Good Morning. Happy Birthday Brent Gaff and Rey Sanchez. More Mets rebuild advice for Mr. Cohen this time from Bill Madden and…the UK! And the ALDS begins today.
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Day in Mets History.
Bill
Madden NY Daily News: Disastrous Phillies, Angels, Rockies front offices
cautionary tales for Steve Cohen’s Mets. “For in the past couple of years,
as some of Cohen’s new MLB lodge brothers can attest, hiring these new wave
general managers whose prime modus operandi is the emphasis of analytics over
scouting, can result in less-than-desired results… the Phillies, who have failed to
make the postseason and had only one .500 season in the five years, finally
forced out Matt Klentak as their GM Saturday….where Klentak’s GM counterpart
with Miami, Mike Hill, built an entire new bullpen from scratch, mostly from
the scrap heap rejects of other teams — much of that the result of good
scouting…Word around baseball was that Klentak had no relationship with his
scouts and barely communicated with them.”
Franchise
Sports.co.uk: Four Things the New York Mets must do this off Season. “Fire Brodie Van Wagenen; Boost the Analytics
department; Extend Conforto; Sign a big Free Agent.”
SNY.TV:
Mets infielder Andres Gimenez turned in an elite defensive season in 2020. Advanced
metrics show just how impressive the shortstop's rookie season was. MLB.com and
its Statcast technology introduced the “Outs Above Average” measurement for
infielders this season…Using that formula, Gimenez’s OAA of five is tied for
the highest infield among all rookie infielders, with Cubs infielder Nico
Hoerner. In fact, only Fernando Tatis Jr. and Francisco Lindor measured higher
among all shortstops.”
SNY.TV:
Potential Mets' target Trevor Bauer says he 'will consider all offers' this
offseason. Bauer is in the final year of a $17.5 million deal with the
Cincinnati Reds.
Philly
Netro.us: Hopes of re-signing JT Realmuto growing dimmer for Phillies - Metro
Philadelphia.
amNY:
Phillies owner’s JT Realmuto comments bodes well for Mets. “Can you tell me
what the governor and the mayor of Philadelphia are going to allow us to have
next year in the way of fans?” [Phillies Owner John] Middleton said Saturday.
“Because if you do, you know something that I don’t. So I have no idea what
we’re going to be allowed. Obviously, that will determine our revenues, and
revenues determine what you can do and what you can’t do.”
SNY.tv:
Should Luis Rojas return as manager in 2021? Mets sources weigh in. Former
Mets exec Adam Fisher: “He proved he’s up to the task, especially when you look
at everything he had to deal with: stepping in for Beltran, the pandemic, a
60-game season, pitching problems. I don’t know how anyone evaluating him would
say he shouldn’t at least get the chance to manage a full season."
Brian Joura Mets360.com: Seth Lugo
and his trouble early in games. Brian points out this about Seth last year – “Seven
starts and a 6.15 ERA is dreadful, especially from a guy who hasn’t been
bashful about wanting to start.” He also gives a tremendous breakdown of Seth
in different parts of the game and thinks he may deserve another shot at
starting next year.
Mike’s
Mets: Where Did We Go Wrong?
Mike
Silva Talkin' Mets - 2020 Mets Wrap Up. Mike Silva is joined by Justin Toscano
of The Record as they wrap up the 2020 Mets season.
Rising Apple:
NY Mets should trust Edwin Diaz with closer duties in 2021.
Rising Apple:
Why we shouldn’t worry about Pete Alonso
yet. “Alonso currently [2020] has just a .242 BABIP. The balls he is putting in
play, are finding gloves. Last season [2019], his BABIP was .280. The league
average for BABIP is around .300.”
Rising
Apple: Mets should make Salvador Perez part of a contingency plan at catcher.
Rising
Apple: Rick Reed has the second-highest winning percentage. Dwight
Gooden is number one with .649; Rick Reed
.621; Tom
Seaver is third with a .615.
Rising Apple: New
York Mets: Five failed Mets reunions with former players. Jason Bay,
Bobby
Bonilla, Jay Bruce,
Jonathan
Niese, and Jose Reyes
are the picks.
Rising
Apple: NL East rivals worth adding to the roster this winter. No Surprise: J.T.
Realmuto leads the list that includes Marlins and Braves bullpen pieces and
Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki.
Metsmerized
Online: Mets’ Offseason Radar: Catcher James
McCann.
Joel
Sherman NY Post: Steve Cohen sets Mets up for J.T. Realmuto, George
Springer and Trevor Bauer
chase.
Reflections
On Baseball: Kris Bryant Disillusioned And Coming Off A Down Year A Perfect Fit
For Mets.
MLB.com:
Astros vs. A's ALDS Game 1 FAQ (TBS, 4 ET).
ESPN.com:
MLB Playoffs 2020: First look at Houston Astros-Oakland Athletics ALDS.
MLB.com: Yanks
vs. Rays ALDS Game 1 FAQ (TBS, 8 ET).
