The Mets will play their first Spring Training game today.
Per
Mets.com: Rick
Porcello, Pete Alonso,
Michael
Conforto, Jeff McNeil
and Wilson
Ramos are slated to play in the home half of a split-squad game against the
Marlins. Marcus
Stroman, Brandon
Nimmo, J.D. Davis,
Amed
Rosario and René Rivera
will go on the road to face the Cardinals.
Per
the NY Post: Bench coach Hensley Meulens will manage the traveling squad.
Also
per Anthony DiComo in Mets.com: “As expected, Yoenis
Céspedes will not participate when the Mets open their Grapefruit League
schedule Saturday with split-squad matchups against the Marlins and Cardinals…Céspedes
continued to work out on a limited basis this week in Port St. Lucie, taking
live batting practice and running through outfield drills…Céspedes is only
running in straight lines at the moment, and never at full speed.”
SNY.TV
had Luis Rojas saying this about Cespedes: "Well I think it was a really
big week for him. He's advancing, he's progressing, he's doing things every day
that just impress you. He's out there taking fly balls with the rest of the
outfielders -- obviously limited in the movement laterally and covering ground
-- but he's out there, he's moving, getting behind balls, making throws in. He
threw a couple to home plate yesterday, he made a couple of throws after a
cutoff in relays. Facing live pitching."
Tim
Healey of Newsday talked about today’s starting pitchers: “Rick Porcello
seeking answers in pitching minutiae.” The article discusses how Rick worked
with “pitching coach Jeremy Hefner: Porcello had a problem keeping his
shoulders level in part because, as he delivered a pitch, his head veered off
toward first base. Hefner said his advice to avoid that was ‘keep his chest
like he’s chest-bumping the catcher.’”
Tim
Healey of Newsday also had “Why Marcus Stroman changed to No. 0 (and what it
has to do with Jose Reyes)”
with this quote from Marcus: “I knew [Jeff] McNeil had No. 6, which I had [in
Toronto]. So I just kind of said No. 7. I wore No. 7 in college. It was easy.
Then once it settled in, I realized I was playing for the Mets, I watched Reyes
growing up. It just didn’t feel right.”
Per a tweet
from Wayne Randazzo where he listed the entire Spring Training Broadcast
schedule, today’s game against the Marlins will be broadcast on WPIX-TV and
CBS-AM.
Speaking
of Broadcasts, per Thornton McEnery in the NY Post: “James Dolan looking
into buying SNY as Mets sale rumors swirl. Relax, Mets fans — James Dolan
probably isn’t going to buy your team. He just wants the TV network.”
Vasilis
Drimalitis in Amazing Avenue noted that Steven Matz
will see his first action on Sunday at Port St. Lucie as the team faces off
against the Cardinals again.
The
NY Post’s Kevin Kernan said Mets already feeling the Luis Rojas difference.
“The right leader at 38… The new Mets Way was written about in The Post two
weeks ago. Rojas spelled out exactly what this will mean. ‘We want to get into
a town and we want to be acknowledged,’ Rojas said. ‘Hey, the Mets do this: Go
first to third, score from first on doubles, score from second on singles. They
make the plays. They are fundamentally sound.’”
Anthony
DiComo on Mets.com had Michael Conforto saying: 'This year feels like a
special one' Aware that free agency is nearing, OF focused on taking a leap in
2020.”
John
Harper of SNY.TV had Scouts and execs weigh in on Mets right-hander Noah
Syndergaard and included this quote from ex-Met Bob Ojeda:
“’I think he needs to grow up," Ojeda said. ‘The job is hard enough.
Sometimes your personality gets in the way of the talent when you're that
talented, and his personality has jammed him up, in my opinion’… ’Experience
tells me if somebody would help Syndergaard keep his focus on just being a
monster athlete, he would thank them later on.’"
SNY.TV
also had a deep dive on Mets Prospect Josh
Wolf: “Wolf is a projectable 6-foot-3, 170-pound power arm with more room
to physically mature. He currently sports a three-pitch mix, including a
fastball that ranges from 92-97 mph that he shows the ability to throw for
strikes.”
