9/2/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 9/2/2020



Good Morning. Born today Marvelous Marv Throneberry. Orioles 9 Mets 5 as pitching struggles continue, Matt Harvey pitched for KC and Starling Marte helps the Marlins win.

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

Mets Links:

Orioles 9 Mets 5 Ariel Jurado 4 innings, 9 hits, 1 HR, 5 runs, 5 ER, 0 walks, 2 Ks, 84 pitches – 53 strikes; Franklyn Kilome (L, 0-1) 3 innings, 5 hits, 2 HRs, 4 runs, 4 earned runs, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Jared Hughes 1 inning, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 K; Jeff McNeil 3 for 4, 1 run scored; Robinson Cano 2 for 4 (HR #7), 2 runs scored, 1 RBI; Brandon Nimmo 2 for 4; Dominic Smith 0 for 4; Pete Alonso 0 for 3; Andres Gimenez 1 for 4 (HR #1), 1 run scored, 2 RBIs; Luis Guillorme 2 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI. (Box Score).

SNY.TV: What’s next. The Mets and Orioles finish their quick two-game series on Wednesday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. as Michael Wacha faces John Means.

213 Miles from Shea: Game Preview: Mets @ Orioles.

You Tube: Mets-Orioles Game Highlights 9/1/20.



MLB.com: Pitching struggles leave Mets with 'What if?'. Jurado and Kilome combine for 14 hits, 9 ER as Giménez laces first homer.

Amazing Avenue: Final Score: Orioles 9, Mets 5—Jurad’OH!

NY Post: Mets pummeled by Orioles as season is slipping away.

Metsmerized Online: Orioles Smack Mets, 9-5, Sending Amazins’ to Fifth Straight Loss.

Metstradamus: “But somehow a team that is so desperate for starting pitching that they’re stretching out one really good reliever and one reliever who hasn’t started regularly since his rookie season not only loses Walker Lockett, but somehow puts in his place somebody who is worse. And what’s scary about it is that it took a lot of work to do this!”


MLB.com: The O's bunt like it's going out of style. (It is.) Powered by Mullins, Baltimore's typical long-ball offense now a small-ball machine. “That’s what we do when we’re at our best,” said Renato Núñez, who crushed a three-run shot in the first and added a solo shot in the seventh. “We bunt, we move runners and then we bring them in.” (What a concept).

Sports Illustrated: Orioles, Mets going in opposite directions as they wrap series.


SNY.TV: Mets' Andres Gimenez: Hitting first big-league home run was 'something special'. Rookie tied the game at 5-5 with a two-run homer in the sixth.

NY Post: Mets’ Jeff McNeil heating up after getting help from old friend. After Sunday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, the slumping Mets utility man held a video call with Patrick Mazeika, the catcher who was a teammate for much of McNeil’s minor league career. Mazeika, who is working out at the Mets’ alternate training site in Brooklyn, suggested mechanical changes for McNeil, and the results were immediate.

Metsmerized Online: Jeff McNeil Is Getting Crushed By Breaking Balls.

Mike Vaccaro NY Post: Mets have the stink of a team playing out the string.

NY Post: Mets’ trade deadline flurry sends strong clubhouse message.

Metsmerized Online: Another Pitching Prospect Gone Under Brodie.

Newsday.com: Mets to stick with Wilson Ramos as starting catcher.

SNY.TV: Will Mets' latest trade acquisitions make an impact in 2021 season and beyond? Frazier and Chirinos have club options, while Castro is under team control.

NY Post: Steve Cohen bid values Mets at roughly $2.35 billion.

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History: (9/2/1988) Ron Darling Shuts Out the Dodgers As Magic Number To Clinch Gets Closer.

Centerfield Maz: Remembering Mets History: (9/1/1975) Seaver Wins His 20th Game & Sets Record With Eight Straight 200 K Seasons.

Centerfield Maz: Marvelous Marv Throneberry: One of the First Popular Mets Players (1962-1963).

MLB Links:

MLB.com: Nola's latest gem pushes Phillies above .500. Phillies 6 Nationals 0 (Box Score).

MLB.com: Ozuna 1st NL player to hit 3 HRs at Fenway. Braves 10 Red Sox 6 (Box Score).


MLB.com: 'Star' Marte's late HR wins it in Marlins debut. Marlins 3 Blue Jays 2 (Box Score).

