7/29/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 7/29/2021

 



Good Morning.  Mets Beat Braves 2-1, Binghamton wins, Syracuse ties game after down 6 in 9th but loses in extras, Brooklyn has winning streak stopped and St. Lucie is postponed.

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Braves 12 Mets 5 (Box Score) Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Jeff McNeil 2B 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K;  Brandon Drury PH, 1 for 1, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored; Tylor Megill 5.1 innings, , 1 – run earned, 5 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 6 Ks; Seth Lugo 2/3 inning, no runs, no hits; Trevor May (W, 4-2) 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; Aaron Loup 1/3 inning, no runs, 2 hits; Jeurys Familia 2/3 inning, no runs, no hits, 1 K; Edwin Diaz (S, 23) 1 inning, no runs, 2 hits;  








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WFAN.com: Zack Scott tells Carton & Roberts that pitching is the Mets' top deadline priority. 

Baseball America has issues their Top 30 Mets Prospect List. Here is the top10: #1 Francisco Alvarez; #2 Brett Baty; #3 Kumar Rocker; #4 Ronny Mauricio; #5 Mark Vientos; #6 Pete Crow-Armstrong; #7 Matthew Allan; #8 J.T. Ginn; #9 Tylor Megill; # 10 Alex Ramirez; (Subscription required) – One new name for this #30 – C. Nick Meyer. Baseball America noted how always a top defensive catcher, this year, Nick has hit.    

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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 9 Syracuse Mets 8 (Box Score) Down 8-2, Syracuse scores 6 to force extras only to lose in 10. Mark Payton DH 1 for 2, 2 runs scored, 4 walks; Wilfredo Tovar 2B 2 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 2 walks; Patrick Mazeika 1B 0 for 3, 3 walks, 1 K; Cheslor Cuthbert 3B, 1 for 5, double, 3 RBIs, 1 walk, 1 K; Martin Cervenka 2 for 5, HR, 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs, 1 K; Trey Cobb 3 innings, 3 runs – all earned, 6 hts, 1 HR, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Andrew Mitchell 4 runs – all earned, 3 hits, 3 walks, 1 K; Tom Windle (L, 1-3) 1 inning, 1 unearned run (free runner on 2nd base) 1 WP, 1 walk; 



Binghamton Rumble Ponies 3 Hartford Yard Goats 2 (Box Score) Jake Mangum CF 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K; Brett Baty 3B 1 for 4, 2 Ks; Mark Vientos LF 1 for 4, 1 K; Nick Meyer 1 for 4, HR, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 2 Ks; Connor Grey (W, 1-0) 6 innings, 1 run – earned, 9 Ks; Colin Holderman 1 inning, 1 run – earned, 3 hits, 1 K; Eric Orze 2 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 5 Ks; 

Oh Snap!  BlueClaws End Cyclones Winning Streak, 3-1. Jersey Shore Blue Claws 3 Brooklyn Cyclones 1 (Box Score) Antoine Duplantis CF 1 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Ronny Mauricio SS 1 for 5, 1 K; Joe Suozzi LF 2 for 4, 1 K; Cam Opp 4.2 innings, 2 unearned runs, 6 hits, 2 walks, 7 Ks; Josh Hejka 2.1 innings, 1 run – earned, 3 hits, 1 HR, 3 Ks; Michel Otanez – 1 inning, 3 Ks; 

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Brooklyn Cyclones Cook Donuts Through Eight; Jersey Shore Evens Series

St. Lucie Mets, Tortugas Postponed on Wednesday. The two teams will make up the game as a part of a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 5:05 p.m.

FCL Mets 7 FCL Marlins 6 (Box Score)

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New York Mets traded Jacke Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel on July 29, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino to the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza on July 29, 1996.

New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly on July 29, 2003.

New York Mets traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Austin Bossart on July 29, 2019.

