Mets News and Morning Links - 1/30/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Davey Johnson and Nick EvansDaniel Murphy retires, Nolan Arenado traded to the Cardinals, and Steve Cohen deactivates his twitter account.

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NY Post: Mets owner Steve Cohen deletes Twitter account amid GameStop backlash.

NY Post: Boomer Esiason unloads on Steve Cohen over GameStop madness: ‘Keep your mouth shut’.


SNY.TV: Daniel Murphy, Mets postseason icon, is retiring from baseball




NY Post: Steven Matz’s Mets tenure done in by fastball tweak. “I got a little carried away last year,” Matz said on a Blue Jays Zoom call. “I was starting to throw a little harder, stuff like that, instead of really going back to what I did coming up through the minor leagues all the way to my big-league career. (I’ve) just (been) working on that fastball command.”

Brian Joura Mets360: Sandy Alderson and breaking the trend of bad bullpens. Brian says his "opinion of Sandy Alderson is higher than a lot of the people reading this" but also notes this: "On the flip side, during his previous Mets tenure, he was too often passive when it came to making moves to improve the roster, relegated defense to a back-burner issue and generally assembled rotten bullpens." (Subscription required).

Mike's Mets: Not on the Trevor Train.  Mike does a great job covering all this bases on Trevor Bauer including this "Much of Bauer's recent success is based on increasing spin rate...if MLB really started cracking down on pitchers using sticky stuff to achieve higher spin rates, will we see his own spin rate come back down?" 




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Winter Baseball:

In Australia, Game 1, Canberra Cavalry 8 Blue Sox 4 (Box Score).  Carlos Cortes 2B, 2 for 4, with a double, 4 RBIs, 1 K; Manny Rodriquez SS 1 for 3; Adam Oller started and went 2.2 innings giving up 5 runs, all earned, 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 K – 21.21 era in 2 games.


Game 2, Sydney Blue Sox 7 Canberra Cavalry 2 (Box Score).  Carlos Cortes 1B/LF, 1 for 4, run scored, RBI, 2 Ks - .345 average; Manny Rodriquez SS 1 for 2 with a run scored, RBI - .231 average;  Andrew Mitchell 1.1 innings, no runs, 2 Ks.


In Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacan 6 Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2 (Box Score). Sebastian Elizalde, 0 for 3 with a walk, run scored, and 3 Ks; Ex-Met Carlos Torres 2/3 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 K.  The best of 7 series is now tied as 3 games each.  The winner will head to the Caribbean serieswhich starts Sunday, January 31 and goes to February 6.

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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New York Mets signed free agent Joe Ginsberg on January 30, 1962.

New York Mets released Dave Kingman on January 30, 1984.

New York Mets signed free agent John Valentin on January 30, 2002.

Toronto Blue Jays signed Victor Zambrano of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 30, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Robinson Cancel on January 30, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Shaun Marcum of the Milwaukee Brewers on January 30, 2013.

National Pastime.com:

2009

The Mets avoid salary arbitration with John Maine (10-8, 4.18) when both sides agree to a $2.6 million, one-year deal. The 25 year-old right-handed starter, who missed the last five weeks of the season due to an injury to his pitching shoulder, is expected to play a significant role this year in the team's pitching rotation.


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1962 - The New York Mets sign Gil Hodges for $33,000. The veteran first baseman had been languishing on the Dodgers' bench for the past two seasons. 

1984 - After failing to trade him, the New York Mets give veteran slugger Dave Kingman his release. Kingman hit .198 with 13 home runs last year, but will find a new home as designated hitter with the Oakland Athletics, hitting 35 home runs this year, ranking second behind American League leader Tony Armas, who will finish with 43.


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