A Giant Night In Colorado. Alex Dickerson hit 3 HRs, one 480 feet, and tallied 16 total bases to tie Willie Mays' franchise record. Giants 23 Rockies 5 (Box Score).

Rangers 6 Astros 5 (Box Score).

Mets Police: Matt Harvey pitched against the Indians…and well…this may be the end.  Indians 10 Royals 1 (Box Office).


Here is the full MLB Scoreboard from yesterday. 

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

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New York Mets signed free agent Tito Navarro on September 2, 1987.

New York Mets signed free agent Norichika Aoki on September 2, 2017


1965
During a pregame ceremony at Shea Stadium, the Mets retire Casey Stengel's uniform number 37. The team's first manager, who decided to retire shortly after fracturing his hip at the end of July, compiled a 175-404 record with the expansion team, never finishing higher than in last place.
1972
Coming to bat in the top of the eighth inning trailing 8-0, the Mets score seven runs and add another four tallies in the ninth to stun the Astros, 11-8. The come-from-behind victory is the Amazins' biggest comeback in franchise history.

2008
New York starter Jonathon Niese, who was born on the day the Mets won their last World Championship, makes his major league debut against the Brewers in Miller Park. On his second pitch of the game, the 21 year-old southpaw gives up a home run to Rickie Weeks, making him the first rookie in franchise history to yield a home run to the firstl batter he faces in his career.



1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit jumps him over Tris Speaker and into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the all-time list, but the Mets beat the Cards, 4 - 3. Although The Man will continue on to 3,630 hits, he cannot overtake Cobb and, in time, Pete Rose and Hank Aaron will surpass him.

1963: At the Polo Grounds, Pete Rose hits the first pitch of the game from Jay Hook for a homer. It's the only score as the Reds win, 1 - 0. Jim Maloney strikes out 13 Mets in the win.

1966: Phillies ace Jim Bunning continues his whammy over the Mets by shutting them out, 6 - 0. It's Bunning's 8th complete game in as many starts against them, and his 5th shutout. The Mets have scored a total of four runs off Bunning.

Mack’s Mets – Syracuse Mets - Brooklyn Cyclones one year ago today. Brooklyn wins 4-1, wins division, playoff top seed, Cano 0 for 3. Syracuse wins 8-4, forces one game playoff for division, Lowrie 2 for 3.


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Syracuse Mets - Brooklyn Cyclones one year ago today.



Two Met minor league teams both won on Labor Day (9/2/2019) in win or go home games and now live to play another day. 

While Brooklyn has fought for the division lead all season long, Syracuse was as many as 10 games out after the International League All-Star game.  However, as the pitching for the Major League Mets stabilized after the All-Star break, so did Syracuse’s as they rode the best second half pitching to the best second half record. 

In yesterday’s 8-4 win over Rochester (box), Harol Gonzalez improved to 6-0 giving up just one run on a home run, 4 hits, no walks over 5 innings.  Harol lowered his ERA to 2.68 and continued to show he could handle AAA after his promotion from AA. 

I was thinking that Harol could go longer but apparently the original plan was to have Harol pitch 4 innings and then have Chris Mazza for 4.  Mazza came in the sixth and pitched two scoreless innings.  Adonis Uceta and Tim Peterson closed the game out. 

Syracuse scored single runs in the first, second, fifth, and sixth, before breaking out with 4 runs in the seventh.  Aaron Altherr led the attack with a 3 for 4 day and 4 RBIs.  Arismenday Alcantara added a home run and Jason Krizan had two doubles.  Jed Lowrie played 5 innings at second base and is expected to stay with the team through the playoffs.

Since Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lost to Buffalo, 5-3, Syracuse now plays the tie braking game at 1 today at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with Ervin Santana scheduled to start. 

According to Lindsey Kramer on Syracuse.com, the winner of that game travels to wildcard winner Durham for games one and two of the best-of-5 series Wednesday and Thursday.  If Syracuse qualifies for that series, it will host game three on Friday and four and five, if necessary, on Saturday and Sunday.

Pitching and timely hitting helps Brooklyn to a 4-1 win (box).

