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Mets News and Morning Links 2/20/2021

 



Good Morning. Happy Birthday Phil Lombardi, Shane Spencer, and Livan Hernandez. The Mets get Taijuan Walker, Jacob deGrom talks about staying long term, and it’s Noah Vs. Trevor Bauer on Twitter.

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Mack’s Mets: Mets have deal with RHP Taijuan Walker.

SNY.TV: Luis Rojas discusses Taijuan Walker: 'He turns the rotation into a deep rotation'.

Brian Joura Mets360: “Walker has a full repertoire, with his main pitch being a 93.2 mph fastball. His main offspeed pitch is a slider but he also features a splitter and a curve.” (Subscription required).

Metstradamus: “Walker split the season between Seattle and Toronto. Had a 4.00 ERA with Seattle, and a 1.73 ERA with Toronto. But his WHIP was significantly better in Seattle in 2020: 1.07 to 1.25. So all that proves is that baseball is weird.”

Mike Puma NY Post: “Walker…finished 4-3 with a 2.70 ERA and 1.163 WHIP in 11 starts”.

SNY.TV: Taijuan Walker celebrates new Mets' deal with perfect nod to Tom Seaver.


NY Post: Trevor Bauer, Noah Syndergaard get into heated Twitter spat: ‘See you at the bottom’.




Mets.com: deGrom a Mets lifer? He likes the idea.








Nathalie Alonso Mets.com: How Lindor's defense could transform Mets: “A two-time Gold Glove Award winner with the range and instincts to make highlight-reel plays on a regular basis, Lindor has 46 career DRS at shortstop since debuting with Cleveland in June 2015. His 42 DRS since '16 rank fourth among MLB shortstops in that span. (The Mets rank last in that stretch with a collective minus-69 DRS at shortstop.)

Joel Sherman NY Post: Steve Cohen’s Mets are still taking the upside route.  “Imagine on Nov. 10 – the day of Cohen’s introductory press conference that so stirred the optimism of Mets fans – you would have been told the Mets will be signing none (ZERO) of the top six free agents this offseason. That would have felt impossible, right?”









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Toolshed: 2021 Minor League schedule quirks For example: “Binghamton and Somerset -- affiliates of the two New York clubs in the Double-A Northeast Northeast Division -- won't face each other for a single six-game series...The list goes on. Some parts of the schedule are necessarily wacky to fit the new guidelines, and that means it won't be until 2022 when certain teams can face clubs from their own divisions again.”

Jays' Groshans joins the MiLB podcast

Been a while: Oldest Minor League ballparks


Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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New York Mets signed free agent Don Aase on February 20, 1989.

Los Angeles Dodgers signed Don Aase of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 20, 1990.

New York Yankees signed Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 20, 1996.

New York Mets signed free agent Tony Clark on February 20, 2003.

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2010: The Mets sign veteran C Rod Barajas to a contract, joining a crowded catching corps that also includes Henry Blanco, Omir Santos and top prospect Josh Thole.

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