Mets News and Morning Links - 3/19/2025

 

Good Morning. Born Today Richie Ashburn. Happy Birthday Jose Butto and Mike Vasil.

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Mets return to action tonight with a 6 PM game versus the Astros. Starting Pitcher To Be Announced.  

Juan Soto News:

• Soto aside, how is Mets' outfield shaping up? (MLB) 
• Eric Chavez raves about all ways Juan Soto is quietly helping Mets (New York Post) 
• Juan Soto tracker: How the NY Mets’ $765 million star is doing in spring training games (The Record) 
• Yankees won’t ‘thank’ Juan Soto when he returns to The Stadium in Mets uniform (NJ.com)

 

Other Mets News:

• Meet Raimon Gomez, the Mets pitching prospect they hid from other teams (Newsday)
• Brandon Sproat’s Mets origin story started with ‘humble’ beginnings and a no-hitter gone wrong (New York Post) 
• Mets’ Pete Alonso pulling for former teammate Dom Smith in Yankees roster battle (New York Post) 
• Christian Scott's rise was halted by Tommy John. How Mets pitcher is attacking a year away (The Record) 
• Four Mets injury questions answered in one spring game (NJ.com) 
• Why the Mets’ Griffin Canning is in line for an Opening Day rotation spot (The Athletic)
• Inside the mind of David Stearns: How the Mets exec learned to be ‘dangerous’ (The Athletic)
• Five years later, which teams and players lost the most with the shorter 2020 season? (The Athletic)
• Mets prospect leans on Yankees star's guidance for MLB ascent (SI.com) 
• Mets' pitching lab results on display in spring training (SI.com)
• Seven New York Mets minor league arms to watch in 2025 (SI.com)
• Mets legend reveals unique reason for Brett Baty support (SI.com)

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Richie Ashburn (1927)
• Don Rose (1947)
• Tim Corcoran (1953)
• Jose Butto (1998)
• Mike Vasil (2000)

Transactions:

Chicago Cubs signed Jonathan Villar of the New York Mets as a free agent on March 19, 2022.

Baseball Reference:

1999 - The career of New York Mets pitcher Paul Wilson is derailed again when he suffers a partially torn ligament in his pitching elbow while warming up before a three-inning stint in a minor league game. An MRI will show a partial tear of a ligament in his elbow, and on March 30th he will undergo Tommy John surgery which will sideline him for the year.

2012 - New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, facing a $300 million lawsuit, agree to pay $162 million into a trust fund for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme, thus averting a trial. The payoff is because the Mets were among the few investors who made money out of their investments in Madoff's fund, while thousands of smaller investors lost everything when the whole house of cards collapsed in 2009. Wilpon and Katz will put up $29 million of their own money in the settlement.

Here is what Dave Rubin of Mack’s Mets said about the settlement. 

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