24-year-old West Islip, NY native, Frank Valentino, picked the right time to have one of his best games of the year. Frank pitched 5.1 innings giving up just one hit, two walks, and one run, with 9 strikeouts.  The Cyclones bullpen, Nick MacDonald, Hunter Parsons, and Reyson Santos, then added 3.2 innings of shutout baseball with 7 strikeouts of their own. 

With the game scoreless in the third, Brooklyn rallied.  Jake Ortega and Antoine Duplantis singled.  Wilmer Reyes (2 for 3 with a walk on the day) then doubled in Ortega and Jake Ritter then doubled in Duplantis and Reyes.  Brooklyn added a run in the fourth when Robinson Cano’s hard grounder to first with the bases loaded scored Brett Baty. 

While Brooklyn won, Aberdeen beat Hudson Valley beat 1-0.  This gave Brooklyn a first-place tie with the Rays’ Hudson Valley Renegades.  Since, the Cyclones won the season series against them, Brooklyn is the division winner and the first seed in the New York Penn league playoffs.  They will play Wednesday at Hudson Valley, Thursday in Brooklyn, and Friday in Brooklyn if necessary.
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9/1/20

Tonight's lineup and notes Mets Vs. Orioles







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Mike's Mets - Spring is Coming

By  August 31, 2020

It almost seems fitting that the last days of the Wilpon era in Queens are shaping up to be one last miserable sh*tshow. As depressing as the last three days were for any Mets fan still paying attention, imagine how bad it would all feel if you knew the Wilpons were still going to own the club after this season. While this nightmare isn't quite over yet, the end is finally in sight.

I had a bunch of ideas that I wanted to write about today, but then I wound up working until almost 7 tonight. My back operation is scheduled for Friday, and we're trying to get as much as possible done this week. If I can't get to them this week they'll give me something to do next week while I'm laid up. As a fan, it's exciting to contemplate a future where the Mets are more than just an easy punchline for the media.

Joel Sherman wrote a piece about Steve Cohen in the New York Post on Saturday after it had been announced that the multibillionaire had entered into exclusive negotiations to buy the club. It was kind of fitting that this news came out after the Mets had swept the Yankees on Friday, a brief moment of hope and glory in this season before it all came crashing down again. Sherman's piece highlighted something about Cohen that I had heard previously, a real reason to be optimistic about his potential stewardship of the club:
It also is what makes him so attractive to so many Met fans. He can write a check for any player. But those who know him say it will go beyond that. Cohen will invest in the best people and technology in the way the Wilpons were unwilling. And clearly he sees the potential in this franchise, that this can, if operated right, be another masterpiece in his collection.
It's not just the thought of someone coming in with a lot of money and upping the payroll a little. Back when the Wilpons were riding high on Madoff money they spent plenty on this club, but often that money was spent neither wisely nor well.

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Metstradamus - Live and Let Die, But Don't Learn


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All I really want from this team is to not make me angry. For one day. I don’t think that’s a heck of a lot to ask.
Monday’s 5-3 loss didn’t get me angry. Jacob deGrom getting beat by the Marlins while facing them for the fourth straight time is somewhat understandable. Any team that sees deGrom for three starts and five innings has a chance, especially the powerhouse that is the Miami Marlins (now with legitimate threat Starling Marte in their lineup). Only one of deGrom’s four runs were earned because of a 6th inning error by Pete Alonso, but deGrom didn’t get dinked and dunked. He got hit hard that inning and earned every dent he got. The Garrett Cooper home run before the error was a bomb, and the pitch to Lewin Diaz that he slammed for a double was middle middle. It wasn’t a good day for him.
But, fine. I accepted this. Everyone has a bad day, and the Marlins are going to win the World Series because it’s 2020 so I don’t feel so bad. The team seemed to have the life taken out of them after that first Yankee loss yesterday, and deGrom losing to the Marlins should have been the sign that the season was toast, and it should have been as obvious to Brodie as it was to me, or anybody watching. No shame in it, as I’m ready for this season to float away. I would have expected maybe a couple of starting pitchers from the scrap heap just to get through the season, much like the year we had Daisuke Matsuzaka and Aaron Harang for a month in 2013. Now, trading for pieces to make the final wild card a 162 game season is dumb, doing it to save a 60 game season seems over the top. And today was the trading deadline, but I figured … nah, not even the Mets would do this again. Surely they’ve learned from Jarred Kelenic, Scott Kazmir, Nolan Ryan, Amos Otis, etc.

