5/7/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 5/7/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Brook Fordyce, James Loney, and Keon Broxton.  Mets 4 Cardinals 1, St. Lucie Mets win 9-0 while the other Mets minor league teams lose.  

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Mets 4 Cardinals 1 (Box Score) Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 5, run scored,  1 walk, 1 K; Francisco Lindor SS 1 for 3, 3 walks, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 1 for 5, 1 walk; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 4, run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 K; Dominic Smith LF 1 for 4, run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Kevin Pillar CF 1 for 4, 1 walk, 1 K; Jonathan Villar 3B 0 for 3,1 RBI, 2 walks, 2 Ks;  James McCann C 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 walk,; Taijuan Walker P 1 for 4, 3 Ks – 7 innings, 1 hit, 1 unearned run, 8 Ks; Trevor May 1 inning, no runs, no its, 2 Ks; Edwin Diaz 1 inning, 2 hits, no runs;  

















NY Post: 

Taijuan Walker’s gem paves way for Mets to salvage St. Louis split

Mets’ Francisco Lindor shows first sign of ending ugly slump

Carlos Carrasco’s Mets return hits big setback

 


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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 17 Syracuse Mets 11 (Box Score) Khalil Lee CF 0 for 0, 4 walks, HBP, 2 runs scored, 1 caught stealing; Bruce Maxwell 1B 3 for 5, HR, 2 runs scored, 5 RBI, 2 Ks; Quinn Brodey 0 for 2, 3 walks, 3 runs scored, 1 K; Jake Hager 1 for 5, HR, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 2 Ks; Starting Pitcher Franklyn Kilome 3 innings, 2 hits, 2 runs – both earned, 3 walks, 3 Ks; Oscar De La Cruz 2 innings, 6 hits, 6 runs – all earned, 2 walks, 2 Ks; Stephen Tarpley 1 inning, 6 hits, 1 HR, 7 runs – all earned 1 walk, 1 K; Stephen Nogosek 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Drew Jackson (Inf/OF) 2 innings, 2 hits, 2 runs 0 earned, 1 walk;



Akron Rubber Ducks 9 Binghamton Rumble Ponies 2 (Box Score) Carlos Cortes LF, 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 K; Mark Vientos, 2 for 4, HR, 1 run, 1 RBI; Starting Pitcher Sam Tewes 3 innings, 2 hits, 5 runs – 1 earned, 3 walks, 3 Ks; Jared Robinson, 2 innings, 2 hits, 1 HR, 3 runs – all earned, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Ryley Gilliam, 2 hits, 1 run – earned; 1 K; Marcel Renteria – 2 innings, 1 hit, no runs, 1 walk, 1 K; 3B Edgardo Fermin left the game with an injured shoulder in the 1st inning.  This made DH Mark Vientos take the field and the Ponies lost their DH requiring Sam Tewes and other pitchers swing the bat.  After getting picked off in the top of the 3rd, Manny Rodriguez committed two errors in the bottom of the 3rd which led to 4 Akron runs. 



Ashville Tourists 11 Brooklyn Cyclones 4 (Box Score) Antoine Duplantis 1 for 5, HR, 1 RBI, 1 run scored; Brett Baty 2 for 4, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 K; Hayden Senger 2 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, 1 K; Starting Pitcher Oscar Rojas 5 innings, 7 hits, 2 HRs; 7 runs, 2 walks, 3 Ks; Nick MacDonald 5 hits, 3 runs – 2 earned, 2 Ks; Brian Metoyer 2.2 innings, 1 hit, 1 run – earned, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Michel Otanez 1 inning, no hits, no runs, 3 Ks;

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St. Lucie Mets 9 Jupiter Hammerheads 0 (Box Score) 3 St. Lucie runs in the 1st and 3 more in the 2nd and 5 shutout innings from Garrison Bryant and the Mets cruised to a 9-0 victory.  Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 2 for 5, 2 runs scored, 1 K; Francisco Alvarez C, 1 for 2, 1 walk, 2 runs scored, 2 Ks; Branden Fryman SS 2 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Garrison Bryant 5 innings, 3 hits, no runs, 1 walk, 5 Ks; Colby Morris 2 innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, 3 Ks; Liam McCall 1 inning, 1 hit, no runs, 1 walk, 1 K; Austin Faith 1 inning, 1 hit, no runs, no walks, 1 K;


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New York Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan Jones on May 7, 1976.

New York Mets claimed Chico Walker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 1992.

New York Mets claimed Tommy Milone on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on May 7, 2017.

New York Mets traded Jim Marshall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell on May 6, 1962.

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1970
At Shea Stadium, Wes Parker hits a triple off Jim McAndrew to beat the Mets in the tenth inning, 7-4. The three-bagger completes the cycle for the Dodger first baseman.
1991
Darryl Strawberry returns to New York as a Dodger with mixed results. A crowd of 49,118 mostly booing fans watches him hit a two-run home run, and they cheer when he makes the last out of the game with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the 6-5 Mets victory.

2010
Lance Orton and Duane Jackson, who were instrumental foiling a terrorist's attempt to set off a car bomb in Times Square, are honored at Citi Field prior to the Mets game against San Francisco. The two street vendors alerted the police after they observed a parked car on 45th Street had started to fill with smoke and was making popping sounds.
2011
After a first-inning walk in the Dodgers' 4-2 loss to the Mets, Andre Ethier goes 0-for-4, ending his 30-game hitting streak. The L.A. outfielder falls one game short of the franchise record set in 1969 by Willie Davis, who enjoyed a 31-game hitting streak that season.

