Good morning, Mets fans! Let’s review the Freddy Peralta trade.
Peralta went 5-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts for the Rays after 22 outings with the Mets and will face Cam Schlittler in Game 2 of the ALDS Monday at 8 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV. The Rays leads the series 1-0. The Mets dealt Peralta to Tampa Bay for second baseman Émilien Pitre, outfielder Aidan Smith and RHP Gary Gill Hill.
It took Pitre, who turned 24 on Sunday, just 10 games to get promoted from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse. He went 15-for-40 for the Rumble Ponies and then 19-for-73 (.260/.357/.370) with one homer, three doubles and a triple in 20 games at Triple-A.
Smith, 22, hit .321/.414/.524 with five homers and two doubles in 99 plate appearances for High-A Brooklyn.
Gill Hill, 22, went 2-0 with a 3.76 ERA in five starts for Binghamton. He struck out 28 and walked five over 26 1/3 innings. He made one start for Syracuse and allowed one earned run over five innings.
MMO’s Mike Mayer updated his rankings of the Met prospects after the trade deadline and had Pitre at No. 1o, Smith at No. 11 and Gill Hill at No. 20. Who won the deal? Time will tell.
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An ex-Met will start in the other ALDS series, too. Anthony Kay was drafted by New York in the first round (31st overall) in 2016, but traded to Toronto before he got to the big leagues in a deal for Marcus Stroman in July 2019. Four years later the Mets picked him up off waivers from the Cubs and he appeared in three games at the end of the season. He was the last Met to pitch in the Buck Showalter era.
Kay will start for the White Sox, who are looking to go up 2-0 against the Guardians and Gavin Williams at 5 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV.
The National League has the day off.
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Third baseman Boston Baro went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a strikeout and the Surprise Saguaros beat the Salt River Rafters 6-4 in an Arizona Fall League game. Baro, 22, played in just nine games for Low-A St. Lucie and two games in Rookie Ball this year because of a shoulder injury.
RHP Calvin Ziegler threw a perfect inning. The 24-year-old has dealt with injuries since the Mets selected him in the second round of the 2021 draft out of a high school in Florida. In 13 1/3 erratic innings this year at four levels, with the highest Double-A, he allowed 11 earned runs. He struck out 17 and walked 24.
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A fantastic finish in Milwaukee. The Brewers were a strike away from losing when Jackson Chourio lined a bases-loaded, two-run single to center off of Mason Miller to walk off the Padres. Milwaukee’s 4-3 victory gave them a 2-0 series lead. Game 3 is Tuesday in San Diego.
Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with a double and a triple to help lift the Braves to a 3-2 win that evened their series with the Dodgers. Game 3 is Tuesday in Atlanta.
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On This Date in Mets History
2001: Lenny Harris singles for his 150th career pinch-hit in an 8-6 loss to the Expos at Shea Stadium, breaking the MLB record held by Manny Mota.
2000: With two outs and nobody on in the top of the 10th of Game 2 of the NLDS against the Giants, Darryl Hamilton doubles and Jay Payton singles him home. The Mets win 5-4 to even the series at 1-1. J.T. Snow had tied the game with a three-run homer with one out in the ninth off Armando Benitez.
1999: Edgardo Alfonzo‘s second homer of the game is a grand slam in the top of the ninth that breaks a 4-4 tie in Game 1 of the NLDS at Arizona. His first homer was in the first inning off of Randy Johnson. The Mets win 8-4.
On This Date in 1986 Mets
The Mets end the regular season in style. Ray Knight hits a two-run homer, Gary Carter smacks a three-run shot and Darryl Strawberry connects for a grand slam in a 9-0 win over the Pirates. The 1986 Mets finish a franchise-best 108-54. Ron Darling (five innings) and Sid Fernandez (four innings) combine on the four-hit shutout. The pair would pitch together in a win again in 22 days in Game 7 of the World Series. Knight and Strawberry would homer in that one too.
Born on This Date: Rey Sánchez (1967), Brent Gaff (1958), Dennis Bennett (1939).
