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Mets News and Morning Links - 2/11/2024

 



Good Morning.  Tommy Hunter speaks about Eppler's suspension, Kodai Senga throws in St. Lucie and Adrian Houser talks about the trade to Mets.

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Will Sammon The Athletic: Scouts and execs weigh in on Mets’ offseason, wonder about Pete Alonso’s future. Will Sammon reports that The consensus among the scouts and executives The Athletic spoke with was that the Mets would contend for one of the three wild-card spots...The Mets have prioritized pitching and defense. A couple of executives said that improving the defense, in particular, could be worth as many as five or six wins...The Mets’ signing of Luis Severino in late November earned the most applause. Multiple executives said that if New York had waited, then the price would have increased from the one year and $13 million the Mets gave him. One scout said, 'That was a nice one for me. There’s upside there if he can stay healthy.'" (Subscription required)

NY Post: It’s ‘mind-blowing’ Billy Eppler got ‘singled out’ for phantom IL usage: ex-Met Tommy Hunter. “'It’s crazy Billy got singled out,'’ Hunter told The Post on Friday. 'It’s kind of mind-blowing. I had multiple back [issues] and no one from MLB talked to me. I don’t know what their strategy was. It’s no secret what goes on [with the phantom IL], so to go after one person seems unfair...'I feel bad for Billy. … He didn’t do anything different than any other GM I’ve been around.'”

Tim Healey Newsday: For Mets, there will be plenty of newness in spring training. "On one hand, so much of what they encounter will be new — the manager (Carlos Mendoza) and the baseball operations leader (David Stearns) and a bunch of the coaches and players...On the other hand, they have done this before. A lot. The Mets have lived through a bizarre degree of upheaval and turnover in recent years. This is, for example, the sixth time in the past seven spring trainings that they’ll feature a new manager, a new front-office boss or both. Stability is chief among the Mets’ goals under the new(est) leadership." 


 

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New York Mets traded Stan Hough and Randy Rogers to the Houston Astros for Bruce Bochy on February 11, 1981.

New York Mets signed free agent Jay Bell on February 11, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Ricky Bottalico on February 11, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Tony Armas of the Pittsburgh Pirates on February 11, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Hisanori Takahashi on February 11, 2010.

New York Mets signed free agent Mike Jacobs on February 11, 2010.

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Eric O'Flaherty of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 11, 2016.

New York Mets signed free agent Jonathan Villar of the Toronto Blue Jays on February 11, 2021.

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1962

Before the start of spring training, Don Zimmer and right-hander Bob Miller, both who reside in the St. Pete area, become the first players to don a Mets jersey when they model the club's away uniform tops for a photoshoot at Huggins Field. The expansion team's inaugural third baseman, who will be traded to the Reds in May for southpaw Bob Miller, poses with his nine year-old son Tommy on his shoulders.

1987

After turning down the Mets' $800,000 one-year offer and being granted free agency by the team, World Series MVP Ray Knight signs a two-year deal with the Orioles for $600,000. The 34 year-old third baseman, who won the 1986 NL Comeback Player of the Year Award, will play one season in Baltimore before being traded to the Tigers for Mark Thurmond.

2005

The Mets announce their former slugging All-Star Darryl Strawberry, will rejoin the team as an outfield instructor during spring training. The often-troubled Rookie of the Year will also join former 1986 World Champion teammates Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra, Howard Johnson, and Tim Teufel at Shea Stadium on Feb. 27 when single-game tickets go on sale.

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2006: Rickey Henderson is back in the major leagues, this time as an instructor for the New York Mets.

2010: The Mets round out their squad as spring training is about to get under way, signing veteran Japanese lefthander Hisanori Takahashi, 1B Mike Jacobs and C Shawn Riggans to minor league contracts. Takahashi, unrelated to Ken Takahashi who pitched for New York last year, was 10-6 with a 2.94 ERA with the Yomiuri Giants in 2009; he joins Ryota Igarashi, who was signed earlier this off-season, on the Mets' pitching staff.


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