5/17/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 5/17/2021

 



Good Morning.  Mets lose to Rays 7-1 and lose Conforto and McNeil as well.  Binghamton gets their first win of year, St. Lucie wins, Brooklyn and Syracuse lose.

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Rays 7 Mets 1 (Box Score): Jeff McNeil DH 1 for 1; Patrick Mazeika PH/DH 1 for 3, HR, RBI, Run scored 1 K;  Francisco Lindor SS 0 for 4; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 1; Jake Hager RF 0 for 3, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 3; Dominic Smith LF o for 3, 2 Ks; Kevin Pillar CF o fror 2, 1 walk, 1 K; Jonathan Villar 3B 0 for 3 with a K;  James McCann C 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Jose Peraza 2B 0 for 3, 1 K;  Marcus Stroman P 6 innings, 5 runs – all earned, 1 walk, 1 K, 3 HRs; Robert Gsellman 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; Edwin Diaz 1 inning, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 K;

Today's Game:

Mets (18-16) @ Braves (19-21), 7:10 pm

ATL: Max Fried (#54, 27, LHP, 1-1, 6.55)
NYM: Taijuan Walker (#99, 28, RHP, 3-1, 2.20)

Brian Joura Mets360: “The Mets managed just two hits and ended up losing to the Rays, 7-1. The Rays’ win gave them a sweep of the three-game series and they outscored the Mets, 22-8.” (Subscription required).

Deesha Thosar NY Daily News: “Marcus Stroman gave up three home runs against the Rays to Manuel Margot, Willy Adames and Brandon Lowe. He took his fourth loss of the year as his season ERA jumped from 2.01 to 2.72 following his six-inning outing.”

Mets.com: “Patrick Mazeika became the first Met to homer for his first career hit since pitcher Jeremy Hefner on May 29, 2012, off the Phillies' Joe Blanton, and the first Mets position player to do it since Jordany Valdespin on May 7, 2012, off Philadelphia's Jonathan Papelbon.”

NY Post: “Michael Conforto and Jeff McNeil were Sunday’s casualties, both victims of hamstring injuries that removed them from action after just one at-bat each. If the makeshift lineup left to battle the Rays wasn’t problem enough, Marcus Stroman’s worst start of the season sealed it.”

NY Post: “I just didn’t have it today,” Stroman said. “I don’t really overthink to be honest, and I don’t dwell on a bad start any more than on a good start. Just flush it and get ready for the next one.”



















NY Post:

Mets will soon learn a lot about Jacob deGrom’s status

Mets’ Marcus Stroman sunk by ineffective pitch: ‘Didn’t have it’

Mets unrecognizable amid troubling ‘casualties’: Sherman

Ailing Mets suffer more injury blows in rough Rays sweep


Mets.com:

Conforto, McNeil exit early with injuries

Stroman (3 HRs) struggles as Mets fall

deGrom could be in line to start Friday

Video Story: Mets drop finale to Rays

Stat of the Day: That's a first

Mets Vault: Captain takes peak Kimbrel deep

Mauricio nearly plays hero for Brooklyn

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Worcester Red Sox 7 Syracuse Mets 4 (Box Score) Johneshwy Fargas LF 1 for 4, 2 runs scored, 1 walk; Wilfredo Tovar SS 2 for 3, 2 RBIs, 1 walk, 1 run scored; Quinn Brodey RF 0 for 2, 2 walks, 1 K; Jesus Reyes 6 innings, 2 hits, 5 runs – all earned, 3 walks, 3 HBP, 7 Ks, 1 HR – Grand Slam to Kiki Hernandez; A.J. Schugel, 2/3 inning, 3 hits, 2 runs – both earned, 2 HRs; Oscar De La Cruz 1.1 scoreless innings, 1 walk, 2 Ks;  Jesus Reyes had a nightmare 2nd inning – K, double, wild pitch, K, walk, HBP, HBP (1 run scores), Grand Slam.  A 2 run double by Wilfredo Tovar in the 5 made it close at 5-3 but Wo-Sox had back to back HRS in the 7th to put the game out of reach.  

