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Mets News and Morning Links 3/13/2022

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Terry Leach and Johan Santana.  Mets get a starting pitcher, Jeurys Familia signs with Philly, and all players are to report to Spring Training today.

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As we had last night: The New York Mets acquired starting pitcher, Chris Bassitt.  Going to Oakland are Pitching Prospects J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller.  

NY Post: Mets land A’s All-Star pitcher Chris Bassitt in rotation-boosting trade. "Bassitt, 33, went 12-4 with a 3.15 ERA in 27 starts last season, which included his first career All-Star appearance. He is entering his final season of arbitration eligibility and can hit free agency after the season."

Amazing Avenue: Bassitt is coming off two really solid years in Oakland. Since the start of the 2020 season, he has pitched to a 2.90 ERA, a 3.41 FIP, a 1.08 WHIP, a 23.8% K%, and a 6.2% BB% in 38 starts. 

John Harper SNY.TV: "Mets are getting 'gamer' in Chris Bassitt: 'He gets the most out of his abilities'...Bassitt earned CY Young votes each of last two seasonsAs such, this is more evidence as to how committed Steve Cohen and the front office is to winning in 2022, as the Mets moved quickly after the lockout ended on Thursday to take advantage of what is expected to be a sell-off by the rebuilding A’s."

Brian Joura Mets360: "Bassitt made a career-high 27 starts last year and would have made more if not for suffering a fractured jaw thanks to a line drive back to the box. He returned in late September and made two starts, combining for 6.1 IP and 1 ER.." (Subscription required)

SNY.TV: Ginn, a hard-throwing 22-year-old out of Mississippi State, was the No. 5 prospect in the Mets’ system according to MLB Pipeline and the team’s second-ranked pitching prospect behind Matt Allan....Oller, 27, came to the Mets in the minor league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft. He was the organization’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2021..."









Tim Healey Newsday: Three Florida keys for Mets' spring training. Jacob deGrom's health, Robinson Cano's return and "Who's in Center?" are discussed.

NY Post: Brandon Nimmo stresses Scott Boras hiring does not prohibit Mets extension. "'This is all I have known being a New York Met and I like the direction this team is heading,' the 27-year-old Nimmo said Saturday upon reporting to spring training."

Mets Junkies: Familia signs with Phillies. "Familia’s contract is worth approximately $6M and can go as high as approximately $7M. The sinker ball pitcher is a career 32-25 pitcher with 3.28 ERA in 498.2 innings pitched."

Joel Sherman NY Post: How much Mets’ Steve Cohen will spend among intriguing MLB questions. "The record for luxury-tax purposes was the Dodgers’ $297.9 million payroll in 2015, followed by their $285.6 million from last season. The only team currently within hailing distance of those totals are the Mets. And where does that Cohen-inspired super-tax threshold this year begin? It is $290 million. It’s probably just a coincidence."

Mets.com: 'Let's just play baseball': Scherzer's focus on the field post-negotiations“'I just want to get games going,” Scherzer said. “I want the fans to be focusing on the games and the players and out here.'"

Joel Sherman NY Post: Jeremy Hefner gets first look at what Max Scherzer brings to Mets’ staff. "'He knew exactly what he wanted to do. It is how he thinks about his process and how he thinks about his routine and his bullpen. It didn’t change because he’s in a different uniform or because he has a new pitching coach or because he had a crazy last couple of weeks or he didn’t have a pitching coach to talk to for two months'"











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New York Mets traded Mardie Cornejo to the Detroit Tigers for Ed Glynn on March 13, 1979.

Detroit Tigers claimed Shane Halter of the New York Mets on waivers on March 13, 2000.

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1979

The Tigers and Mets swap relievers, with Detroit sending Ed Glynn to the Big Apple in exchange for Mardie Cornejo, who, after posting a 4-2 record as a rookie last season, will never play in another major league game. In contrast, the latest addition to the New York bullpen will make 84 appearances, compiling an ERA of 3.53 during the two years with his new club.

2001

Throwing 22 strikes out of 29 pitches over two innings of shutout ball in his surprise start against the Mets at Roger Dean Stadium, Rick Ankiel makes his first appearance since the 2000 playoffs, in which he lost his control, throwing seven wild pitches in three postseason appearances.

 

2006

Three pitches into the top of the seventh inning, the stadium lights at Tradition Field partially fail. With fifty percent of the lighting not functioning, the exhibition game ends, after a 15-minute delay, with the Mets leading the Nationals, 10-4.

Baseball Reference:

1969 - In addition to this year's lower mound and tightened strike zone, Major League Baseball tries an experimental ball with 10% more resiliency for a spring training game between the Mets and Tigers in Lakeland, Florida. It has an all-rubber center instead of a cork and rubber core, and the seams are higher than the regular ball. Mets pitcher Don Cardwell surrenders three home runs in the 4th inning to Dick McAuliffe, Norm Cash, and Gates Brown in the Tigers' 7 - 4 victory. Tomorrow, in Phoenix, Arizona, the same ball is used in the Giants' 13 - 1 win over the Angels, with Bobby Bonds hitting the only two homers off George Brunet. The players agree the ball is definitely livelier and sounds louder coming off the bat. 

2001 - At spring training, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel makes his first appearance since the 2000 playoffs in which he lost his control throwing seven wild pitches in three postseason appearances. Ankiel throws 22 strikes out of 29 pitches over two innings of shutout ball in his surprise start against the Mets, but his control problems will reappear within a short while.


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