The Mookie
Betts to the Dodgers trade finally happened, Wilmer
Flores has a new team, the Caribbean Baseball series continued in
Puerto Rico but most will want to talk about the latest chapter of Steve Cohen
and the Mets.
The
NY Post says: “Steve Cohen’s $2.6 billion bid to buy the Mets is on
life support — if alive at all”.
Per
NBC Sports: Cohen is apparently unhappy that the Wilpons — the
current owners of the Mets — changed the terms of the deal at the last minute.
As a result, Cohen has decided not to go through with the deal. He had been
expected to take control by 2025.
Hedge
fund billionaire Steve Cohen was planning an Opening Day gala that would announce
his majority ownership of the Mets, according to The Post’s Mike Puma. Looks the party is over.
Deesha
Thosar of The Daily News said it well: “It took exactly two months
for the Mets to Met-up the most joyful event for the fan base in years: The
(clearly premature) announcement that the Wilpons were (close to) selling the
team.”
Per
Forbs.com: “This is what the Wilpons do. There’s no deal they can’t
try to stretch the limits of good faith on, no version of events they don’t
think they can improve, even when circumstances are already in their favor.”
In
that same Forbs story they ask these questions: “1: How much did the
Wilpons need to sell? 2: Is Steve Cohen really out of the picture? 3. Will MLB,
at long last, do something? To clarify: something helpful?”
The
NY Post Asked: “Q: Who wins if the Wilpons are indeed back to square
one on this sale? Three simple words: Brodie Van Wagenen. Q. Who loses? A: Mookie Betts, who surely
hoped to have Cohen’s Mets as a major suitor for his free agency next
offseason. And Major League Baseball as a whole.”
The
NY Post had: “The key dates of the Mets-Steve Cohen saga.”
It
took a three team trade to get Mookie
Betts and David Price
go to the Dodgers. Twins pitching
prospect Brusdar
Graterol and Dodgers outfield prospect Alex Verdugo
go to the Red Sox, and Kenta Maeda
goes to the Twins.
JD
Davis told SNY.TV about being the subject of trade rumors this winter:
"I think it's a huge compliment," Davis said. "Me and Brodie
have talked about it. There were some teams that reached out, but again, I
think it's a huge compliment. It's even bigger that my own team wants me more
than other teams. I've been on the other end of the stick of being traded, so
again, I truly am blessed to be back for a second year and be back with these
guys, and hopefully we can do a little more damage."
From
Mets minors.net: “John Sickels Has Just One Mets Prospect In Top 100.”
Ronny
Mauricio was the only Mets prospect to make the list. In ranking
Mauricio as the 72nd best prospect in the game, Sickels said.
Brian Joura of Mets 360 discussed:
“Rigging the rules for Mets players to finish the year strong.”
213
Miles from Shea continued reviewing Baseball America’s 2019 Top 30 Mets
Prospects with #21 Adam Hill. “Adam
Hill is the first of too many players as we work our way to the top
of the list that were traded away last season. Adam Hill was packaged Felix
Valerio and Bobby Wahl to the Brewers for Keon Broxton. Keon’s time with the
Mets didn’t go swell. Wahl’s time with the Brewers didn’t go so well.”
Per
the LA Times: “Matt Kemp sells Poway mansion for less than half what
he paid. Veteran baseball outfielder
Matt Kemp has sold his custom estate in Poway’s Heritage community for $4.3
million, records show. The three-time all-star bought the property in 2013…for
$9.075 million, according to the San Diego County recorder.”
12UP.com
had 6 MLB extensions that should happen now: DJ LeMahieu,
New York Yankees; J.T.
Realmuto, Philadelphia Phillies; Marcus
Semien, Oakland Athletics; Javier Baez,
Chicago Cubs; Christian
Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers; and Aaron Judge,
New York Yankees. I would also add Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard.
Winter Ball:
Yesterday was day four of the seven
day Caribbean series in Puerto Rico.
Mexico beat previously undefeated Venezuela
7-6 (box).
Venezuela had a 3 run ninth to make the game close but Mexico held on with the
tying run on second.
The Dominican Republic beat Panama
4 – 3 (box).
Tim
Peterson gave up a run on two hits, a walk, and 2 Ks in one inning
of relief.
Ramon E.
Ramirez got the save with no hits, walks, or strikeouts in a
scoreless inning.
Puerto Rico beat Columbia 3-2 (box).
Joshua
Torres got the win in relief for Puerto Rico retiring two batters in
the top of the 8th with the score tied 2-2, before Puerto Rico
scored the eventual winning run in the bottom of the 8th.
Venezuela, Mexico, and the
Dominican Republic now each are 3-1 in the series. Puerto Rico is 2-2, Panama is 1-3 and
Columbia is 0-4.
Three more games today with semi
finals on Thursday and finals on Friday.
Mack’s
Blast From the Past comes from February 5, 2012 – 2019 Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Dario
Pizzano said Hi to Mack’s Mets.
Born on this date:
- Joan Payson (1903)
- Roberto Alomar (1968)
- Eric O'Flaherty (1985)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Greg Goossen to the Seattle Pilots for Jim Gosger on February 5, 1969.
New York Mets traded Greg Goossen to the Seattle Pilots for Jim Gosger on February 5, 1969.
New York Mets released Elliott
Maddox on February 5, 1981.
New York Mets traded Roberto
Petagine to the Cincinnati Reds for Yuri Sanchez on
February 5, 1998.
New York Mets signed free agent Scott
Erickson on February 5, 2004.
New York Mets signed free agent Elmer
Dessens of the Atlanta Braves on
February 5, 2009.
Miami Marlins signed Jon
Rauch of the New York Mets as a free agent on
February 5, 2013.
Los Angeles Dodgers signed Justin
Turner of the New York Mets as a free agent on
February 5, 2014.
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