Mets News and Morning Links - 11/12/2022

 

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Aaron Heilman.  Mets announce Minor League Free Agents, Ronny Mauricio with another RBI in the DR, a Prospect list and Free Agent predictions.

Section Links: Mets Links, Arizona Fall League Links, Winter Baseball, MLB Links, and This Day in Mets History 

Mets Links: 

Mets Minor League Free Agents Officially announced - Some of the key names mentioned Adonis Medina, Jordan Yamamoto, Michel Otanez, C Michael Perez, SS Shervyen Newton, SS Wilmer Reyes, Travis Blankenhorn, Daniel Palka and Nick Plummer.  

NY Post: Chris Bassitt declines Mets’ $19.65 million offer, seeks multi-year deal.

Joe DeMayo SNY.TV: Mets Top 20 prospects update for the 2022-23 offseason. Here are his top 5 - 1. C Francisco Álvarez; 2. 3B Brett Baty; 3. C Kevin Parada; 4. OF Alex Ramirez; 5. SS Jett Williams; Other notables: 6. 3B/1B Mark Vientos; 7. SS Ronny Mauricio; 10. RHP Matt Allan; 17. OF Jake Mangum;  Key players missing - recent FSL MVP Omar De Los Santos and Khalil Lee who has been a Top 20 Mets Prospect the last two years.

SNY.TV: Mets' Edwin Diaz's record-setting contract includes deferred payments through 2042. Deal also includes a signing bonus and incentives.

Mike Puma New York Post Sports+: How the Mets are navigating players’ needs in the age of analytics. Mike includes this GM Meetings quote from Mets GM Billy Eppler Mets GM Billy Eppler  “To be given a flood of information daily without the proper bridge for execution, we’re finding clutter. We’re finding players that are [under]-performing. We are finding players whose confidence levels are shaken...We need baseball people to understand analytics. We also need analytics people to understand we need a communicative bridge and a method and timing to communicate this information to the players.”

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets to move right field fences in as part of new Citi Field fan experience. "...the fence will be brought in roughly 8 feet, 6 inches in the nook space just to the right of the 370-foot sign in right center. That segment extends about 50 feet...The expanded area behind the drawn-in fence will allow for living-room style seating with personal TVs and menu items patterned after New York’s famous speakeasies."

MLB.com: Educated guesses on where top FAs will sign.  "MLB.com polled 50 of its reporters and analysts on where 11 free-agent stars will end up for the 2023 season....Aaron Judge: Yankees; Jacob deGrom: Rangers; Trea Turner: Phillies; Carlos Correa: Dodgers; Xander Bogaerts: Red Sox; Justin Verlander: Astros; Dansby Swanson: Braves; Carlos Rodón: Mets; Willson Contreras: Cardinals; Brandon Nimmo: Mets; José Abreu: White Sox; 

John Harper SNY.TV also made his Free Agent Predictions with a number of similar guesses.  The Differences: Carlos Correa: Cubs; Dansby Swanson: Dodgers; Justin Verlander: Dodgers; Anthony Rizzo: Yankees;

Should the Mets pursue Carlos Rodón instead of re-signing Chris Bassitt?@john_jastremski, @DaniWex, Todd Zeile, and @HannahRKeyser discuss on Baseball Night in New York: https://t.co/LNiDbwfOHN

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— SNY (@SNYtv) November 12, 2022

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Metsmerized:

• MMO Free Agent Profile: Trea Turner, SS

Amazing Avenue: 

• Jacob deGrom went out on a high note in 2022
• Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show): Five More Years of “Narco”

Mets360: 

• Edwin Diaz and the production of top-notch closers.

Mets Daddy:

• Taijuan Walker Should Have Received Qualifying Offer

Mack's Mets:

• UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - SS - Colin Houck
• 2024 Draft Prospect - 1B - Nick Kurtz
• Michael Freire - What To Do About The 2023 Rotation
• Reese Kaplan -- Early Roster Rumblings Good, Bad and Quiet

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Arizona Fall League:

Box Score: Glendale Desert Dogs 6 Peoria Javelinas 3;  None of the Mets contingent saw action.  With the loss the Javelinas Fall season is over.  Glendale moves to the Championship game tonight against the Surprise Saguaros.

