Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Mookie Wilson, Todd Pratt, and Danny Muno. The NY Post details Carlos Carrasco's fight with Cancer, MLB deadins the baseball and agrees to 7 inning Double Headers, and Mets Prospects play a Wild Card Game down under.
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SNY.TV:
Mets have an emerging defense problem -- here's how to fix it. Brandon Nimmo, Dominic Smith, and J.D. Davis are all on track to play positions
they don't profile at. Writer Danny Abriano points out: “Davis was worth -8 DRS
in 34 games at third base in 2020…As one weak link, Davis' defense at third
base might be tolerable. But as part of a three-pronged problem with well below
average defenders also in center field and left field, it's hard to make a case
for the Mets not finding a solution for third…The Mets have interest in signing
Marwin
Gonzalez…an average to slightly above average defender at third base, could
also be an option to start there.”
Mike
Puma NY Post: Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco won’t let cancer define him. “’People
who have had leukemia, who have had cancer, it’s not that easy,’ Carrasco said
on his introductory Zoom call with the Mets last month. ‘But you know what? I
always say, ‘My wife, my wife,’ but she was the one to get me through
everything. ‘Every time I talk to or go to the hospital to talk to some family
or teenager or kids, I always say that: Be strong. Never let yourself down.’”
The back page: https://t.co/CrkSEFZcRN pic.twitter.com/rIqdhWg0UH
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) February 9, 2021
David Groveman Mets360: Francisco Alvarez
and the All-Star 2021 St. Lucie Mets. David broke down what could be a very
stacked squad. Besides Francisco Alvarez; he mentions Matthew Allan, Brett Baty, OF Freddy Valdez, Pete Crow Armstrong, RHP Junior Santos and more. (Subscription required).
213
Miles from Shea: Reviewing Baseball America’s 2020 Top 30 Mets Prospects:
#28 Ali Sanchez.
On BNNY presented by Tri-State @Cadillac, @Anthony_Recker, @sal_licata & @YankeesWFAN look at what pitchers the Mets could be in on and why Jake Arrieta should not be in the mix https://t.co/Lg3M6GDOlX pic.twitter.com/hBsIMqozu3
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 9, 2021
Boras left the Mets on read pic.twitter.com/8ynIZzpJNJ
— Doug Williams (@DougWilliamsSNY) February 8, 2021
One day at a time! #BeReady #TrustTheProcess pic.twitter.com/8uryzfVsor
— Luis Guillorme (Sr) (@lguillorme) February 9, 2021
MLB
and SportSpyder NL East and MLB Links:
NY
Post: MLB is changing the baseball. “MLB has recalibrated the baseball for
2021, and the by-product could be fewer home runs. A memo was recently released
to all teams, outlining a decrease in COR — coefficient of restitution — to the
baseball, which correlates with bounciness. A higher COR means more bounciness
and the faster a ball will travel off the bat.”
NY
Post: MLB, union reach deal for 2021 season without universal DH. “…the
sides reached an accord on a document with many similarities to last year’s
approach in the 60-game season, including using seven-inning doubleheaders and
starting extra innings with a runner on second.”
MLB in process of finalizing revised Grapefruit League schedule, placing teams in separate “pods” on east and west coasts of Florida, sources tell me and @MattGelb. West-coast teams in FL will play 28 games and east-coast teams 24, making up rest with intrasquad-type matchups.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 8, 2021
Just a few of the packs we’ll be opening tomorrow during the #ToppsSeries1RipParty! 😍
— Topps (@Topps) February 9, 2021
Join us Feb 9 at 6 pm ET to celebrate 70 Years of Topps Baseball and kick off 2021’s baseball card season - streaming live on Topps YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and https://t.co/RoplTbojLd. pic.twitter.com/hhur8BL8GB
What's the best Major League trade of all time? pic.twitter.com/zKoX1TuxHT
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 8, 2021
MLB.com:
Fearsome twosomes: MLB's top tandems
MLB, union agree on health, safety protocols
Beloved Yadi returns to Cards: 'I'm back!'
