4/29/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 4/29/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Gary Cohen, Kelly Shoppach, and Omir Santos.  Red Sox 1 Mets 0 as Jacob deGrom gets a tough loss, Mets pickup a catcher, and a Khalil Lee Alt Site highlight.

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Red Sox 1 Mets 0 (Game Day and Box Score):  Brandon Nimmo LF 0 for 3, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Francisco Lindor SS 0 for 3, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 4, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 4, 3 Ks; J.D. Davis 3B 0 for 2, 1 walk, 1 HBP, 1 K; Dominic Smith LF 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 3; James McCann C 0 for 2, 1 walk, 1 K; Jacob deGrom P 0 for 2, 1 K – (L, 2-2) 6 innings, 3 hits, 1 run – earned, 1 walk, 9 Ks;  Aaron Loup 1 inning, 1 hit, no runs, 1 K; Trevor May, 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 3 Ks; Edwin Diaz, 1 inning, no hits, no runs, 2 Ks;  

NY Post: Jacob deGrom’s bat went cold Wednesday night, so the Mets lost.

Brian Joura Mets360: “The Red Sox came in to this brief two-game series with one of the best offenses in the game. So, the Mets hold them to a total of three runs and somehow end up getting swept. Wednesday night the Mets lost, 1-0, and stop me if you’ve heard this before but they wasted another big performance by Jacob deGrom.” (Subscription required)  

Deesha Thosar NY Daily News: “For the second straight night, the loudest noise from the Citi Field crowd came in the form of boos. The home crowd of 8,051 fans didn’t just restrict their boos for Francisco Lindor, though he heard it loudly after he struck out in the sixth. This time the jeers were aimed at Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, James McCann and just about anyone that didn’t capitalize with men on base – a trend that fans are utterly exhausted of seeing, especially when their ace is on the mound.”

Newsday.com:  “Pivetta walked the first two batters in the first, including leadoff man Brandon Nimmo, who returned after missing a game following a cortisone shot in his sore right hip. But Pete Alonso struck out (for the sixth at-bat in a row), Conforto hit a flyout to left and Davis bounced into a 6-4 forceout.”

SNY.TV: What's next: The Mets are off on Thursday, and will then start a three-game weekend set in Philadelphia against the Phillies on Friday. Marcus Stroman is scheduled to face Phillies righty Chase Anderson, with first pitch set for 7:05 p.m.















SNY.TV: The Mets have claimed catcher Deivy Grullón and added him to the 40-man roster. Grullón, 25, hit .283 with 24 doubles, 21 homers and 77 RBI in 108 games with Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2019 while in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

MLB.com: These farm systems could jump in 2021. The Mets are included – “The organization boasts four Top-100 prospects in Francisco Alvarez (No. 41), Ronny Mauricio (No. 58), Matthew Allan (No. 66) and Brett Baty (No. 83), each of whom is 21 years old or younger… Alvarez, in particular, could be one of the top two catching prospects in the game by summer’s end.”

NY Post: Omar Minaya deserves to bask in Jacob deGrom’s Mets success. “Minaya was the team’s general manager for the 2006 division title, and the team’s long-fired-but-not-forgotten talent collector for the 2015 division title and trip to the World Series. He was also the GM who, four months before he was fired, picked Jacob deGrom in the ninth round of the 2010 draft.”

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New York Mets signed free agent Endy Chavez on April 29, 1996.

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1962

During the seven-run fourth inning at the Polo Grounds, Frank Thomas ties a major league mark by being hit twice with a pitch in one inning. Art Mahaffey and Frank Sullivan plunk the Mets outfielder in the Phillies' 8-0 loss.

1984

On Strawberry Sunday, former World Series hero Jerry Koosman is greeted warmly by the Mets' faithful in his first start at Shea Stadium since 1978 when he faces his old team for the first time. Prior to the 6-2 victory over Philadelphia, fans are treated to strawberry sundaes provided by Carvel in honor of Darryl Strawberry, last season's National League Rookie of the Year.

 

1996

John Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves, allowing just a hit and no runs in the top of the ninth inning in the Mets' 3-2 victory over Montreal at Shea Stadium. The southpaw recorded his first save exactly 12 years ago on this date wearing a Reds' uniform.

