Good Morning, Mets fans!
Tuesday marked the second day of the offseason for the Mets, but it was the first day of the postseason for all of baseball. Four games were played yesterday; the Yankees beat the Indians, 12-3, the Rays beat the Blue Jays, 3-1, the White Sox beat the Athletics, 4-1, and the Astros beat the Twins, 4-1.
Today is the second day of the playoffs and you can check out all of the games that are being played today as well as the rest of the week here.
Latest Mets News
David Wright appeared on WFAN with Joe Beningo and Evan Roberts Monday afternoon, and said that he sees long term success down the road for soon-to-be majority owner Steve Cohen, according to Metsmerized‘s own Pat Ragazzo.
The Kingsport franchise has officially left the Mets organization, according to Jacob Resnick of Metsminors.net.
Latest MLB News
According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Adam Engel is the first player in White Sox history with a home-run in his first postseason at-bat.
Tampa Bay Rays left hander Shane McClanahan is included on the playoff roster and will make his major league debut in the postseason, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Houston Astros signed slugger Yuli Gurriel to a one-year, $7 million dollar contract keeping him from free agency. He will earn $6.5 million in 2021 with a $8 million option or $500,000 buyout in 2022.
Josh Donaldson is not on the Minnesota Twins playoff roster, and will not play in the wild-card series, according to Jenna West of Sports Illustrated.
Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reported that Sam Kennedy said COVID will impact the Boston Red Sox’ budget because of devastating effects on revenue in 2020.
Latest On MMO
Jordan Baron wrote out his predictions for the first round of baseball playoffs.
Michelle Ioannou asked a few MMO writers what teams they are watching in the playoffs.
Thomas Hall believes that throughout the 2020 season, Robinson Cano has showed that he still has value.
On This Day In Mets History
Birthdays: Dave Magadan turns 58.
1971: Tom Seaver, for the second time in his career, became a 20-game winner when the Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1, at Shea Stadium on the final day of the 1971 season.
1988: Joining Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Dwight Gooden, David Cone improves his record to 20-3, becoming the fourth pitcher in Mets history to win twenty games in a season.
1979: In his last big-league game, Ed Kranepool pinch hit in the top of the seventh inning and doubled off Bob Forsch as the Mets beat the Cardinals in the 1979 season finale in St. Louis, 4-2.
1999: Mets’ shortstop Rey Ordonez played his 96th consecutive game without committing an error, breaking Cal Ripken’s major league record for errorless games in that position.
Let’s go Mets!
