4/13/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 4/13/2021

 



Good Morning.  Mets to play two today with Walker and Stroman on the mound, Carlos Carrasco looking good, and Seth Lugo is playing catch.

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Today's Matchups:

Phillies (6-3) @ Mets (2-3), 4:10 pm

NYM: Taijuan Walker (#99, 28, RHP, 0-0, 3.00)
PHI: Chase Anderson (#57, 33, RHP, 0-1, 3.60)

Phillies (6-3) @ Mets (2-3), TBD

NYM: Marcus Stroman (#0, 30, RHP, 1-0, 1.50)
PHI: Aaron Nola (#27, 28, RHP, 0-0, 2.53)

NY Post: Mets going back to Marcus Stroman after rain debacle.





NY Post: Mets’ lack of games playing role in slow start: ‘Thing we’re missing’ “Confined to indoor work in the absence of games, Mets batters have been turning to pitching machines that can offer both breaking balls and high velocity. But those can only help so much. ‘Once we start playing games and we can translate some of the things we’ve been doing to the games and guys get their repetitions, we’re going to get everyone ready, competing at their best,’ Rojas said.”

SNY.TV: Mets' Carlos Carrasco to soon throw five innings as he ramps up rehab from torn hamstring. Luis Rojas also gave updates on Seth Lugo, Drew Smith “Lugo is playing catch. He hasn’t thrown off the slope yet. That can potentially be next week," he said. As for Smith, he has been dealing with right shoulder soreness that ended his spring training early. Rojas said that he is playing catch as well.”

Joel Sherman NY Post: Phillies’ revamped bullpen making all the difference. “It was just nine games, but what cannot be missed is that the Phils have added heat to their pen…and the team went from being ranked 23rd in that area to fifth. Not surprisingly, the bullpen strikeout rate was up from 22.9 percent to 26.5.”



Danny Abriano SNY.TV: Is it time for Mets to worry about Michael Conforto? As far as not being clutch Danny noted this: “Michael Conforto is not only a very good clutch player, but one whose career numbers with runners in scoring position are better than his numbers without runners in scoring position. In 628 career plate appearances with runners in scoring position, he is hitting .269/.392/.509 with 29 homers and 31 doubles. In 1,402 plate appearances without runners on base, Conforto has hit .253/.350/.482.”

Tatiana Snedeker Elite Sports NY: State of the Mets: Fans need to take a deep breath. “There are 157 games left in the 2021 season, Mets fans. Relax.”

Reese Kaplan Mack’s Mets: Reese Kaplan -- It's Only Been a Week, Folks. Breathe!

Rising Apple: Three overreactions from a mixed first week of play. 1) The Mets are going to struggle to score all season long. 2) Brandon Nimmo is going to lead the MLB in on-base percentage. 3) The Mets will not make the postseason.

NY Post: Listen to Episode 42 of ‘Amazin’ But True’: Is Luis Rojas in Over His Head? feat. Dwight Gooden.







Amazing Avenue: From Complex To Queens, Episode 109: 2021 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Preview. 

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Blaine Boyer granted free agency on April 13, 2011.

Toronto Blue Jays claimed Aaron Laffey of the New York Mets on waivers on April 13, 2013. 

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1962

On a wintry day, the Mets play their first home game ever when only 12,000 fans show up at the Polo Grounds to see the return of National League baseball to the Big Apple. On Friday the 13th, the Pirates score the decisive run on two eighth-inning wild pitches thrown by Ray Diavault, beating the New York expansion team, 4-3.

1983

The Phillies, trailing by five runs entering the final frame, beat the Mets, 10-9, when Bo Diaz hits a walk-off bases-loaded home run. The Philadelphia catcher's 'ultimate grand slam', a home run which wins a game when a team is down by three runs in the bottom of the final inning, is tossed by Neil Allen, who faces only the final batter.

 

2012

Josh Thole's bizarre base running blunder leads to a very odd double play in the second inning of the Mets' 5-2 victory at Citizens Bank Park. After successfully reaching second base on R.A. Dickey's sacrifice bunt, the 25 year-old Mets' catcher shocks everyone, including the Philadelphia defense, by trying to return to first base, where he is tagged out to complete the unusual 3-1-6-4 twin killing.

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2009:  San Diego beats the Mets, 6 - 5, in the first game to be played at Citi Field in New York. The first batter of the game, Jody Gerut, hits a home run off Mike Pelfrey as the Padres jump to an early 5 - 1 lead. New York ties it on a three-run home run by David Wright, but the winning run scores when Luis Rodríguez reaches on a three-base error by RF Ryan Church and crosses the plate when Pedro Feliciano commits a balk.

2013 - Matt Harvey takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning, until the Twins' Justin Morneau hits a homer that clanks against the right field foul pole at Target Field with two outs. Harvey has the longest outing of his career, giving up only two hits in 8 innings in the Mets' 4 - 2 win. The Mets have seven consecutive hits in the 5th to score all their runs.

2017 - In the longest game yet played at Marlins Park, the Mets defeat Miami, 9 - 8, on a homer by Travis d'Arnaud in the 16th inning. Mets starter Robert Gsellman gives up 8 runs in 4 2/3 innings, but seven relievers combine to pitch 10 1/3 scoreless innings. Yoenis Cespedes hits a pair of homers, while d'Arnaud has four hits, including a bases-loaded triple and his game-winning homer off Adam Conley, who had been scheduled to start the next day. For the Marlins, Marcell Ozuna hits a grand slam in the 1st.

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7 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

So many updates, but it all boils down to this: Let's play TWO...and let's WIN two.

April 13, 2021 at 6:36 AM
John From Albany said...

Mets need to play a bit more regularly before we can panic. As others have said - at this rate Thor, Lugo, and Carrasco will end up not missing much time at all. Hope the weather gets better here and in Colorado over the next week.

April 13, 2021 at 6:47 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Carrasco seems a lot closer than his original possible timetable. Maybe this month? But he has to get up to hit thanks to the idiot who run things in baseball. My advice: just stand there. We need him to pitch, not hit. He seems to make good contact as a hitter (8 Ks in 21 at bats), so hopefully he is not tempted to hit and run.

If Lugo is just playing catch, he seems a month away.

Thor is probably ready now, but they will follow the clock.

April 13, 2021 at 7:48 AM
Tom Brennan said...

I wonder if there were ever a ton of cancellations due to COVID, if they could play tripleheader - 3 games of 6 innings each. That would be a trip.

April 13, 2021 at 7:50 AM
TexasGusCC said...

I have been pretty worried about Acura in the past, now I’m deathly afraid of him. He is a game changer all by himself. Throw in that loser from first base, Albies and TDA, and that what I fear in Atlanta. Don’t lose much sleep over Ozuna, Swanson, and whoever is at third nowadays.

April 13, 2021 at 9:20 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Acuna and Soto are two huge headaches for the Mets for a decade to come.

Our stars fall short of those guys - by a lot.

April 13, 2021 at 10:02 AM
John From Albany said...

And we had Acuna Sr. and Tatis Sr. and didn't follow up to get the kids. It happens.

Hoping the outfielders we did get from Latin America - Freddy Valdez, Adrian Hernandez, and Alexander Ramirez do well this year in the minors. They could possibly all start in the same outfield in St. Lucie or Brooklyn.

April 13, 2021 at 10:12 AM

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