Binghamton Rumble Ponies 7 Altoona Curve 3 (Box Score) Will Toffey LF 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Yoel Romero RF 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 run scored; Mark Vientos 3B 0 for 4, 3 Ks; Wagner Lagrange CF 1 for 4, 2 RBIs; Jeremy Vasquez 1B 1 for 4, HR, run scored, 1 RBI, 2 Ks; Luis Carpio 2B 1 for 2, double, run scored, 2 walks, 1 K; David Rodriguez C 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 run scored, 1 K; Manny Rodriguez SS 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 3 Ks;  Tylor Megill P 1 for 2, RBI and run scored – 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 run -earned, 5 Ks; Cole Gordon 2 innings, no runs, no hits1 walk, 4 Ks; Joe Zanghi 1/3 inning, 3 hits, 2 runs – earned, 1 HR; Andrew Mitchell 2/3 inning. No runs no hits.  Binghamton gets it’s first win of the year…Tylor Megill gives up a 1st inning run and then shuts things down from there.  Binghamton gets 11 hits.  


Greenville Drive 10 Brooklyn Cyclones 9 (Box Score)  Antoine Duplantis LF 4 for 5. 4 runs score, 1 K; Ronny Mauricio SS 3 for 5, HR, 2 runs scored, 4 RBIs, 1 K; Brett Baty 3B 1 for 3, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored; Luke Ritter 2B 1 for 5, 3 RBIs; Josh Walker 5 innings, 7 hits, 4 runs – all earned, 4 Ks, 1 HR; Mitch Ragan 2 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 K; Michel Otanez 1/3 inning, 4 hits, 5 runs, 2 walks, 1 K; Eric Orze (L, 0-1) 2/3 innings, 3 hits, 1 run – earned, 1 HR.    See Saw game but Brooklyn led 6-4 going to the bottom of the 8th.  Greenville scoured 4 to take a 9-6 lead but Ronny Mauricio hit a 3 run HR to tie it.  Greenville homered in the bottom of the 9th to win it.  

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Brooklyn Cyclones: Greenville Drives Coney Island Fans Crazy



St. Lucie Mets 2 Daytona Beach Tortugas 1 (Box Score) Tanner Murphy hit a 2 run HR, Cam Opp threw 5 scoreless on 4 hits, 1 walk, 2 Ks; and Luis Moreno gave up just 1 run on a HR over 4 innings 3 hits, 6 Ks.  Francisco Alvarez DH, 0 for 4.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born May 17:

Transactions:
New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

 

National Pastime.com: 

1971

Ralph Garr ties a major league record for the round-trippers in extra innings, going deep in the 10th frame and the 12th with a walk-off homer against the Mets in the Braves' 4-3 victory. The Atlanta left-fielder called the 'Road Runner' by his teammates, is the fourth player to accomplish the feat and the first to do so since 1966, when New York's Art Shamsky went yard in the 10th and 11th in a losing cause for the Reds at Crosley Field.

1973

At Anaheim Stadium, a horrific injury dampens Bobby Valentine's promising major league career when his spikes get caught in the outfield's chain-link fence attempting to catch a home run ball hit by Dick Green. The 23 year-old speedster, who had started the season hitting .400 in April, suffers a multiple compound leg fracture and will miss the rest of the season, eventually finishing his playing days as a utility player with the Padres, Mets, and Mariners.

 

1979

The Phillies beat the Cubs in a fifty-hit slugfest in the Windy City, 23-22. The 11 home runs hit in the game tie a major league mark, shared by Chicago and their opponents 1967 Reds and 1977 Mets, while playing in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

1985

The Rangers fire skipper Doug Rader and replace him with the Mets' third-base coach Bobby Valentine. Before returning to New York in 1996 to manage his former team, 'Bobby V' will compile a 581-605 record (.490) during his eight seasons in Texas.

