter and did not record a strikeout.

NY Post: Angels’ Shohei Ohtani hits 100 mph in spring outing.

USA Today: Ohtani fans 5 in return to mound; Harper HR on 1st swing.

AP News: California to allow Major League Baseball, parks like Disneyland, live shows to resume at reduced capacity on April 1. 

Ken Davidoff NY Post: A minor league baseball revolution is coming. Ken spoke to Gary Green, the CEO of Alliance Group and it’s co-founder Larry Botel who own multiple minor league teams and Baseball America. “Botel said. ‘Minor League Baseball hasn’t acted like a professional league. Not taking advantage of media dollars and Internet platforms to generate revenue. We think that Major League Baseball taking us over will start to open the door to a lot of those revenue streams…’”

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Cookie Rojas (1939)

Transactions:
Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rick Wilkins of the New York Mets as a free agent on March 6, 1999.

New York Mets signed free agent Tony Tarasco on March 6, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Orber Moreno on March 6, 2003.

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2016 - The Commissioner's office overturns the two-game suspension handed to Dodgers IF Chase Utley for a dangerous slide that injured the Mets' Ruben Tejada in last year's NLDS. The decision is because the rules regarding sliding at the time were too vague; they have since been strengthened.

Mack’s Blast From The Past comes from 3-6-12 – Mack On: Zach Lutz, Jon Niese, Fernando Martinez, Court Ruling.  

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March 6, 1961: The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. formally receives a certificate of membership from National League President Warren Giles. Soon after, they were named the @Mets. #MetsTwitter #MetsRewind #LGM pic.twitter.com/QxLArQj7Rv

— @MetsRewind (@metsrewind) March 6, 2021

March 6, 1986: Mookie Wilson suffers an eye injury after being struck by a ball, breaking his glasses. Doctors say the “glasses shattered but didn't do any damage. In fact, they took the full impact and probably prevented more damage.” Mookie misses two months. #LGM #MetsRewind pic.twitter.com/LhFTXa2sxD

— @MetsRewind (@metsrewind) March 6, 2021

Happy Birthday, Cookie Rojas! He celebrates his 82nd birthday today. Rojas served for four years (1997-2000) as Bobby Valentine’s third base coach and infield instructor. #LGM #MetsRewind pic.twitter.com/KxqD67Kj0x

— @MetsRewind (@metsrewind) March 6, 2021

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