2/2/21

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 2/2/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Leo Foster and Melvin Mora. Mets trade a prospect for a Marlins RHP, Union rejects MLB’s proposal, and Juan Lagares goes deep again in the Caribbean Series.  

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SNY.TV: Mets trade for Marlins RHP Jordan Yamamoto. The 24-year-old Yamamoto has 19 games and 18 starts of MLB experience since breaking into the league in 2019. He owned a 4.46 ERA over 15 starts in 2019 (78.2 innings). Yamamoto had a rough go in 2020, though, allowing eight homers over four games (11.1 innings) for a whopping 18.26 ERA.

According to FanGraphs: Jordan Yamamoto has one Minor League option left.

MLB Trade Rumors: The 24-year-old Yamamoto joined the Marlins as one of four players acquired in the lopsided deal that sent Christian Yelich to Milwaukee. Yamamoto showed promise in a 15-start debut in 2019, notching a 4.46 ERA through his first 78 2/3 MLB frames while striking out a quarter of the hitters he faced. While that strikeout rate sat above the league average, he also walked a greater-than-average 11 percent of the hitters he faced.

90 Percent Mets: “He [Yamamoto] doesn’t throw hard and has control problems. Yamamoto does strike out a good deal of hitters and has impressive spin rates on his fastball and curve…In exchange, Miami will receive infielder Federico Polanco.

I had Federico Polanco as my #34 prospect – “SS, Bats Left, Throws Right, DOB 5/20/2001…one of the highest OPS in the Mets Organization while playing in the DSL 1 in 2019.  His 2019 DSL 1 league stats produced an OPS of .886, with a slash line of .331 BA/.414 OBP/.472 Slg.  163 At Bats, 54 hits, 13 doubles, 5 triples, 23 walks, 23 Ks, 7 stolen bases.   Federico was later promoted to the GCL Mets to end the season and struggled in 14 games with a .176 BA and .275 OBP.”




NY Post: Ex-Mets manager Mickey Callaway accused of sexually harassing reporters. "Former Mets manager Mickey Callaway aggressively pursued at least five women who work in sports media, sending three of them inappropriate photographs and asking one of them to send nude photos in return, according to a report by The Athletic on Monday."





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Day two of the Caribbean Series:

Puerto Rico 3 Venezuela 0 (Box Score). Johneshwy Fargas 0 for 3, with 2 Ks.

Panama 9 Columbia 5 (Box Score). Mets Minor League Catcher, David Rodriguez, 1 for 3 with a double, 2 walks, 3 RBIs, 2 Ks and a run scored. Ex-Met Dilson Herrera, 2B-1B,  0 for 3, RBI, walk and 2 Ks. Ex-Met Ezequiel Zabaleta 1.1 innings, 2 Ks.

Dominican Republic 4 Mexico 2 (Box Score).  Juan Lagares, 1 for 3, HR (5th straight post season game!), RBI, run scored, 1 walk; Robinson Cano 2 for 4 - and a nice play at 2B;  For Mexico, Sebastian Elizalde 1 for 4; Ex-Met Carlos Torres gave up the HR to Lagares, 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 earned run.



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: 

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Transactions:

New York Mets traded Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Minnesota Twins for Johan Santana on February 2, 2008.

New York Mets sold Darrell Ceciliani to the Toronto Blue Jays on February 2, 2016.

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2020

The NFL names Patrick Mahomes the MVP of Super Bowl LIV, after the 24 year-old quarterback leads a fourth-quarter rally in the Chiefs' 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The Kansas City QB's dad, Pat, compiled a 42-39 (.519) record pitching for five major league teams in 11 seasons, including posting an 8-0 record for 1999 Mets.

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4 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Yamamoto had 4 excellent starts in a career that otherwise has been abysmal. Seems a long shot to help, and perhaps AAA depth. At least they didn’t give up much.

Mickey should change his name to Mike. Why besmirch a great baseball name?

I wonder if Lagares got himself in better shape, or the pitching is that sub par? Also, David Rodriguez remaking an offensive force this off season. Will he have a chance to beat out Nido?

February 2, 2021 at 6:27 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - not sure what to make out of Juan's performance. I think he has just gotten hot at the right time. Remember he hit no HRs in the regular Dominican Season before this recent streak. Compare him to Robel Garcia who barely hit .200 against the same pitching - Mets just cut Robel yesterday when they acquired Yamamoto.

February 2, 2021 at 6:39 AM
Tom Brennan said...

When Lagares was a prospect, I think he was listed at 160 or 170. Now he is listed at 220. I wonder if the weight hurts him? Might not, as he is not fat, but maybe if he was 205, he'd be better off baseball-wise.

February 2, 2021 at 8:14 AM
John From Albany said...

Could be a factor Tom. Age catches up to us all

February 2, 2021 at 9:08 AM

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