5/11/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 5/11/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to Jerry Martin, Walt Terrell, Jordan Yamamoto, and Ryder Ryan. Jacob deGrom goes to the 10 day IL, new Mets hitting coaches preach patience, and the Donnie Stevenson mystery is solved!

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NY Post: Jacob deGrom going on IL in new Mets headache. “Jacob deGrom will take a break to give his body a rest. The Mets announced Monday that the right-hander will be placed on the 10-day injured list with right-side tightness after an MRI exam performed in that area was clean, according to the team. The IL stint will be retroactive to Monday.”

Mets.com: “The team assigned deGrom to the 10-day IL in a move that could cost him only one start. Mets officials have not provided a timetable for deGrom, who is eligible to return as soon as May 21 in Miami.”


Today's Game:

Orioles (16-19) @ Mets (16-13), 7:10 pm

NYM: Marcus Stroman (#0, 30, RHP, 3-3, 2.12)
BAL: John Means (#47, 28, LHP, 4-0, 1.37)

SNY.TV: Matt Harvey's return among 5 things to watch as Mets and Orioles play two-game set. “Francisco Lindor's bat and J.D. Davis' potential return are among the things to keep an eye on. Matt Harvey, who has remade himself this season and has been very solid for the O's (3.60 ERA/.381 FIP and 1.28 WHIP in 35 innings over seven starts) is scheduled to get the start on Wednesday afternoon.”

NY Post: Mets’ bats reinvigorated with new hitting coaches. “One week into the regime of new hitting coach Hugh Quattlebaum and assistant Kevin Howard, the Mets are focused on swinging at strikes. And if that approach happens to create walks, the players will take them…’Overall, the big thing that Hugh and Kevin brought to our attention was we were one of the top teams in chase and swinging outside the zone,’ Michael Conforto said... The by-product has been walks. The Mets have averaged 6.6 during the winning streak, a surge from their 3.33 per game previously.”

Joel Sherman NY Post: Mets have to prove dysfunction is in the past. “Steve Cohen has badly wanted to distance that past, pumping millions into personnel and systems to try to play catch up. But are Cohen and his lieutenants getting a honeymoon they have yet to earn? After all, how would the past few months have been received and covered if the Wilpons still ran the team?”

John Harper SNY.tv: Scouts talk state of NL East, where Mets could be team to beat. The Braves and Phillies could be the Mets' toughest competition for division supremacy. About the Mets – “they’re sitting in first place while averaging only 3.48 runs per game, the lowest such number in the majors, despite a lineup full of talented hitters who scouts believe will be much more productive over the long haul, especially now that Francisco Lindor is showing signs of breaking out of his long slump. ‘His at-bats have looked much better lately,’ says one scout. ‘He’s not jumping at the ball anymore, flying open the way he was.’”

NY Post: The Mets’ Donnie Stevenson mystery has been solved. “Donnie Stevenson and Pete Alonso are one and the same…The Mets first baseman wore a hat and sunglasses to the hitters’ meeting before the team faced Zack Wheeler on May 1…As Donnie Stevenson, Alonso preached the need for the Mets to stick with their strengths as a lineup.”




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MLB.com: Kelenic to be called up by Mariners (report). The Jarred Kelenic era in Seattle will begin Thursday when the Mariners open a homestand with a four-game set against Cleveland.

Yahoo Sports: Can one Black glovemaker and 'Fear of God' make baseball cool again? “Steve Friend – the owner of Steelo Sports, the first Black-owned company to supply gloves to contemporary major league players…By letting players express themselves, and show off their personalities on and off the field, Friend said, baseball can make inroads into an audience it struggles to reach. The average age of a fan watching on television is 57 and streaming a game on mlb.tv is 44, according to the league. MLB does attract younger fans to its social media channels.”

FiveThirtyEight.com: No MLB Team Is Great, And Fewer Are Awful. Is This The Parity We Wanted?

Bleacher Nation: Whoa – MLB “Expected” to Add Trading of Draft Picks in the Next CBA?!



