Good Morning.
Happy Birthday to Steven Matz,
Mike
Vaccaro of the NY Post thinks Baseball may never fully recover if it loses
season this way, and MLB releases hundreds of Minor League players.
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Mike Meyer from Metsmerized Online tweeted the entire list
last night.
Sources: The Mets released 39 minor league players today. Here they are: pic.twitter.com/OdJ92eza2E— Michael Mayer (@mikemayerMMO) May 28, 2020
Very saddened to see Rob Whalen on the list.
Thank you @Mets for the opportunity to come back to such a great organization this year.— Rob Whalen (@RobWhalen38) May 28, 2020
It sucks this tenure was so short lived but I enjoyed every minute! 🤙🏼#FreeAgent
Mack
talked about Rob in one of his FWIW columns: “Folks, this was another
poorly handled prospect that is young enough (25) to be given one more chance,
at least at the AA or AAA level.”
MiLB
interviewed Rob Whalen on his return to the Mets. "Coming to the [St. Lucie] complex for
the first time in several years ... it felt like I never left. I'm so excited
to be back with the Mets," Whalen said at the time.
Also on the list, West Islip’s Frank Valentino who helped
Brooklyn win a Championship last year.
Thank you for all your support! We’ll be connected by the 2019 banners flying high for years to come in MCU 🙌🏻— Frank Valentino (@F_Valentino33) May 28, 2020
MLB
Trade Rumors: Which 15 Players Should The Mets Protect In An Expansion Draft?
MLB Trade Rumors has been running a series looking at what players each team
would protect if there was an expansion draft.
Here is there list for the first 12 Mets: Robinson
Cano (no=trade clause); Jacob
deGrom; Pete Alonso;
Jeff
McNeil; Noah
Syndergaard; Michael
Conforto; Amed
Rosario; Brandon
Nimmo; J.D. Davis;
Steven
Matz; Edwin
Diaz; Seth
Lugo. The last three spots they ask
readers to vote. My picks? Tomas Nido,
Dominic
Smith, and Luis
Guillorme.
Centerfield
Maz: Steven Matz: 2015 NL Champion Mets Long Island Born Pitcher (2015-2019).
Steven Jakob Matz was born May 29th 1991 in Stony Brook, Long Island.
12
Up.com: Former Mets GM Sandy Alderson Has Spot-On Take About 2015 World Series
Loss to Royals. “’This business about us being the underdog – baloney. If
we had won the first game we would’ve won the Series’…Sandy Alderson says they
had counseled Familia against the quick pitch.”
Mike
Puma NY Post: The ‘remarkable’ trait that has helped make Ronny Mauricio Mets’
top prospect. “Ronny
Mauricio is so impressive because he has the potential to defend, throw,
run, hit and hit for power — all while playing a challenging defensive
position,” Mets executive director of player development Jared Banner said in
an email. “He has shown remarkable poise playing against older competition so
far.” In 470 at-bats last season Mauricio struck out 99 times, a big number for
somebody who displayed little power, but the Mets saw improvement with his
pitch recognition as the season progressed.
Metsmerized
Online: Amazin’ Mistakes: Darren O’Day,
The One That Got Away.
Metsmerized
Online: Lucas Duda’s
Offense Was Very Underrated.
SNY.TV:
3 reasons why Mets' Pete Alonso is a good bet to lead MLB in homers in
shortened 2020 season. Danny Abriano
cites “The Weather”, “The East Coast-Centric Schedule”, and “Fresher Alonso = No huge slump?”
Empire
Sports Media: Obscure All-Stars to Play for the New York Mets: Michael
Cuddyer.
Old Timers at Big Shea. Can you guess the year? From the Flagstaff Films Baseball home movie archive (16mm Unedited) pic.twitter.com/tBB9UrcnJC— Flagstaff Films (@flagstafffilms) May 28, 2020
Joel
Sherman NY Post: Baseball has a huge deadline problem. MLB wants to be
playing regular season games on the July 4 weekend...I have talked to agents
and teams that say players can be ready with two weeks of training...”
Reflections
on Baseball: MLB Owners outplay the Players – putting the MLBPA in total
disarray. “The player’s union lost the fight weeks ago when they patiently
stood by waiting for the owner’s next proposal instead of actively and very
publicly proposing one of their own.”
Ken
Davidoff Ny Post: Reasoning behind Scott Boras’ rallying cry to MLB players. “And as long as owners, especially those who
operate their own regional sports networks, refuse to disclose all of their
financial data, it always will be fair game to question how much pain they’re
truly suffering.”
AP
News: At least 9 MLB teams pledge more stipends to minor leaguers. “The San
Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners are promising payments through August, and
the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays,
Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles have pledged to do so through at least
June. The White Sox are even providing those stipends to 25 minor league
players recently released. The Philadelphia Phillies also plan to continue
allowances through June, but likely at a reduction from the $400 per week
rate.”
