5/16/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 5/16/2020



Good Morning, Lots of talk about the Mets DH, Jake  Mangum talks on the Mets Farm Report, and the MLB Draft will be held remotely.  




Mets Links:

FanGraphs.com: No, the Mets Do Not Have a Good Designated Hitter Situation. Comparing the projected wRC+ of the Mets hitters to the average wRC+ of the AL’s DHs last year FanGraphs notes “Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto and Jeff McNeil would all make fine DHs while Brandon Nimmo, Yoenis Céspedes, and J.D. Davis would all be decent to average. Everybody else would be bad.”

SNY.TV: Gary Cohen says “The Mets have multiple options for using the DH to their advantage, starting with Yoenis Cespedes...J.D. Davis, Dominic Smith and Robinson Cano all profile as possible candidates in a DH rotation.









Mike Puma NY Post: Wilson Ramos’ task: Getting on same page with Mets’ starters.






MLB LINKS:






12Up.com: 6 MLB Postseason Chokers Who Were Worse In October Than Clayton Kershaw. They include Jeurys Familia and his 2015 WS and 2016 Wild Card performances on the list.

Yahoo Sports: Bryce Harper has some wild ideas for MLB if the 2020 season is played. “Harper starts by laying out a 135-game schedule that would begin on July 1 and end on Nov. 15 — a span of a 138 days…Harper suggests 30-man rosters with six-man pitching rotations…Harper’s [postseason] plan calls for a 10-team, round-robin type tournament with several best-of-three series and wild cards and all kinds of potential madness.”

Yahoo Sports: Álex Rodríguez says MLB players and owners must work together to 'save baseball'.







Minor League Links:



Asian Baseball:

(Yonhap Interview) In 2nd KBO season, American outfielder wants to 'improve on everything'.  In 95 games in 2019 Preston Tucker batted .311/.381/.479 with nine home runs and 50 RBIs.


NC Dinos 6 SK 2.  Aaron Altherr 0 for 3 with a walk and a run scored. (Box score).

Aaron is so far 0 for 3 in today’s game (Box Score). He is hitting .227 in 8 games so far.










Born on this date:
Transactions:

New York Mets released Ralph Terry on May 16, 1967.

New York Mets signed free agent Neil Ramirez on May 16, 2017.


1983
In an 11-4 rout of the Pirates, rookie right fielder Darryl Strawberry hit his first major league home run, a two-run round-tripper off Pittsburgh's Lee Tunnell at Three Rivers Stadium. The troubled Mets outfielder, the eventual franchise leader with 252 homers, will hit a total of 335 during his turbulent 17-year career with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees.
1988
Mets catcher Gary Carter hits his 299th career home run, connecting for a three-run round-tripper off Greg Booker in the seventh inning of the team’s 7-4 victory over the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium. The future Hall of Fame backstop will go 230 at-bats and three months before hitting #300 on August 11th.

2008
Before the start of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, the visiting Mets conduct a closed-door clubhouse meeting to clear the air concerning comments made yesterday by closer Billy Wagner about his teammates' availability after games. Although the reliever addresses the issue, his remarks focus on the team's lackluster start to the season, and the need to get it done on the field.


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1 comment:

Mack Ade said...

Looks like I finally called for a good draft target for the Mets