Good Morning, Happy Birthday Paul Sewald, in Korea, Drew Gagnon and Chris Flexen are on the mound this morning, and MLB Players are expected to ask for deferred payments.
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Link to Mets Breakfast Links 5/27/2020: Happy Birthday to Todd Hundley and Terry Collins, Mets.com looks at the top 5 Mets RHPs, and we get the details on MLB's economic proposal to the players.
Link to Mets Breakfast Links 5/27/2020: Happy Birthday to Todd Hundley and Terry Collins, Mets.com looks at the top 5 Mets RHPs, and we get the details on MLB's economic proposal to the players.
Chris Dial of Mets 360.com
had a great piece about “Gregg Jefferies and the all-time worst fielding Mets
by position.” Read the piece for the background but here is Chris’ no glove
Mets team: 1B – Mo Vaughn;
2B – Gregg
Jefferies; 3B –Ty Wigginton; SS – Asdrubal Cabrera;
LF – Rickey
Henderson/Benny Agbayani;
CF – Lee
Mazzilli; RF – Lucas Duda.
Ken
Davidoff Ny Post: Noah Syndergaard retort underlies crucial week in baseball.
In a back and forth with a tweeter over the rent dispute Noah posted: “You mean
like MLB did to every Player this contract year due to the COVID pandemic?
Which the players negotiated and [expected] to be paid on a [prorated] basis
per [game] played because it’s fair for both parties? Like that? Did I scream
BUT MY CONTRACT? No.”
Mike
Puma of the NY Post shares his dream 2022 Mets lineup: “Nolan Arenado
becomes the Mets third baseman, rounding out an infield that includes Pete Alonso
at first, Jeff
McNeil at second and Amed Rosario
at shortstop. Robinson
Cano is now sharing DH duties with J.D. Davis,
who still plays left field on a part-time basis. But the primary left fielder
is Michael
Brantley, with Ronny
Mauricio in center and Michael
Conforto in right. In J.T.
Realmuto, the Mets finally have the star catcher they have craved since Mike Piazza’s
departure. The rotation includes James
Paxton pitching behind Jacob
deGrom and Noah
Syndergaard, who agreed to a new contract before reaching free agency.”
LookIng at
Nolan Arenado’s Home and Away splits, may cause one to pause: Home: 129
HR, 446 RBI, .324/.380/.615 - .995 OPS; Away: 98 HR, 288 RBI, .265/.323/.476 -
.799 OPS.
Mike
Puma had three more what if’s in today’s NY Post: “What if Juan
Lagares had started in center field in Game 1 of the 2015 World Series? What if umpire Adrian Johnson had ruled “fair
ball” on Carlos
Beltran’s shot against Johan
Santana on June 1, 2012? What if Duaner
Sanchez wasn’t so hungry?
SNY.TV:
3 corner infield prospects Mets could target in 2020 MLB Draft. 3B Jordan
Walker, DeCatur High School (GA); 1B/3B Blaze Jordan, DeSoto Central High
School (MS); 3B Drew Bowser, Harvard-Westlake High School (CA).
USA
today: Tampa Bay Rays welcome more than a dozen players, manager to first
workout at home field.
AP
News: Ex-Pirates infielder Kang banned 1 year by Korean league. The Korean
Baseball Organization has suspended ex-Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang
for a year and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service over a
series drunk driving cases.
Chris
Flexen, started this morning and has gone 5 innings so
far, 4 hits, 2 runs, 4 Ks. (Box
score).
Drew
Gagnon is also on the mound today for the Kia Tigers. After 3 innings, no runs on 1 hit, 2 Ks. (Box
Score).
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Mack’s
Blast From The Past: May 26, 2014: “Valverde
released...Shortly after taking the loss in the Mets 5-3 loss to the Pirates.
The Mets released 36 year old relief pitcher Jose
Valverde. Monday Afternoon Valverde allowed 4 runs on 4 hits walking 1 in
1/3 of an inning allowing the Pirates to come from behind. Valverde was 1-1 with the Mets with 2 blown
saves and a 5.66 ERA....Vic Black
will be returning from AAA Las Vegas to replace Valverde…Mack - The Valverde
move should have been the day before they signed him. I keep saying... do not
play anyone in 2014 that doesn't have either a contract for 2015, or a future
on this team for 2015.”
Born May 24
- Bill
Wakefield (1941)
- Jerry
Dipoto (1968)
- Bartolo
Colon (1973)
- Jae Seo (1977)
- Justin Hampson (1980)
- Wilmer
Font (1990)
Born May 25
- Lindsey Nelson (1919)
- Jim Marshall (1931)
- Chris Young (1979)
- Scott Hairston (1980)
- Eric Young (1985)
- Neil Ramirez (1989)
Died on this date:
- Geremi Gonzalez (2008)
Transactions:
New York Mets released Ricky Gutierrez on May 25, 2004.
New York Mets traded Robert Manuel to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Williams on May 25, 2006.
New York Mets claimed Justin Turner on waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on May 25, 2010.
New York Mets released D. J. Carrasco on May 25, 2012.
Atlanta Braves claimed Dario Alvarez of the New York Mets on
waivers on May 25, 2015.
Born Today May 26
- Jim Frey (1931)
- Paul Sewald (1990)
- Gabriel Ynoa (1993)
- Sam Haggerty (1994)
New York Mets released Bobby Pfeil on May 26, 1970.
New York Mets signed free agent Terry Leach on May 26, 1984.
New York Mets traded Geremi Gonzalez to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Adams on May 26, 2006.
New York Mets purchased Wilson Valdez from the Cleveland Indians on May 26, 2009.
1964
|
In front of a meager crowd of 2,503 fans at Wrigley Field, the
visiting Mets set a franchise record for runs scored when the team pummels
the Cubs, 19-1. New York's 25 year-old first baseman Dick Smith, batting
leadoff, becomes the first player in franchise history to collect five hits
in a game, nearly 20% of season total of 21, when he collects a double, a triple,
and three singles.
|
2011 - New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon sells a minority stake in the team to investor David
Einhorn for $200 million. Wilpon's financial troubles, stemming from losses
incurred in the Bernard Madoff fraudulent investment scheme, and from a $1
billion lawsuit from other victims of Madoff's fraud, have been much talked
about in recent weeks; the sale should give him some financial breathing room.
2012: Mets P Johan Santana shows his old form, shutting out the Padres on 4 hits and fewer than 100 pitches. Scott Hairston hits a three-run homer in the 1st, soon
followed by 32-year-old Vinny Rottino's first big league homer to stake Santana an
early 4 - 0 lead. The Mets put the game away with 5 runs off Dale Thayer in the 8th, topped by a grand slam by Mike Nickeas.
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3 comments:
Hope yer weekend was good, Johnny.
I did a similar analysis article on Nolan Arenado when all the talk of getting him was swirling. Can he hit at Citi enough to warrant a mega-contract? Not so sure.
Mets should have gotten A Rod when they had the chance. He would have made them so much more dangerous. But who wants to win?
Unless Coronavirus is completely vanquished by this offseason, would the Mets have ever considered the Cano trade if it were this offseason? Way too much $$, so the answer is no.
One day closer to Mack's draft.
I'm still opposed to mega contracts that tie too much of a budget into one or two players, especially outsiders. We don't know what will happen down the road, but how did the deals for Harper and Machado help their new teams in '19?
I believe that Puma' s "future Mets team" article was a projection for 2022, rather than 2020, but I don't agree with it anyway.
Right you are Bill. Fixed it.
I also agree that mega contracts are not the way to go. I think Puma's projection has too many on the Mets in 2022 to make sense.
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