Mets News and Morning Links - 11/16/2023

 


Good Morning. Happy Birthday Don HahnDwight Gooden and Juan CentenoKodai Senga wants Yamamoto, Carlos Mendoza continues Media Tour, plus Robbie Cano and other Ex-Mets in action in Winter Ball.

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  • New Mets manager Carlos Mendoza could wind up being perfect hire "With Carlos Mendoza...the Mets have a truly clean slate. He can simply do his job without being compared to his work at a previous job. He knows New York and what both Yankees and Mets fans expect year after year. This truly is a new-look team from the top down and Mendoza has some tools to succeed already."

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In Nicaragua, 16 year old Elian Pena Rosso's team had the night off.  Elian is one of the Mets 2025 International Free Agent signees.

In the Dominican League - 

Aguilas Cibaenas 3 Tigres del Licey 2 (Box Score)

Estrellas de Oriente 8 Gigantes del Cibao 3 (Box Score)

In Venezuela:

Navegantes del Magallanes 3 Leones del Caracas 2 (Box Score)
Bravos de Margarita 6 Tiburones de La Guaira 4 (Box Score)
Caribes de Anzoategui 10 Tigres de Aragua 5 (Box Score)
In Mexico:

Tomateros de Culiacan 7 Charros de Jalisco 2 (Box Score)

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New York Mets signed free agent Kevin Mitchell on November 16, 1980.

Cincinnati Reds signed Junior Noboa of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent Don Florence of the Boston Red Sox on November 16, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Damion Easley of the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 16, 2006.

Oakland Athletics signed Jason Pridie of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Vinny Rottino of the Florida Marlins on November 16, 2011.

New York Yankees signed Michael O'Connor of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Rice on November 16, 2012.

Los Angeles Angels signed Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 2021.

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1961

Using blue and orange, the team colors of the departed Dodgers and Giants, the Mets unveil the franchise's logo selected from over 500 entries submitted in the expansion team's $1000 design contest. Sports cartoonist Ray Gatto's winning entry is a display of a skyline representing all five boroughs with various iconic symbols of the Big Apple.

2004

Receiving 21 of the 28 first-place votes, Vladimir Guerrero (.337, 39, 126) wins the 2004 American League's MVP Award. The 28 year-old former Expo outfielder signed as a free agent with the Angels after the Mets refused to guarantee his salary based on advice from their medical staff.

2006

The Nationals name Manny Acta as the team's new manager, replacing 71 year-old Frank Robinson, the oldest pilot in baseball. The 37 year-old Dominican, who served as the Mets' third-base coach for the past two seasons, is now the youngest skipper in the majors.

2007

After a five-year departure to play for the Mets, Tom Glavine returns to the Braves, agreeing to an $8 million, one year deal. The 41 year-old southpaw, a two-time Cy Young winner with the team, left Atlanta in 2002 after negotiations as a free agent became acrimonious with team president Stan Kasten.

2009

Wally Backman is hired by the Mets to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones, their farm team in the New York-Penn League. The team's new skipper, who played a vital role with the 1986 World Series championship club, was hired and fired to be Diamondbacks' skipper in 2004, shortly after the New York Times revealed the former second baseman had been arrested twice and had financial difficulties.

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1998The New York Mets reinstate general manager Steve Phillips, who will continue to undergo counseling. The threatened sexual harassment suit will be settled out of court.

 

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