Mets News and Morning Links - 11/1/2024

 

Good Morning. Happy Birthday Eric Hanhold.  Mets sign a RHP, Jett and Drew both go deep in Arizona and Brett Baty listed as trade candidate.

  

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PRESS RELEASE: METS SIGN RHP DYLAN COVEY "The New York Mets today announced that the club has signed RHP Dylan Covey to a one-year major league contract. The 33-year-old spent the 2024 season in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, appearing at three minor league levels while recovering from a right shoulder strain. In 18 appearances among three minor league affiliates, Covey went 0-2 with a 2.66 ERA (6 ER/20.1 IP) with nine walks and 19 strikeouts."

MLB Trade Rumors: "The terms of the deal have not yet been announced, although it’s presumably not a very high guarantee. Indeed, it’s somewhat surprising to see Covey land a big league deal at all considering his limited track record and lack of MLB success... The Mets have several open spots on their 40-man roster, and they will use one of those spots to slot Covey into the bullpen picture for 2025."

Brian Joura Mets360 on Substack: "In 307.1 IP in the majors, Covey has a lifetime 6.18 ERA...But when we come to his arsenal, perhaps here is where we can see what intrigues the Mets. Covey throws nearly every pitch there is but primarily features a sinker, cutter and slider. The sinker and slider have been effective pitches for Covey but the cutter has been hit hard."

MLB Trade Rumors:

• Top 35 Trade Candidates Of The 2024-25 MLB Offseason Brett Baty is #26 on the list. "He has little left to prove in Triple-A, where he’s a .273/.368/.531 hitter in three seasons. A change of scenery could be in order, and plenty of clubs would welcome the chance to acquire an affordable, potential long-term option at third base."
• Mets Among Roughly 11 Teams To Reach Out To Soto 

NY Post:

• Jon Heyman: Juan Soto eyeing a historic $700 million MLB free agency contract
• Mike Vaccaro: The Yankees-Mets fight for Juan Soto comes down to ‘eff-you money’ question
• 2025 World Series odds: Where Mets, Yankees stand after falling short to Dodgers In the way too early odds, the Mets are ranked #7 to win it all next year.

Mets.com: 

• Mets prospects Williams, Gilbert strengthening their bond in the desert
• Here were the top 10 moments of an epic postseason Pete's HR against the Brewers comes in at #2 (only Mets moment that made it), Phillies somehow get 2 on the list despite losing Series to Mets 3 games to 1.

Mets Daddy:

• Mets Must Keep Jesse Winker

Metsmerized: 

• Important 2024-2025 Offseason Dates
• Mets Sign RHP Dylan Covey to Major League Deal
• Juan Soto Keeping Options Open
• Ball-Strike Challenge System Coming to MLB Spring Training
• Drew Gilbert Reaches Base Three Times in AFL Action
• Jorge Soler to Angels Headlines First Trade of Offseason

Amazing Avenue: 

• The Mets sign Dylan Covey

Faith and Fear in Flushing:

• Treat

Mets360: 

• On the Mets’ new morning of stability with David Stearns and Carlos Mendoza

Mack's Mets: 

• MACK - Thursday Morning Observations
• Paul Articulates – Will the Yankees poach Pete?

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Arizona Fall League:

10/31/2024: Box Score - Scottsdale Scorpions 10 Glendale Desert Dogs 1

• Jett Williams; CF 2 for 5; double; HR; 2 runs; 2 RBIs; 1 walk; 2 Stolen Bases;
• Drew Gilbert*; RF 1 for 4; HR; 2 runs; 1 RBI; 1 K;
• Jawilme Ramirez;  1 inning; no runs; 3 Ks; 

Tonight's Scottsdale Scorpions Lineup 10/31/24

10/31/2024 - Today's Arizona Fall League Game Notes

Jett Williams with an RBI double on Halloween. His third of the Arizona Fall League. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @FarmToFlushing @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @draftniks @TheBaseballHut @bronxfanatic @BrianGerhauser @RumblePoniesBB @SyracuseMets @JustinRocke pic.twitter.com/2meuIryBMt

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) October 31, 2024

Jett Williams is on FIRE - a HR to Left Center, his second HR of the AFL, second extra base hit of the day. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @FarmToFlushing @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @draftniks @TheBaseballHut @bronxfanatic @BrianGerhauser @RumblePoniesBB… pic.twitter.com/HGdhATzli2

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) October 31, 2024

Looks like @gillygoobear is Gilly Ghoul Bear this 31st of October ready to haunt the Desert Dogs with this Halloween homer!

Video credit: @JohnFromAlbany pic.twitter.com/GB3c981Qvj

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) October 31, 2024

Mets Prospect Jawilme Ramirez strikes out the side in the 9th. Scottsdale wins 10-1 on Halloween. #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @FarmToFlushing @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @draftniks @TheBaseballHut @bronxfanatic @BrianGerhauser @BKCyclones https://t.co/4O1qiH8uFE pic.twitter.com/09MH9rPCK1

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) November 1, 2024

Jett Williams 🤝 Drew Gilbert

A pair of the @Mets' top prospects keeps crossing paths and now seem to be racing down the track to Citi Field together as well: https://t.co/QQI6MZD3XW pic.twitter.com/Quj5NzJULW

— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) November 1, 2024

Winter Baseball:

In Venezuela: 

Tigres de Aragua 10 Caribes de Anzoategui 5 (Box Score)

• Mets minor league pitcher Joshua Cornielly 2/3 inning, no runs, no hits, 1 walk

In Mexico:

Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2 Yaquis de Obregon 1 (Box Score)

• Ex-Met Jonathan Arauz; 2B-SS 0 for 4; 1 K; 
• Brooklyn Cyclone Kevin Villavicencio; SS 1 for 3; 

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Jose Moreno (1957)
• Eric Hanhold (1993)

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Danny Frisella and Gary Gentry to the Atlanta Braves for Felix Millan and George Stone on November 1, 1972.

Ed Kranepool granted free agency on November 1, 1979.

Todd Zeile granted free agency on November 1, 2004.

Orlando Hernandez granted free agency on November 1, 2008.

Fernando Tatis granted free agency on November 1, 2010.

National Pastime.com:

2005	A bronze sculpture capturing the friendship of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson is unveiled at Brooklyn's KeySpan Park, home of the Mets' Single-A team. The William Behrends sculpture captures the moment when the Dodger captain showed support by putting his arm around his black teammate's shoulder, hushing an unruly crowd hurling racial slurs at his teammate at Crosley Field in 1947.
2006	Guillermo Mota is suspended for fifty games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The 33 year-old Mets reliever becomes the third player penalized under the stricter guidelines implemented this season, joining teammate Yusaku Iriki and Diamondback right-hander Jason Grimsley.

 

2015	In Game 5, the Royals beat the Mets in 12 innings, 7-2, winning the World Series for the first time in 30 years. Kansas City, trailing the Citi Field contest entering the top of the ninth, tie the game with two runs off starter Matt Harvey, who insisted on trying to complete the game despite having thrown over 100 pitches.
2019	The Mets tap their one-time player Carlos Beltrán to replace recently-fired manager Mickey Callaway, who compiled a 163-161 (.503) record during his two years at the helm. The 42-year-old former slugger, with no managerial experience, inks a three-year deal with a club option for 2023.

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