Good morning. Lots to get to this morning. Let's hit the links.
Per
SNY.TV: Luis Rojas addressed the Media. He said Jed Lowrie
is working out with the team with no limitations. Regarding Yoenis Cespedes he said: “This is a
big day for him, just joining the team, and being able to go through the day.”
SNY.TV
also posted video of Cespedes taking batting practice. Looked like he hit a couple of good shots
against Michael
Wacha. Same post had video of
the full squad taking part in drills.
Per
the NY Post: When asked by the media if he had a few minutes to talk
Cespedes responded: “Not today, not tomorrow, not at all year this year.”
Kevin
Kernan NY Post: ‘Boar Man’ Yoenis Cespedes needs bat to do his talking.
Speaking
of Cespedeses, CalltothePen.com had “Yoelkis Cespedes: A player on
the rise…Yoelkis Cespedes is the younger half brother of the Mets outfielder
Yoenis Cespedes and mirrors his brother in his ability to play the game. If
there is any chink in Céspedes’s armor it’s his inability to hit the breaking
pitch and this was exposed by Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.”
Mike
Puma of the NY Post: Luis Rojas quickly shows Mets he isn’t messing around.
Tatiana
Snedeker from Rising Apple had “Three Mets we are counting on to have a much
better 2020: Amed
Rosario, Dellin
Betances, and Yoenis Cespedes.
Matt
Musico of Metsmerized had: Four Mets Players Looking to Avoid a Slow Start
to 2020. He listed Noah
Syndergaard, Brandon
Nimmo, Wilson
Ramos, and Jeurys
Familia.
Joe Vasile on Mets 360.com discussed:
“Non-Roster Invitee pitchers with a chance to impress the Mets this spring.” He discussed David
Peterson, Nick
Rumbelow, Stephen
Nogosek, Matt
Blackham, Pedro
Payano, and Chasen
Shreve.
Mojo Hill of Metsmerized also discussed “Mets’ Non-Roster
Invitees to Watch in 2020.” He included Patrick
Mazieka, Ryley
Gilliam, and Tim
Tebow.
213
Miles from Shea also did a 2020 Mets Conglomerate Projections: Robinson
Canó The average of 5 projections from other sites has Robinson at
15HR, 264 BA, 405 At Bats.
Michael
Rosen in Metsmerized had: Luis Guillorme’s Case for Making the
Opening Day Roster.
Amazing
Avenue: Wilson Ramos is going to have to hit to be valuable in 2020.
Per
NJ.com: 4 reasons ex-Yankee Alex Rodriguez would be perfect Mets owner. 1.
Love of the game; 2. Yankees-Mets rivalry would be spiced up; 3. Sign me up for
Derek Jeter vs. Alex Rodriguez for years to come; 4. Redemption story would be
complete.
After ranking each team’s minor league system for Position
Players (which
the Mets Ranked #17), MiLB ranked each teams minor league system for
Pitchers. The
Mets made the 30-21 grouping with a #25 ranking.
Sign Stealing:
Joel
Sherman of the NY Post has some ideas on How Rob Manfred can punish the Astros
in badly needed mulligan. His
suggestions: “1. A three-year ban for any 2017 Astro — hitter or pitcher — from
appearing in the All-Star Game.; 2. No member of the 2017 Astros should ever
receive a postseason share again.; 3. For 2020 and 2021, in their 81 home
games, the Astros have to bat in the top of all innings, rather than the
bottom.; 4. No home playoff games for the next three seasons.; 5. Houston does
not get to host the All-Star Game for the next 15 years.; 6. No international
signings for 2021 and 2022. It is too late for this year.; 7. Suspend Crane for
two years.
Hannah
Keyser in Yahoo Sports: “Rob Manfred basically admits MLB can’t be
trusted to police cheating.” She makes these great points: “Perhaps the most
significant revelation…other teams suspected them of illegal sign stealing long
before Mike Fiers spoke to The Athletic…And…they complained to the league about
the Astros. This begs two questions.
First: How could anyone in Houston (looking at you, Jim Crane) credibly claim
that they had not even an inkling of anything nefarious until last November?
