Mets News and Morning Links - 11/16/2024

 


Good Morning. Happy Birthday Don HahnDwight Gooden and Juan Centeno. Darryl Strawberry visits Davey Johnson, the Mets contingent gets eliminated from the AFL Playoffs and Luisangel Acuna with a big night in Venezuela.

 

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Mets Links: 

Dan Martin NY Post: What Mets prospects Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert tried to accomplish in the Arizona Fall League. “I played so little this year and didn’t have that many at-bats, so you don’t have the groove you’d like to throughout the year,’’ Williams said by phone this week, prior to ankle sprain. “'So I’ve been trying to get my approach back. … The season was definitely frustrating, but you can learn a lot about yourself when you’re hurt. I just want to stay healthy.'...'The biggest thing was I missed so much time this year, I’m just trying to make up games,’' Gilbert said." (Subscription required)

NJ.Com: Ex-MLB GM: Why Mets have an edge in Roki Sasaki sweepstakes. "According to ex-MLB general manager Jim Bowden...cited league sources, including “front-office decision makers who are optimistic about their chances of signing Sasaki,” in reporting that it’s “unlikely” Sasaki signs in Los Angeles for one big reason: endorsements...Sasaki needs pitching development, which does make the Dodgers a fit, but it also gives advantages to teams such as the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Mets and Atlanta Braves, who all have strong pitching development programs."


Mets Daily Clips:

Jett Williams News:

Jett Williams injured on catch in AFL, but Mets optimistic it's not serious (MLB.com)
What Mets prospects Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert tried to accomplish in the Arizona Fall League (New York Post)
Prospect Jett Williams injures ankle, Mets optimistic (ESPN)

 

Other Mets News:

Mets.com:

Mets News

Taking stock of Mets' opening series: Lindor, Siri, Soto

Mets games have found a streaming home on the MLB App

Peterson gets his season going in Miami

Metsmerized:

Metsmerized Online

Canning’s Strong Debut Not Enough in Series Finale

Morning Briefing: Offense Struggles as Mets Drop First Series of 2025

Mets Bats Held In Check Again In 2-1 Loss To Astros

Game Chat: Mets vs Astros, 7:15 PM

Amazing Avenue:

Amazin' Avenue - All Posts

What Griffin Canning threw in his Mets debut

Mets Morning News for March 30, 2025

Can you guess this Mets outfielder in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Astros 2, Mets 1: Houston remains a house of horrors

Mets360:

Mets360

Protected: 2025 Luigi Draft

We have officially moved to Substack

Mack's Mets:

Mack's Mets

In Focus - Max Kranick

In Focus - Griffin Canning

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Arizona Fall League:

11/15/2024: AFL Playoff Box Score - Salt River Rafters 13 Scottsdale Scorpions 4

Tonight's Scottsdale Scorpions Lineup 11/15/24 Reimer and Gilbert in the Outfield

11/15/2024 - Today's Arizona Fall League Game Notes

Winter Baseball:

In Venezuela:

11/15/2024 Box Score: Cardenales de Lara 8 Leones del Caracas 1

  • Luisangel Acuna SS 3 for 5, double, 2 runs, 3 stolen bases, 1 K;
  • Mets Minor League Free Agent Robert Colina, 3 Innings, no runs, 2 hits, 3 Ks;

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB and NL East Links:

MLB.com:

MLB News

'What a performance': Judge rips 3 of Yanks' club-record 9 HRs

Cheers? Boos? 11 player homecomings that could stir big emotions

MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well

We haven't seen a pitching line like this in 103 years

Devers' 2025 campaign off to historically rough start

Ohtani resumes pitching ramp-up; 'a ways away' from game action

9 Yankees homers. 20 runs. 8 amazing stats

Now available for 2025 season: At Bat Premium + MLB Network

Sasaki fights command in stateside debut, but LA off to 5-0 start

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Blue Jays Designate Richard Lovelady For Assignment

Marlins Designate Brett de Geus For Assignment

Orioles Reportedly Open To Offers On Ryan Mountcastle

Red Sox, Kristian Campbell In “Deep Talks” On Extension

Diamondbacks Outright Rene Pinto

Pirates Outright Joshua Palacios, Peter Strzelecki

Jose Ramirez Day-To-Day After Exiting Game With Wrist Sprain

Max Scherzer Exits Start With Lat Soreness

Jay Jackson To Retire

Orioles Acquire Cody Poteet

Rays Place Josh Lowe On 10-Day IL Due To Grade 2 Oblique Strain

Giants Outright David Villar To Triple-A

Giants’ Jerar Encarnacion To Miss Eight Weeks After Hand Surgery

Braves Sign Eddys Leonard To Minors Deal

Mets Designate Alexander Canario, Outright Jose Azocar

Yahoo Sports:

MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Tyler Soderstrom, Jack Leiter open season strong

Hernández: Dodgers visiting Trump's White House goes against everything they represent

Mets Notes: Griffin Canning's increase in velocity, Jose Siri's 'instincts', Max Kranick's return

Rafael Devers, after contentious move to DH, sets MLB record for most strikeouts in first 3 games

Hernández: Roki Sasaki isn't an instant star. But the Dodgers don't need him to be one

Moving Teoscar Hernández in lineup pays off for Dodgers in sweeping win over Tigers

Mets' Francisco Lindor not discouraged by hitless opening series: 'I've got to do a way better job'

Roki Sasaki exits early in Dodger Stadium debut. He's up to 9 walks in less than 5 career MLB innings

Mets fall on wrong side of pitchers' duel in frustrating 2-1 loss to Astros

David Stearns explains his thinking about a perceived Mets’ weakness, the starting rotation

ESPN:

www.espn.com - MLB

What this historic day of home runs says about Aaron Judge, Yankees

Yankees slug 9 HRs, 4 in 1st in 'crazy' 20-9 win

Devers first to open year with 10 K's in 3 games

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

Braves vs. Padres odds, prediction, props: Free 2025 MLB picks, Sunday Night Baseball bets by proven model

Marlins executive dismisses Sandy Alcantara trade speculation: 'It's not even April'

Rafael Devers sets MLB record for strikeouts as Red Sox DH gets off to a historically bad start to 2025 season


FanGraphs:

FanGraphs Baseball

Sunday Notes: Toronto’s Alan Roden Is Looking For More Ideal Launch Angles

Effectively Wild Episode 2302: Opening Delay and the 2025 Team Fun Draft

The Name’s Bonding, Team Bonding: National League

We Are Invincible, We Are Already Dead

Matt Chapman Addresses His 2015 FanGraphs Scouting Report

MacKenzie Gore Kicked Major Butt on Opening Day

Two New Ballparks Enter the Villa

2025 FanGraphs Opening Day Chat

Excuse Me?! Our Bold Predictions for the 2025 Season

The Official (And Hopefully Not Too Regretful) 2025 ZiPS Projections

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Kevin Mitchell on November 16, 1980.

Cincinnati Reds signed Junior Noboa of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent Don Florence of the Boston Red Sox on November 16, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Damion Easley of the Arizona Diamondbacks on November 16, 2006.

Oakland Athletics signed Jason Pridie of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Vinny Rottino of the Florida Marlins on November 16, 2011.

New York Yankees signed Michael O'Connor of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 16, 2011.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Rice on November 16, 2012.

National Pastime.com:


1961

Using blue and orange, the team colors of the departed Dodgers and Giants, the Mets unveil the franchise's logo selected from over 500 entries submitted in the expansion team's $1000 design contest. Sports cartoonist Ray Gatto's winning entry is a display of a skyline representing all five boroughs with various iconic symbols of the Big Apple.

2004

Receiving 21 of the 28 first-place votes, Vladimir Guerrero (.337, 39, 126) wins the 2004 American League's MVP Award. The 28 year-old former Expo outfielder signed as a free agent with the Angels after the Mets refused to guarantee his salary based on advice from their medical staff.

2006

The Nationals name Manny Acta as the team's new manager, replacing 71 year-old Frank Robinson, the oldest pilot in baseball. The 37 year-old Dominican, who served as the Mets' third-base coach for the past two seasons, is now the youngest skipper in the majors.

2007

After a five-year departure to play for the Mets, Tom Glavine returns to the Braves, agreeing to an $8 million, one year deal. The 41 year-old southpaw, a two-time Cy Young winner with the team, left Atlanta in 2002 after negotiations as a free agent became acrimonious with team president Stan Kasten.

2009

Wally Backman is hired by the Mets to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones, their farm team in the New York-Penn League. The team's new skipper, who played a vital role with the 1986 World Series championship club, was hired and fired to be Diamondbacks' skipper in 2004, shortly after the New York Times revealed the former second baseman had been arrested twice and had financial difficulties.

Baseball Reference:

1998The New York Mets reinstate general manager Steve Phillips, who will continue to undergo counseling. The threatened sexual harassment suit will be settled out of court.

 

Centerfield Maz:

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