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Tony Plate - Mets Make Deals at Trade Deadline



                                           

Brodie Van Wagenen continues to take the win now approach and the Mets made deals at the trade deadline hoping to enhance the Mets chances of making the playoffs. In a surprise move the Mets reacquired Todd Frazier and also acquired catcher Robinson Chirinos from the Texas Rangers, each for a player to be named later. They also acquired reliever Miguel Castro from the Baltimore Orioles in a deal for minor league pitcher Kevin Smith and a player to be named later or cash.

Van Wagenen felt the Mets currently are not playing great baseball therefore moves had to be made. He feels confident that these deals will give the Mets a boost for the stretch run. The main reason for the Frazier deal was he provides a right-handed bat off of the bench, which hopefully can be a cure for the Mets struggles against left-handed pitching.

I figured Brodie would make deals due to the fact that the Mets can still make a run even though they are not playing well. I thought he would make a big splash type of trade, however when you search for a star type of player you know that the other team will expect the top prospects in return, which Brodie probably would have been reluctant to give up especially since the media hasn’t accepted the Diaz trade.

The Mets are among the top teams in team batting and if the pitching improves, they will contend for a playoff spot. It’s unfortunate that the Mets don’t have the services of Noah and Stroman and if they did, they would have been looking at a possible division title. As for now anything can happen in this unusual season. Stroman is in a contract year; He still is young and he considers himself to be one of the best starters on the market. I think he will draw plenty of interest from the other teams if he doesn’t re-sign with the Mets.

I think the Yankees should try to sign him. Speaking of the Yankees, I was surprised that they didn’t make any moves at the trade deadline. They basically always make deals at this time of year. Their problem has been injuries especially with Judge and Stanton. the Yankees are built to win now and if they get their injured players back right away, they will be serious contenders for a division title during the stretch run.



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David Rubin: Another Trade Deadline Passes, Another Opportunity Wasted...

 Okay -  admittedly yesterday was NOT June 15, 1977, and our current superstar, Jacob deGrom, was not traded away.  There is also something else that did NOT happen yesterday - the New York Mets and GM Brodie van Wagenen did NOT bolster the team's drive towards a play-off spot and, if anything, hurt our long-term progress.
We all know that this team has needed additional starting pitching - for this year, for the near future, period. NOT up for discussion. So what did Brodie do yesterday? He traded away a promising young left-hander, one Kevin Smith (NOT the movie director, LOL) to the Baltimore Orioles for a fire-balling reliever named Miguel Castro. Castro has similar numbers to Mr Diaz, and NOT in a flattering way; sure, he strikes out a ton of batters, but he also has a plus 4.00 ERA and doesn't exactly inspire confidence for the back-end of the bullpen. He has 2 more years of arbitration left, and the recent move of Lugo to the bullpen combined with Betances' injury and the well-chronicled struggles of Diaz had a lot to do with this deal. However, it's never advisable to trade a young, talented left-handed starting pitcher for a reliever, let alone one who is not a proven closer. Furthermore, this team never gave their 12th ranked prospect a chance to start in the bigs this season, even though he's been in Brooklyn all along (and to put THAT ranking number into perspective, David Peterson, our current number TWO starter, was our 13th-ranked prospect!!!) We all remember a time when our GMs were named Cashen and McIlvaine, and one thing they both did well was to actually ACQUIRE young arms, instead of trading them all away!!!



Moving forward, to continue Brodie's most (non) excellent day, he added Catcher Robinson Chirinos and (your returning champion) Todd "Toddfather" Frazier from Texas for either one or two Players To Be Named Later (different sources have reported different things as of press-time.) Now before you go thinking that life-time Met fan and current Texas GM Jon Daniels did us any favors, note that Chirinos, 36 years old and recently an effective catcher with the Astros, had an ankle injury earlier this season that he's not yet recovered from, and a batting line in .119/.224/.143 that even Mario Mendoza laughs at! At least Frazier has been hitting lefties well, as he usually does, and most likely the only reason for his return was the recent injury to third baseman JD Davis. Regardless of the reason, I've always like Frazier but he was NOT the type of return that we were expecting today - not by a LONGSHOT!!