MLB to alter baseballs for '21 season
Ohtani, Angels agree on 2-yr., $8.5M deal
'Air Yordan' could be '21's biggest X-factor
Wittgren has perfect trainer in wife Ashley
MLBN honors Gibson, Black History Month
MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Aaron Slegers, Designate Dillon Peters
MLB, MLBPA Reach Deal On Health And Safety Protocols
Cardinals To Re-Sign Yadier Molina
Rays Sign Hunter Strickland To Minor League Contract
Reds Sign Dee Strange-Gordon To Minor League Deal
Twins Sign Keon Broxton To Minor League Deal
Yahoo Sports:
Free-agent tracker: Yadi back for 18th season
Don’t look now, but the Nationals’ bullpen has some serious potential
MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras
Cincinnati Reds add Sean Doolittle, Dee Strange-Gordon
Shohei Ohtani, Angels agree on $8.5 million, 2-year contract
Cubs’ Hoyer: Wrigley Field must be place for women to thrive
Extra-inning, doubleheader rule changes back for 2021 MLB season
MLB, players association have deal on health and safety protocols for spring training and regular season
ESPN:
Finding the best fit for top 10 remaining MLB free agents
FOX Sports:
MLB to bring back runner on second in extras, seven-inning doubleheaders in 2021
AP source: MLB deadens ball slightly amid power surge
D-backs add veteran reliever Soria on $3.5M, 1-year deal
CBS Sports:
Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes were both MLB draft picks; here's what teams saw in them on the baseball diamond
SportsSpyder:
In Australia today - in the Wild Card Playoff Game, Canberra Calvery 3 Sydney Blue Sox 2 (Box Score). Carlos Cortes 2B, 0 for 4; Manny Rodriquez SS 1 for 4 with a K. Adam Oller (L) 4 innings, 2 runs - both earned, 4 hits, 2 walks, 7 Ks.
Back-to-back strikeouts and Adam Oller and the @SydneyBlueSox get out of trouble in the second.
— Australian Baseball League (@ABL) February 9, 2021
Still scoreless in Canberra.
📺 https://t.co/PIrl8Bks6G
📊 https://t.co/uIuKxbuZuh #ABL pic.twitter.com/XIcvq9RvOx
Today
in Mets History Per
Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Mookie Wilson (1956)
- Doug Linton (1965)
- Todd Pratt (1967)
- Danny Muno (1989)
- Zach
Ashford
(1997)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Clint
Hurdle on February 9, 1987.
Anaheim
Angels signed Jason
Middlebrook of the New York Mets as a free agent
on February 9, 2004.
New York Mets signed free agent Chan
Ho Park on February 9, 2007.
New York Mets signed free agent Frank
Catalanotto of the Milwaukee
Brewers on February 9, 2010.
New York Mets claimed Jason
Pridie on waivers from the Minnesota Twins on
February 9, 2010.
Centerfield Maz: Mookie Wilson & Bill Buckner: From the 1986 World Series Game Six to A Friendship.
Centerfield Maz: Todd Pratt: 2000 N.L. Champion Mets Back Up Catcher (1997-2001).
“Gil’s approach was all business. He was an imposing guy ... My problem with Hodges was I had just hit .281 and I thought I was a big f—ing deal and he came in with authority ... It was just this thing I had with authority.” - Ron Swoboda on Gil Hodges #LGM #MetsRewind pic.twitter.com/dt0oXbzUpl
— @MetsRewind (@metsrewind) February 9, 2021
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4 comments:
Carrasco story is amazing.
DH seems dead - baffling to me - and baseballs deadened too - sad 1-2 punch for 2021.
The two rules we don’t like are the ones they keep. Players don’t care about results, just zeroes.
Yep - neither side wants to give an inch in negotiations unless it means less work for them.
It look like guillorme has added a little bulk? I guess all batting cage sessions look better than game situations, but he looked like he is really driving that.
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