 


2001: Mets free agent acquisition Steve Trachsel becomes the first pitcher in franchise history to give up four home runs in an inning, pitching himself out of the starting rotation in the process (one day later, he'll be off the roster altogether, off to Norfolk for a three-week Triple A stint). To be fair, the Met bullpen does not exactly cover itself in glory either, with Rick White and John Franco each contributing 4 runs to San Diego's 15-run total; an uncharacteristically economical Franco accomplishes all this in one third of an inning. The one Met bright spot is the performance turned in by a newcomer assigned mop-up duty in the 9th, super sub Desi Relaford, who moves over from SS to make the only mound appearance of his major league career. Sporting a tailing change-up and a fastball, which at 91 MPH is about 5 MPH faster than anything Trachsel was able to muster, Desi fans the opposing pitcher, then induces two consecutive Padres to fly out to the deepest part of the park.Baseball Reference:

2009:  In a 2 - 0 win by the Giants over the Mets, New York hurler Mike Pelfrey balks 3 times. It had been 15 years since Al Leiter was the last pitcher to have three balks in a game.

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7 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Baseball history is replete with guys trying to play on z xuddenly bad leg, and those legs getting worse. Why players persist in making the same mistakes is beyond me.

So I guess Mazeika stays and it's Fargas Time?

May 17, 2021 at 8:42 AM
Gary Seagren said...

Maybe Fargas can be our Soto or Acuna.....maybe I had another dream.

May 17, 2021 at 9:11 AM
John From Albany said...

I see Fargas as sort of an Endy Chavez - but with better batting average - higher Ks.

May 17, 2021 at 9:17 AM
TexasGusCC said...

Hager took the time to hit on all the right things to say in his tweet. Kind of wished he took the same attention in hitting the cut off man; and I wish these people get rid of the LGFM. IT’S SO STUPID.

I would leave Lee down, let him get comfortable. He isn’t going to help you much anyway.

The Atlanta Braves are licking their chops. Time for Lindor and Smith to bust out, because I don’t know if McCann really can.

May 17, 2021 at 10:14 AM
Anonymous said...

The Amazing Thing Here

The NY Mets drop consecutive games to a barely 500% AL team with so-so pitching overall, yet stay in first place in their division because the two closest teams keep losing too. Now that's amazing!

This was ideally the time for the Mets to separate themselves from Philly and Atlanta in the standing. Build in breathing room. But with half of the starting player personnel here (incl. Jake the best starter) experiencing injuries, it is hard to be optimal in order to build this space.

This isn't permanent. It will ramp back up. Just a matter of when really. Team is too good to fade.

May 17, 2021 at 10:26 AM
Anonymous said...

Hamstring Issues of Late

From experience, I learned to maintain leg lifts and stretching throughout a season. I am not talking about being Arnold, Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Rocky, WWE, or even Jerry Blevins here. It isn't the amount of weight you lift, but rather a reasonable and safe hamstring workout, so that you don't risk injury or tearing of your hamstring. It's simply the stretching out of the hamstring to be ready when you go out there and play games. Reasonable weight and reasonable stretching like air squats for instance. Reasonable reps. Nothing Guinness World Record required.

Then, in the off season, a player maintains this same hamstring exercise thing, so that come ST their hamstrings are ready as well and the chance of injury is minimalized. Hamstrings can be effected by other things as well, like temperature and coldness, and the overall weight of your girlfriend or so I have on occasion noticed.

But it's the consistency of these exercises.

May 17, 2021 at 10:40 AM
TexasGusCC said...

Would advise against mentioning her weight when talk about different things with your girlfriend...

I was under the impression that McNeil’s injury was cramping in the hamstring as opposed to a tear or a strain, more long term healings...

May 17, 2021 at 3:48 PM

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