Mets News and Morning Links - 2/1/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Austin Jackson.  Six minor league Mets make ESPN's Top 100 prospect list, Luisangel Acuna visits Citi Field and the Mets change Saturday start times.

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Press Release: New York Mets Announce Initial 2024 Promotions Schedule, New Saturday Game Times Besides multiple bobblehead giveaways, and fireworks nights, Dwight Gooden's number retirement on April 14 and Darryl Strawberry's number retirement on June 1st, the Mets announced that "all Saturday home games between March 28 and May 25 will feature a 1:40 p.m. start, and a start at 4:10 p.m. between June 1 and September 21.  This game time change was driven by the results from a Mets fan survey that indicated nearly 90 percent of respondents favored earlier game times on Saturdays in order to bring kids, family and large groups to games."

Jon Heyman NY Post: Mets owe it to Pete Alonso to sign slugger like J.D. Martinez or Jorge Soler.  "Alonso hit his usual 46 last year (45 is his average over 162 games) with a revolving door of No. 5-hitting hopefuls behind him. But his unsightly and uncharacteristic .217 batting average surely is the result of being pitched around."

 


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New York Mets claimed Endy Chavez on waivers from the Detroit Tigers on February 1, 2002.

Oakland Athletics signed Ricky Ledee of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 1, 2007.

New York Mets signed free agent Jesus Feliciano on February 1, 2007.

Kansas City Royals signed Brian Lawrence of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 1, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Marlon Byrd on February 1, 2013.

New York Mets traded Federico Polanco to the Miami Marlins for Jordan Yamamoto on February 1, 2021.

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2001

Postseason hero Jim Leyritz signs a $500,000, one-year minor league contract with the Mets. The former Yankee has hit one home run per every 7.6 postseason at-bats, making it the third-best performance for players with five or more postseason round-trippers.

2008

In the richest contract ever given to a pitcher, southpaw Johan Santana agrees to a $137.5 million, six-year deal, completing the blockbuster trade between the Twins and the Mets. In exchange for the two-time Cy Young Award winner, Minnesota gets four of New York's highly touted minor leaguers, including three top pitching prospects, Philip HumberKevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra, as well as fleet-footed outfielder Carlos Gomez.

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