John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 6/11/2020

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Jose Reyes, Frank Thomas, and Jordan Humphreys, today is the anniversary of one of the great Mets games in History – the Marlon Anderson Inside the park Home Run Game, and the Mets select OF Pete Crow-Armstrong in the first round of the 2020 Baseball.

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As we had last night on Mack’s Mets: Mets Pick – Round One: OF Pete Crow-Armstrong. “A standout hitter as a prep player, Pete Crow-Armstrong generally draws above-average grades on his hit-tool, but some will also put down a plus grade in the column. He’s shown the ability, both in high school and internationally, to hit quality stuff...Defensively is really where stands out. He’s a plus runner who can handle center field with ease. His arm also stands out at the position, giving him plus grades on defense in both categories.”

Mack’s Blast from the Recent Past: 5-27-20: Mack – Draft News – Pete Crow-Armstrong, Justin Lange, Mick Abel, Logan Allen, Carson McCusker. About “PCA” Mack had this: “In a class with so many college arms left on the board, I find it hard to believe that they’d pass up on Cade Cavalli, Cole Wilcox or Tanner Burns, but I also found it hard to believe that Crow-Armstrong could fall this far. With PCA, the Mets are getting one of the most successful prep hitters in the bat, standout defensive abilities and obvious athleticism at a premium position. After witnessing Jarred Kelenic take over the prospect world as a member of the Mariners organization, I can’t see the Mets steering away from the Vanderbilt commit.”

NY Post: “All spring I called him the left-handed magician in center field,” Mets vice president of international and amateur scouting Tommy Tanous said Wednesday after the team selected Crow-Armstrong with the 19th-overall pick in the first round of the draft. “He was one of the kids you saw last summer, one of the rare kids that you would watch batting practice and watch him play defense — going back on balls he had such a knack for the ball.”

Baseball America: Mets Covet Pete Crow-Armstrong For His Tools, Mental Toughness.

SNY.TV (MetsBlog): What Mets' Pete Crow-Armstrong and Little Big League's Billy Heywood have in common. 'I love the movie. I think I'd love it if my mom wasn't in it'. “His mother, Ashley Crow, has appeared in movies like The Good Son and Minority Report, but perhaps her most well-known role is that of Jenny Heywood in the baseball movie Little Big League. Crow plays the mother of Billy Heywood, the 12-year-old who becomes owner and manager of the Minnesota Twins after his grandfather's will bequeaths the team to him.”

SNY.TV (MetsBlog): 5 things to know about Mets' pick Pete Crow-Armstrong, including promise to 'hit the ball over that f---ing mountain'.  These include:

• The influence of a Vietnamese monk; 
• Crow-Armstrong is not the first highly touted baseball prospect to come out of his high school, Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. Other baseball alums include White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito, Cardinals righty Jack Flaherty, and Braves lefty Max Fried; 
• Prior to being drafted by the Mets, Crow-Armstrong had committed to playing baseball at Vanderbilt. As the 19th overall pick, Crow-Armstrong's approximate signing bonus value, according to MLB.com, is around $3.36 million; 
• The Athletic details an at-bat that Crow-Armstrong had this past winter, in which, after listening to some poignant words from his head coach, Crow-Armstrong responded by saying "Coach, I'm going to hit the ball over that f---ing mountain." And that's exactly what he did, blasting a two-run home run in an eventual win.

Amazing Avenue: 2020 Mets draft profile: Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Mets Police: Pete Crow-Armstrong has ties to CAA which is a total coincidence. 

Mike’s Mets: Will There Ever Be Real Bargaining This Season?

NY Post: Claudell Washington, Yankees and Mets outfielder, dead at 65.

Faith and Fear and Flushing looks back on Claudell Washington’s Mets time in A Stud With No Name.

NY Post: Matt Harvey could be pitching sooner than the rest of MLB. Teams in the Korea Baseball Organization and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are looking at Matt Harvey, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman.

NY Post: Early clues of the Miracle Mets can be found in protests.

MLB Trade Rumors: Matt den Dekker Joins Charleston Southern Coaching Staff.

