Mets News and Morning Links - 1/29/2023

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Sergio FerrerEdwin Diaz and Mets Broadcasters get awards at Baseball Writers dinner last night, Mets will keep valuable Peterson and Megill and Ex-Minor League Mets win a Championship in Mexico.  

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SNY.TV: Mets broadcast booth presented with Willie, Mickey and the Duke award by BBWAA. "Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling celebrated 17 years together in Mets booth." [The award is presented] "to a group of players, or a specific team, forever linked in baseball history."  

Other awardees last night included: Edwin Diaz for the "Good Guy" award and Howie Rose for the "You Gotta Have Heart" award.

Video from last night:



Mike Puma NY Post: David Peterson, Tylor Megill to be groomed for key Mets role: ‘We need those guys’. Mike talked to Mets pitching coach Jeremy Hefner who noted: "'If we have five starters make every single start all year they will be in the bullpen at some point, but that rarely ever happens. We need those guys. To do the things we want to as a team we need them to be the studs that they are...but things change all the time in this game”

SNY.TV: Mets will keep David Peterson, Tylor Megill ready as rotation depth: 'We need them to be the studs they are.'



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In the Mexican Pacific League:

Algodoneros de Guasave 2 Caneros de los Mochis 1 (Box Score)  Ex-St. Lucie Met Juan Uriarte DH 0 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K - hit .410 in the playoffs;  2021 Syracuse Met Bruce Maxwell C 1 for 4, double, 1 run scored - hit .138 in the playoffs; 2021 Syracuse Met Wagner Lagrange LF 1 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 walk - hit .127 in the playoffs;  2021 Syracuse Met Sebastian Elizalde RF 0 for 3, 1 walk - hit .356 in the playoffs; 

Los Mochis wins the Championship Series 4 games to 2. They move on to the Caribbean Series which starts February 2nd.

For more of yesterday's Winter Ball Results, click here.

MLB Links:

Bill Madden NY Daily News: We are making the selection of Hall of Famers way too complicated.  Bill compares the Hall of Fame votes for Scott Rolan and Jeff Kent noting "Rolen was elected with 76.3%, despite offensive numbers vastly inferior to Kent’s despite playing at a power position, third base: The analytics mob (or the WAR-mongers as I prefer to call them) got him[Kent]."

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Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Shane Spencer on January 29, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Atchison of the Boston Red Sox on January 29, 2013.

Detroit Tigers signed Wilson Ramos of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 29, 2021

National Pastime.com:

1989

The game-winning RBI statistic is dropped with Mets' first baseman Keith Hernandez being the all-time leader with 129 GW RBIs, and Orioles' first baseman Eddie Murray led the American League with 117 in the nine-year span the stat existed. The defunct rule, which was first employed in 1980, was much maligned by many players because the stat did not truly reflect clutch performance.

2006

In a surprising development, former Mets backstop Mike Piazza and the National League West champion Padres come to terms on a one-year, $2 million deal. The 37 year-old future Hall of Famer, who will be behind the plate for 90 to 100 games this season in addition to playing some first base and DHing in interleague contests, was thought to be headed to an American League team to be a full time designated hitter.

2008

A conditional 4-for-1 trade with the Twins brings Johan Santana to the Mets in exchange for pitching prospects Philip HumberKevin MulveyDeolis Guerra, and fleet-footed outfielder Carlos Gomez. New York has three days to come to terms with the two-time Cy Young Award winner, who has a no-trade clause and can veto the transaction if his new team is unable to sign him.

Two years ago today, Daniel Murphy retired.

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2000 - The New York Mets announce that singer Garth Brooks will participate in spring training with the team. Brooks worked out last spring with the San Diego Padres going 1 for 22 for a .045 batting average.

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