Good Morning. Happy Birthday today to Brooklyn Cyclones 2nd Baseman Luke Ritter. Mets sign two minor league relief pitchers, Yankees and Mets both talking to Justin Wilson, and Brandon Nimmo helps feed the hungry.
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As
we had yesterday on Mack’s Mets: The New York Mets today announced that the
club has signed LHP Mike
Montgomery and RHP Tommy
Hunter to minor league contracts and invited both to Major League Spring
Training.
Syracuse.com:
New York Mets add 2 pitchers to possible Syracuse roster mix.
Deesha
Thosar NY Daily News: 5 burning questions for the Mets as spring training
gets underway in Port St. Lucie: Contract extensions for Lindor
and Conforto?
How will all the new pitchers fare in the spotlight? Will the Steve Cohen Effect translate to
wins? How will the Mets manage without the DH? Another COVID-19 season… are the
Mets better prepared?
SNY.TV:
Former Mets reliever Jared Hughes announces retirement after 10 seasons in MLB.
Metsmerized
Online: Five Mets Non-Roster Invitees to Keep Tabs on This Spring. Oscar
De La Cruz; Ryley Gilliam, Jerad
Eickhoff; Mallex
Smith; and Tylor Megill of whom they state: “Standing at an
imposing 6’7″…The combination of his large frame, delivery, high spin fastball
and hard slider would make him an absolute threat as a reliever and if that’s
the route the Mets decide to go, they could have something really fun on their
hands.”
Good evening and, channeling Ralph Kiner, to all of the valentines out there, Happy Birthday. Here's the latest on a couple of #Mets bullpen additions as well as Justin Wilson's free agency: https://t.co/kXkwRC1nCJ #Yankees
— Ken Davidoff (@KenDavidoff) February 14, 2021
The #Mets Foundation donated $15,000 to @tcfoodbank to purchase food that #Mets President Sandy Alderson and Brandon Nimmo helped distribute to families in need at Clover Park. pic.twitter.com/oFwUwcrpdQ
— New York Mets (@Mets) February 14, 2021
“You don’t have to be 6’5” to go out there and be a dominant pitcher. Height doesn’t measure heart...” - @STR0@Mets | #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/R3hOWxbXDJ
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 15, 2021
Jeff McNeil, who is a ridiculously good golfer, casually dropped in an interview with a Mets PR staffer that he "shot a few 67s" this offseason. pic.twitter.com/JiiXa3IfQ8
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 14, 2021
How big of a blow is the loss of Seth Lugo to the Mets' bullpen? How much more pressure is on Edwin Diaz now?@AnthonyMcCarron and @john_jastremski join @CWilliamson44 to discuss 👇 pic.twitter.com/ThNqmGT9XI
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 14, 2021
No competition: deGrom at head of class https://t.co/LnfnBKqkjn via @mlb
— Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) February 14, 2021
The United States has had one president named Joe. The New York Mets have had 18 ballplayers named Joe. This Presidents Day weekend learn a little more about all of them. https://t.co/RcTbxoQIbJ pic.twitter.com/MOJ7KahXV6
— Greg Prince (@greg_prince) February 14, 2021
Carlos Cortes has taken out the 2020/21 Sydney Blue Sox batting avg award! Congratulations Carlos! #RiseTogether pic.twitter.com/uQWR6xYovv
— Sydney Blue Sox (@SydneyBlueSox) February 14, 2021
MLB
and SportSpyder NL East and MLB Links:
SportsSpyder:
Today
in Mets History Per
Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Chuck Estrada (1938)
- Barry Jones (1963)
- Luke Ritter
(1997)
Died on this date:
- Joe Frazier (2011)
Transactions:
San Diego
Padres signed Bobby
Jones of the New York Mets as a free agent on
February 15, 2001.
Detroit Tigers signed Vic
Darensbourg of the New York Mets as a free agent
on February 15, 2005.
New York Mets signed free agent Brady
Clark on February 15, 2008.
New York Mets signed free agent Jason
Isringhausen on February 15, 2011.
Cleveland
Indians signed Aaron
Harang of the New York Mets as a free agent on
February 15, 2014.
|
1961 |
Donald M.
Grant, chairman and a minority owner of the Mets, offers Branch Rickey a
contract to become the general manager of the new National League expansion
team. After the former GM of the Browns, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Pirates
turns down the job, George Weiss, who filled the same role with the Yankees
from 1947 to 1960, accepts the position. |
|
2001 |
After
turning down the Mets' offer of salary arbitration that at the very least
would have been worth $2 to $3 million, Bobby Jones signs a one-year
free-agent deal with the Padres for only $625,000. The 31 year-old
right-hander, 11-6 last year with New York, will lose 19 games for the Padres
this season. |
|
2016 |
"Baseball
is known as our national pastime, but the game has deep roots and a rich
history here in New York State. From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and
Museum in storied Cooperstown to the Mets and Yankees — the pinnacles of
Major League Baseball, to our recently crowned Little League World Series
champions from Maine-Endwell, New York State is clearly the epicenter of
baseball greatness. It is time that we formally recognize baseball as our official
state sport." - JAMES SEWARD, New York state senator. New York
State Sen. James Seward (R-Milford), thanks to a suggestion from a group of
fourth-graders at Cooperstown Elementary School, announces he has
introduced legislation (S.4288) to
designate baseball as New York’s official state sport. In a press release,
Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson says he "enthusiastically supports”
the proposed bill, citing Cooperstown serves as the spiritual home of
baseball. |
2011 - The Mets bring
back a figure from the past, signing reliever Jason Isringhausen to a minor league deal
coupled with an invitation to spring training. Isringhausen is attempting a
comeback from Tommy John surgery at age 38. He was part
of the Mets' vaunted "Big Three" in the mid-1990s along
with Bill Pulsipher and Paul
Wilson: the minor league standouts were supposed to anchor the Mets'
pitching staff for the next decade, but all three fell victim to arm injuries,
and none of them had much success in the Big Apple.
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