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The 39th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on February 5 in NYC, will honor 1969 Mets World Series champion Ed Kranepool, whose award will be presented by fellow ’69 teammate Ron Swoboda.
An original Met in 1962, Kranepool signed with the Mets straight out of high school, and spent his entire 18-year career in blue and orange. His resume includes 1,418 hits, 118 home runs, an All-Star appearance in 1965, and a pair of .300 seasons. Later in his career, he became a premier pinch-hitter and batted .486 (17-for-35) in 1974, which is still stands as the MLB single-season record.
MLB Pipeline named Andres Gimenez to its 2019 All-Defense team.
Former Met and Yankee coach Mel Stottlemyre passed away at the age of 77.
The Columbia Fireflies announced that they’ve renamed their stadium to Segra Park.
The Mets plan to introduce Jed Lowrie at Citi Field tomorrow.
Latest News in the MLB
Kyler Murray has officially declared for the NFL draft. Over the next few weeks, it’ll be interesting to see if he’ll choose either baseball of football. Meanwhile, upon hearing of his decision to declare for the draft, the A’s reacted like this.
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Rays have signed Avisail Garcia. Jim Bowden, also of The Athletic, hears that it’s a one-year, 3.5 million dollar deal.
Jon Heyman of FanCred hears that the Cubs have hired Craig Breslow, a Yale graduate and former MLB pitcher, as their director of strategic initiatives.
Betsy Helfand of The Pioneer Press tweets out a list of the Twins minor league coaches.
Derek Holland resigned with the Giants.
The Brewers announced Yasmani Grandal‘s one year, 16-million dollar deal has a 16 million dollar mutual option for the 2020 season.
Latest News in the NL East
Bob Nightengale of The USA Today reported that Lane Adams has signed a minor-league deal with the Phillies. This impactful signing should take them out of Bryce Harper sweepstakes.
Craig Mish of SiriusXM interviewed Marlins vice President Gary Denbo on the state of their farm system.
Latest on MMO
MetsMinors.Net begun its countdown of the top prospects in the Mets system.
Matt Musico wrote about the Mets’ plan for their arbitration-eligible players.
John Flanigan informs us about the newest Mets infielder, Jed Lowrie.
Jacob Resnick examines why Rajai Davis is such a good signing.
Jack Hendon implores the Mets to sign Wade Miley.
On this Date in Mets History
Birthdays: Tom Robson (73), Luis Alvarado (69), Mike Marshall (76)
72 days until Opening Day!
28 Days until Pitchers and Catchers Report!
Let’s Go Mets!!