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1944
Annabelle Lee, the aunt of future major leaguer Bill Lee, pitches the first of five perfect games in the 12-year history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Minneapolis Millerettes southpaw knuckleballer, who will toss a no-hitter for the Fort Wayne Daisies precisely one year from this date, doesn't allow any batters to reach first base in the 18-0 rout of the Kenosha (WI) Comets.
1996
The Mets deal Jeff Kent along with Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza. The trade, considered to be one of the worst in franchise history, will be a bust for New York when Baerga hits only .267 in three non-productive seasons in the Big Apple, and Kent goes on to win an MVP award and posts Hall of Fame numbers for a second baseman during his 17-year tenure in the major leagues.

2000
Recently acquired Mets make good first impressions as Mike Bordick goes 2-for-3, including a homer on the first pitch he sees as a Met, and Rick White pitches a scoreless inning to get the win; the other newcomer, Bubba Trammell, will homer in his first at-bat in his Met debut tomorrow.
2004
In a 10-1 victory over the Expos, Eric Valent becomes the eighth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. After singling in the second, doubling in the third, and homering in the fifth, the Mets' utility player triples in the seventh to join Phillies David Bell, Pirates Daryle Ward, and Chad Moeller of the Brewers to accomplish the feat this season.



2006
Julio Franco became the oldest player ever to pinch run when he takes Carlos Delgado's place on the basepaths after the Mets' infielder is hit by a pitch in the fourth inning. The 47 year-old pinch-runner, who will stay in the game to play first, steals second base and will advance to third on the catcher's error in the Mets' 11-4 win over Atlanta at Turner Field.
2008
In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th consecutive game, establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.

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2001 - A career utility player who's making the most of his opportunity to play this year in place of the injured Edgardo Alfonzo, second baseman Desi Relaford makes several key contributions to a dramatic, back-and-forth, 6 - 5 nailbiter between the Mets and Phillies. After Relaford's tremendous over-the-shoulder inning-ending grab robs Philly of two runs in the 6th, he goes to even greater lengths to break the tie he's just preserved: after his one-out, 7th-inning, hit-and-run single moves Lenny Harris to third and brings up Mike Piazza, New York's number one run producer produces a tailor-made 4-6-3, inning-ending double play grounder. Long before Relaford can reach second, shortstop Jimmy Rollins receives the throw and crosses the bag, continuing on another 10 to 12 feet past the bag and at least 7 feet clear of the baseline before turning and making the transfer from glove to hand. As the unsuspecting shortstop winds up to throw, Relaford, his left arm dragging the baseline to which his fully-extended body is perfectly perpendicular, suddenly enters the picture, sliding/tumbling past on his way to second base. Just as Rollins is about to unload, Desi fully extends his right toe, hooks Rollins' right shin and completely turns him around. When he comes to rest, the Phillies' shortstop is facing the now unoccupied third base as its previous tenant, Lenny Harris, crosses home plate. The resulting 3 - 2 Mets lead will last exactly two batters into the next half-inning as John Franco coughs it up on Scott Rolen's no-out, two-run homer. Tsuyoshi Shinjo hits a towering, two-run homer in the 8th, but New York's Armando Benitez blows the save and Relaford must come to the rescue yet again, turning a double play to get Benitez out of further trouble, thus setting the stage for redemption in the form of Mike Piazza's walk-off home run.

2015: Another trade almost gets consumed, as the Mets are on the verge of trading IF Wilmer Flores and P Zack Wheeler to Milwaukee for OF Carlos Gomez. The rumor of the deal sweeps through the stands at Citi Field, and Flores breaks into tears on the field as he does not want to leave a team that has grown into a contender. The trade falls through, however, and the Mets lose, 7 - 3, to San Diego in spite of three homers by Lucas Duda.

2019: One day after their surprise acquisition of Marcus Stroman, the Mets deal with their surplus of starting pitchers by sending Jason Vargas to the Phillies in return for AA catcher Austin Bossart, who is hitting .195.

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1 comment:

Tom Brennan said...

Ohtani with 37 - is 60 achievable?

This season would already be lost without Tylor Megill.

I had my doubts about Drury...but WOW.

Mets need a strong Carasco back this weekend, then Jake and Lindor soon. The difference between barely winning and staying ahead, and barely losing and faltering, is not much.

Get some pitching - the hitting we can make due with - I think. Unless there is a STORY to be told.

July 29, 2021 at 7:28 AM

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