SNY.TV: Mets' Brodie Van Wagenen: 'We have a systemic racism problem in this country' 'It affects all of our institutions. Baseball isn't immune to it'.

MLB LINKS:

MLB.com: The 2020 Draft concludes with Day 2, beginning at 5 p.m. ET today, after an eventful first day that saw Spencer Torkelson go No. 1 overall to the Tigers as the first of 37 players selected.

Here is the full Draft Day 1: Pick-by-pick rundown, analysis from MLB.com.

NY Post: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred guarantees 2020 season.

Asian Baseball:

The Korea Herald: Bitter 16: Hanwha Eagles drop 16th consecutive game in KBO.

Doosan Bears 9 NC Dinos 1 (Box Score). Aaron Altherr 1 for 3 in the loss.

Aaron is back in CF for today’s game (Box Score).

Here is KBO’s Scoreboard.

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Yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Mike's Mets - Someone Needs to Get Creative.

OPEN THREAD - Mets First Round Pick.

Mets Pick – Round One: OF Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

Born on this date:

• Frank Thomas (1929)
• Jose Reyes (1983)
• Jordan Humphreys (1996)
• Nick MacDonald (1998)

Died on this date:

• Vern Hoscheit (2007)
• Chico Fernandez (2016)

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Tony Fernandez to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darrin Jackson on June 11, 1993.

New York Mets released Paul Gibson on June 11, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Danny Graves on June 11, 2005.

Rick Ankiel granted free agency on June 11, 2013.

St. Louis Cardinals drafted Sean Gilmartin from the Mets on June 11, 2017.

Baseball Reference:

1963 - At the Polo Grounds‚ Jim Maloney strikes out 12 batters to give the Reds an 8 - 3 victory over the Mets.

1967 - Adolfo Phillips blasts 4 home runs in a doubleheader‚ 3 of them in consecutive at-bats in the second game‚ as the Cubs sweep the Mets at Wrigley Field, 5 - 3 and 18 - 10. The total of eleven homers in the second game sets a National League record for two clubs in 9 innings and the two teams tie a NL mark when they total 40 extra bases on long hits (26 for Chicago and 14 for New York). The mark was set on July 31‚ 1954. Adolpho has 6 hits and 8 RBIs on the day.

1981: The Reds (35-21) win their 7th straight‚ topping the Mets‚ 2 - 1‚ in New York.

1985 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Von Hayes becomes the first major-league player ever to hit two home runs in the first inning, as Philadelphia blasts the Mets, 26 - 7. Hayes leads off with a home run‚ off Tom Gorman‚ and capping a 9-run outburst with a grand slam. Mets relievers Joe Sambito (3 innings) and Calvin Schiraldi (1.1 innings) both give up 10 runs apiece. The 26 runs in one game is a club record and the most in the National League since 1944.

1993: The Mets trade SS Tony Fernandez to the Blue Jays in exchange for OF Darrin Jackson.

2005 - Marlon Anderson hits a rare pinch hit game-tying inside-the-park home run in the 9th inning as the Mets match the Angels‚ 2 - 2. The Angels plate a run in the top of the 10th but Cliff Floyd's three-run homer in the bottom of the frame ends it‚ 5 - 3.

Mike’s Mets talks more about this game on “Great Games: June 11, 2005 Mets vs. Angels.”

Amazing Avenue: This Date in Mets History: June 11 — Clutch home runs give Amazins an "inside out" victory. Anderson's homer stayed in the park, Floyd's left it, in win over Angels on this date in 2005.

St Louis Cardinals at New York Mets 6/11/82 Original WOR Broadcast (Partial)

6/11/17: Lugo leads Mets to 2-1 win in his return.

6/11/19: Mets smash 3 homers in 10-4 win versus Yanks. Pete Alonso, J.D. Davis and Carlos Gomez homer against the Yankees in a 10-4 Mets win.

Centerfield Maz: Jose Reyes: All Time Mets Triples Leader (Part Two: 2007-2013).

Centerfield Maz: Jose Reyes: All Time Mets Stolen Base Leader (Part One: 2003-2006).

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