Mets News and Morning Links - 1/16/2024

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday former Mets Coach Dave Jauss.  Mets sign 20 International players including a top catching prospect and  son of Vlad Guerrero

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Press Release: Mets sign 20 International Players "The class is highlighted by Yovanny Rodriguez, a 17-year-old catcher from Guarenas, Venezuela. The 5-11, 180-pounder is ranked as the fifth-best international prospect according to Baseball America and as the seventh-best prospect on MLB Pipeline's Top 50 Internationals Prospect List."

NY Post: Mets sign catcher Yovanny Rodriguez, Vladi Miguel Guerrero to open international signing period. "The Mets, working with a bonus pool of $5.284 million, also signed two other prospects who were included in MLB.com’s Top-50 international free-agent rankings: switch-hitting shortstop Yensi Rivas (signed for $500,000, per MLB.com) and outfielder Edward Lantigua ($950,000), both from the Dominican Republic."

The Athletic: Mets sign 20 international prospects, hope for another Francisco Alvarez. "In Venezuela, Yovanny Rodriguez, now 17, started attracting interest from Ismael Perez, the Mets’ national scout for the country, a few years ago because of his potential as a catcher who could hit and who owned a powerful right arm...Mets scouts have graded Rodriguez’s arm as “double-plus,” which loosely translates as pretty damn strong." (Subscription required)

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New York Mets traded Billy BeaneBill Latham and Joe Klink to the Minnesota Twins for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby on January 16, 1986.

New York Mets traded Ronn Reynolds and Jeff Bittiger to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ronnie Gideon and Rodger Cole on January 16, 1986.

Minnesota Twins signed Randy Niemann of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 16, 1987.

New York Mets signed free agent Pedro Astacio of the Houston Astros on January 16, 2002.

New York Mets signed free agent Jorge Sosa of the St. Louis Cardinals on January 16, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Schoeneweis of the Cincinnati Reds on January 16, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Casey Fossum of the Detroit Tigers on January 16, 2009.

New York Mets signed free agent Adam Wilk on January 16, 2017.

New York Mets signed free agent Jay Bruce of the Cleveland Indians on January 16, 2018.

New York Mets signed free agent Jed Lowrie of the Oakland Athletics on January 16, 2019.

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2002

Pedro Astacio (8-14, 5.09) agrees to a one-year, $5 million incentive-laden free-agent deal with the Mets. The 32-year-old right-hander, after being traded to the Astros by the Rockies last season, developed shoulder problems.

2003

Gary Carter will become the first player, and most likely the only one, to wear an Expos hat on his Hall of Fame plaque. Although the former catcher had expressed his wish to be immortalized as a member of the Mets, the team which presently employs him, and the franchise he helped win the 1986 World Series, Cooperstown decided the 'Kid' should enter the Hall with a Montreal logo.

 

2020

The Mets and recently-hired skipper Carlos Beltrán announced they have "agreed to mutually part ways," due to his role in the Astros' cheating scheme of using electronics to steal signs. The move follows the dismissal of Red Sox manager Alex Cora, Houston's bench coach in 2017, when Beltrán, the only player mentioned by name in the Commissioner's nine-page report, played for the team.

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1986 - The Minnesota Twins trade Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby to the New York Mets in exchange for Billy BeaneBill Latham, and Joe Klink. Minnesota also trades Dave Engle to the Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez. Teufel will platoon with Wally Backman during the Mets' championship run this season.

1996Major League Baseball's executive council approves a history-making first: interleague play for the 1997 season. The Players' Association will also give its approval, enabling geographic rivals like New York's Mets  and YankeesChicago's Cubs and White Sox, and Los Angeles' Angels and Dodgers to play each other during the regular season.

2020: Carlos Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job as a result of the sign-stealing scandal linked to the 2017 Astros. He is dismissed by the Mets after being the only player named in the investigation report made public by the Commissioner's office. His firing follows that of A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora a few days earlier. Having been named to the position after the 2019 season, he never had an opportunity to actually manage a game.

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