Mets News and Morning Links - 7/20/2022

 

Good Morning.  AL Beats NL, 3-2, Pete gets a walk, McNeil gets HBP representing Mets,  deGrom has soreness - gets sim game pushed back, and the 2022 draft concludes.

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Box Score: AL 3 NL 2 - Jeff McNeil, starting 2B, 0 for 1 with a HBP on foot.  Pete Alonso came in for defense in 4th, walked in only plate appearance.  Edwin Diaz and Starling Marte did not play. 

We are holding John Smoltz responsible for Jeff McNeil getting hit by a pitch in the All-Star Game.

(via @BlueJays) pic.twitter.com/EyqieIHH0p

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 20, 2022

"I had a blast"

Jeff McNeil talks with @mmargaux8 about his All-Star Game experience and having his wife and newborn son with him in L.A.: pic.twitter.com/5yxvmydOzY

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 20, 2022

"I know he's not gonna remember anything, but we'll have some cool pictures when he gets older."

Jeff McNeil talks about having him son with him in Los Angeles: pic.twitter.com/XCfEvj3HeS

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 20, 2022

Pete Alonso talks with @mmargaux8 about his All-Star Game experience and why it was so important for him to make the All-Star Game: pic.twitter.com/RPZkN5kdGd

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 20, 2022

What a day in LA!

We 🧡💙 our All-Stars. pic.twitter.com/SqJyr5kcnq

— New York Mets (@Mets) July 20, 2022

Pete Alonso does some first base drills with Ron Washington: pic.twitter.com/Pkc4QnFQT4

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 19, 2022

Who better to comment on the MLB Draft than the Strawman, who was selected No. 1 overall 42 years ago? He has great advice for this year’s @Mets picks.

🎥👉 https://t.co/5ORZaqTrSD
🎧👉 https://t.co/Xk6jihrnDd pic.twitter.com/9Ye97FunJc

— Jay Horwitz (@Jay_HorwitzPR) July 19, 2022

This obviously pushes deGrom's timeline back at least a bit. It's now difficult to see him returning for the upcoming Yankees series.

If the Mets decide, given this new information, that he needs another rehab start after the sim game, his return wouldn't happen until August.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 20, 2022

"If the Mets are gonna be a championship team, they're gonna be a championship team with deGrom and Scherzer leading the rotation"@AnthonyMcCarron, @john_jastremski and @mariacmarino discuss their reaction to today's Jacob deGrom's news: https://t.co/Lv0vbzv9X1

➡️ @GEICO pic.twitter.com/eHgMslUd8J

— SNY (@SNYtv) July 20, 2022

Here's vice president of amateur scouting Tommy Tanous on the Mets' draft: pic.twitter.com/3RKay1tLv0

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 19, 2022

After the MLB Draft, @PSLToFlushing says that three of the Mets' 2022 picks have entered his list of the organization's top 10 prospects: https://t.co/2WheJZLChD pic.twitter.com/aWrmSQIti8

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 19, 2022

With the Mets adding top-tier talent to their farm system, here is our updated Top 10 Prospects list from @PSLToFlushing: https://t.co/8knJ67aQB5 pic.twitter.com/oSreKp5O7m

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) July 19, 2022

PRESS RELEASE AND STATS: METS SELECT 10 PLAYERS ON DAY THREE OF 2022 DRAFT

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Nelson Doubleday (1933)
• Ty Kelly (1988)

Died on this date:

• Carl Willey (2009)

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New York Mets sold Omar Quintanilla to the Baltimore Orioles on July 20, 2012.

Baseball Reference:

1965: Seven is a lucky number for the Braves as they score seven runs in the 7th to beat the Mets, 7 - 1. Hank Aaron's two-run homer, off Larry Miller, is the capper on the scoring.

1985: Driving in seven runs on two homers, Darryl Strawberry leads the Mets to a 16 - 4 drubbing of the visiting Braves. Straw's first home run is a grand slam in the 1st inning and his next is a three-run home run in the 4th. The Mets also get homers from Howard Johnson, Danny Heep and Clint Hurdle.

1995 - Mets OF Brett Butler strokes four hits, but it is not enough to prevent an 8 - 6 New York loss to the Cardinals. The hits give Butler 15 for his last four games, one shy of the record of 16 set by Brooklyn's Milt Stock in 1925.

2014 - In his fifth major league start, Odrisamer Despaigne comes within four outs of throwing the first no-hitter in the history of the San Diego Padres. The Mets' Daniel Murphy breaks his bid with a two-out double in the 8th, and David Wright follows with a single that ties the score at 1 - 1, ending Despaigne's day. Joaquin Benoit is the winner after the Padres score in the bottom of the 9th for a 2- 1 win.

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