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Mets News and Morning Links - 7/9/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday George Stone. Mets, Syracuse, Brooklyn and the FCL Mets all get rained out, Binghamton wins third straight, St. Lucie Falls.  

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Mets.com: Mets rained out, to play 10th DH on Sat. New York becomes 1st team since 1978 to play double-digit twin bills before All-Star break. The Mets plan to push Thursday’s starting pitcher, Taijuan Walker, back one day to start on Friday. Marcus Stroman will also move back a day to start Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader, followed by Tylor Megill in the nightcap. The Mets still haven’t decided who will pitch on Sunday; it could be Jacob deGrom, if he feels up to coming back on short rest. 


Tim Healey Newsday: Brandon Nimmo was out of the Mets’ lineup Thursday against the Pirates — in a game postponed due to rain — because of a sore left shoulder. The Mets do not believe it to be a serious issue, and he would have been available off the bench had the game happened, manager Luis Rojas said. But it was enough to keep Nimmo sidelined for what would have been a second game in a row, after he sat out for most of nightcap in the Mets’ doubleheader against the Brewers on Wednesday.

Mets.com: Evaluating Mets' plans for Draft, No. 10 pick. The Draft begins at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday (ESPN/MLB.com); The Mets have the 10th pick in Round 1; The Mets' bonus pool is $9,026,300. 


NY Post: Mets hoping for more from Edwin Diaz. “It’s not what I expected,” pitching coach Jeremy Hefner said Thursday, referring to Edwin Diaz’s first half. “I have a high expectation for Edwin. He has some of the best stuff there is in baseball so he has done really well, extremely well. He has done a lot of things very well, but I have very high hopes and high expectations for him.”

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Minor League Baseball:

Syracuse Mets and RailRiders postponed on Thursday in Pennsylvania, doubleheader slated for Saturday. Double Header will start at 5:05 PM.

Ponies Cruise by Fisher Cats for 3rd Straight Win.(Box Score) Jake Mangum CF 1 for 3, HR (4th), 1 HBP, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI: Carlos Cortes LF 1 for 3, double, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Mark Vientos LF 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 Ks; Wagner Lagrange RF 1 for 4, 1 run scored; Manny Rodriguez SS 1 for 3, double, 2 RBIs, 2 Ks; Josh Walker (W, 4-1) 6 innings, no runs, 2 hits, 1 walk, 5 Ks; Jared Robinson 2 innings, 1 run – earned, 3 hits, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Andrew Mitchell 1 inning, no runs, 2 hits, 2 Ks;






Brooklyn Cyclones @ Hudson Valley Renegades rained out. It will be made up as part of a single admission double-header on Saturday, 7/10. First pitch 4:05pm.

Fort Myers Mighty Mussels 9 St. Lucie Mets 7 (Box Score) St. Lucie jumed out to a 6-1 lead in the 3rd only to see Fort Myers tie it with 5 in the 7th and take the lead in the 8th.  Tonight’s Lineup: Johneshwy Fargas CF 1 for 4, HR (2nd in 2 days), 3 RBIs, 1 run scored, 2 Ks; Alex Ramirez RF-CF, 1 for 5, 1 run scored, 3 Ks; Edgardo Fermin 2B 2 for 3, HR, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 2 walks, 1 K;  Jose Peroza 3B 1 for 4, 1 walk, 1 K; Warren Saunders 1B 1 for 3, double, 1 RBI, 1 K; Oscar Rojas 6 innings, 4 runs – all earned, 6 hits, 2 HRs, 2 walks, 4 Ks; Jeffrey Colon 1 inning, 2 runs – both earned, 4 hits, 2 Ks;  Sammy Tavarez (L, 0-2) 2/3 innings 2 runs – both earned, 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 K; Willy Taveras 1.1 innings, 1 run – earned, 2 hits, 1 HR, 3 Ks;

FCL Mets @ FCL Nationals Postponed.

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Phil Mushnick NY Post: Rob Manfred robbing MLB’s fans with clueless rule. “Monday, like tuna in Subway tuna sandwiches, something was missing. It was, in these parts, a gorgeous day. And it was July 5, a national holiday. Yet there was just one MLB afternoon game scheduled (Cardinals at Giants, a 3:05 p.m. local start).” 

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New York Mets signed free agent Jerrod Riggan on July 9, 1998.

New York Mets released Darryl Hamilton on July 9, 2001.

New York Mets released Brandon Lyon on July 9, 2013.

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1964

Frank Thomas, pinch-hitting for Roy McMillan, strokes a two-out, two-run homer off Curt Simmons, giving the Mets a 4–3 victory over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium. The round-tripper comes in the outfielder’s first at-bat in five weeks, due to being sidelined by a glandular infection.

1969

Tom Seaver's near-perfect game, immortalized as "The Imperfect Game," is broken up when Cubs' rookie outfielder Jim Qualls, a lifetime .223 hitter who will finish his career with only 31 hits, singles into center field. The 24 year-old right-hander, who tosses a five one-hitters for the Mets, will finally get his no-no in 1978 against St. Louis pitching for the Reds. You Tube:

 

 

1972

Striking out three Red Sox batters in the second inning en route to a 16 K complete game performance against Boston, Nolan Ryan becomes the third pitcher in baseball history to have struck out the side on nine pitches twice during his career. The Angels fireballer, who first did it with the Mets in 1968, joins Lefty Grove (twice in 1938) and Sandy Koufax (1962 and 1964) as the other hurlers who have accomplished the feat.

1973

Interrupting Board Chairman M. Donald Grant's pep talk during a team meeting, Mets reliever Tug McGraw shouts out the words, "Ya Gotta Believe," which will become the rallying cry for the club, climbing out of the cellar en route to the NL pennant. Although New York beats Houston, 2-1, in 12 innings, their closer's words of encouragement will not immediately light a fire under the team, as they will continue to struggle until the middle of August.

 

 

Baseball Reference:

1970: On the first anniversary of his near-perfect game, Tom Seaver hits his first major league home run off Rich Nye of the Expos. Seaver goes on to pitch a complete game three-hitter for a 7 - 1 Mets win at Shea Stadium.

1988: Nolan Ryan wins his 100th game as an Astro, 6 - 3 over the Mets, and becomes the 7th pitcher in major league history to win 100 for two different clubs. Ryan won 138 games for the California Angels in the 1970s.

1998: Benny Agbayani, Norfolk Tides outfielder about to be called up to the Mets, is married at home plate to his fiancee Neila before the Triple-A All-Star Game between the International and Pacific Coast Leagues. Agbayani, from Hawaii, and his bride wear Hawaiian shirts and have a receiving line of bat-toting ballplayers. The IL whips the PCL, 8 - 4.

2000: The Yankees lose to Mike Hampton and the Mets, 2 - 0. Armando Benitez closes for the Mets, while Andy Pettitte is the loser. The Yanks also lose Shane Spencer, who blows out his knee and ends his season. The game at Shea Stadium draws 54,283, the largest regular season crowd for the Mets since 1970.

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