Mets News and Morning Links - 1/19/2024

 



Good Morning.  Born Today Anthony Young and Happy Birthday Jon Matlack.  Starling Marte's Winter Ball team eliminated from playoffs, Pete Alonso makes Top Ten 1B list and Mets prospect info.

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Danny Abriano SNY.TV: Way too early Mets 26-man roster prediction for 2024 season. One of Danny's interesting predictions has the Mets adding "hard-throwing righty Ryne Stanek and the lefty Wandy Peralta to help form a bridge to Edwin Diaz."

Will Sammon The Athletic: How David Stearns (and rival scouts) see the Mets farm systemJett Williams, Drew Gilbert and Luisangel Acuña get the top nods and..."Christian Scott is widely viewed in the industry as their best pitching prospect. With three-plus pitches — a strong upper-90s fastball he commands well, a slider with sweeper characteristics and a changeup with good break — it’s easy to understand why...'This is a really attractive stuff package,' Stearns said. 'It’s three very good pitches. It’s compete at a high level. It’s swing-and-miss stuff. All the things that you look for in potentially top-end starters, he has.'" (Subscription required).

Baseball America: Refining Defense Is Mets Catcher Kevin Parada’s Top Goal. "Framing and throwing were the two targeted areas of improvement for Parada, who signed for $5.019 million. He threw out just 28 of 157 base stealers (18%) in 2023." (Subscription required).

Baseball America: 2024 Top 100 Prospects: Jett Williams #30, Ronny Mauricio #87, and Drew Gilbert #91 make the list. (Subscription required).

Baseball America: 15 MLB Prospects Who Just Missed The 2024 Top 100.  Luisangle Acuna and Ryan Clifford are highlighted along with "prospects who received at least one vote for the Top 100 from our prospect team: Christian Scott, Blade Tidwell, Colin Houck."(Subscription required).

SNY.TV: New York Mets reportedly among teams interested in RHP Robert Stephenson. "The 30-year-old [Stephenson] dominated after being traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Tampa Bay Rays, posting a 2.35 ERA and striking out 60 batters across 38.1 innings of work. "

Here are Robert Stephenson's recent stats:

Standard Pitching
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Awards
202128COLNL21.6673.134901000146.04220165180522031971543.631.3048.21.03.510.22.89
202229TOTNL22.5005.435801300058.06339351014155104247844.231.3289.81.62.28.53.93
202229COLNL21.6676.04450900044.2533430813137003197774.661.47810.71.62.67.52.85
202229PITNL01.0003.38130400013.1105521018101501242.810.8256.81.40.712.218.00
202330TOTMLB34.4293.106001500152.13020188162770042011383.220.8795.21.42.813.24.81
202330PITNL03.0005.14180500014.012983811700061885.331.4297.71.95.110.92.13
202330TBRAL31.7502.354201000138.1181110581600041401792.450.6784.21.21.914.17.50
8 Yrs1720.4594.642712264003364.13282101886315914406104231566984.591.3378.11.63.910.02.55
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/18/2024.

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Winter Baseball:

  • Starling Marte RF 0 for 4, 2 Ks - finished the Round Robin Playoffs hitting .286 with a .721 OPS. - Starling's team eliminated from playoffs.  Likely his Winter Ball time this season is complete.
  • Michael Perez C 1 for 3;
  • Robinson Cano DH 0 for 3, 1 walk;
  • Jonathan Arauz 2B 0 for 4, 1 K;

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Seattle Mariners signed Brent Mayne of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 19, 1997.

New York Mets signed free agent Allen Watson of the Anaheim Angels on January 19, 1999.

Colorado Rockies signed Steve Reed of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 19, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Darren Oliver on January 19, 2006.

Seattle Mariners claimed Chasen Bradford of the New York Mets on waivers on January 19, 2018.

Detroit Tigers signed Erasmo Ramirez of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 19, 2021.

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2010 - Free agent catcher Bengie Molina re-signs for one year with the Giants in what is considered a surprise move, first because top catching prospect Buster Posey seems poised to play regularly for San Francisco, and also because the Mets had been expected to bring in Molina to be their starting catcher this season. 

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