ESPN.com:
MLB playoffs 2020: Breaking down bad blood in all four division series.
ESPN.com:
Betts, Tatis, Kershaw, Machado -- oh my! Why you can't blink during
Dodgers-Padres NLDS.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Dodgers To Start Buehler, Kershaw In First Two NLDS Games.
Here is the complete @MLB Division Series broadcast schedule: pic.twitter.com/GRxKRg7gYC
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) October 4, 2020
MLB.com:
8 pitches that could dominate Division Series. The NL East’s Marlins and Sixto
Sánchez's four-seam fastball and Braves’ Ian Anderson's changeup make the list.
Here's our breakdown of how each of the 8 remaining #postseason teams was built: https://t.co/dYVpt0VopY pic.twitter.com/7U96q8ukSV
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 5, 2020
Yahoo
Sports: Phillies general manager Matt Klentak steps down after team fails to
make playoffs.
Yahoo
Sports: Cubs' Theo Epstein evaluating his future, will meet Tom Ricketts next
week.
MLB
Trade Rumors: Nationals Part Ways With Pitching Coach Paul Menhart.
Today
in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Lou Niss (1903)
- Dennis Bennett (1939)
- Brent Gaff (1958)
- Rey Sanchez (1967)
Died on this date:
- Wid Matthews (1965)
Transactions:
New York Mets claimed Jason
Middlebrook on waivers from the San Diego Padres on
October 5, 2000.
Manny
Aybar granted free agency on October 5, 2005.
Centerfield
Maz: 10/4/1969 Mets: NLCS Game #1: Mets Five Run 8th Inning Seals First Playoff
Win.
Centerfield
Maz: 10/5/1969 Mets: NLCS Game #2: Mets Romp Braves 11-6 Go Up Two Games To
None.
October 5, 1969: Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell and Cleon Jones hit home runs as the @Mets blast the @Braves, 11-6, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. Listen to the entire radio broadcast: https://t.co/lbN6Rlh1w9 pic.twitter.com/392wCrWa2p
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) October 5, 2020
October 5, 1999: Edgardo Alfonzo hits a pair of HR's, including a 9th inning grand slam, to lead the @Mets to an 8-4 win over the @Dbacks Game One of the 1999 NLDS: https://t.co/96jbogNs2N pic.twitter.com/WWfrcFJUKH
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) October 5, 2020
October 5, 2000: After Armando Benitez surrenders a game-tying HR to J.T. Snowin the bottom of the 9th, Jay Payton delivers an RBI single in the 10th to score Darryl Hamilton and give the @Mets a 5-4 win in Game 2 of the NLDS: https://t.co/y5kJHq7que pic.twitter.com/EAFVFekQ7H
— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) October 5, 2020
1999: The New York Mets defeat
the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8 - 4, to take Game 1 of
their NLDS. Edgardo Alfonzo hits two home runs for
New York, including a game-winning grand slam with
two outs in the 9th inning. Randy Johnson takes the loss for Arizona,
his sixth consecutive defeat in postseason play.
2000: The Mets even
their NLDS with San
Francisco at one game apiece by winning a 10-inning thriller, 5
- 4. Jay
Payton's single drives home the winning run in the top of the 10th
inning after J.T.
Snow's pinch-hit three-run
home run ties the game in the bottom of the 9th. Edgardo Alfonzo hits a two-run homer for
the Mets in the top half of the frame. Al Leiter pitches
8+ innings for the Mets. Armando Benitez gives up the tying homer,
but gets the win in relief.
2016 - Madison Bumgarner adds to his postseason
legend by pitching a complete game shutout as San
Francisco prevails over the Mets in
the National
League Wild Card Game, 3 - 0. Conor Gillaspie breaks a scoreless tie
with a three-run homer off Jeurys Familia in the top of the 9th,
negating a great start by Noah Syndergaard who had gone toe-to-toe
with Bumgarner for the first seven innings.
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3 comments:
How about Kris Bryant for JD Davis straight up? Sounds nuts at first, except (without looking up the numbers) JDD salary-wise is much cheaper and could thrive in Chicago's smaller park.
If baseball is a bottom line $$ sport, it might intrigue the Cubs.
Tom,
One thing about Kris Bryant is that he is a Scott Boras client and will surely hit the free agent market in 2022 when he can. So you'll be getting him for two years. According to Baseball Reference his 162 game average is 31 HR, 91 RBI, .280 BA. This last year in 34 games - 4 HR - 11 RBI - .206 BA. He is not a +3B defender. His career RDS at 3B -14! That is a -3 average. I would be hesitant to pull the trigger on that one.
It’s ironic that Alonso’s BABIP is so low because strikeouts don’t count in that stat, but neither do HR’s. I still maintain that he can be a complete hitter like Miguel Cabrera if he learns his strike zone, but that takes focus that right now is going towards causes of all sorts. Those “causes” are also robbing him of time to work on his defense.
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