Just in case you missed the flurry of moves on Monday, here is a list of players that Brodie missed out on acquiring:
RHP Mike Clevinger (at least a 2 year answer to our #2 starter role)
CF Sterling Marte (at least a 2 year answer to our CF issues)
LHP Mike Minor (yet another potential rotation solution)
RHP Archie Bradley (a solution for the back-end of our bullpen)
CF Kevin Pillar (a potential answer to this year's CF problems)
RHP Ross Stripling (yet another potential rotation solution)
OF Brian Goodwin (a far better back-up OF solution than Hamilton)
C Jason Castro (a much better, and younger catcher solution than Chirinos)
There you have it- multiple players were traded yesterday who could have done a FAR better job of moving us back into play-off contention than anyone Brodie imported yesterday. On top of this, I'm beginning to think that Brodie has an aversion to lefty pitchers, as he's moved Blake Taylor, Anthony Kay and now Smith! 

Now - imagine Clevinger lining up behind deGrom in the rotation for the next 2 years; unlike in the Wilpon-era, with Steve Cohen as owner, you can believe that he'd pay Clevinger what he's worth to stay a Met once his free agency hit in 2 years. Same with any one of these blown acquisitions - money was not going to be a factor. And then you realize that the Rangers actually INCLUDED money in their deal, and you realize that, sadly, Mr. Cohen is not YET the team's owner, and his wallet is not yet guiding the way. You "almost" want to give Brodie another chance, as I recently advocated for, until you realize that once again he's traded yet another young starting pitcher for a dubious talent, and you start reflecting on the many other moves he's made (acquisitions of Stroman, Cano, Diaz, Lowrie, Betances, Familia, Wacha, Porcello, etc) that have not quite worked out and the odds against just start being too overwhelming to get around anymore.

The bottom line is this --- are the Mets any better AFTER this trade deadline passed???
Answer is --- NO!

Are the Mets now a lock to land a play-off spot?
Answer is --- NO!

Is Brodie the right man to bring the change to the organization from top to bottom that Mr. Cohen is going to need?
Answer now is ---NO!

Now I know what you might be thinking - just because those players were all moved, that doesn't mean that the Mets had a chance to acquire any of them. Really? Just recently, say over the past 10 years, both Omar and Sandy have pulled out last minute deals that nobody else saw coming, and when they weren't able to do it, like in 2005, we all KNOW what the season outcome looked like. I can guarantee, if Brodie was willing to go deep for any of these players, he would have been able to grab at least one, and maybe even 3 of them. It didn't happen, and we made next to no progress on the final day that we would have been able to do so.

To make things worse, Brodie was quoted in an article on The Athletic yesterday, shortly after the deadline passed, "We weren't motivated to move from the top of our prospect system...but we also wanted to show this team and show this market that we are far from quitting on this season." Well, Brodie, we think you've totally missed that chance as the return from your trades hardly motivated your fan-base and certainly won't light up your team on the field.

Brodie, I gave you a chance, WE gave you a chance, and sadly and in record time you have let us down. I think it's time to return to being an agent, and time to turn the team over to a true baseball executive, like David Stearns, Jon Daniels, Andrew Friedman, Theo Epstein...well, YOU get the picture!

We wish you luck in your future endeavors, you have been put on irrevocable waivers!
Moving forward, I have heard that the deal to sell the team to Cohen could be finalized as soon as the end of this week, and have also heard that it might take until the World Series. The most IMPORTANT thing that I've heard is this- Steve Greenberg, MLB legend Hank's son, as the guiding hand behind this sale would not have put the Wilponzi's in position to sell to an owner if he didn't know that person (Cohen) would pass with a majority of owners supporting him. You don't get this far if you can't, and Greenberg, a former MLB employee, has the connections to ensure it was so. 

And finally, for those who thought that other owner's wouldn't vote for Cohen because of his deep pockets, that's ridiculous!!! Remember - there is a luxury tax in place, and if the Mets went over that threshold (we should live so long) then who is the beneficiary of the payments he'd be responsible for? Yes, you guessed it, those very same owners!!!!! So let's stop the nonsense, and I know it will be hard at first, but let's start getting used to having an owner who will actually put us in place to be competing for these players, for the top talent at all levels, and to become a perennial contender!!!! Goodness knows it never happened under the Wilponzi's, and Brodie sadly didn't do nearly enough to move that forward. 

