MiLb.com
has posted their 2019 All-MiLB team.
No Mets current prospects made the team.
Of course you know who did: Jarred
Kelenic. “Kelenic earns points for climbing three levels and being fairly
consistent all three. Even after reaching Double-A a month after his 20th
birthday, the left-handed slugger homered six times and produced a .542
slugging percentage with Arkansas. The
Mariners' top prospect finished with a .291/.364/.540 line, 23 homers and
20 stolen bases over his 117 total games, showcasing a plus hit tool with good
power and above-average speed. He
primarily played in center, but also saw time in left and right to give
others (like fellow Top-100 prospect Julio Rodriguez) time up the middle. All
the same, he finished with nine outfield assists from the grass, rounding out
his all-around ability.”
Also
MiLB.com detailed how Noah Song’s waiver was denied. “Pitcher must honor Navy commitments, likely
to miss two years…Boston's No. 15 prospect, who graduated from the Naval
Academy in the spring, had aspirations that a new Department of Defense policy
allowing student-athletes at military academies to go pro instead of heading
straight to active duty would affect his status going into 2020.”
Mets 360 had a very deep
dive on Wilson Ramos and how the Mets starting pitchers fared in his starts. Great analysis.
Amazing
Avenue had how the 2019 Cyclones had a pair of seasons for the record books:
Garrison Bryant and Joe Genord. Really
is a good article with great points about both players.
Elite
Sports NY said that Dellin Betances to the Mets felt like the perfect fit. “It
appears Betances’s wants seem to be above the Mets price tag, despite a clear
need to add to a bullpen that finished the 2019 season 25th in the majors with
a 4.95 ERA.”
SNY.TV
noted that Rick Porcello says Mets present one of the best opportunities to win
World Series.
Metsmerized
online says that Rick Porcello turned down bigger deals to be with the Mets. “The Toronto Blue Jays were one of the teams
that offered more as they were planning to offer $12 million on a one-year deal
with the possibility of adding a second. Another team offered him $14 million
and at least one other club offered Porcello a three-year deal according to Tom
Verducci of Sports Illustrated.”
Rising
Apple also asks “What if David Wright stayed healthy?” The writer details
the play that started the health problems: the “tag out of Carlos Lee at third
base on that career-defining night in April of 2011.” I remember the play well and have always
wondered why more people don’t point this.
Reflections
of Baseball thinks Josh Harder has the makings to be another Edwin Diaz. “There is a good reason why the Brewers are
offering up Hader, and it’s the same reason why the Seattle Mariners traded
Edwin Diaz, that year’s saves leader, to the Mets without blinking an eye. Relievers
are often overused and overworked.” That and the Mets gave the Mariners Jarred
Kelenic.
ESPN
looks at the rule change that could mean the end of the Lefty specialist. The
2019 season of Oliver Perez is detailed as the example.
ThatBallsouttahere
says that Phillies’ Joe Girardi ‘Personally Frustrated’ with New Rule. “the
new requirement for relief pitchers to either finish the half-inning, or face a
minimum of three batters… Girardi says, ‘I brought up the example in the winter
meetings: you have a 5-1 lead or 6-1 lead, and you don’t want to use your
closer and would like to stay away from your eighth-inning guy. So, you bring
in a kid that’s a little bit younger and he walks the first two guys. Now you
have to stay with him … he threw eight straight balls.’”
Here are yesterday’s player moves from MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals
Sign Korean Pitcher Kwang-hyun Kim. “Long considered one of the most
talented hurlers in his native South Korea… It’s a two-year, $8MM deal.”
12up
had how Buster Posey said “he looks forward to competing against Bumgarner for
the foreseeable future. No one on the mound competes harder than that guy
does.”
Newday’s
Eric Boland posted his 2020 Hall of Fame Ballot: Barry Bonds; Derek Jeter; Manny
Ramirez; Scott Rolen; Curt Schilling; Gary Sheffield; Sammy Sosa; Billy Wagner;
Larry Walker.
Mack’s
Mets blast from the past comes from December 2009: No Mas
Bay, Joel Piniero, Heyman's HOF ballot, Raul Casanova... and another cool Tom
Seaver card.
Mets Players are now in action in the Dominican League and
the Puerto Rican Winter League.
Yesterday, Tomas
Nido DH’ed for Criollos
de Caguas going 0 for 4 with one strikeout in the 5-4 Criollos loss (box). It was just the second game Tomas has played
this winter. He went 1 for 4 in the game
Sunday.
