Good Morning, Mets fans! Sandy Alderson met with the media yesterday. It was announced, among many announcements and topics, that Luis Rojas will be back as the Mets’ manager in 2021.
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Per Anthony DiComo, executive vice president and chief revenue officer, Lou DePaoli, one of the Mets’ highest-ranking executives, will be leaving the organization at the end of the year.
Mike Janela is joined by Mike Baxter to discuss Baxter not coming out to the on-deck circle in the seventh inning of Johan Santana’s no-hitter.
Dominic Smith and other players share their stories. on “The Culture and Journey of the Black Baseball Player.” Watch live in the MLB Film Room today at 1:00PM ET.
It was announced on Monday that Luis Rojas will be back as the Mets’ manager in 2021.
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Per Jon Morosi of MLB Network, free agent right-handed pitcher, Spencer Patton, who pitched for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars over the last four seasons, is drawing interest from MLB and NPB teams early in the offseason. The Rangers, who he pitched for from 2014-2015, are one of the teams monitoring Patton’s market. Per Metsmerized’s Michael Mayer, the Mets are another team that have shown interest in Patton, who has a mid-90’s fastball with high spin rates. He is the third foreign pitcher in NPB history with 100 career holds.
Per former MLB pitcher, Dontrelle Willis, he went to Starbucks yesterday and the person in front of him paid for his drink and told the counter, “he used to kill my Mets, but he was fun to watch.”
Eno Sarris of The Athletic discusses four free agent pitchers who could be intriguing on one-year deals.
Per MLB Trade Rumors, RHP Michael Wacha is drawing interest in free agency despite struggling in 2020 with the Mets.
Per PitcherList.com, Statcast’s best contact-suppression metric is more descriptive than home runs and almost as sticky as walks. It’s called HardHit/9. Alexander Chase breaks down the new metric and how it’s used.
Per Jon Morosi of MLB Network, Major League Baseball announced yesterday that the Field of Dreams game presented by GEICO, featuring the White Sox and Yankees, will now be played on August 12, 2021 in Dyersville, IOWA. MLB on Fox will have the broadcast of the game.
Per Sahadev Sherma, the Chicago Cubs announced yesterday that Jed Hoyer has officially agreed to a new five-year deal that runs through the 2025 season to be the team’s new president of baseball operations.
Per MLB Insider, Hector Gomez, St. Louis Cardinals right-handed pitcher, Carlos Martinez was taken into custody yesterday by the National Dominican Police in Puerto Plata. Martinez had a massive activity in Puerto Plata’s seaside avenue “Malecon,” violating all the social distancing protocols and the mandatory use of masks.
Per a source, as reported by Jon Morosi of MLB Network, free agent, Eric Thames is drawing interest from MLB, KBO, and NPB clubs after posting a .825 OPS over the last four Major League aseasons. Thames, 34, played for the NC Dinos in Korea from 2014 through 2016.
Per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com and MLB Network, sources have stated that the Tampa Bay Rays are open to trading left-handed pitcher, Blake Snell.
Per Jason Coskrey, it appears that the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are going to post both Kohei Arihara and Haruki Nishikawa.
Per MLB Trade Rumors, the Atlanta Braves are showing interest in right-handed pitcher, Charlie Morton
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Josh Finkelstein discusses why George Springer would make perfect sense to join the Mets.
Matt Musico discusses what the Mets failed to do for the first time in nine years.
On Episode 13 of “The Pleasant Good Evening Podcast,” Jack and Sam discuss why Robinson Cano should just go.
Michael Mayer interviewed Mets’ Minor League Sidearm-pitcher, Josh Hejka in an MMO Exclusive interview.
Michael Mayer discusses that the Mets may or may not hire a President of Baseball Operations during the offseason.
Per Michael Mayer, Baseball America mentioned Mets right-handed pitcher, Matt Allan, as one of the best 19 players during instructs this year.
Stay tuned for Rob Piersall’s interview with Sam McWilliams. His interview will be posted to MetsmerizedOnline.com later this week. In a Tweet on Monday, Piersall thanked McWilliams for taking time to speak with him.
Patrick Glynn discusses the announcement that Luis Rojas will be the Mets Manager in 2021.
Per Patrick Glynn, the Mets have not talked contract extension with Michael Conforto yet.
Tim Ryder discusses Sandy Alderson’s stating that “limited access” kept the Mets from hiring a President of Baseball Operations.
Casey Nepivoda discusses Sandy Alderson stating that he hopes the universal DH continues in 2021.
Tim Ryder discusses the Tampa Bay Rays being “open” to trading Blake Snell.
Rich Mancuso review’s Tom Seaver’s book, “A Terrific Life.”
On This Day in Mets History
2000: The Mets’ former closer John Franco signs a three-year pact as a set-up man to stay with his hometown team, foregoing an opportunity to close for the Phillies. The 40 year-old Staten Island resident, who needs 59 saves to break Lee Smith‘s career record of 478, lost his closing job to Armando Benitez during the 1998 season.
2005: The Marlins cut their payroll when the team sends last season’s premiere free agent Carlos Delgado (.301, 33, 115) and $7 million to the Mets for Mike Jacobs (10 homers in 100 at-bats), minor league infielder Grant Psomas and Yusmeiro Petit, a highly touted pitching prospect. In January, the free-agent first baseman left Toronto after 12 years of service to sign a four-year deal worth a reported $52 million to play for Florida.
Birthdays: Jason Jacome (50), Bob Friend (90),
Let’s go Mets!
