Mets News and Morning Links - 2/22/2024

 


Good Morning. Happy Birthday J.J. PutzKelly Johnson, and Jacob ReimerKodai Senga with arm fatigue, Brandon Nimmo talks power and position and Christian Scott learned from Max.

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Tim Healey Newsday: How Max Scherzer helped launch career of Mets' top pitching prospect Christian Scott. "...on a whim one morning upon waking up, [Scott] decided to peruse the Twitter feed of Rob Friedman, better known as @PitchingNinja, who posts videos of particularly effective pitches and, sometimes, interviews with the people who throw them. The first video Scott saw was of Scherzer, by then a three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series champion, explaining and displaying the grip on his slider...Somehow, it clicked immediately, which 'you don’t really get a lot' when toying with a new pitch, Scott said."

SNY on YouTube:  Brandon Nimmo talks power and playing LF.



YouTube: Darryl Strawberry talks about being drafted by the Mets.


Mets YouTube Channel: Dom Hamel and Mike Vasil go shopping.



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New York Mets traded Bobby KlausWayne Graham and Jimmie Schaffer to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Stuart on February 22, 1966.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Berenguer on February 22, 1975.

New York Mets released Mark Bradley on February 22, 1984.

New York Mets signed free agent Mark Johnson on February 22, 2000.

Montreal Expos claimed Endy Chavez of the New York Mets on waivers on February 22, 2002.

Los Angeles Angels signed Jason Isringhausen of the New York Mets as a free agent on February 22, 2012.

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1966

The Mets trade Wayne Graham, Bobby Klaus, and Jimmie Schaffer to the Phillies for first baseman Dick Stuart, who will join the Dodgers after being released by the team in June. During his brief tenure with the Amazins,' Dr. Strangelove plays in 31 games, hitting .231 while committing six errors.

2008

The Mets, who had not gone to arbitration with a player in 16 years, come out on the short end of the hearing when southpaw Oliver Perez (15-10, 3.56) gets a favorable decision in his case from arbitrators Steven Wolf, Robert Bailey, and Elizabeth Neumeier. The southpaw is awarded $6.5 million for this year, rather than the club's offer of $4,725,000.

2017

"I think it's a mistake to stick our head in the sand and ignore the fact that our game has changed, and continues to change". - MLB COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED, commenting on the new intentional walk rule.

In an effort to speed up the game, MLB announces the approval of implementing an intentional walk with a signal from the dugout, rather than the need of throwing four pitches out of the strike zone. Although the new rule will eliminate about only a minute of play, some believe the new approach rids the sport of an antiquated way of issuing a deliberate base-on-balls.

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