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Mets News and Morning Links 2/25/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Ed Lynch and David Rodriguez. Dellin Betances has something to prove, J.D. Davis is excited that Chili Davis is back and Pete Alonso took grounders at 3rd Base.   

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Joel Sherman NY Post: Mets’ Michael Conforto contract conundrum will come down to this. Joel says either the Mets treat him like an elite player and give him $200M+ or Michael Conforto wants to stay a Met and “compels his representative, Scott Boras, to push for the best deal possible, but get it done in the short term”.

SNY.TV: Michael Conforto keeps focus on improvement amid lack of Mets extension talks.


NY Post: Mets’ Dellin Betances has ‘something to prove’.



NY Post: Mets’ J.D. Davis hopes tweak will lead to offensive rebirth. Chili Davis…said his pupil got into bad habits after a stretch in which he was getting beat with the fastball. To compensate, J.D. Davis was rotating his hips early and his hands weren’t involved in the swing. ‘I had a goal this offseason knowing what I needed to work on and I think that’s huge for any player,’ J.D. Davis said.”

SNY.TV: J.D. Davis talks trade rumors, is ready to play third base: 'I have full confidence in my capability'.



Tim Healey Newsday: Mets hitting coach Chili Davis returned to the Mets on Wednesday partially vaccinated from COVID-19 and ready to get back to work.

SNY.TV: Hitting coach Chili Davis back in person with Mets, talks Pete Alonso and more.

SNY.TV You Tube: Hitting coach Chili Davis back in person with Mets, puts emphasis on situational hitting. 









Joe DeMayo SNY.TV: 5 Mets prospects who could make major league impact in 2021, including Khalil Lee. His other 4: Thomas Szapucki; Ryley Gilliam; Tylor Megill; and Marcel Renteria.

MiLB.com: Winter ball roundup: Australian League. “Mets' Cortes stars for Blue Sox in pandemic-altered season. The ABL welcomed in a larger amount of team Top-30 prospects than leagues in Latin America this year. In Sydney, 18th-ranked Mets prospect Carlos Cortes stood out. The former South Carolina Gamecocks standout saw time at first base, second base and both corner outfield spots, batting .394/.429/.706 with three homers and 16 RBIs in 14 games.”

Elite Sports NY: New York Mets 2021 Season Preview: Top 10 prospects. 1. Francisco Alvarez; 2. Ronny Mauricio; 3. Matthew Allan; 4. Brett Baty; 5. Pete Crow Armstrong; 6. J.T. Ginn; 7. Khalil Lee;  8. 8. Robert Dominguez; 9. Mark Vientos; 10. Thomas Szapucki;



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New York Mets purchased Luis Alvarado from the Detroit Tigers on February 25, 1977.

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2012

On their Twitter account, the Mets send out an image of the patch the team will wear this season in memory of Gary Carter, who died earlier in the month of brain cancer at the age of 57. The black oval will feature the nickname of the former New York catcher, Kid, and his number 8.

2016

The players' union and MLB agree to a slide rule in the aftermath of Ruben Tejada's broken leg during the NLDS. The new policy, the direct result of Chase Utley attempt to break up a double play that injured the Mets infielder, will be reviewable and will continue to allow contact to be permissible with the fielder, but the runner cannot change his path to disrupt the play deliberately.

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