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2013: The Marlins earn a rare victory, 4 - 3, over the Mets with a two-run rally in the bottom of the 15th inning. Ruben Tejada gives the Mets a 3 - 2 lead with an infield single off Jon Rauch in the top of the 15th, but the Fish come back on Rob Brantly's single and Nick Green's sacrifice fly against Shaun Marcum, the Mets' ninth pitcher of the night. It is the first time Miami wins back-to-back games this year, but the win is costly as the team's best hitter, Giancarlo Stanton, pulls a hamstring running out a ground ball in the 10th and is immediately placed on the disabled list.

2016 - The Mets score a team record 12 runs in the 3rd inning in defeating the Giants, 13 - 1. Yoenis Cespedes collects 6 RBIs in the frame with a two-run single off Jake Peavy and a grand slam off Mike Broadway. Steven Matz is the winner.

1996 - John Franco of the New York Mets becomes the first left-handed pitcher to reach the 300-save plateau with a scoreless 9th inning in a 3 - 2 Mets win over the Expos at Shea Stadium.

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Anonymous said...

I think that any calm, reasonable analyst could build a narrative -- supported by data, statistics, and comps -- to show how any one of the underperforming Mets players will be "fine," how we should all calm down, and how that player will soon break out of it.

But for ALL of them?

Smith, Conforto, Lindor, McNeil, McCann?

I'm officially starting the Fire Chili Watch. Tick, tick, tick.

We are seeing a group that collectively has a bad approach, that collectively seems to be regressing. Guys are far too pull-happy; taking too many strikes; trying to pull outside pitches and rolling them into the shift. Jeff McNeil has a grooved swing now, but he's not reacting to the ball. Conforto, too.

They've all learned not to swing at the hard pitches -- rather than how to hit them. They aren't reacting to the ball. They are guessing and looking to punish a down-and-in fastball, which leaves them unable to handle anything else.

All of them overswing on the high fastball and get consistently beat.

John, here, talks about the need for speed. I don't feel that way. What's missing with this group is power. The slugging is terrible. What's happened to them?

It turns around soon or Chili Davis gets fired. He was run out of Chicago after complaints by Rizzo and Bryant. So far, the players seem to support Chili.

But something feels fundamentally wrong.

Again, we could look at any one player and make a sound, solid argument that he'll soon snap out of it. But ALL OF THEM?

Jimmy


April 29, 2021 at 7:42 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Jimmy, if you swing more, you strike out less.

I wrote a blistering article for 8:00.

April 29, 2021 at 7:48 AM
Bob W. said...

I'm sure Chili Davis did not change his message from 2019 to now, which is just the opposite of swinging for the fences. The thing that's changed from last year to now is that Sandy Alderson is back. Sandy's offenses are focused solely on the home run. No get them on and move them along. No "keep the line moving". Seems that's what we're seeing now. Guys focused on the power.

Someone I knew from another message board I used to belong to said it best. This team couldn't score at a Vegas whore house if they walked in with a suitcase filled with $100 bills.

April 29, 2021 at 8:53 AM
Anonymous said...

There's a good piece in the Athletic today on the Mets offensive problems.

Rojas described them as "in-between," which felt accurate to me. "The approach was off," he said.

>> The Mets bypassed fastballs in the zone, chased breaking balls out of it, and took their share of ugly swings throughout.

"We've got to pick which way we're going to be aggressive, so we can lay off the other way," Rojas said. "Once you are in between, that's when you start scattering and going after pitches (outside the zone) and taking pitches in the zone like we did tonight."

>> Throughout the night, Mets hitters seemed to be caught looking for a pitch that didn't arrive -- and failing to improvise." <<

NONE of them seem ready to hit a good fastball.

Jimmy

April 29, 2021 at 9:15 AM
Anonymous said...

I don't think that firing a batting coach is always fair or appropriate. But sometimes it does help, even if it's just getting everyone's attention or giving them a new voice to hear.

Right now, the hitters seem collectively confused & clueless. The approach is messed up. Like they don't know who they are.

Moreover, Chili is a holdover from BVW's regime. Sandy has shown no allegiance to that period.

I'm just saying here, the X is on his back. If this continues, he's toast.

Fair or not.

Jimmy

April 29, 2021 at 9:24 AM
TexasGusCC said...

Very fair point.

April 29, 2021 at 10:37 AM

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