AP
News: Not in Missouri anymore: Royals move legal home to Delaware. Many
entities maintain a legal base in Delaware. The Royals have a Class A minor
league team in Wilmington, “Corporate laws are much more universal in
Delaware,” Royals spokesman Mike Swanson said.
The Diamondbacks have let go 64 minor leaguers in recent days. Tough days in baseball. They hadn’t let go any minor leaguers in spring as they usually do. The Dbacks also have committed to pay the $400 weekly stipend to holdover minor leaguers thru at least June. @EmilyCWaldon— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 29, 2020
Yesterday it was NC Dinos 9 Kiwoom 6. Aaron
Altherr 1 for 4 with run scored. (Box
Score).
In Today’s game so far, Aaron is 1 for 1 with an RBI. (Box
Score).
Mack’s
Blast From The Past: Mack – 5-29-12. “Jordany
Valdespin to ‘Los Marlinsitos”.
Born on
this date:
- Dyar Miller (1946)
- Toby Borland (1969)
- Tyler Pill (1990)
- Steven Matz (1991)
- Luis Moreno (1999)
- Sebastian Espino (2000)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Gary Gentry on May 29, 1975.
New York Mets traded Dan Norman and Jeff Reardon to the Montreal Expos for Ellis Valentine on May 29, 1981.
New York Mets traded Al Pedrique and Scott Little to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Almon on May 29, 1987.
New York Mets signed
free agent Brandon Knight on May 29, 2008.
1969 -
With the Braves drubbing the Mets, 12 -
0‚ manager Lum
Harris lifts Hank Aaron for another Lum - Mike
Lum. Lum hits a pinch double off Al
Jackson and takes over in LF as the Braves coast to a 15 - 3 win. It
is the third time in his career that Aaron has been lifted for a pinch-hitter.
1971: The Mets feature firepower
as Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver combine to strike
out 26‚ tying the Mets' own major league record set on September 9‚ 1970, in a doubleheader sweep of the Padres.
Seaver wins the opener‚ 5 - 1‚ with 10 K's and Ryan cops the nitecap‚ 2 - 1.
Mets batters strike out 15 times: the 41 strikeouts ties the major
league record.
1974 - The visiting Mets lose to the Reds‚ 3 - 2‚ when Tony Perez clubs a 10th-inning homer off Jon Matlack.
1981: Montreal trades OF Ellis Valentine to the Mets for P Jeff Reardon and OF Dan Norman. Valentine will play just
159 games for the Mets‚ while Reardon will blossom into one of baseball's best
relievers.
1990: With the team struggling (20-22)‚ the Mets fire manager Davey Johnson‚ whose six-year winning percentage was .593. Coach Bud Harrelson replaces him and the Mets will win 20 of their next 23 games
before cooling down.
1999: Arizona's Byung-Hyun Kim, 20-year-old Korean‚ makes
his major league debut against the Mets.
Relieving in the 9th‚ he strikes out Mike Piazza to end the game and
preserve the 8 - 7 win.
2000: The Dodgers defeat the Mets‚ 4 -
1. Mets SS Rey Ordoñez breaks his left forearm
on a tag play in the 1st inning and will be out for the rest of the season. His
arm hits the helmet of
a sliding F.P. Santangelo. The Mets will fill in with
various bodies for two months before renting Mike Bordick from the Orioles.
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4 comments:
Big list of minor leaguers released - and, if my memory serves me correctly, there are usually a few days where releases are announced, so if true, there may be more to come.
Rob Whalen has to decide if he feels he can pull a ROCKY. Does he believe in himself enough still to make it back? Hard road back from here, but he needs to decide if he wants to try, try, again.
At this point, if the major league players and owners can't agree on playing a season, I may stop writing about the Mets in protest. Why bother, if they are too greedy to make it happen?
Duda was a great pick for a 7th rounder, considering what he did, but he always disappointed me. I always felt his taking so many pitches got him into way too many counts with 2 strikes, and in those 2 strike counts, he was an abysmal hitter. It didn't have to be that way.
I am reminded of two bad trades. The Ellis Valentine trade involving Jeff Reardon, and the Mike Bordick trade involving Melvin Mora. Two short-sighted deals that cost the Mets for years to come.
Bob W
I'm a little numb from last night. all us writes were burnbing up our group text feed re: the cuts that came down.
I placed them all on the top right column of the front page of this site.
Group cuts always come right before the draft, but nothing like this. It must have something to do with the fact that the Mets will operate in 2021 with two less affiliates.
Sad night.
I am sorry about mistakes in my past comment. I have no idea why they print out the way they do. I would never use some of the words that print out.
I need to proof read these before posting.
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