8/31/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 8/31/2021

 



Good Morning. Born today Claudell Washington. Happy Birthday to Pat Howell, and Hideo Nomo.  Mets play two against the Marlins today, lots of takes on "Thumbs Down" and Wilmer Reyes is back with a rehab start in the FCL. 

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Miami Herald.com: The game was suspended in April. Marlins and Mets resume it Monday. How will it work? The Marlins and New York Mets will pick up where they left off on that April 11 afternoon when they begin a four-game series at Citi Field with a doubleheader Tuesday. The first game is scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. and will be the resumption of the suspended game from where it was halted and will be a full nine innings.

Joel Sherman NY Post: “Francisco Lindor – not Javy Baez – is the real Mets issue “Baez is an accidental tourist. He will be a Mets footnote. A guy who will really learn what boos sound like at Citi Field when he shows up in his next team’s uniform…if you are going to sign here like Winfield or force your way here like A-Rod and Stanton, you have to know what awaits in bad times. Lindor certainly had to know because Winfield, A-Rod, Stanton and many others came before him. And he still took the 10-year, $341 million extension. Maybe it was just too much to spurn despite doubts. But once you take it, there is that devilish deal. Rightly or wrongly, it comes with the paycheck size.”

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets fans have varied takes on players’ ‘thumbs-down’ message. “Brian Sokoloff, a member of the 7 Line Army — the team’s most prominent fan group — said when he heard about Baez’s comments, it felt like a middle finger had been extended in his direction… ‘It’s very sad that Lindor is involved in this because this is Year 1 of an 11-year marriage, and it’s off to a very bad start, and I would like a divorce. Frankly, it makes me wonder about the wisdom of giving this guy 10 years, before you ever saw him play in a Met uniform. That is ridiculous.’”

Dennis Young NY Daily News: Sandy Alderson somehow managed to out-clown the Mets’ players. “It’s worth very quickly noting here that while Alderson vigorously threw his players under the bus, when his front office was reported to be a den of sexual harassment, his response was: ‘People are getting executed, including women, by the way, for reasons that are unjustifiable....Is there ever a statute of limitations on coverage of some of this stuff?’”

Sarah Valenzuela NY Daily News: Javier Baez’s thumbs vs. Mets fans just latest contribution to chaotic season. “It wasn’t so much the thumbs down — really, who cares, he didn’t insult anyone’s great ancestor — but his explanation of why he did it. So aside from making a head-scratching decision from a PR perspective, he unknowingly added more nonsense to an already bonkers season. Only the Mets could create drama over a pair of thumbs.”

Newsday: After thumbs-down episode, how will Citi Field fans react when Mets take the field on Tuesday? “They will have to face their home fans — twice — on Tuesday during a doubleheader against the Marlins, their first on-field action since Javier Baez said that the recent thumbs-down celebrations from him, Francisco Lindor and others was a form of booing their own fans, a surprising revelation that drew a strong rebuke from team president Sandy Alderson.”

NY Post: Francisco Lindor all smiles at US Open amid Mets’ ‘thumbs-down’ fiasco.

NY Post: Ex-Mets deliver booing reality check: ‘What you sign up for’.

Metstradamus: “I don’t expect Javy to understand the frustration of the Mets fan. He’s been here for a month while we’re here forever. We were here before him, and we’ll be here long after he leaves. I also don’t expect him to understand the New York fan base after playing his entire career in the city of Chicago.”

NY Post: Aaron Boone weighs in on Mets’ ‘thumbs-down’ controversy. “’ “I don’t think you ever like [the fans] letting you have it or getting booed… But to get caught up and put a lot of energy into worrying about that takes away from what you have to do as a professional…Ultimately, you can’t let it take your eye off the ball.’”

Danny Abriano SNY.TV: Thumbs Down: Mets players vs. fans is imbecilic and taking attention away from what matters most.




