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

Soto aside, how is Mets' outfield shaping up?

Mets-Astros Opening Day starters: Holmes vs. Valdez

Q&A: Mendoza breaks down Mets' injuries, outlook for 2025 season

Metsmerized:

Metsmerized Online

Mets 2025 Prospects: No. 2 Jett Williams

Mets 2025 Positional Outlook: Corner Infield

MMO Roundtable: Mets Record, Division Winners, And Playoff Predictions

Crossfire: Tylor Megill vs. Paul Blackburn

Amazing Avenue:

Amazin' Avenue - All Posts

Reviewing the Mets’ options at 2B and C

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Mets assign several more players to minor league camp

Grapefruit Juice: Mets 6, Marlins 5

Faith and Fear in Flushing:

Faith and Fear in Flushing

Making New History

Pound for Pound

Kiner's Korner:

Mets360:

Mets360

We have officially moved to Substack

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

Mets360

Something must be done about all these injuries

Mets' 2025 top 50 prospects

Mack's Mets:

Mack's Mets

SAVAGE VIEWS – LOOKING AHEAD

FOR DISCUSSION - Dedniel Núñez

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


SportSpyder Mets Links: 

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

Tokyo Series Game 2: Lineups, starting pitchers, more (6 a.m. ET on FS1)

Why Sasaki's MLB debut will mean more for the people of Japan

Freeman (left rib discomfort) to miss Tokyo Series finale

Ohtani ignites Dodgers, keys winning rally in Tokyo Series opener

McCullers' first outing since 2022 elicits standing ovation from teammates

Breaking down Opening Day pitching matchups

'The Iowa Meat Truck' could be Blue Jays' next big bat

'They've got a good one': Fried stifles Red Sox after choosing Yanks

Kimbrel reunites with Braves on Minor League deal (source)

MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Rangers Sign Patrick Corbin

Giants Sell 10% Ownership Stake To Private Equity Firm

Dodgers Select Matt Sauer

Poll: Padres’ Rotation Battle

Brewers To Keep Turang At Second Base, Play Ortiz At Shortstop

Marlins Notes: Payroll, Practice Squad, Cabrera, Gillispie

Orioles Option Coby Mayo To Minor League Camp

Braves To Sign Craig Kimbrel To Minor League Deal

Yu Darvish Questionable For Opening Day Due To Elbow Inflammation

Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels

Jung Hoo Lee MRI Shows No Structural Damage

Angels Sign Travis Blankenhorn To Minor League Deal

MLBTR Chat Transcript

Reds’ Alex Young Seeking Second Opinion; Elbow Surgery Possible

Cardinals’ Nick Anderson Has Upward Mobility Clause

Yahoo Sports:

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

Fantasy Baseball: Garrett Mitchell, Gavin Williams among Rotoworld staff's most drafted players for 2025

Rangers sign veteran lefty Patrick Corbin to plug gap in injury-thinned starting rotation

Cobra Kai co-creator and Mets fan Jon Hurwitz stops by the show, plus a full breakdown of the Spring Breakout | The Mets Pod

How star pitcher Hideo Nomo, an agent and a lawyer changed the landscape of MLB forever

Max Fried shines as Yankees and Red Sox play to 4-4 tie

Dodgers vs. Cubs - MLB in Tokyo - Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats

Aroldis Chapman favored to earn Red Sox closer role: Report

Tout Wars 15-team fantasy baseball salary cap draft results: Stars, scrubs and regrets

Carson Soucy Is In An Uncomfortable Position Despite High Expectations From Chris Drury

When is MLB Opening Day 2025? Everything to know about the schedule, starting pitchers and Tokyo Series as the season begins

ESPN:

www.espn.com - MLB

'I didn't know Kyle Tucker spoke': Why the 'silent assassin' could be MLB's next $400 million star

Ohtani 'nervous' in Tokyo but gets 2 hits, runs

Rangers sign Corbin for injury-depleted rotation

CBS Sports:

CBSSports.com Headlines

Braves sign Craig Kimbrel: Nine-time All-Star returning to Atlanta on minor league deal, per report

Orioles prospect Coby Mayo laments demotion to Triple-A: 'Feel like you've proven everything you've needed to'

Rangers sign veteran pitcher Patrick Corbin fresh off disastrous $140M Nationals deal


FanGraphs:

FanGraphs Baseball

2025 Positional Power Rankings: Second Base

Tokyo Series Starts With Dodgers Victory Over Cubs

2025 Positional Power Rankings: First Base

Joey Gallo, Having Stared Down Oblivion, Decides To Throw Stuff at It

The “Unseen” Value the Dodgers Add With Their Spending

2025 Positional Power Rankings: Catcher

Weekend MLB Draft Notes: 3/17/2025

2025 Positional Power Rankings: Introduction

Sunday Notes: Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter Are Promising Power Pitchers

Effectively Wild Episode 2296: Season Preview Series: Yankees and White Sox

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 MontanezKen 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 BravesMets, 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). 

2011The 2011 Rule V draft is held to close out this year's Winter Meetings in Dallas, TXHouston 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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