Carlos
Cortes has also started playing in Puerto Rico for the Indios
de Mayaguez. The 2019 St. Lucie Met is 0 for 4 in two games with a
strikeout.
No Mets players saw action last night in the Dominican
league.
UltimateMets has this
date in Mets History:
Born on this date:
- Willie Blair (1965)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Joe
Orsulak on December 18, 1992.
New
York Mets signed free agent Brian
Bohanon on December 18, 1996.
New
York Mets traded Fletcher Bates and Scott Comer to the Florida Marlins for Dennis
Cook on December 18, 1997.
Pittsburgh
Pirates signed Steve
Bieser of the New York Mets as a free agent on
December 18, 1997.
Colorado Rockies signed Jim
Tatum of the New York Mets as a free agent on
December 18, 1998.
New
York Mets signed free agent Mike
Cameron of the Seattle Mariners on
December 18, 2003.
New
York Mets signed free agent Matt
Wise of the Milwaukee
Brewers on December 18, 2007.
New
York Mets signed free agent Andy
Green on December 18, 2009.
New
York Mets traded Jefry Marte to the Oakland
Athletics for Collin
Cowgill on December 18, 2012.
New
York Mets signed free agent Wilson
Ramos of the Philadelphia
Phillies on December 18, 2018.
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3 comments:
On Albany John's article today pertaining to the Mets catcher position.
I like Tomas Nido too. But every big league positional player has to be able to hit. This isn't the 1960's anymore.
I watched Nido in MiLB and you are right he did hit then. But you have to remember that MiLB pitching and MLB pitching are two different beasts. In watching him this past season, I thought that his overall swing at the pitch looked somewhat awkward and not fluid from the moment he first committed to the pitch thru the end. It seemed slightly out of sync, and he very seldom made decent enough contact on the ball to drive it.
If I were Tomas. I get with someone where he is that played MLB, and work together on smoothing out his swing, so that he could generate a little bit more bat speed and power to drive the ball to all fields.
On Kevin Plawecki.
By the time Kevin left the NY Mets, it looked like he had almost totally given up on hitting altogether. He looked like he was phoning it in.
I felt like he had been a much better batter earlier on in his career here with the Mets and that he had regressed to a point where I no longer even recognized him at the plate. Kevin had decent contact power earlier on, he could drive the ball. But maybe because Kevin had gotten relegated to the bench so much, that he just lost that earlier on desire to be the very best batter he could be. Not sure.
My idea here would be to bring Ali Sanchez to Mets spring training. Ask Wilson Ramos if he would not mind mentoring Ali somewhat, and maybe answer any questions that Ali may have regarding batting and catching mechanics like the footwork for instance.
Ali's scouting reports are all good, and he is a young player with desire. He won't be maturing in upper body strength until later on in his twenties, yet right now Ali can hit for a decent batting average and play a decent catcher position. Which is excellent and perfect for this backup role to Wilson Ramos.
I think Ali Sanchez is the guy for this role now, so that maybe Wilson could get at least two games off every weekly six games and be rested for a possible Playoff Run.
On Zachary Wheeler
I was a big Zach Wheeler fan ever since he got here to the Mets in 2012. In more than one season (Zach pitched five seasons here with two seasons 2015 and 2016 he was out hurt) he led all Mets starters in certain statistical categories, and compiled a 44-31 record, 3.77 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, and 726 strikeouts in 749 innings. Which to me was most impressive being that the Mets hitting teams here during this time frame were not so terrific, to say the least.
Taking all this in, the thing I liked best about Zach Wheeler was his ability to stay calm and respectable through pretty much everything that arose. Zach is what states like Georgia (his home state) call a "Southern Gentleman" and I have a lot of respect for that. Just a class person was my read on Zach.
Zachary Wheeler will definitely be missed here with us Mets fans and the players who knew him. And I wish him the very best in Philly!
On The Overall Feeling
That when a sports team (in any sport) adds in higher priced players to their team's roster, that automatically that team will be much better.
I say only this, look at Philly last season (and so far this off season) with Realmuto and Harper last year and Wheeler and Gregorious this one. Look at the Nets this season too, with Durant and Irving. Translated, it takes a lot more than just signing a few high priced older veterans with experience hoping to become Champions.
Oh, and too, do not forget the Philly's Jay Bruce!
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