Mets News and Morning Links - 11/22/2024

 


Good Morning. Happy Birthday Sandy Alderson, Rich ChilesGene Walter, and Jay Payton.  Francisco Lindor finishes 2nd in MVP vote and the Mets sign 2 minor league deals.

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Mets.com: Lindor finishes 2nd to Ohtani in NL MVP voting "As expected, Lindor finished second to unanimous winner Shohei Ohtani in NL MVP voting, garnering 23 second-place votes and seven third-place tallies. Lindor appeared in the top three on every ballot...the season was Lindor’s best as a Met and one of the finest of his career. Largely because he played exemplary shortstop defense while Ohtani served exclusively as a DH, Lindor was able to amass 7.0 bWAR and 7.8 fWAR. He ranked above Ohtani in the latter category for much of the season’s second half."

David Lennon Newsday: Shohei Ohtani deserves MVP, but Mets' Francisco Lindor made it closer than voting totals would indicate. "In the National League MVP race, no one delivered a better closing argument than Francisco Lindor. His game-winning homer in the ninth inning on the final (bonus) day of the regular season shocked Atlanta and personally put the Mets in the playoffs. With his team’s October dreams hanging in the balance, how could anything, or anyone, be more valuable than what Lindor provided that afternoon at Truist Park?"

Mark W. Sanchez NY Post: Mets’ Francisco Lindor settles for second to Shohei Ohtani in MVP race. "The Mets’ franchise drought continues: Francisco Lindor finished second in National League MVP voting, the organization still without a winner of the award...The Mets have had four players finish as MVP runners-up: Lindor, Darryl Strawberry (1988), Keith Hernandez (1984) and Tom Seaver (1969)."

11/21/24: Mets Roster Moves - Mets sign Joey Meneses and RHP Hobie Harris "Joey Meneses spent the last three years splitting time in AAA and Washington.  Before that he saw time in the minors with Philadelphia, Atlanta and Boston.  According to FanGraphs, he has two minor league options left.  Last year for Washington in 76 games, he hit 3 Homers, 42 RBIs.231/.291/.303.  This Winter in the Mexican Pacific League he has 7 HRs, 32 RBIs, .347/.433/.624...Hobie Harris spent all of 2024 in AAA for Minnesota, 44 games - all in relief, 4 wins, 6 losses, 6.79 ERA, 62 Ks, 31 walks in 54.1 innings.  FanGraphs has two minor league options left for him as well."  

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In Venezuela -

11/21/2024 Box Score: Cardenales de Lara 7 Caribes de Anzoategui 2

  • Luisangel Acuna SS 0 for 3, 1 RBI, Sac Fly, 1 K - hitting .323 with a .823 OPS;

Leones del Caracas 10 Tigres de Aragua 4 (Box Score)

In Mexico:

11/21/2024 Box Score: Tomateros de Culiacan 3 Algodoneros de Guasave 2

  • Newly Acquired Joey Meneses DH o for 3, 1 RBI - hitting .337 with a 1.025 OPS;

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Baltimore Orioles signed Sid Fernandez of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 22, 1993.

New York Mets signed free agent Mike Remlinger on November 22, 1993.

San Diego Padres claimed Jason Middlebrook of the New York Mets on waivers on November 22, 2000.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Jason Roach of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 22, 2004.

Colorado Rockies signed LaTroy Hawkins of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 22, 2013.

St. Louis Cardinals signed Chris Beck of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 22, 2018.

New York Mets released Drew Gagnon on November 22, 2019.

Los Angeles Angels signed Aaron Loup of the New York Mets as a free agent on November 22, 2021.

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1968

Johnny Bench, who kept his freshman status by missing the final three games of the 1967 season due to a hand injury, is named the National League's Rookie of the Year by the narrowest of margins. The 20 year-old Reds' catcher edges Mets' southpaw Jerry Koosman for the award when Chicago American veteran scribe Jim Enright splits his choice because he "couldn't vote for one and ignore the other."

1977

Expo outfielder Andre Dawson (.282, 19, 65) wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by a single vote over the Mets' Steve Henderson (.297, 12, 65). New York obtained Henderson in the Seaver trade with the Reds.

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2010: The New York Mets announce the hiring of Terry Collins as their new manager, replacing Jerry Manuel. Collins last managed in the major leagues with the Anaheim Angels from 1997 to 1999. He has since spent time in Japan and China and last season was the Mets' minor league field coordinator.

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