Happy Saturday, Mets fans!
Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, and Jeanne Melino joined the Mets’ Board of Directors on Friday, according to Justin Toscano of The Record. Melino will also take the position of Senior VP to the Amazin’ Mets Foundation. Christie later tweeted regarding his excitement to join the board.
The Mets took down the Cardinals by a score of 8-5 on Friday, on the back of a huge grand slam off the bat of Francisco Lindor. With the victory, they brought their spring training record to 8-7.
The team is off today, but will be back in action against the Nationals tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. ET.
Anyways, let’s take a look at what happened in Mets-land, and around the league, on Friday.
Latest Mets News
The Mets continued extension talks with representatives of both Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto on Friday, but neither made any movement, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Both players have made it clear that they will not be continuing negotiations into the season.
Luis Rojas announced in a press conference on Friday that Carlos Carrasco has suffered a Grade 1 hamstring strain. His timetable for return is unknown. Rojas announced in the same press conference that Dominic Smith is working his way back from a sore wrist, and may play in the simulated game occurring Saturday.
The Mets are considering signing free agent catcher Tyler Flowers to boost their catching depth, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post.
The Mets made a plethora of roster moves on Friday, optioning Yennsy Diaz, Patrick Mazeika, and Daniel Zamora to Triple-A, and reassigning Johneshwy Fargas, Jake Hager, David Rodriguez, and Wilfredo Tovar.
Emma Legault-Laroche was hired as a Player Development Associate on Friday, according to her post on LinkedIn.
Finally, FanGraphs writer Jay Jaffe wrote extensively about Jacob deGrom’s chances at the Hall of Fame.
Latest MLB News
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke out publicly and to his team against racism toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, according to Dennis Lin of The Athletic.
Philadelphia Phillies starter Vince Velasquez is out with an oblique injury, according to Matt Gelb of The Athletic. Velasquez joins a plethora of other Phillies starters who are dealing with spring training injuries.
There was only one positive out of 14,845 MLB tests administered last week, according to MLB Network insider Jon Heyman.
Latest on MMO
Patrick Glynn wrote about the status of the Mets’ rotation after the injury sustained by Carlos Carrasco.
Michael Mayer wrote about the status of the Mets’ extension talks with Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto.
Rob Piersall discussed Luis Rojas’ comments and injury updates from his press conference on Friday.
Piersall also wrote about the players who were optioned and reassigned on Friday.
On This Date in Mets History
1961: the New York Yankees officially told the baseball world that any National League team coming to New York would need to find its own home; they would not allow another team to play its home games at Yankee Stadium.
Birthdays: Manny Alexander (50), Blas Minor (55), Rick Parker (58), Steve Dillon (78), George Altman (88)
Let’s go Mets!
