Mets News and Morning Links - 1/31/2023

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Nolan Ryan and Bob Apodaca.  Mr. and Mrs. Met load up the truck for Port St. Lucie, Anthony DiComo talks about Kevin Parada and 5 Mets prospects make The Athletic's Top 100 Player list.

Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Winter Baseball, and This Day in Mets History.

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Jon Heyman NY Post: Steve Cohen expected to have Mets in thick of Shohei Ohtani bidding.  "Cohen, reached via text, responded to an Ohtani inquiry this way: 'Hard to think about next year. I’m focused on this season'...the Dodgers, Giants and Padres will once again likely join the incumbent Angels in The Ohtani Derby...the Dodgers loom as the other biggest threat. ” 

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  • Analysis of the home runs by Pete Alonso in 2022 - writer Chris Flanders does a very deep dive into Pete's 2022 HR looking at types of pitches, against RHP and LHP, NL East teams and of course Home and Away noting - "While CitiField had never been a hitters park, Alonso hit 43% of his dingers at home." 

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Winter Baseball:

Leones del Caracas 7 Tiburones de La Guaira 6 - 11 innings (Box Score) Wilfredo Tovar DH 2 for 5, 1 run scored, 1 K - hitting .326 in the playoffs; Harold Castro CF, former Detroit Tiger - recently singed to a Minor League league deal by the Colorado Rockies hits the game winning Walk-Off HR in the 11th. You can see the Game Winning HR here.

Caracas wins the championship series 4-2.

No Winter Ball action until the Caribbean Series starts Thursday February 2nd with the Semi-Final game on February 9th and the Championship game on February 10th.

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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San Diego Padres signed Mike Piazza of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 31, 2006.

Baltimore Orioles signed Ronny Paulino of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 31, 2012.

New York Mets signed free agent LaTroy Hawkins of the Los Angeles Angels on January 31, 2013.

New York Mets traded Josh Smoker to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Daniel Zamora on January 31, 2018.


Baseball Reference.com:

1947 - Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan is born in Refugio, Texas. Ryan will make his major league debut in 1966 with the New York Mets, kicking off a major league record 27-year career. He will win 324 games with the Mets, California AngelsHouston Astros, and Texas Rangers.

1962 - The Mets sign former slugger Ralph Kiner, who joins Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy in the announcing booth.

1969The National Association approves the use of the Designated  Hitter for the InternationalEastern,   Texas and New York-Pennsylvania leagues. The rules vary slightly for each league. The Texas League will be the first to use the DH, in April. The American and National leagues agree to try experimental rule change in spring training using a designated pinch hitter, but they don't agree on the implementation. The AL tells the teams to use the DPH when they are the home team; the NL gives the home manager the choice of which rules to use, but the visiting manager has to agree. The MetsGiants, and Cardinals say that they will not use the rules, and the Astros and Reds follow suit.


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