Per
MiLB.com: GCL Mets outfielder Ryan
Shinn has been suspended 50 games each for violating the Minor League Drug
Prevention and Treatment Program. Ryan hit .242, 3 HR, 20 RBIs, .385 OBP
percentage for the GCL Mets last year as a 34th round pick in the
2019 draft.
Per 90 Percent Mets: Mets sign former Binghamton Rumble Ponies Joey Terdoslavich to a minor league deal.
Per 90 Percent Mets: Mets sign former Binghamton Rumble Ponies Joey Terdoslavich to a minor league deal.
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Miles from Shea had Get to Know a Non-Roster Invitee: Austin
Bossart. About Bossart Elliot Teichman noted: “Bossart, he was one of the
highest ranked defensive catchers but has really, really struggled at hitting.”
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Miles from Shea did a 2020 Mets Conglomerate Projections: Luis
Guillorme – 216.75 Plate Appearances, 166.75 At Bats, 3 HR, .246 BA., .662
OPS.
Per
Amazing Avenue: ZiPS projections predict the Mets finish third in the NL
East. The system sees the Mets as a coin flip to make the playoffs, tied with
the Padres for the second Wild Card spot.
Mets 360 had a poll:
Which Mets-related guy do you want to be?
Derek
Reifer of Metsmerized asked: “How Should Mets Handle Jeff McNeil, J.D.
Davis Defensively?” He noted how high
Jeff rated defensively at third base.
Michelle
Ioannou of Metsmerized noted Mets Get Creative With New Murals at Clover Park. The Mets have Vintage shots of Tom Seaver
Pictures combined with Jacob deGrom and more.
Well worth the look.
Per
NJ.com: Phillie Phanatic is getting a makeover.
Mack’s
Blast From the Past comes from 2-22-13: Mack had a great report from
2013 Spring Training and talked about Prospect Camp with players like Jacob
deGrom, Zack
Wheeler, Hansel
Robles and more.
Born on this date:
- J. J. Putz (1977)
- Kelly Johnson (1982)
- Tim Peterson (1991)
Died
on this date:
- Mario Ramirez (2013)
- Jack Hamilton (2018)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Bobby Klaus, Wayne Graham and Jimmie Schaffer to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Stuart on February 22, 1966.
New York Mets traded Bobby Klaus, Wayne Graham and Jimmie Schaffer to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Stuart on February 22, 1966.
New
York Mets signed free agent Juan
Berenguer on February 22, 1975.
New
York Mets released Mark
Bradley on February 22, 1984.
New
York Mets signed free agent Mark
Johnson on February 22, 2000.
Montreal Expos claimed Endy
Chavez of the New York Mets on waivers on
February 22, 2002.
Los Angeles
Angels signed Jason
Isringhausen of the New York Mets as a free agent
on February 22, 2012.
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The Mets, who had not gone to arbitration with a player in 16 years,
come out on the short end of the hearing when southpaw Oliver Perez (15-10,
3.56) gets a favorable decision in his case from arbitrators Steven Wolf,
Robert Bailey, and Elizabeth Neumeier. The southpaw is awarded $6.5 million
for this year, rather than the club's offer of $4,725,000.
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3 comments:
Let the games begin. Hey, today, let’s play two.
Today’s Lineup against the Marlins: 1. McNeil 3B; 2. Alonso 1B; 3. Conforto RF; 4. Ramos C; 5. Adams DH; 6. Marisnick CF; 7. Gimenez SS; 8. Parker LF; 9. Moroff 2B;
Today’s Lineup against the Cardinals: 1. Rosario DH; 2. Nimmo CF; 3. Davis LF; 4. Smith 1B; 5. Nunez 3B; 6. Guillorme SS; 7. Cordell RF; 8. Rivera C; 9. Hager 2B;
I want the same thing this year out of ST games that I want every year...
No injuries.
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