Mets News and Morning Links - 10/15/2023

 

Good Morning.  Kevin Parada goes deep in the AFL, Ex-Mets Minor Leaguers in action in Mexico, and the ALCS gets underway tonight.

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

Mets Links: 

Metsmerized:

• Kevin Parada Hits First Career AFL Home Run
• Morning Briefing: ALCS Featuring Astros, Rangers Kicks Off Sunday
• Mets Manager Candidate: Craig Counsell
• LCS Preview: Phillies Return, Former Mets Face Off In Texas
• 2023 Mets Report Card: Mark Vientos
• Mets Organizational Depth Chart: First Baseman

Amazing Avenue:

• Mets Morning News for October 15, 2023
• Daniel Vogelbach had a disastrous 2023

Faith and Fear in Flushing:

• The Hated Get Captured by the Hateful

Mets360:

• Addressing the elephant in the picture

Mack's Mets:

• Tom Brennan - Is Pitcher Joander Suarez a Top 35 Prospect?
• Reese Kaplan -- Set Your Offseason Baseball Calendar Now

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Arizona Fall League:

• 10/14/2023: Box Score - Salt River Rafters 7 Glendale Desert Dogs 2
• Kevin Parada; C 2 for 4; HR (1st); 1 run scored; 1 RBI; 1 K;
• D'Andre Smith; 2B 1 for 2; 1 run scored; 1 walk; 1 K;
• Jordan Geber;  3 innings; 2 runs; 1 ER; 4 hits; 2 walks; 3 Ks;
• Brendan Hardy;  1 inning; 1 runs 1 ER; 2 hits; 

• Tonight's AFL Lineup - Parada and Smith playing, Geber pitching - 10/14/2023
• 10/14/2023 - Today's Arizona Fall League Game Notes

Kevin Parada’s first #AFL23 HR of the season goes high off the batter’s eye in CF! pic.twitter.com/8VvKaQR9kc

— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) October 15, 2023

Kevin Parada with a big HR to dead center (which is 410 straight away) off Jackson Jobe #ProspectOne pic.twitter.com/ncqL4WBNhD

— The Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) October 15, 2023

Get to know D’Andre Smith of the Glendale Desert Dogs in the @MLBazFallLeague ⚾️#FallLeagueFridays #BreakthroughBoyz🚀 pic.twitter.com/uFulLh0bio

— MLBDevelops (@MLBDevelops) October 13, 2023

MLB.com: Kevin Parada discussed the Home Run after the game:

Mexican Pacific League:

Mayos de Navojoa 4 Caneros de los Mochis 2 (Box Score)  

• Juan Uriarte; C 1 for 2; 1 walk; 1 K;

• Carlos Ocampo;  2.2 innings; no runs; no hits; 7 walks; 3 Ks; 

The Mets Carlos selected in the 2021 Minor League Portion of Rule 5 Draft before being released.  He became a 7 year minor league free agent in November 2022.

Algodoneros de Guasave 3 Tomateros de Culiacan 2 (Box Score)

• Ex-Syracuse Met Sebastián Elizalde; RF 1 for 2; 1 walk; 

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB and NL East Links:

Today's Game:

Rangers (5-0 in postseason) @ Astros (3-1 in postseason), 8:15 pm

HOU: Justin Verlander (#35, 40, RHP, 13-8, 3.22)
TEX: Jordan Montgomery (#52, 30, LHP, 10-11, 3.20)

MLB.com:

• Rangers-Astros position-by-position breakdown
• Rangers-Astros ALCS Game 1 FAQ (Tonight, 8:15 ET on FOX)
• 3 key storylines that will shape Game 1 of the ALCS
• As Montgomery prepares for Game 1, Scherzer's status remains unclear
• Who gets home field in the World Series?
• The 4 LCS teams have been absolutely dominant
• Semien, wife welcome 4th child ... in nick of time
• D-backs-Phillies position-by-position breakdown
• Castellanos and son take postseason ride together
• This Astros star 'is going to carry us'
• 3 under-the-radar Rangers who can impact the ALCS
• Dusty uniquely equipped for Lone Star ALCS: 'Everything is bigger in Texas'
• D-backs-Phillies NLCS Game 1 FAQ (Monday, 8 ET, TBS)
• Bad Bunny name-dropped 9 (!) MLB players in his new album
• Pressly the perfect closer for all-Texas ALCS

MLB Trade Rumors:

• Yuki Matsui To Explore Signing With MLB Teams
• East Notes: Nationals, Ciolek, Orioles, Phillies, Rays
• Twins Notes: Payroll, Free Agents, Offseason Needs
• Offseason Chat Transcript: Toronto Blue Jays
• Offseason Outlook: Toronto Blue Jays
• Injury Notes: Graveman, Matzek, Hoskins
• MLBTR Poll: Tim Anderson’s Club Option
• Coaching Notes: Guardians, Nationals, Twins
• AL East Notes: Middleton, Santander, Red Sox
• Alex Anthopoulous Discusses Upcoming Braves Offseason
• Brandon Woodruff Expected To Miss Most Of 2024 After Shoulder Surgery
• Giants, Athletics Discussed Offseason Trade Involving Sean Murphy, Marco Luciano
• Max Scherzer “Ready To Go” For Rangers’ ALCS Roster
• Daniel Hudson Undecided About Future
• Latest On Giants’ Managerial Search

Yahoo Sports:

• 6 things that will decide ALCS between Astros and Rangers
• 5 takeaways from the MLB postseason, including the ‘attaboy’ heard round the world and Lance Lynn’s record-setting feat
• 100 wins guarantees nothing: MLB's new postseason critics are way off base
• Andy Ibáñez makes most of 'opportunity to play' in sneaky good season with Detroit Tigers
• Bill Madden: Don’t blame Brian Cashman for Bryce Harper not being a Yankee
• ‘20 years went fast quick.’ Remembering the 2003 Cubs’ fateful Game 6 — and how Mark Prior, Dusty Baker and more see it now.