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Minor League Baseball:

The Mets Minor League Teams all start 6 game sets today. 

The Syracuse Mets visit Worcester Red Sox at 3:05 pm.

It’s the Home Opener for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies against the Altoona Curve at 6:35 pm.

The Brooklyn Cyclones are in Greenville S.C. to play the Drive at 7:05 pm, and,

the St. Lucie Mets travel to Daytona Beach to play the Tortugas at 7:05 pm. 

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born today May 11:

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New York Mets purchased Chuck Hiller from the San Francisco Giants on May 11, 1965.

New York Mets traded Charlie Williams to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Mays on May 11, 1972.

New York Mets traded Ricky Nelson to the Cleveland Indians for Don Schulze on May 11, 1987.

Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Mark Dewey of the New York Mets on waivers on May 11, 1993.

New York Mets traded Mike Remlinger to the Cincinnati Reds for Cobi Cradle on May 11, 1995.

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1972

The cash-strapped Giants, after promising the club would never trade him, send Willie Mays to New York, the city where he began his Hall of Fame career in 1951, for right-hander Charlie Williams and $50,000 cash. San Francisco owner Horace Stoneham, who could not guarantee his aging superstar an income after the outfielder retired, extracts a promise from the Mets that they will pay the 'Say Hey Kid' $50,000 a year for the ten years after the future Hall of Famer stops playing.

1996

On 'John Franco Day,' the New York veteran reliever is ejected from the game, along with eight other players, as the result of participating in a fifth-inning bench-clearing brawl at Shea Stadium. Prior to the game the Mets celebrated their closer's recent 300th career save, but his unavailability in the ninth leads to three hurlers combining to give up the tying runs in the team's eventual 7-6 walk-off victory over Chicago.

 

1998

Striking out 13 Diamondbacks, Cubs' Kerry Wood sets a major league record for strikeouts in consecutive games with 33 in two games. The previous record for strikeouts (32) in two starts was held by Luis Tiant (1968 - Indians), Nolan Ryan (1974 - Angels), Dwight Gooden (1984 - Mets), and Randy Johnson (1997 - Mariners).

1999

For the first time this century, two starting major league pitchers share the same name as the Rockies southpaw Bobby M. Jones bests right hander Bobby J. Jones and the Mets.

 

2008

At Shea Stadium, a 13-minute delay occurs in the beginning of the ninth of the Mets' 8-3 victory over the Reds, when David Ross bats out of order, making an out in Corey Patterson's place in the lineup. The very confused umpires eventually make the correct call, telling Ross to bat again, now with one out, without his teammate having an opportunity to come to the plate.

2012

The Mets play their 8,000th game in franchise history, dropping a 6-5 decision in Miami when closer Frank Francisco allows the tying and winning runs to score in the bottom of the ninth inning. During the thousand game span, the Amazins have compiled a 515-485 record, with third baseman David Wright being the team's top home run hitter and run producer with 143 round-trippers and 595 RBIs.

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1972 - Tom Seaver wins his 100th game in a 2 - 1 New York Mets victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets also acquire veteran outfielder Willie Mays from the San Francisco Giants for pitcher Charlie Williams and $50,000. 

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5 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Hard to leave Crow out of top prospects for the week after he got on base 16 times in 5 games.

Get well quick, Jake.

Time to start HITTING. Going from mediocre to so-so is a step. Let’s hit like the Reds.

Megill tonight.

May 11, 2021 at 6:58 AM
John From Albany said...

If they had to pick one guy from the Minors to take a start for Jake - who are you taking? Has to be either Szapucki or Megill.

May 11, 2021 at 7:48 AM
BrooklynTrolleyBlogger said...

Thank you, John, for all the links!

May 11, 2021 at 7:49 AM
BrooklynTrolleyBlogger said...

I second Szapucki.

May 11, 2021 at 7:51 AM
John From Albany said...

You are welcome BTB. Keep those great posts coming.

May 11, 2021 at 9:09 AM

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