Mets News and Morning Links - 10/25/2023

 

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Pedro Martinez. 5 Mets declare Free Agency, The A's claim Kay, D'Backs advance to World Series, and Bob Melvin leaves Padres for Giants.

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

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Mets announced the following roster moves via Twitter: Infielder Jonathan Araúz, outfielder Rafael Ortega, catcher Michael Pérez, RHP Vinny Nittoli and infielder Danny Mendick have been outrighted and elected free agency. LHP Anthony Kay has been claimed off waivers by Oakland.

Mets.com:

• Kevin Mitchell's time with Mets was catalyst for fine MLB career
• Prospect Schwartz scores Week 3 hitting honors in Fall League "After batting a respectable .280 through his first 25 at-bats of the fall, Schwartz found another gear in Week 3, going 8-for-18 (.444) with a pair of homers, five doubles and nine RBIs, helping Glendale go a perfect 6-0 during that span. The Mets’ farmhand entered the week riding a seven-game hitting streak, a stretch in which he has elevated his overall slash line to .349/.383/.628."

Yahoo Sports/Mets:

• A's Claim Lefty Off Waivers From New York Mets
• Mets Rumors: Brewers' Craig Counsell Would 'Welcome the Challenge' of Managing in NY
• Former Mets pitcher Trevor May joins the show to talk MLB, Mets, and more | The Mets Pod
• Mets 2023 transaction tracker: Rafael Ortega among five to elect free agency, Anthony Kay claimed off waivers
• Mets will be 'front and center' for premier free agent, insider says
• Ex-Mets veteran they signed twice reaches World Series in 'dream' moment
• Mets legend needs 'good wishes' after health scare
• Fired Mets manager Buck Showalter is a candidate for new job
• Who should Mets' DH be in 2024? Breaking down internal and external options, including Shohei Ohtani

Metsmerized:

• Passan: Mets Should Be “Front And Center” For Ohtani
• MMO Free Agent Profile: Blake Snell, SP
• Five Former Mets Choose Free Agency; Kay Claimed by A’s
• Report: Buck Showalter A Candidate For Angels Manager
• Mets’ Organizational Depth Chart: Shortstop
• How Mets’ 2023 Draft Picks Fared In First Season

Amazing Avenue:

• Adam Ottavino’s 2023 season wasn’t as good as his 2022 season

Mets360:

• What if the Mets added only one SP in the offseason?
• Mets Minors: Offseason deep dive on Kevin Parada

Mack's Mets:

• Reese Kaplan -- Trying to Understand David Stearns' Task Priorities
• Mack's Open Thread for Hot Stove Season
• Paul Articulates - Observations in the postseason

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Arizona Fall League:

The Glendale Desert Dogs where the Mets Prospects are located, were not in action last night.  They resume play tonight at 9:30 Eastern.

Winter Baseball:

In Venezuela:

Cardenales de Lara 6 Tigres de Aragua 2 (Box Score)

• Jose Peroza 3B 1 for 4, double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 2 Ks;
• 2021 Syracuse Met Jose Martinez RF 1 for 4, 1 RBI, double;

José Peroza impulsa la segunda de Lara con un gran doble 🔥

Video: Simple TV#LAR 🆑 2 - 0 #TIG 🐯 | 7mo inning 🔼#LVBP #Cardenales #Tigres #Beisbol #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/57xEhWJxn3

— BeisbolPlay (@beisbolplaycom) October 25, 2023

Navegantes del Magallanes 9 Caribes de Anzoategui 4 (Box Score)

• 2023 Syracuse Met Jose Peraza 2B, 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K;
• Ex-Binghamton Rumble Pony Yeizo Campos 1/3 inning, 2 runs - both earned, 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 Ks;
• Ex-Syracuse Met Anthony Vizcaya 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 K;

Tiburones de La Guaira 3 Leones del Caracas 2 (Box Score)

• Wilfredo Tovar 3B 1 for 5;

Just one game in the Dominican:

Estrellas de Oriente 5 Toros del Este 3 (Box Score) No Mets related players.

In the Mexican League:

Obregon Yaquis 5 Sultanes de Monterrey 0 (Box Score)

• Ex-Syracuse Met Sam McWilliams 1.1 inning, 2 runs - both earned, 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 K;

Tomateros de Culiacan 6 Naranjeros de Hermosillo 5 (Box Score)

• Ex-Syracuse Met Sebastian Elizalde 1 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI; 

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB and NL East Links:

Corbin Carroll's third hit of the game ties it up for the @Dbacks! pic.twitter.com/PPpcAmJlBk

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 25, 2023

Gabe Moreno retakes the lead for Arizona!

📺 Béisbol de Postemporada en MLB Network | @LosDbacks pic.twitter.com/eZd4NH0bVq

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 25, 2023

Corbin is so, so clutch. pic.twitter.com/lZLjZJvVLz

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 25, 2023

Just the 13th rookie pitcher to start a Game 7, Brandon Pfaadt notched 7 K's in 4 IP for the @Dbacks. pic.twitter.com/3w7jlZEkVO

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 25, 2023

Kevin Ginkel gets the @Dbacks out of a jam. 😤 #NLCS pic.twitter.com/odMzstqjAY

— MLB (@MLB) October 25, 2023

THE SNAKES ARE ALIVE AND WELL.

We'll see you in Texas! pic.twitter.com/Ag2TChWMzF

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 25, 2023

this was the 4th time since the LCS expanded to best-of-7 in 1985 that both the ALCS and NLCS went 7 games in the same year

it’s the first of those years where the road teams won Games 6 and 7 in each https://t.co/gHzigRtU5d

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 25, 2023

Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Pedro Martinez (1971)

Transactions:

New York Mets claimed Bill Spiers on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on October 25, 1994.

Kevin McReynolds granted free agency on October 25, 1994.

New York Mets claimed Anthony Recker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs on October 25, 2012.

National Pastime.com:

1961

The Mets sign their first player with major league experience when the team inks free-agent Ted Lepcio. The 32 year-old middle infielder, who compiled a .245 batting average playing with five teams during his ten-year career, will be cut by the expansion team during spring training.

1986

"If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series." - Vin Scully, describing the aftermath of the play after a long silence. One strike from defeat, the Mets tie the game on a wild pitch and then, thanks to Bill Buckner's error on a Mookie Wilson grounder, win Game 6, knotting the World Series at three games apiece. The hobbled first baseman, who graciously handles the fall out from one of the most memorable moments in baseball history, becomes the scapegoat for the frustrated Fenway Faithful, who wrongly believed his play alone was responsible for Boston demise in the Fall Classic.

 

2000	Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop's third-inning homer off Denny Neagle will account for the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to their crosstown rivals.

 

2016	The Mets announce that Mike Piazza, considered by many to be the best offensive backstop in baseball history, will have his number 31 retired during the season. The Cooperstown-bound catcher's digits will join Tom Seaver (41), Casey Stengel (37), and Gil Hodges (14) above the left-field wall at Citi Field.

10/25/1986 One out away from losing the World Series, the Mets stage an epic comeback beginning with three straight singles from Gary Carter, Kevin Mitchell and Ray Knight. After a wild pitch scores the tying run, Mookie Wilson hits “a little roller up along first." pic.twitter.com/ftGZl2lBrF

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) October 25, 2020

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