Winter Baseball:

Tigres del Licey 7 Gigantes del Cibao 2 (Box Score) Ronny Mauricio SS 1 for 4, 1 RBI (16th), 1 run scored, 1 K - hitting .294 with an .789 OPS; Arodys Vizcaino 1 inning, no runs, 2 hits, 1 walk - 3.00 ERA; 

Get more results here: Yesterday (11/11/22) in Winter Ball - Mauricio 1 for 4, 1 RBI

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB Links:

MLB.com:

• Steinbrenner updates Yankees' talks with Judge
• Which star free-agent shortstop is best defensively?
• World Series champ Astros, GM James Click part ways
• Trevino, Arenado named '22 Platinum Glove winners
• Verlander can join list of oldest Cy Young winners 
• Braves agree to 1-year deal with former Rays closer Anderson
• VOTE NOW: All-MLB Team nominees announced
• A 'really intriguing' potential destination for Verlander - The Rangers seen as intriguing.

MLB Trade Rumors:

• Astros Part Ways With General Manager James Click
• Blue Jays Interested In Andrew Heaney
• Reds, Kevin Herget Agree To Minor League Deal
• Braves Designate Rylan Bannon For Assignment
• Marlins To Hire Luis Urueta As Bench Coach
• Cody Stashak Elects Free Agency
• Rangers Interested In Top Free Agent Starting Pitchers
• Braves To Sign Nick Anderson
• Big Hype Prospects: Sheehan, Perez Jr., Kjerstad, Walker, Mervis
• Rays Hire Jon Daniels As Senior Advisor For Baseball Operations
• Astros Fire Assistant General Manager Scott Powers
• Diamondbacks Outright Humberto Castellanos, Tyler Zuber, Buddy Kennedy
• Rockies Re-Sign José Ureña
• Cubs Outright Esteban Quiroz, Jared Young
• Ji-Man Choi To Undergo Elbow Surgery, Expected To Be Ready For Spring Training

Yahoo Sports:

• World Series-winning GM won't return to Astros
• Astros, GM James Click have ugly divorce six days after winning the World Series
• Josh Bell, Cody Belliger and other Cubs buzz from GM Meetings
• 5 free agent second basemen the White Sox should consider
• Should the Mets pursue Carlos Rodon instead of re-signing Chris Bassitt? | Baseball Night in NY
• Why Charlie Montoyo is White Sox, Pedro Grifol's 1st big pickup
• 10 free agent outfielders for the White Sox to consider
• MLB notes: Giants organize 40-man roster, prepare for big arbitration class
• Former Yankees captain Derek Jeter addresses Aaron Judge's free-agency at 'Safe at Home' charity event | Yankees News Conference
• Ranking MLB's top 87 free agents, from Aaron Judge to Corey Dickerson

ESPN:

• Free agency tracker: Keep up with all the latest moves
• Déjà vu: Diaz deal with Mets not paid off until '42
• Astros GM Click out after declining 1-year offer

CBS Sports: 

• FTX collapse: Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani among sports figures set to potentially lose money
• Rockies sign José Ureña to one-year contract with option for 2024, per reports
• Astros and general manager James Click are going their separate ways after winning World Series

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Al Schmelz (1943)
• Gary Thurman (1964)
• Aaron Heilman (1978)

Transactions:

Larry Bowa granted free agency on November 12, 1985.

Rusty Staub granted free agency on November 12, 1985.

New York Mets traded Ron Gardenhire to the Minnesota Twins for Donnie Iasparro on November 12, 1986.

New York Mets signed free agent Kevin Roberson of the Chicago Cubs on November 12, 1995.

New York Mets traded Jermaine Allensworth to the Boston Red Sox for Jon Nunnally on November 12, 1999.

Baseball Reference:

1975 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets wins his third Cy Young Award. He posted 243 strikeouts with a 2.38 ERA and led the National League with 22 victories.

11/12/1975 Tom Seaver wins his third career Cy Young Award. He won 22 games with the Mets this season, posting a 2.38 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and striking out 243 batters in 280 innings. As of right now, he is the only New York Met to win multiple Cy Young Awards in a Mets uniform. pic.twitter.com/W7bsj3XCW0

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) November 12, 2019

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