2021, you cannot get here soon enough!!!
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Tom Brennan - BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN



When I was a teenager, I loved the band Cream. 

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton. 

Felix and Leslie from the Mountain days

With some song writing and producing from the future Mountain bassist and vocalist, the great Felix Pappalardi.  

One of the great songs that Cream did was called "Born Under A Bad Sign."

This Mets team sure seems to be born under a bad sign. 

I can’t say they’ve been down since I began to crawl, but they provide extraordinary levels of frustration. 

I mean, how on earth can this team not dominate the fragmented Miami Marlins, where Jake gives up 4 runs, yet his ERA drops to 1.74? 

How could the Mets sweep a doubleheader against the ever-frustrating Yankees, leaving fans to believe that, yes, this time it would be different, but the Mets then stop hitting in the third game and expectedly collapse in games four and five?

How can the Mets have a superstar like Pete Alonso hitting 53 homers in 2019, and turn into the bad version of Dave Kingman in 2020?   Or Chris Davis in a not-so-great year? 

How can this team continue to hit so incredibly poorly with runners in scoring position, when they have good hitters? 
How can so many pitchers go down with injuries?

Then, we trade for a bowl of Robinson Chirinos (pretty "catchy" pun there, huh?) and an ever-aging Todd Frazier, for two twin prospects named PTBNL. Never heard of them.  Who names their kid PTBNL?   

Anyway, if your favorite team is going to lead baseball in anything, it might as well be to lead baseball in guys whose first name is Robinson.  The distinction being that Cano can hit, while Chirinos (5 for 42) can't.

Then traded for what appears to be a decent reliever named Miguel Castro, who is 25 and to his everlasting credit gives up somewhat fewer homers than Edwin Diaz, so what could be so bad, but getting him takes giving up Kevin Smith, a likely future # 5 starter, no doubt aggravating the 800,000 New Yorkers also named Smith, and somehow with the Mets also throwing in another dude named PTBNL...who knew we had THREE? 
Maybe they're - like - friggin' clones, y'know.

Kidding aside, this season has had much disappointment, and feels like it needs a miracle (don’t we always?)  I just have to ask...HOW THE HECK are the Mets 15-20, while the Miracle Miami Marlins are 15-15?

Met fans keep looking for a sign - anything - I say, look up, and you'll see this team is born under a bad sign.


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John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 9/1/2020

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Luis Rojas, David West, and Derek Wallace. Marlins 5 Mets 3 and Todd Frazier is back. 

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

Mets Links:

Marlins 5 Mets 3 Jacob deGrom (L, 2-1) 6 innings, 6 hits, 4 runs, 1 ER, 2 walks, 9 Ks, 103 pitches – 72 strikes; 1 K; Hunter Strickland, 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Brad Brach 1 inning, 1 runs, 1 ER, 1 hit (HR), 0 walks; Edwin Diaz 1 inning, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 Ks; Jeff McNeil 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1K; Robinson Cano 2 for 4 (HR #6), run scored, 1 RBI; Pete Alonso 0 for 4; Dominic Smith 1 for 3, 1 RBI. (Box Score).

You Tube: Marlins plate four in the 6th in 5-3 win | Marlins-Mets Game Highlights 8/31/20.



Mets Daddy: “Jeff McNeil broke out of a slump in a big way with a second inning RBI double. Later in that second, Dominic Smith hit a sacrifice fly to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. After that, the Mets again forgot how to hit in RISP going 2-for-10 in the game. However, you would’ve thought that wouldn’t matter. After all, deGrom was on the mound.”

NY Post: “Garrett Cooper’s homer in the sixth sliced the Mets’ lead to 2-1 before the roof caved on deGrom, with an assist from Alonso’s error. Alonso misplayed Matt Joyce’s grounder, opening the gate for the Marlins to score three unearned runs. Lewin Diaz stroked an RBI double to tie the game before Miguel Rojas produced a run-scoring single. Jorge Alfaro’s double brought in the inning’s final run. ‘I left the ball over the middle of the plate and didn’t execute pitches when I needed to,’ deGrom said.”

SNY.TV: Mets takeaways from Monday's loss to Marlins, including Jacob deGrom's rough sixth inning. The Mets are now a season-worst five games under .500.

