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Mets News and Morning Links - 5/10/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to Pete Schourek, Craig Brazell and Adonis Uceta.  Mets start series tonight Vs. Braves, Syracuse wins big again, Binghamton wins 6th straight while Brooklyn and St. Lucie fall.

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Today's Game:

Braves (22-12) @ Mets (18-18), 7:10 pm

NYM: Jose Quintana (#62, 35, LHP, 1-3, 5.20)
ATL: Charlie Morton (#50, 40, RHP, 2-0, 3.50)

213 Miles From Shea: 

NY Post: Mets’ next two key series could reveal telling truth  “The gauntlet begins Friday, when the Mets begin a three-game series at home against a Braves team that in some ways has started slowly — Matt Olson is hitting .200; Ronald Acuña Jr. is batting just .261 with two home runs; Michael Harris II owns a .671 OPS — and yet is still averaging the fourth-most runs in baseball, partly because Marcell Ozuna entered play as the majors’ home run leader...The Mets will see the Phillies for the first time this season Monday to start a four-game series that is split between Queens and Philadelphia."

NY Post: Mets ‘having discussions’ with tricky rotation decision looming. “The Mets will roll with Jose Quintana, Christian Scott and Luis Severino, in that order, in the series at Citi Field that begins Friday against the Braves…But the Mets have left open the possibility of a six-man rotation — and likely will have one when Kodai Senga is ready to return, probably in June — which means they will have a decision to make by Wednesday.”


Tim Healey Newsday: Mets' six-man rotation: A closer look at their plans. Tim explains the benefits: "It works for Kodai Senga. It helps their older pitchers. It’s fine by their younger pitchers. They have the bodies for it."

Tim Healey Newsday: Mets don't want their backstops catching any bad breaks. "The closer catchers are to the batter, the earlier they catch the pitch, the more likely it is to be called a strike, Mendoza explained. That is especially true for low pitches."

The Athletic: New York Mets mailbag, Part 2: Stopping steals and finding fits in the rotation "Through Wednesday, the Mets had allowed 52 stolen bases in 55 attempts. That was 14 more steals than any other team had allowed and tied for the fewest caught stealings despite the volume. It’s hard to achieve that combination." (Subscription required).

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born May 10:

Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Tom Sturdivant on May 10, 1964.

New York Mets traded Larry Elliot to the Kansas City Athletics for Ed Charles on May 10, 1967.

New York Mets purchased Bob Johnson and John Miller from the Baltimore Orioles on May 10, 1967.

New York Mets traded Jason Felice to the Minnesota Twins for Bill Latham on May 10, 1987.

Minnesota Twins claimed Adam Wilk of the New York Mets on waivers on May 10, 2017.

National Pastime.com: 

1993

Marlins right-hander Ryan Bowen hurls the first complete game in franchise history. The 25 year-old gives a lone run on three hits but loses the Shea Stadium contest, 1-0, to the Mets' Bret Saberhagen, who also goes the distance.

2011

Bill Gallo, the creator of colorful characters such as General Von Steingraber, a caricature of the late George Steinbrenner, and Basement Bertha, who radiated good-humored optimism for the fans of the fledgling Mets, dies from complications of pneumonia at the age of 88. The cartoonist's final published drawing, which appeared last month in the Daily News, his employer for seven decades, featured Bertha window shopping with the hope of being invited to the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine.

 Baseball Reference:

1971 - At New York, Bud Harrelson's 2-run single in the 7th beats Houston and Wade Blasingame, 2 - 1. It is Blasingame's first loss to the Mets after nine wins.

1975 - Will McEnaney provides 3 1/3 innings of hitless relief to seal the Reds' 7 - 1 win over the Mets. Clay Kirby gets the win.

2000: The Pirates defeat the Mets, 13 - 9, as Wil Cordero goes 5 for 5 with a double, home run, and four RBIs. The Mets' Rickey Henderson becomes the 21st major-leaguer to garner 10,000 at bats in his career. Henderson finishes the night with 10,002 at-bats and trails only Cal Ripken Jr., among active players.

2010: The Nationals move to second place in the NL East with a 3 - 2 win over the Mets. Adam Kennedy and Ryan Zimmerman hit back-to-back homers in support of rookie Luis Atilano's pitching. The Nats are now 4 games above .500 for the first time since September of 2005. After the game, the struggling Mets designate veteran Frank Catalanotto for assignment and call up OF Chris Carter from AAA Buffalo.  

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