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Mets News and Morning Links 3/5/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Mike Hessman. Mets 8 Nationals 4 as Pete Alonso hits Grand Slam, Seth Lugo talks to the Press, and MLB.com names Brett Baty Mets top Slugging Prospect.  

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Mets 8 Nationals 4 (Box Score). Brandon Nimmo 2 for 2, HR, RBI, 1 walk, 1 run scored; Jeff McNeil 0 for 2, 1 K; Dominic Smith 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Pete Alonso 1 for 3, Grand Slam HR, 4 RBIs, 1 run scored; James McCann 1 for 2 with a walk; Jonathan Villar 0 for 2; Luis Guillorme 0 for 2; Khalil Lee 0 for 2 with a K; Drew Ferguson 1 for 2, run scored, 1K; David Peterson  2 scoreless innings, 1 hit; Jeurys Familia 1 inning, no runs, 2 walks; Aaron Loup 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 K; Dellin Betances (W, 1-0, BS, 1) 1 inning, 2 hits, 2 walks, 4 runs – all earned;  Trevor May: 1 scoreless inning, 1 walk; Robert Gsellman 1 inning, no runs, 2 hits, 1 walk; Stephen Tarpley., 1 inning, no runs, 1 walk; Sean Reid-Foley 1 inning, no runs, 1 walk, 1 hit. 

Mets are off today Jacob deGrom expected to pitch Saturday.





Mets.com: As Betances, Familia go, so does Mets' 'pen. “Early results have been mixed. Combined, Familia and Betances threw 54 pitches on Thursday…Familia delivered 31 of them, managing a scoreless inning despite two walks and a fly ball to the warning track. (The inning went so long that team president Sandy Alderson, during an interview with the ESPN booth, quipped: “You guys are killing me, and so is Jeurys.”) Betances threw 23, allowing a Ryan Zimmerman three-run homer and recording only two outs before the Mets used this year’s flexible game rules to prematurely end the inning.”




SNY.TV: Mets' Luis Rojas breaks down what will set pitchers apart in competition for fifth rotation spot. “Execution of pitches. Command. Just something different from the pitcher that we know we have because everyone we have in camp is talented,” he told reporters on Thursday via Zoom. “All those arms we have, everyone’s pretty good. There’s competition and sometimes the guy is better than the other in executing in camp. Sometimes the other pitcher needs to work on something to get to the point where he’s been before. It’s the execution part.”










NY Post.com: Mets’ Seth Lugo ‘on track’ in rehab from elbow surgery. “I don’t know that answer. I’m just going one day at a time right now,” Lugo said at a Zoom news conference. “I’m just going to take it slow for now.”

MLB.com: 1 of these aces will be the '21 strikeout king. “Jacob deGrom -- RHP, Mets. 2019 total: 255 / '20 total: 104 Duh?... you can’t top the 32-year-old deGrom’s ridiculous 98.6 mph average four-seam fastball … or his 92.5 mph average slider with its 44.6 percent whiff rate … or his 91.4 mph average changeup that comes with a 42.9 percent whiff rate…”

MLB.com: Here is each team's top future slugger. Mets: Brett Baty, 3B (MLB No. 94). “The Mets chose to overlook that Baty was on the older side at 19 for a prep bat in the 2019 Draft and took him 12th overall precisely because of his power potential. The third baseman provides plus power from the left side and earns extra marks for his ability to drive the ball the other way. He hit seven homers and slugged .452 in 51 games across three levels in 2019…” 

 




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1972

Jim Fregosi, obtained by the Mets from the Angels in the off-season for future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, breaks his right thumb during a spring training workout. The All-Star infielder will suffer through an agonizing season, batting only .232 in 101 games, after being touted as the team's solution to its revolving door at third base.


Mack’s Blast From The Past comes from 3-5-15 – Tom Brennan had 50 reasons why the Mets will win 90 (or more) in 2015.  

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