As we had yesterday on Mack’s Mets: Mets reacquire Todd Frazier, get C Robinson Chirinos, RHP Miguel Castro.


Todd Frazier's 2020 #'s: 108 AB; 26 Hits; 2 HR; .241 BA; 7 RBIs.

Robinson Chirinos' 2020 #'s: 42 AB; 5 Hits; 0 HR; .119 BA; 2 RBIs.

Miguel Castro's 2020 #'s: 1-0; 4.02 ERA; 16 games; 1 Save; 15.2 IP; 24 Ks.; 1.404 WHIP.

Sports Illustrated: "I'm a big fan of Miguel Castro as a person, as well," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. "Love the guy. He's been improving ever since I've seen him pitch and was putting together a nice year this year. It was tough to say goodbye to him during the game."



About Miguel Castro Metstradamus said: “He has a 5.20 ERA in the eighth inning, and a 5.23 ERA in the ninth. Opposing batters have an .842 OPS in save situations with a .513 slugging%. In non save situations: .709 and .376. But he’s controllable. We have him for two more years. Great. This is basically Diaz for Kelenic again, just on a smaller scale and without the albatross contract of an aging second baseman. It’s the baseball version of ‘Tremors 2: Aftershocks.’”

SNY.TV: Todd Frazier has 'unfinished business' with Queens as he makes return to Mets. Pete Alonso excited about his return.

Fangraphs: Mets Add Three Players at Deadline, Though 2020 Impact Could Be Minimal.

Forbes.com: New York Mets Trade Deadline: The Last One Under The Wilpons Is Just Like The First One. In 2002 (after the Doubleday buy out) “The Mets entered the day 4 1/2 games out of the wild card spot — further removed from a playoff berth than any team that made going for it trades in the final week of the month — but still traded pitcher Bobby M. Jones and a pair of minor leaguers (Jason Bay among them) to the Padres in exchange for reliever Steve Reed and starter Jason Middlebrook and sent pitcher Mark Corey, outfielder Jay Payton and minor leaguer Rob Stratton to the Rockies in exchange for outfielder Mark Little and starter John Thomson.”

SNY.TV: 7 takeaways from Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen after trade deadline: 'We need to boost ourselves'.

John Harper SNY.TV: Yankees' Brian Cashman, Mets' Brodie Van Wagenen see the big picture as neither make short-term splash at trade deadline. Speaks well to their ability to resist temptation.

SNY.TV: Mets got calls on Edwin Diaz, but didn’t intend to move him. The team had been exploring catching and pitching help.

SNY.TV: Mets, Red Sox would have had to 'bridge a pretty big gap' to make Christian Vazquez trade.

NY Post: Pete Alonso’s Mets woes are getting worse.

Mike Vaccaro NY Post: The Mets are running out of time.

Forbes.com: Dynamic Ownership Is Imperative When It Comes To Steve Cohen’s $2 Billion Pursuit Of New York Mets.

Mike’s Mets: Spring is Coming.

MLB Links:

Phillies 8 Nationals 6 (Box Score).

Braves 6 Red Sox 3 (Box Score).

Here is the full MLB Scoreboard from yesterday. 

MLB Trade Rumors:

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:

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 New York Mets traded Rod Gaspar to the San Diego Padres for Ron Herbel on September 1, 1970.

New York Mets traded Kyle Kessel to the Detroit Tigers for C. J. Nitkowski on September 1, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Alay Soler on September 1, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Aaron Harang on September 1, 2013.



1963: Tim Harkness cracks a 2-run game-ending homer in the 16th to give the Mets a 6 - 4 win over the Braves. It is Harkness's 2nd homer of the game.

1975: Mets ace Tom Seaver shuts out the Pirates, 3 - 0, and reaches 200 strikeouts for a major league-record 8th straight season.

1985 - The visiting New York Mets edge San Francisco‚ 4 - 3, with Keith Hernandez's 2-run homer climaxing a 3-run 9th inning. Doug Sisk‚ in relief of Ed Lynch‚ is the winning pitcher. In the 5th‚ Lynch lines to right field and is thrown out 9-3 by RF Joel Youngblood. It's the National League's second 9-3 putout in 2 months.

2004: The Marlins edge the Mets‚ 5 - 4. Armando Benitez gets the save in relief. It is his 10th save of the year against New York for a new Major League record for saves against a club in a year.


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