ESPN:

• ALCS and NLCS expert predictions
• Astros' Valdez to face Rangers' Eovaldi in Game 2
• Astros reliever Graveman not on ALCS roster
• Rangers' Semien, wife have baby ahead of ALCS
• Scherzer 'ready' after pen session, aims for ALCS
• Braves' Wright likely to miss '24 after surgery
• Brewers' Woodruff could miss 2024 after surgery

CBS Sports:

• 2023 MLB playoffs: Four reasons why top-seeded teams, including three 100-win clubs, keep getting eliminated
• 2023 MLB playoffs: X-factors for ALCS and NLCS, from how to pitch to Yordan Alvarez to stopping stolen bases
• 2023 MLB manager, GM tracker: Red Sox struggling to get interviews, Giants grilling managerial candidates
• 2023 MLB playoffs: Four things to know about repeat World Series matchups as Astros, Phillies aim for rematch
• Phillies vs. Diamondbacks: NLCS schedule, dates, Game 1 prediction, pick, TV channel, odds
• Astros vs. Rangers: ALCS schedule, dates, Game 1 prediction, pick, TV channel, odds, live stream

FanGraphs:

• Sunday Notes: Five Years and a Rule-5 Later, Ryan Noda Receives a Third Comp
• Effectively Wild Episode 2072: Can You Take Me Higher (or Lower)
• The Postseason Pitching/Hitting Divide Might Be Widening
• After a Rough Season, José Abreu Came Up Huge in the Division Series
• Phil Maton Revisits Spin (and Comes to Terms With Cut)

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Mel Harder (1909)
• Lou Klimchock (1939)

Died on this date:

• Don Rowe (2005)

Transactions:

New York Mets purchased Amado Samuel from the Milwaukee Braves on October 15, 1963.

New York Mets traded Dick Smith to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Larry Miller on October 15, 1964.

New York Mets released Norm Sherry on October 15, 1964.

Bob Gibson granted free agency on October 15, 1987.

Mickey Weston granted free agency on October 15, 1988.

Lou Thornton granted free agency on October 15, 1990.

Mickey Weston granted free agency on October 15, 1993.

Jeff Kaiser granted free agency on October 15, 1993.

Mauro Gozzo granted free agency on October 15, 1994.

Jeff McKnight granted free agency on October 15, 1994.

Eric Hillman granted free agency on October 15, 1994.

Jonathan Hurst granted free agency on October 15, 1994.

Doug Linton granted free agency on October 15, 1994.

New York Mets released Rob MacDonald on October 15, 1996.

Chicago Cubs claimed Jason Hardtke of the New York Mets on waivers on October 15, 1997.

Donne Wall granted free agency on October 15, 2001.

Brett Hinchliffe granted free agency on October 15, 2001.

McKay Christensen granted free agency on October 15, 2002.

Kane Davis granted free agency on October 15, 2002.

Mike Glavine granted free agency on October 15, 2004.

Orber Moreno granted free agency on October 15, 2005.

Kelly Stinnett granted free agency on October 15, 2006.

Jose Offerman granted free agency on October 15, 2006.

National Pastime.com:

1969

In Game 4 of the Fall Classic at Shea Stadium, Tom Seaver and the Mets beat the Orioles in ten innings, 2-1. The game features an outstanding run-saving diving catch of Brooks Robinson's sinking line drive with two on in the ninth inning by right fielder Ron Swoboda and a controversial play in the tenth when J.C. Martin unquestionably gets in the way of Pete Richert's throw, without the umpire not calling interference on the baserunner.

1986

In the longest postseason game ever played (4 hours and 42 minutes), the Mets clinch their third National League crown, beating Houston in sixteen innings at the Astrodome, 7-6. Trailing 3-0, Lenny Dykstra and Ray Knight spark a ninth-inning rally, which sends the game into extra innings.

Amazing Avenue: Revisiting the Mets’ 1986 NLCS victory over the Astros. 

Baseball Reference:

2015 - The Mets eliminate the Dodgers with a 3 - 2 win in Game 5 of the NLDS. Los Angeles takes a 2 - 1 lead against Jacob deGrom in the 1st, but Daniel Murphy, who had doubled in a run in the top of the 1st, steals third base by taking advantage of a defensive shift in the 4th and scores the tying run, then wins it with a solo homer off Zack Greinke in the 6th.

10/15/1969 Ron Swoboda, not normally known for his defense, make a sensationally catch to rob Brooks Robinson of a hit. In the bottom of the tenth, JC Martin laid down a bunt that scored Rod Gaspar from second. The Mets won the game and took a 3-1 lead in the series. pic.twitter.com/2lwEWHw829

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) October 15, 2019

Centerfield Maz:

• Kevin McReynolds: 1988 N.L. Eastern Champion Mets Out Fielder (1987-1991)
• Eddie Yost "the Walking Man" & Long Time Mets Coach (1968-1977)
• Jenrry Mejia: The Sad Story of a Ruined Career (2010-2015)
• Remembering Mets History (1973 World Series) Game #2 - Mets Win Wild 12 Inning Classic
• Remembering Mets History (1973 World Series) Game #1: Mets Lose the Opener 2-1

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