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Mets News and Morning Links - 2/15/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday today to Mark Canha and Luke Ritter.  Mets hold 1st official Pitchers and Catchers workout and Sean Manaea, David Peterson and Kodai Senga talk to the Media.

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Press Release: Mets officially sign RHP Shintaro Fujinami, Mauricio to IL.












NY Post: 1986 Mets World Series Champion Lenny Dykstra suffers stroke. "Mets great Lenny Dykstra suffered a stroke and has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, a source confirmed to The Post.  News of Dykstra’s health issues first popped up on social media after “Dolan’s Bar,” a Ridley Park, Pennsylvania business, posted on X that Dykstra had a “mini-stroke” and that the ex-MLBer’s family was around him."

NY Post: New Met Luis Severino believes he’s figured out pitch-tipping issue after deep dive. "Severino said he believes the main issue has happened when he’s throwing a breaking ball with runners on base...Severino, a two-time All-Star who finished third in the American League Cy Young Award voting in 2017, struggled in 2023 with a 6.65 ERA in 89 1/3 innings...He was particularly vulnerable with runners in scoring position, as hitters had a .330/.404/.637 slash line with seven homers in just 105 plate appearances."

NY Post: Mets hopeful Zack Short once got boost from Bobby Valentine. Zack Short went to Sacred Heart University where Bobby Valentine served as the athletic director.  "The 28-year-old Short, a Kingston native, grew up with both New York teams in his bloodlines — his mother rooted for the Yankees and his dad for the Mets...He will begin camp behind veteran Joey Wendle on the depth chart as a backup who can play multiple infield positions."

NY Post: Mets’ David Peterson progressing well after hip surgery. 

Jon Heyman NY Post: Mets new-found rotation depth could become surprising strength. "Behind the front five, the Mets have a quartet of young pitchers with big-league experience — Tylor Megill, Joey Lucchesi, Jose Butto and David Peterson, who should be back around June after offseason hip surgery. All four have minor league options, providing more flexibility. Plus, there’s also at least three well-regarded prospects who could easily make it up — Dominic Hamel, Mike Vasil and Christian Scott." 

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San Diego Padres signed Bobby Jones of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 15, 2001.

Detroit Tigers signed Vic Darensbourg of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 15, 2005.

New York Mets signed free agent Brady Clark on February 15, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Jason Isringhausen on February 15, 2011.

Cleveland Indians signed Aaron Harang of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 15, 2014.

Tampa Bay Rays signed Brooks Pounders of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 15, 2020.

From National Pastime.com:

1961

Donald M. Grant, chairman and a minority owner of the Mets, offers Branch Rickey a contract to become the general manager of the new National League expansion team. After the former GM of the Browns, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Pirates turns down the job, George Weiss, who filled the same role with the Yankees from 1947 to 1960, accepts the position.

2001

After turning down the Mets' offer of salary arbitration that at the very least would have been worth $2 to $3 million, Bobby Jones signs a one-year free-agent deal with the Padres for only $625,000. The 31 year-old right-hander, 11-6 last year with New York, will lose 19 games for the Padres this season.

 

2016

"Baseball is known as our national pastime, but the game has deep roots and a rich history here in New York State. From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in storied Cooperstown to the Mets and Yankees — the pinnacles of Major League Baseball, to our recently crowned Little League World Series champions from Maine-Endwell, New York State is clearly the epicenter of baseball greatness. It is time that we formally recognize baseball as our official state sport." - JAMES SEWARD, New York state senator.

New York State Sen. James Seward (R-Milford), thanks to a suggestion from a group of fourth-graders at Cooperstown Elementary School, announces he has introduced legislation (S.4288) to designate baseball as New York’s official state sport. In a press release, Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson says he "enthusiastically supports” the proposed bill, citing Cooperstown serves as the spiritual home of baseball.

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2011 - The Mets bring back a figure from the past, signing reliever Jason Isringhausen to a minor league deal coupled with an invitation to spring training. Isringhausen is attempting a comeback from Tommy John surgery at age 38. He was part of the Mets' vaunted "Big Three" in the mid-1990s along with Bill Pulsipher and Paul Wilson: the minor league standouts were supposed to anchor the Mets' pitching staff for the next decade, but all three fell victim to arm injuries, and none of them had much success in the Big Apple.

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