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Mets News and Morning Links - 12/8/2024

 



Good Morning.  Willy Adames goes to Giants, Jose Siri, Luisangel Acuna and Joey Menses play in Winter Ball as the Winter Meetings get underway tonight.

Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, Winter Baseball, and This Day in Mets History.

Mets Links: 

Jon Heyman NY Post: Yankees, Mets up Juan Soto bids north of $700 million as his historic free agency nears end. "The Yankees and Mets both remain heavily involved in the five-team Juan Soto Derby, with both clubs recently upping offers into the $710 million-$730 million range — MLB record territory — as it’s believed the sweepstakes could be within a day or two of an historic conclusion."

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets head into Winter Meetings with pressing issues outside Juan Soto hunt. "Would Soto landing with the Mets increase or decrease the probability Alonso returns?"..."Finishing the rotation" and "Could the Mets find a deal for pitching or a potential DH without sacrificing top prospects?" are all discussed.

Tim Healey Newsday Mets at MLB's winter meetings: It's not just about Juan Soto. "The Mets would benefit from adding surer relievers...Lefthander Tanner Scott, perhaps the top free-agent reliever, would be an upgrade on what Brooks Raley was supposed to be in 2024 (before he got hurt in April). David Robertson is worth a one-year deal until he proves he isn’t. The similarly ageless Chris Martin would help the Mets fix their walks issue from last season."

NY Post: Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki expected to be posted at Winter Meetings. "Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during the meetings this week, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed Saturday, which will open a 45-day window in which clubs try to recruit him to their side...The 23-year-old righty is being treated as an international amateur, and thus his contract will be restricted to the pool of money that teams allocate toward the international free agent market."

NY Post: Steve Serby's Sunday Interview: Billy Wagner feeling Hall of Fame anxiety before final time on ballot: ‘Most disturbing part’

NY Daily News: Keeping late Mets PR exec Shannon Forde’s legacy alive through renovations to field named in her honor. "Eight years ago, MLB honored the memory of the late Mets public relations executive by using the proceeds of the annual “Play Ball” auction to renovate and rename the field in her New Jersey hometown, just down the road from where Forde and her sister Alicia grew up. Forde passed away at 44 years old earlier that year after a long battle with breast cancer...Now, friends, family and community members are working toward a more ambitious plan for the field, raising money for more renovations with the hope of being able to host an NCAA softball playoff round in the near future."

Mets.com:

Mets News

If this catcher makes Mets ... will he give up job at Whole Foods?

How to watch the Mets' Spring Breakout game (5 p.m. ET)

Watch FREE on MLB.TV, 1 p.m. ET: Megill continues rotation bid

Metsmerized:

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Holmes Reaches Five Innings, Kranick Struggles in Fall 4-1 Loss to Nats

Spring Training Game Chat: Mets vs Nationals, 6:05 PM

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Amazing Avenue:

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Grapefruit Juice: Nationals 4, Mets 1

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Grapefruit Juice: Mets 3, Cardinals 3

Open thread: Mets vs. Cardinals, 3/14/25

Faith and Fear in Flushing:

Faith and Fear in Flushing

Pound for Pound

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Kiner's Korner:

Mets360:

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How will David Stearns view luck when it comes to signing free agents?

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Mets pack depth entering 2025

The Mets' quest to use 12 or fewer starting pitchers in 2025

Mack's Mets:

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MACK - MY Sunday Observations

For Discussion - Reid Garrett

Channel 9 Syracuse on YouTube: Syracuse Mets Host their annual Garage Sale.


SportSpyder Mets Links: 

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Winter Baseball:

In Venezuela -

12/7/2024 Box Score: Cardenales de Lara 2 Aguilas del Zulia 1

In Mexico - 
Yaquis de Obregon 5 Aguilas de Mexicali 0 (Box Score)
In the Dominican - 

Gigantes del Cibao 6 Toros del Este 3 (Box Score)
  • New Met Jose Siri RF 1 for 4, double, 1 run, 1 K;

MLB Links:

MLB.com:

MLB News

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Devers, Abreu debuts make Red Sox lineup whole again

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Tobias Myers Exits Game Due To Oblique Issue

Bryan Shaw Reassigned To Reds Minor League Camp, Will Report To Triple-A

Angels Notes: Rengifo, Neto, Moncada

Red Sox Notes: Abreu, Devers, Newcomb

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Diamondbacks Sign J.P. Feyereisen To A Minor League Deal

Jose Trevino Avoids Fracture On Right Thumb

Marlins Claim Seth Martinez

Jesus Sanchez To Miss At Least Four Weeks Due To Oblique Strain

Tigers Working Out Spencer Torkelson As An Outfielder

Jon Gray Suffers Wrist Fracture

Cody Bradford To Start Season On Injured List

Brewers Considering Brice Turang At Shortstop, Joey Ortiz At Second Base

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Yahoo Sports:

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Giants notes: Top prospect Eldridge dealing with wrist inflammation

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ESPN:

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Pirates ace Skenes to start opener at Marlins

Ohtani hits long home run in return to Japan

Marlins lose OF Sanchez (oblique) for four weeks

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

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FanGraphs:

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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New York Mets purchased Richie Ashburn from the Chicago Cubs on December 8, 1961.

New York Mets traded Elio Chacon and Tracy Stallard to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Lewis and Gordie Richardson on December 8, 1964.

New York Mets traded Jon Matlack and John Milner to the Texas Rangers for Willie Montanez, Ken Henderson and Tom Grieve on December 8, 1977.

New York Mets traded Jerry Koosman to the Minnesota Twins for Jesse Orosco and Greg Field on December 8, 1978.

New York Mets traded Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Sid Fernandez and Ross Jones on December 8, 1983.

Florida Marlins signed Dave Magadan of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 8, 1992.

Florida Marlins signed Al Leiter of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 8, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent RHP Boof Bonser to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training on December 8, 2010.

National Pastime.com:

1961

The Mets purchase outfielder Richie Ashburn from the Cubs. The veteran outfielder, who will be the club's first-ever representative on the National League's All-Star team, will be given a boat after being named the Most Valuable Player of the last-place team, which unfortunately will sink before he uses it.

1983

Southpaw Sid Fernandez is traded by the Dodgers, along with utility infielder Ross Jones, to the Mets in exchange for infielder/outfielder Bob Bailor and left-hander Carlos Diaz. 'El Sid' will compile a 98-78 record along with a very respectable ERA of 3.14 during his ten-year tenure with New York.

2005

Julio Franco, the oldest player in the major leagues, signs a two-year deal with the Mets. The 47 year-old is the last active player who was born in the 1950s.

Baseball Reference:

1976: The Cubs acquire OF Greg Gross from Houston for infielder Julio Gonzalez. Then in a three-team deal, the Cubs also get OF Jim Dwyer from the Mets for 1B Pete LaCock. LaCock then goes to Kansas City for OF Sheldon Mallory who goes to New York. 

1977 - The Rangers engineer a series of deals with the Braves, Mets, and Pirates, unloading a total of six players and getting three in return. Among those involved are 1B Willie Montanez (from Atlanta to New York), Bert Blyleven (from Texas to Pittsburgh), Al Oliver (from Pittsburgh to Texas), and 1B John Milner (from NY to Pittsburgh). 

2011: The 2011 Rule V draft is held to close out this year's Winter Meetings in Dallas, TX. Houston selects right-handed reliever Rhiner Cruz from the Mets with the top pick, one of 8 pitchers taken in the major league phase of the draft. Among the few well-known names selected is former top pitching prospect Aaron Poreda, drafted by the Pirates from the Padres in the minor league portion of the draft.

Centerfield Maz:

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