Mets News and Morning Links - 6/11/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Jose Reyes and Steve Cohen.  Mets return home to play the Marlins, Francisco Alvarez and Edwin Diaz expected back tonight as Mets will need to make a catching decision, and the FCL Mets fall.

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Today's Game

Marlins (22-43) @ Mets (28-36), 7:10 pm

NYM: Tylor Megill (#38, 28, RHP, 1-2, 3.00)
MIA: Jesús Luzardo (#44, 26, LHP, 2-5, 5.30)

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With the likelihood of Francisco Alvarez and Edwin Diaz returning today, the Mets will be making some roster moves.  Luis Torrens with 2 HRs, .313 batting average and the play he made to end the game Sunday is the favorite to stay with Tomas Nido being DFA'd.  With Nido being in the midst of a two-year MLB contract, expect him to clear waivers once again and report to Syracuse where he will be a valuable backup.

Tim Healey Newsday: The rise of Eduardo Brizuela, from Venezuela to East Islip to the Mets. Tim looks at Brizula, David Stearns' Vice President and Mets Special Assistant to the President of Baseball Operations, the only Front Office member that Stearns hired from Milwaukee and includes this quote from Stearns 'His presence, his ability to be around, his comfort in that environment, people’s comfort with him helps us build that connectivity throughout the organization that we’re seeking to develop'"

Baseball Prospectus: Sproat Couture. "The fastball characteristics have improved enough that he can blow his upper-90s heat by pro hitters, and the pitch still plays fine when he dips into the mid-90s. Early on this year, Sproat was mostly reliant on that fastball, but his changeup—his best secondary in college for me—has come around lately, most noticeably in his 10-strikeout outing last week. It can run up into the 90s with power sink and fade and is a likely plus offering at higher levels." (Subscription Required)

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  • Syracuse is home to take on the Leigh High Valley Iron Pigs at 6:05 PM.  Starting Pitcher TBD.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies:

  • Binghamton is home to play the Sommerset Patriots, game time 6:35 tonight.  Starting Pitcher TBD.

Brooklyn Cyclones:

  • The Brooklyn Cyclones are in Wappingers Falls to face the Hudson Valley Renegades at 6:35 PM tonight.  Jawlime Ramirez the starting pitcher.

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  • St. Lucie is on the road in Jupiter to play the Hammerheads at Noon today.  Starting Pitcher TBD.

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New York Mets traded Tony Fernandez to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darrin Jackson on June 11, 1993.

New York Mets released Paul Gibson on June 11, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Danny Graves on June 11, 2005.

Rick Ankiel granted free agency on June 11, 2013.

St. Louis Cardinals drafted Sean Gilmartin from the Mets on June 11, 2017.

New York Mets released Adrian Gonzalez on June 11, 2018.

New York Mets claimed Nick Tropeano on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on June 11, 2021.

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1985

Von Hayes becomes the first player to hit two home runs in the first inning of a game. The outfielder's leadoff homer and a grand slam in the Phillies' nine-run first frame contribute to Philadelphia's 26-7 rout of the Mets.

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1963 - At the Polo Grounds‚ Jim Maloney strikes out 12 batters to give the Reds an 8 - 3 victory over the Mets.

1967 - Adolfo Phillips blasts 4 home runs in a doubleheader‚ 3 of them in consecutive at-bats in the second game‚ as the Cubs sweep the Mets at Wrigley Field, 5 - 3 and 18 - 10. The total of eleven homers in the second game sets a National League record for two clubs in 9 innings and the two teams tie a NL mark when they total 40 extra bases on long hits (26 for Chicago and 14 for New York). The mark was set on July 31‚ 1954. Adolpho has 6 hits and 8 RBIs on the day.

 1981The Reds (35-21) win their 7th straight‚ topping the Mets‚ 2 - 1‚ in New York.

1985 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Von Hayes becomes the first major-league player ever to hit two home runs in the first inning, as Philadelphia blasts the Mets, 26 - 7. Hayes leads off with a home run‚ off Tom Gorman‚ and capping a 9-run outburst with a grand slam. Mets relievers Joe Sambito (3 innings) and Calvin Schiraldi (1.1 innings) both give up 10 runs apiece. The 26 runs in one game is a club record and the most in the National League since 1944.

1993: The Mets trade SS Tony Fernandez to the Blue Jays in exchange for OF Darrin Jackson.

2005 - Marlon Anderson hits a rare pinch hit game-tying inside-the-park home run in the 9th inning as the Mets match the Angels‚ 2 - 2. The Angels plate a run in the top of the 10th but Cliff Floyd's three-run homer in the bottom of the frame ends it‚ 5 - 3. You Tube Video.

Mike’s Mets talks more about this game on “Great Games: June 11, 2005 Mets vs. Angels.”

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