Mets News and Morning Links - 10/18/2023

 


Good Morning. Born Today Andy Hassler. Happy Birthday Alex Cora, Yoenis Cespedes, and Kevin McGowan. JT Schwartz goes deep in the AFL, Phillies take 2-0 NLCS lead and Max Scherzer returns.

Section Links: Mets LinksArizona Fall League LinksMLB Links, and This Day in Mets History 

Mets Links: 

Mets.com:

Mets News

WATCH: Siri's hustle opens scoring for Mets

Mets games have found a streaming home on the MLB App

'He’s a beast': Soto scorches no-doubter for 1st Mets HR

Metsmerized:

Metsmerized Online

Game Chat: Mets vs Astros, 7:15 PM

Tylor Megill Sharp in First Start vs Astros

Metropolitan Park Plans Take Next Step

Juan Soto Goes Yard in Second Game of Mets Career

Amazing Avenue:

Amazin' Avenue - All Posts

Houston remains a house of horrors

Open thread: Mets at Astros, 3/29/25

What Tylor Megill threw in his first start of 2025

Highlights of and data about Juan Soto’s first home run as a Met

Mets360:

Mets360

Protected: 2025 Luigi Draft

Mack's Mets:

Mack's Mets

In Focus - Tylor Megill

In Focus - Blade Tidwell

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Arizona Fall League:

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB and NL East Links:

Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.

Today's Game:

Astros (3-3 in postseason) @ Rangers (7-0 in postseason), 8:03 pm

TEX: Max Scherzer (#31, 38, RHP, 13-6, 3.77)
HOU: Cristian Javier (#53, 26, RHP, 10-5, 4.56)

AP Sports:


MLB.com:

MLB News

'What a performance': Judge rips 3 of Yanks' club-record 9 HRs

Ohtani resumes pitching ramp-up; 'a ways away' from game action

MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well

Yankees homer on first 3 pitches of the game, a first in MLB history

9 Yankees homers. 20 runs. 8 amazing stats

No. 2 prospect Campbell continues early impact with 1st career HR

We haven't seen a pitching line like this in 103 years

Now available for 2025 season: At Bat Premium + MLB Network

'It's Game 3 of the season': Bendix addresses Alcantara trade rumors

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Red Sox, Kristian Campbell In “Deep Talks” On Extension

Diamondbacks Outright Rene Pinto

Pirates Outright Joshua Palacios, Peter Strzelecki

Jose Ramirez Day-To-Day After Exiting Game With Wrist Sprain

Max Scherzer Exits Start With Lat Soreness

Jay Jackson To Retire

Orioles Acquire Cody Poteet

Rays Place Josh Lowe On 10-Day IL Due To Grade 2 Oblique Strain

Giants Outright David Villar To Triple-A

Giants’ Jerar Encarnacion To Miss Eight Weeks After Hand Surgery

Braves Sign Eddys Leonard To Minors Deal

Mets Designate Alexander Canario, Outright Jose Azocar

Latest On Clayton Kershaw

Red Sox Notes: Devers, Mayer, Fulmer

Offseason In Review: Colorado Rockies

Yahoo Sports:

MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

Roki Sasaki exits early in Dodger Stadium debut, up to 9 walks in less than 5 career MLB innings

Mets fall on wrong side of pitchers' duel in frustrating 2-1 loss to Astros

David Stearns explains his thinking about a perceived Mets’ weakness, the starting rotation

Max Fried's underwhelming Yankees debut shrouded by historic offense

Yankees flaunt revamped offense in slugfest against Brewers: 'We love our lineup'

Aaron Judge hits 3 homers, Yankees break franchise record as Nestor Cortes Jr. gets bludgeoned in nightmare homecoming

Did Yankees' physicist-designed 'torpedo' bats play role in 9-HR power surge vs. Brewers?

Rays put OF Josh Lowe on 10-day IL with strained right oblique, a year after he had similar injury

Mets' Francisco Alvarez participates in receiving drills with injured left hand

Scherzer allows two HRs, leaves Blue Jays debut after three innings because of right lat soreness

ESPN:

www.espn.com - MLB

What this historic day of home runs says about Aaron Judge, Yankees

Yankees slug 9 HRs, 4 in 1st in 'crazy' 20-9 win

Ohtani tosses bullpen, but pitching 'a ways away'

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

WATCH: Red Sox prospect Kristian Campbell blasts first MLB home run

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani resumes throwing in bullpen, but return to pitching is still 'a ways away'

Yankees players using new bat style: Explaining 'torpedo' shape and why it appears to be legal under MLB rules


FanGraphs:

FanGraphs Baseball

Effectively Wild Episode 2302: Opening Delay and the 2025 Team Fun Draft

The Name’s Bonding, Team Bonding: National League

We Are Invincible, We Are Already Dead

Matt Chapman Addresses His 2015 FanGraphs Scouting Report

MacKenzie Gore Kicked Major Butt on Opening Day

Two New Ballparks Enter the Villa

2025 FanGraphs Opening Day Chat

Excuse Me?! Our Bold Predictions for the 2025 Season

The Official (And Hopefully Not Too Regretful) 2025 ZiPS Projections

One More Look At the New Taijuan Walker

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Art ShamskyRich FolkersJim Bibby and Charlie Hudson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim BeauchampHarry ParkerChuck Taylor and Tom Coulter on October 18, 1971.

New York Mets purchased Elvin Ramirez from the Washington Nationals on October 18, 2011.

Baseball Reference:

1973 - New York Mets Jerry Koosman and Tug McGraw combine to pitch a three-hit, 2 - 0 shutout against the Oakland Athletics to take a 3-2 lead in the World Series. 



2015: In Game 2 of the NLCS, the Mets get to Jake Arrieta with three 1st-inning runs, one on a double by David Wright, and two on a homer by Daniel Murphy, to win, 4 - 1, over the Cubs. Rookie Noah Syndergaard is the winner.




Centerfield Maz:

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