Rob Rogan of Mets360.com Tear it down, Mr. Cohen. Rob actually wrote this on Saturday – before the “thumbs down” issue talking about the Mets offense: “Power and patience; patience and power. The apparent mantra of the Mets’ organizational hitting philosophy under Alderson for the last ten years is to “wait for a good pitch to hit.” This is obviously sound in theory, but it’s seemingly morphed into the perverse version fans have been subjected to game in and game out in 2021. Hitters up and down the lineup are consistently being beat by predictable pitch patterns while leaving the bat on their shoulders when they do see those good pitches. They’re in the top ten in the league in soft contact and in the bottom ten in hard contact. They’re in the bottom half of baseball in BB% and third-worst in ISO. They swing a lot (48.9% Swing%). They miss a lot (11.9% SwStr%). They strike out a lot (23.8% K%). So much for power and patience, huh?” Subscription required.

John Harper SNY.TV: Why Mets must gamble on Noah Syndergaard -- whether he pitches in 2021 or not. “Without any blue-chip pitching prospects close to being ready in their minor league system, the Mets are going to have to pay for pitching one way or another if they want to contend for a championship next season…That means gambling on Noah Syndergaard whether the Mets’ brass gets to see him pitch this season or not.”

NY Post: Howie Rose to miss rest of Mets season with medical issue. 





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FCL Nationals 10 FCL Mets 0 (Box Score) The FCL Mets get 1 hit – that one hit came from Wilmer Reyes making his first rehab start at 2B after being out all year – 1 for 3.  Manny Rodriquez also made a rehab start at SS 0 for 4, 3 Ks. Christopher Vasquez (L, 3-1) 2/3 inning, 2 runs – both earned, 2 hits, HR, 1 K; 


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New York Mets purchased Bill Graham from the Detroit Tigers on August 31, 1967.

New York Mets traded Jerry Grote to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dan Smith and Randy Rogers on August 31, 1977.

New York Mets traded Pete Harnisch to the Milwaukee Brewers for Donny Moore on August 31, 1997.

New York Mets sold Tim Spehr to the Kansas City Royals on August 31, 1998.

New York Mets traded Jeff Francoeur to the Texas Rangers for Joaquin Arias on August 31, 2010.

New York Mets traded Erik Manoah to the Los Angeles Angels for Fernando Salas on August 31, 2016.

New York Mets traded Ryder Ryan to the Texas Rangers for Todd Frazier on August 31, 2020.

New York Mets traded Kevin Smith to the Baltimore Orioles for Miguel Castro on August 31, 2020.

New York Mets purchased Robinson Chirinos from the Texas Rangers on August 31, 2020.

2002
Losing their 13th consecutive game at Shea Stadium, the Mets complete the worst month at home in National League history. With the 1-0 loss to Randy Wolf and the Phillies, the Amazins' join the Seattle Pilots (August-1969) and the Tigers (September-1996) as teams that have not won a home game in a calendar month with at least ten games.


2012: In Miami, R.A. Dickey of the Mets wins his 17th with a 3 - 0 shutout.

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6 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Signing Lindor and Getting Baez were Boo Boos

August 31, 2021 at 6:30 AM
John From Albany said...

Good one Tom.

August 31, 2021 at 8:59 AM
TexasGusCC said...

It certainly was a good one Tom. I couldn’t understand the rush to sign him, but Luis Rojas kept blabbing about his value and he hit .400 in spring training… I wrote that Alderson once said that any time you offer a player money, he will accept it. Mega deals aren’t refused.

Having said that, it’s done. He’s a good player, not worth that money, but it’s done. Build around him. We said yesterday that in fact he is the problem, and to some extent the babysitter they brought in when Beltran got suspended. I actually have been thinking about Beltran.. Cora is back; Hinch is back; would Beltran be willing to coach?

August 31, 2021 at 12:21 PM
TexasGusCC said...

Truth is, Lindor isn’t as bad as he looks right now…

August 31, 2021 at 12:22 PM
John From Albany said...

I agree Gus but Mets should have seen how he handled NY before forking over big $.

I don't want Beltran. I want the organization to put a much better team philosophy going forward - one based on speed, defense and manufacturing runs - fundamental, old school baseball.

August 31, 2021 at 12:34 PM
Unknown said...

It should be interesting to see what they plan for Fan Appreciation Day this year. LOL!

Bob W

August 31, 2021 at 1:02 PM

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