1/21/21

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 1/21/2021


Good Morning. Pete Alonso – Top Ten First Baseman, Francisco Alvarez Top Ten Catching Prospect, and lots of continued discussion after George Springer goes to the Jays and Jared Porter was fired.

Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Winter Baseball, and This Day in Mets History.

Mets Links:

Metstradamus: The One That Escaped To The North. “But if you had told me after Steve Cohen and all his money took over the Mets that they would go 0-for-3 in the room with JT Realmuto, Trevor Bauer, and George Springer, I would have told you that you were out of your mind.”

Mike’s Mets: Thoughts on George Springer and Jared Porter.

Joel Sherman NY Post: “The Mets let Springer’s camp know over last weekend that they were willing to go to six years at $120 million, but no further. At that point, the Mets were pretty much out of contention, as Springer headed toward the six-year, $150 million pact he reached Wednesday with the Blue Jays.”




Joel Sherman NY Post: Mets’ next GM will need to have extensive MLB contacts. “’One of the things we will be lacking is sort of the same breadth of contacts and information that we were able to get through Jared’” Alderson said on a Tuesday conference call. ‘Jared has lots of contacts in the game — not just at the GM level, but at the assistant GM level and below. That’s a rich source of information and can lead to smaller deals that fill out our roster. That is an area we are going to have to pick it up.’






SportSpyder Links:

MLB rumors: Dodgers monitoring Trevor Bauer market; Blue Jays, Angels eye Brad Hand - CBSSports.com 1/20/21 8:27 PM

Top 10 1B Right Now: Pete Alonso | 01/21/2021 | New York Mets MLB: Film Room 1/20/21 8:09 PM

With George Springer going to Blue Jays, will Mets pursue Jackie Bradley? | Newsday 1/20/21 7:56 PM

Mets Moving To Plan B As Springer Goes With The Blue Jays Reflections On Baseball 1/20/21 5:44 PM

Why the New York Mets Benefit from Not Signing George Springer Prime Time Sports Talk 1/20/21 5:15 PM

Report: Angels join Mets, Blue Jays in Hand pursuit The Score 1/20/21 5:12 PM

Pete Crow-Armstrong joins IT | 01/20/2021 | New York Mets MLB: Film Room 1/20/21 5:07 PM

Report: Mets reached out to Reds for Eugenio Suarez, Sonny Gray | amNewYork Metro News 1/20/21 3:34 PM

New York Mets are interested in Enrique Hernandez, but they have competition Empire Sports Media 1/20/21 3:26 PM

Mets Lose Out on George Springer — Time to Get Nolan Arenado  Blogging Mets 1/20/21 3:09 PM

Analysis: How Steve Cohen Managed His First Crisis as Mets Owner Mets Merized Online 1/20/21 3:02 PM

Grand Slam Doubleheader Déjà Vu YouTube: New York Mets Videos  1/20/21 2:59 PM


ICYMI yesterday at Mack’s Mets:

Reese Kaplan -- Major Embarrassments Are Nothing New to the Mets.

Tom Brennan – New Mets Lefty Joey Lucchesi – A Look under the Hood.

Mack’s Scouting Report - 2B - Matty Warren.

Mack’s Scouting Report - 3B - Roberto Pena.

Mack;s Scouting Report - 3B - Zack Gelof.

For the full list of Mack’s Draft reports click here.

MLB and SportSpyder NL East Links:



MLB.com:

Realmuto, Bauer, Ozuna will sign with …

Astros end drama, seal Brantley deal (source)

Will LA add another Cy winner to rotation?

Ng takes part in inauguration ceremonies

Source: Twins have deal with J.A. Happ

Blue Jays clearly ready to make more moves

Could this free agent be the next to sign?

Here are the best catching prospects in MLB Francisco Alvarez of the Mets comes in at #4.

MLB Trade Rumors: Royals Sign Wade Davis To Minor League Deal.

MLB Trade Rumors: Astros To Re-Sign Michael Brantley.

Winter Baseball:


Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Winter Leagues Playoffs 2020-2021: Culiacan To Face Hermosillo In LMP Championship Series.

For me, the player to watch in Mexico is Sebastian Elizalde who the Mets signed as a minor league free agent before the 2020 season.  He had 11 HRs and 45 RBIs in 46 games during the regular Mexican Pacific season.  Solid Left-Handed Power hitter.  Here's hoping the Mets give him another shot in 2021. 

The Final Series is also set in Venezuela as Caribes de Anzoategui beat Caribes de Anzoategui 10-4. (Box Score) Minor League Mets Pitchers Yeizo Campos and Jaison Vilera are on Caribes. 

In the other Game, Cardenales de Lara 11 Tigres de Aragua 2 (Box Score).  Ex-Minor League Met Cesar Puello went 2 for 4 with a run score, walk, and a K.  Cesar was one of the few players who played in two different leagues this winter as he played in the Dominican prior to Venezuela.

For the complete Winter League Stats for the current Mets, Mets minor leaguers, and Ex-Mets, click here.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

Transactions:
New York Mets released Bruce Bochy on January 21, 1983.

California Angels signed Ellis Valentine of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 21, 1983.

New York Mets signed free agent Rick Cerone on January 21, 1991.