2013
Mets phenom Matt Harvey continues to dominate the National League when he throws nine frames of one-hit ball along with 12 strikeouts en route to a no-decision in the team's 1-0 extra-inning victory over the White Sox at Citi Field. The 24 year-old right-hander, whose bid for perfection is spoiled after retiring the first 20 Chicago batters by Alex Rios' infield single, adds to his growing legend when he starts the game with a bloody nose, and continues to pitch despite the blood oozing on to his face.



2016
In the Mets' 6-3 victory over the Padres at, 42 year-old Bartolo Colon goes deep off James Shields, becoming the oldest player to hit his first major league home run. The portly right-hander, who has now collected three extra-base hits during his 19-year career, surpasses Randy Johnson, who was two years younger when he cleared the fences in 1993 while playing for Arizona.




2018
"It's something special. He's going down in the record books, in the Wikipedia book, which is amazing. A little kid from Belfast done good." - PATRICK CONLON, commenting on his son's major league debut.
Belfast native Patrick Conlon becomes the first Irish-born player to appear in a major league game in 73 years when he starts, going 3. 2 innings in the Mets’ 7-6 victory over the Reds at Great American Ball Park. The 24 year-old southpaw, known as PJ, follows fellow countryman Joe Cleary, who was born in Cork and played one game for the Senators in 1945.

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2012: Jordany Valdespin makes his first major league hit count, with a 9th-inning three-run pinch homer off Philadelphia's Jonathan Papelbon to give the Mets a 5 - 2 win.

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6 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Tarpley 7 runs allowed in one AAA inning? OMG.

Steals are great - do the St Lucie Mets have more steals in 3 games than the Mets do in 26?

Taijuan Walker has been great...period.

Lindor has a .297 OBP - not terrible. Now it is time for extra base hits and RBIs.

May 7, 2021 at 8:47 AM
TexasGusCC said...

There should be a special wing in the Hall of Fame for guys like Ways, Aaron and Williams. These buys are all time greats and why MLB doesn’t promote them to today’s fan is a shame.

I saw the box score last night Tom on this site and my eyes just bugged. Can’t blame Vegas for these numbers. If Tarpley wasn’t lefty, you never would have heard of him.

May 7, 2021 at 8:55 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - Mets have 4 steals - 2 from Nimmo and 2 from Pillar.

May 7, 2021 at 9:48 AM
John From Albany said...

Gus - I agree. The Hall has changed a lot over the years. Maybe this is a sign of old age but I liked it better when I was a kid. When I was a kid, I could spend all day there and not even see half the stuff. Now, I am in and out in a couple of hours. Back in the day, they had a special section for Babe Ruth - don't think they still have that. They need a special section for Babe, Mays, Aaron, Cobb, Cy Young (511 wins), Williams - all the top 20 players.

May 7, 2021 at 9:52 AM
Anonymous said...

Great Game Yesterday

A formidable opponent with a great history organizationally behind them. Mets getting nine hits, give back two. Not just good but rather a stellar nine hit offensive performance. Singles. Nothing but singles. I ,loved it. Getting back to the basics. Retro hits. Excellent. And they won easily against a pretty darn good team too. Woe.

Taijuan Walker

Just love his style. Very in control. Very aggressive. Hasn't even reached his peak level yet, and that is scary for opponent teams. Holy Macaroni! He's got it.

Okay

Here's where we are. Team is on track. Solid game performance both sides of the ball. Very encouarging. So what's next?

To me, that fifth starter thing.

In summation here, Seth Lugo is on 10 day list now. But he'll need some time at this getting ready again. Jeurys Familia is very interesting to me right now, because he has his old starter bod back and is doing quite well with it thus far. Could he be stretched out for like five innings? I think so.

Then there is Robert Gsellman. My question is simply this one, "Robert, how hungry are you right now for something like this sir?" Personally, I think he could do this and well. I have seen him "on", and it is good.

Thomas Szapucki, he probably will need some time at Syracuse to refine, get ready, and get those downtime kinks all shaken out. But he's a lefty with some very good organizational notice I have noticed. His future looks very bright here.

Okay

That's what I see.

But the five slot is really important right now.

I want to express now, an idea I that have been toying with for awhile. Franklyn Kilome. I watched a lot of his video, here and with Philly. My take from that opinion was Franklyn has something that I personally think could be very useful here. Something special, and not everyday. But he may need that special person to tutor him, and bring him the rest of the way so to speak. Someone who may have been sensational as a starting pitcher. Someone who can study Franklyn's mechanics and perhaps make very useful suggestions to him that bring Franklyn here.

Who does Franklyn remind me of, at least a little bit with his pitch selection and mechanics?

Dwight Gooden.

Franklyn's knee raise is not as pronounced as Dwight's was, but he has that very downward breaking curve ball that is gorgeous. All I see with him is maybe a slight 2-3 mph ramp up on his fastball (it's already good and MLB level at 95 mph) that would bring it to the 98 mph range. And lastly, I think Franklyn needs more work on his change up or an entirely new third pitch added in to make him whole as a starter.

The thought of Dwight Gooden working with Franklyn Kilome I find beyond interesting and exciting. Just not sure if it can be arranged. Thanks for reading though. Franklyn is close.

May 7, 2021 at 11:13 AM
John From Albany said...

Anon - Kilome threw 3 innings last night. We will see how he progresses in AAA. The word is that he is not yet all the way back from his 2018 surgery. Not getting regular work last year did not help. Hopefully regular work in AAA will get him back to his old form.

May 7, 2021 at 11:46 AM

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