(They’re lying, probably.) And even more importantly: Why didn’t Major League
Baseball figure out what was happening and put a stop to it sooner? Did they
even bother to look into the Astros’ then-alleged cheating prior to this
offseason?”
Per
NJ.com: “How Astros sign-stealing scandal ruined Rob Manfred’s
commissioner tenure.”
NY
Post: Gleyber
Torres thinks Astros also cheated in 2019.
NY
Post: Responding to “Manfred calling the World Series trophy as “a
piece of metal” on Sunday. Ex-Met Justin
Turner said: “I don’t know if the commissioner has ever won anything
in his life…Maybe he hasn’t. But the reason every guy’s in this room, the
reason every guy is working out all offseason, and showing up to camp early and
putting in all the time and effort is specifically for that trophy, which, by
the way, is called the commissioner’s trophy.”
NBC
Sports Washington: Nationals closer Sean Doolittle "hated" MLB
commissioner Robert Manfred's comparison of the trophy awarded for winning the
World Series to a "piece of metal."
Per
USA Today: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred spit in the face of all baseball
fans on Sunday
Mike
Vaccaro in the NY Post: Jose Altuve will have to wear this forever
Other MLB News:
Per
NBC Sports Philadelphia: Joe Girardi asks Phillies players to give him
their hearts — and their trots.
CBS
Philly: ‘I Don’t Have Any Limitations’: Andrew McCutchen Expects To Be
Ready For Phillies’ Opening Day After Tearing ACL In June.
NBC
Sports Philadelphia: J.T. Realmuto feeling 'blessed' as he heads into
arbitration showdown with Phillies
ATL
All Day: Atlanta Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker, GM Alex Anthopoulos
MLB.com:
Freeman on '20: 'World Series or nothing'
MLB.com:
Notes: Jonathan Villar to get shot in center
12UP.com:
“Indians President’s Latest Comments Suggest Francisco Lindor Won’t Be Around
Long Term”
NBC
Sports Boston: Former Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard attempting MLB comeback
NBC
Poston: Why 2019 Nationals shouldn't be used to justify Red Sox' Mookie
Betts trade
Per
Cincinnati.com: Comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld tweeted late Friday that
he loves Reds Pitcher Trevor Bauer for speaking out in opposition of Manfred's
"proposed changes," which Seinfeld sees as "reckless and
disrespectful."
Mack’s
Blast From the Past comes from February 18, 2012: Mack looked at
Frank Francisco, Michael Fulmer, Gary Carter, Matt Harvey.
Born on this date:
- Lou Gorman (1929)
- Dal Maxvill (1939)
- Bob Miller (1939)
- Jerry Morales (1949)
- Jeff McKnight (1963)
- Kevin Tapani (1964)
- John Valentin (1967)
- Shawn Estes (1973)
- Nick
Meyer (1997)
- Brain
Sharp (1997)
Montreal Expos signed Ray Burris of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 18, 1981.
New York Mets traded Joe Dellicarri to the Detroit Tigers for Kevin Morgan on February 18, 1994.
Minnesota Twins signed Luis Ayala of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 18, 2009.
New York Mets signed free agent Buddy Carlyle on February 18, 2014.
New York Mets signed free agent Jason Vargas of the Kansas City Royals on February 18, 2018.
2009
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The demolishment of the last remaining piece of Shea
Stadium, the ramp to section 5, occurs at 11:25 a.m., marking the end of the
New York venue where the Mets played for 44 years. The footprint of the old
ballpark will become a parking lot for the team's new home, the $800-million
Citi Field, which will open in April. Link
to You Tube video of the demolition.
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4 comments:
"Jed Lowrie is working out with no limitations". It's nice to know they got those wheelchair accessible ramps installed a Clover Field so that Jed could get to the field.
"Brock Holt signs with the Brewers". That's the one we really could have used. What would it have cost? A couple of million and a roster spot?
Thanks Bob. Great points. The Mets had a very inflexible roster all winter that made it tough to add players. Brad Holt would have made a lot of sense.
Lowrie video of him working at SS - he looked pretty mobile while taking grounders. He is a pro, we'll see what he is capable of soon enough.
OUR Cespedes hopefully will do great in 2020.
I still miss Michael Fulmer.
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