New York Mets traded Luis Lopez to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bill Pulsipher on January 21, 2000.

New York Mets traded Benny Agbayani and Todd Zeile to the Colorado Rockies for Alex Ochoa, Craig House and Ross Gload on January 21, 2002.

New York Mets traded Lenny Harris, Alex Ochoa and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Lou Collier and Mark Sweeney on January 21, 2002.

Milwaukee Brewers claimed Brady Clark of the New York Mets on waivers on January 21, 2003.

Milwaukee Brewers signed Ricky Bottalico of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 21, 2005.

New York Mets traded Kris Benson to the Baltimore Orioles for John Maine and Jorge Julio on January 21, 2006.

New York Mets signed free agent Blaine Boyer of the Arizona Diamondbacks on January 21, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Tim Byrdak of the Houston Astros on January 21, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Pedro Feliciano of the New York Yankees on January 21, 2013.

Boston Red Sox signed Dana Eveland of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 21, 2015.

Miami Marlins signed Zach Lutz of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 21, 2016.

Arizona Diamondbacks signed Wilmer Flores of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 21, 2019.

National Pastime.com:

2006

The Orioles acquire a potential ace for their rotation when the team trades right-handers Jorge Julio and John Maine to the Mets for Kris Benson (10-8, 4.13). With Jae Seo dealt to the Dodgers for relievers Duaner Sanchez and Steve Schmoll, the deal with Baltimore marks the second time this month the team ship a starter from their pitching rotation to bolster their bullpen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseball Reference:

2000:  The Mets sign free agent pitcher Rich Rodriguez to a two-year contract and reacquire pitcher Bill Pulsipher from the Brewers in exchange for infielder Luis Lopez. 

2002 - In a complicated three-team, eleven-player trade, the New York Mets send Benny Agbayani and Todd Zeile to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Alex Ochoa, Ross Gload, Craig House and cash considerations. The third team in the deal, the Milwaukee Brewers, send Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Lou Collier, Mike Sweeney, and cash to the Mets, in exchange for Lenny Harris, Glendon Rusch and Ochoa. The Mets have now replaced half of their 2001 roster. 

Breakfast Links One year ago today - 1/21/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Boy, that's a lot of stuff, great job.

Pete may be # 7, but if Dom Smith's bat in 2020 was no aberration, couldn't he be # 2 overall 1B, had he been ranked as a 1B? It is very possible, if DH comes thru, that Smith will be the 1B and Pete the DH.

I have some thoughts on George Springer risks in an upcoming article.

I feel bad for Porter - everything is cancel culture these days. If it represented a pattern of behavior, yes, great that he was cancelled, but if it was temporary craziness, I feel bad - but let's move on and let everyone learn to not be careless.

January 21, 2021 at 6:34 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - if it was temporary craziness it needed to be dealt with as soon as it happened where he worked at the time. But it didn't and you can't have a guy in a major position of power in your organization when they abused that power in a lesser position. The fact that MLB has not done a better job dealing with stuff over the years makes things a bigger problem down the road and lead to firings.

Did Jeff Passan know about these things when he was saying that Porter was perfect for the job? We don't know but he does admit to having the info for 2 weeks before reporting it.

January 21, 2021 at 8:40 AM
Tom Brennan said...

John, I agree largely. I don't dive into details on stuff like this. If I were Passan, unless I had some sense Porter did this more than just then, I would have left it alone. The guy is now destroyed in baseball. Does the punishment fit the crime? I guess he'll become a day trader.

January 21, 2021 at 8:44 AM
John From Albany said...

Everyone involved should have dealt with this the second it became known. If the Cubs or D-Backs knew shame on them. The Mets should have done a better back ground check but as soon as they found out about it, they dealt with it.

January 21, 2021 at 9:46 AM
Remember1969 said...

John, I agree, this needed to be dealt with quickly and decisively, which they did when the report surfaced. I truly hope there was no cover-up hoping this would die away without becoming known.

You can feel a lot of things for/about Jared Porter, but feeling bad for him is not one of them. He needs to be made an example of as these heinous violations of people's rights are not acceptable. I suppose I might cut him a little more slack if this was a thoughtless prank by a 16 year old who was shown the error of his ways, but Porter supposedly had a fully developed 36 year old brain at the time. In 2016 we had just gone thru (or were going through at the time) of some very public and disgusting examples of how not to treat one another by a certain political candidate at the time. While one person (at least) in this case was certainly violated, the fact of the matter is that these acts violate all women together. Aggression towards women, other races, other religions, or any other group or subgroup cannot be tolerated in 21st century society.

I just read a piece that was written by Doug Glanville, former outfielder for the Philles and others talking about a cab driver in LA not allowing him to ride from the airport to the hotel. That was the 1990's. When will we have enough? Every person has rights that should not be broken. To close, Porter broke that person's right to privacy and he must pay for that.

I hope this site will also publish the excellent piece that colleague Mike Steffanos on the Mike's Mets site wrote yesterday. It is an exceptional article.

I apologize for getting off topic, but thank you for listening.

January 21, 2021 at 10:17 AM
John From Albany said...

Thanks 1969. You just said what needed to be said a lot better than me.

Mike's post is coming up at 12:30 today.

January 21, 2021 at 10:28 AM

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