Good Morning. Happy Birthday Travis Taijeron and Ali Sanchez. Former Met Manager Jeff Torborg passes away as the Dodgers get Tanner Scott.
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NY Post: Jeff Torborg, former Mets manager, dead at 83. "No cause of death was immediately announced, but in recent years Torborg had battled Parkinson’s disease...His stint managing the Mets was turbulent. After the team finished 70-92 under his guidance in 1992 — a unit that would later become known as “The Worst Team Money Could Buy” (the title of a book written by Bob Klapisch and John Harper about that squad) — Torborg was fired only 38 games into the next season and replaced by Dallas Green. The Mets were 13-25 at the time."
Jay Horwitz Mets Insider Blog: "He was such a gentlemen and handled a difficult time with us with grace and kindness. Jeff never turned down any of my interview requests even when times were tough."
MLB.com: Soto has sights set on Cooperstown -- and the numbers say he'll get there. "Prepare yourself. Through the 2040 season, Soto is projected for the following career totals: 151 OPS+; 103.2 WAR; 2,917 hits; 583 HR; 2,797 walks; 1,826 RBI."
NY Post: Cubs owner Tom Ricketts admits it’s ‘really hard to compete’ with splashy spending of Dodgers, Mets and Yankees. “Obviously, the Dodgers have a lot more resources, naturally, from smart business moves they made years ago. I don’t begrudge them any of that. Some teams just have outside resources that are funding their player moves and acquisitions, and that’s really hard to compete with. I understand when fans say, ‘How come you don’t spend like that?’ Because they think somehow we have all these dollars that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have and we just keep it. Which isn’t true at all. What happens is we try to break even every year, and that’s about it.”
Former Mets manager and Yankees coach Jeff Torborg has died at age 83 https://t.co/ieKKc3uwvL pic.twitter.com/r4GCiliTY7
— SNY (@SNYtv) January 20, 2025
The future could look very bright for Juan Soto in Queens 🤯 pic.twitter.com/jMC4eJ3ZGD
— MLB (@MLB) January 19, 2025
If this was Steve Cohen and the Mets there would absolute outrage and countless articles about Mets trying to buy wins, how it's wrong for baseball and who's overpaid on the roster. https://t.co/5ZEUnPDwTr
— Ernest Dove (@ernestdove) January 19, 2025
The Mets have quietly put together a solid bullpen going into 2025.
— Farm To Flushing (@FarmToFlushing) January 20, 2025
And there's still a few FA's out there to add to it pic.twitter.com/er3G4UufT8
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Jeff Torborg News:
- Jeff Torborg, former Mets manager, dead at 83 (New York Post)
- Former Mets manager, Rutgers Hall of Famer Jeff Torborg has died (The Record)
- Ex-Mets manager, Yankees coach and Rutgers legend dies at 83 (NJ.com)
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Per @Feinsand, the Dodgers are signing closer Tanner Scott to a 4-year, $72 million deal pic.twitter.com/d770XGSruw
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) January 19, 2025
Billy Wagner fell five votes short of being elected to the @baseballhall last year and is entering his final year on the BBWAA ballot.#MLBNHotStove evaluates the dominant closer and his chances of getting into Cooperstown this year. pic.twitter.com/33OrFmOQ9r
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 20, 2025
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Today
in Mets History Per
Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Jesse Gonder (1936)
- Travis Taijeron (1989)
- Ali Sanchez (1997)
- Ariel Yera (1997)
- Willy Taveras (1998)
- Gregory Guerrero (1999)
- Nathan Lavender (2000)
Died on this date:
- Ron Herbel (2000)
- Vern Ruhle (2007)
Transactions:
New York Mets signed free agent Karim Garcia of the New York Yankees on January 20, 2004.
New York Mets signed free agent Jose Parra on January 20, 2004.
New York Mets signed free agent Tom Martin on January 20, 2009.
New York Mets signed free agent Cory Sullivan of the Colorado Rockies on January 20, 2009.
Houston Astros signed Cory Sullivan of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2010.
New York Mets signed free agent Scott Hairston of the San Diego Padres on January 20, 2011.
New York Mets signed free agent Rafael Montero on January 20, 2011.
Oakland Athletics signed Alejandro De Aza of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2017.
Toronto Blue Jays signed Joe Panik of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2020.
Toronto Blue Jays signed Ruben Tejada of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 20, 2020.
1984 |
1984: The Chicago White Sox claim 39-year-old pitcher Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Dennis Lamp to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets left Seaver off their protected list assuming (wrongly) that no team would want to select the aging star, who finished 1983 with a 9-14 record and a 3.55 ERA. But Seaver will improve to 15-11 with the White Sox this season.
Faith and Fear in Flushing: "Saving Ron Gardenhire (Instead of Tom Seaver)". Greg Prince looks at all the players the Mets protected in 1984 not named Tom Seaver.
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Mike’s Mets: Thoughts on George Springer and Jared Porter.
Joel Sherman NY Post: “The Mets let Springer’s camp know over last weekend that they were willing to go to six years at $120 million, but no further. At that point, the Mets were pretty much out of contention, as Springer headed toward the six-year, $150 million pact he reached Wednesday with the Blue Jays.”
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