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Mets News and Morning Links 5/17/2022

 



Good Morning.  Mets rained out yesterday, Double Header today.  Mets taking time with Jacob deGrom, and Scott Boras talks about Michael Conforto.

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Mets - Cards Game Postponed yesterday.  They will play two today starting at 3.  

NY Post: "Taijuan Walker and long man Trevor Williams will start the two games, though the Mets did not announce who would start which one."

SNY.TV: 5 things to watch as Mets face Cardinals, including bad blood from last series. "A red-hot Brandon Nimmo and a Mets bullpen that is starting to wilt are among the things to keep an eye on."

SNY.TV: Ex-Mets OF Michael Conforto open to signing after 2022 MLB Draft, agent Scott Boras says. "Multiple" teams are expressing interest in Conforto, Boras adds.

Anthony DiComo Mets.com: Mets playing 'long game' with deGrom's recovery. "deGrom will require three to five Minor League rehab starts in his progression back from a stress reaction in his right scapula -- a process that will take weeks to complete....'When you start talking about bone, it’s a little different than muscle tendons,' pitching coach Jeremy Hefner said on Monday. '...We don’t want to mess around with reinjuring that type of situation, because then he’s done for the year...'”

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The Syracuse Mets are in to begin a six-game series against the Bisons. First pitch on Tuesday is set for 6:05 p.m. 

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies open a six-game homestand against the Akron RubberDucks on Tuesday. First pitch is at 11:05 AM. 

Brooklyn is home against the Hudson Valley Renegades.  First pitch is 7:05.  Nick Zwack is on the mound.

The St. Lucie Mets (23-10) start a two-week road trip against the Tampa Tarpons and Dunedin Blue Jays. First pitch against the Tarpons on Tuesday is 6:30 p.m.

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born May 17:

Transactions:
New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

 

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1971

Ralph Garr ties a major league record for the round-trippers in extra innings, going deep in the 10th frame and the 12th with a walk-off homer against the Mets in the Braves' 4-3 victory. The Atlanta left-fielder called the 'Road Runner' by his teammates, is the fourth player to accomplish the feat and the first to do so since 1966, when New York's Art Shamsky went yard in the 10th and 11th in a losing cause for the Reds at Crosley Field.

1973

At Anaheim Stadium, a horrific injury dampens Bobby Valentine's promising major league career when his spikes get caught in the outfield's chain-link fence attempting to catch a home run ball hit by Dick Green. The 23 year-old speedster, who had started the season hitting .400 in April, suffers a multiple compound leg fracture and will miss the rest of the season, eventually finishing his playing days as a utility player with the Padres, Mets, and Mariners.

 

1979

The Phillies beat the Cubs in a fifty-hit slugfest in the Windy City, 23-22. The 11 home runs hit in the game tie a major league mark, shared by Chicago and their opponents 1967 Reds and 1977 Mets, while playing in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

1985

The Rangers fire skipper Doug Rader and replace him with the Mets' third-base coach Bobby Valentine. Before returning to New York in 1996 to manage his former team, 'Bobby V' will compile a 581-605 record (.490) during his eight seasons in Texas.

 


Baseball Reference:

2001: Mets free agent acquisition Steve Trachsel becomes the first pitcher in franchise history to give up four home runs in an inning, pitching himself out of the starting rotation in the process (one day later, he'll be off the roster altogether, off to Norfolk for a three-week Triple A stint). To be fair, the Met bullpen does not exactly cover itself in glory either, with Rick White and John Franco each contributing 4 runs to San Diego's 15-run total; an uncharacteristically economical Franco accomplishes all this in one third of an inning. The one Met bright spot is the performance turned in by a newcomer assigned mop-up duty in the 9th, super sub Desi Relaford, who moves over from SS to make the only mound appearance of his major league career. Sporting a tailing change-up and a fastball, which at 91 MPH is about 5 MPH faster than anything Trachsel was able to muster, Desi fans the opposing pitcher, then induces two consecutive Padres to fly out to the deepest part of the park.

2009:  In a 2 - 0 win by the Giants over the Mets, New York hurler Mike Pelfrey balks 3 times. It had been 15 years since Al Leiter was the last pitcher to have three balks in a game.

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