Mets Insiders tell Mets Police they have sent minor league infielder Will Toffey to San Francisco in exchange for Anthony Banda.  One might say its a Banda-id on the rotation.

 

METS ACQUIRE LHP ANTHONY BANDA

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., July 2, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced the team has acquired left-handed pitcher Anthony Banda from San Francisco in exchange for minor league infielder Will Toffey. Banda will report to Syracuse (AAA).

 

Banda, 27, has pitched in parts of four major league seasons for Arizona (2017) and Tampa Bay (2018-2020), posting a 4-3 record and a 5.96 ERA (34 earned runs/51.1 innings) in 18 games (five starts). He has spent the entire 2021 season with Sacramento (AAA), going 3-2 with a 6.86 ERA (30 earned runs/39.1 innings). In 161 career minor league games (134 starts), the southpaw is 49-43 with a 4.05 ERA (342 earned runs/759.1 innings).

 

Banda was the Brewers’ 10^th-round pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft and spent the first three seasons of his pro career in Milwaukee’s system before being traded to Arizona in 2015. He made his major league debut with the D-backs in 2017 and was dealt to Tampa Bay in 2018. He was acquired by the Giants at the trade deadline last season.

 

Toffey, 26, was acquired by the Mets in 2018 in a trade with Oakland for right-hander Jeurys Familia. He was batting .178 (18-101) with six home runs in 34 games for Binghamton (AA) this season.

 

Here’s the same home run called by two announcers.

First up, it’s the best baseball announcer of them all, Howie Rose.

Pete Alonso starting this game off right! 2-0 Mets in the first. @HowieRose @WayneRandazzo @Metsbooth #LGM Listen Live: https://t.co/TmVvIFMPbx pic.twitter.com/4tn1MmUoL5

— WCBS Newsradio 880 (@wcbs880) June 30, 2021

This is an excellent call.  What I love about Howie is his ability to paint a picture with his voice.  You know right away it is a home run.

Verdict:  Scully

Now let’s see how Gary Cohen did.

¡PEETTEEEE! “El Oso Polar” ruge tempranito. 🐻‍❄️@PolarPete20 #LGM #LosMets pic.twitter.com/2f9IUcPCvO

— Mets de Nueva York (@LosMets) June 30, 2021

This is almost a great call.  Like Howie, Gary is not messing around and knows it is gone and tells us so.  However, Gary says it is outta “here” – and Gary was in NYC and the ball is in Atlanta.  So that’s an inaccurate call by someone forcing a catch phrase.  And that makes it a Sterling call.

Verdict:  Sterling.

Winner:  Howie

This is how ya do it.  Really well done.  I also wonder how much they worked on finding someone who would pronounce Bonilla the way the woman does as opposed to say the way I would say it.

 

The Mets want press for this for some reason so OK sure.  It’s going to get a lot of pickup so I might as well Also Me this content.

Anyway, I imagine the Mets got paid to promote this and if that’s what they want to do…sure why not celebrate one of the least liked players in team history.

Bobby Bonilla invites you to celebrate his special day with an Airbnb stay at the Mets’ Citi Field

• This Bobby Bonilla Day, Bobby is heading up to the plate to host an Airbnb stay at Citi Field, in the ultimate Mets doubleheader
• For just $250, this Amazin’ overnight will be available to four lucky guests
• Starting on July 8 at 12 pm ET, Mets fans can request to book one night at Citi Field on July 28

It’s Bobby Bonilla Day — and for the first time, the New York Mets are inviting fans to take part in the July 1st excitement!

Today, Bobby is back to work, this time as the Host of a stay at Citi Field like never before, available on Airbnb. Bobby and the Mets are inviting four lucky Mets fans to experience a night at the ballpark that will leave them with that bottom of the 9th, walk-off homerun feeling.

“As a born and raised New Yorker and a longtime player in the city, there is a special place in my heart for Mets fans and it’s wonderful to see the faithful back in some green seats in Queens,” Bobby said. “This year, I’m joining in on the fun, trying on a new glove as an Airbnb Host and hopefully giving a few folks the night of their lives at Citi Field.”

The team has curated a major league-quality experience for guests at Citi Field that will have them yelling “Let’s play two!”

That’s right, guests will be able to watch both a day and a night game, while belting out Take Me Out to the Ball Game from their own VIP suite and enjoying limitless ballpark hotdogs and drinks. And there are more than a few extra innings to this experience.

If you’re looking to add some MPH to the ole’ fastball, you can stroll down to the Mets gym for a workout and a shower before hitting the hay in the suite. That practice may be needed, because you’ll also step right up to the mound and throw the ceremonial first pitch before our night game on July 28.

You may be sleeping in a ballpark ready to welcome 42,000 fans, but you can rest assured that your stay will be private, and in accordance with our Safe at Citi guidelines.

Any fan of the Amazin’ Mets who wants to spend a night at Citi Field can request to book this one-night stay beginning on Thursday, July 8th at 12:00PM EST at airbnb.com/mets.*

And for those who too have their own unique space to share, learn more here about how you can join Bobby in becoming an Airbnb Host.

LGM!

*The one-time, one-night stay is not a contest. Fans can request to book this one-night stay for up to four guests on July 28, 2021 for just $250, plus fees. Booking opens July 8, 2021.

 

 

Someone’s gotta pitch, and Matt Harvey is somebody and the Orioles are like sure….why not…..

Harvey Days is filmed before a live studio audience.

The Orioles were up for like an hour in the top of the 1st, but finally it was Bat-Time and TDK had a 4 run lead before he even started.  What could go wrong?

Jose Altuve is up but the garbage can is broken and SIT DOWN SON.

And here’s Brantley.  You know what you can do Brantley?  You can SIT DOWN SON.

It’s a 1-2-3 first for TDK and we’re on to the second!

In the second? Another 1-2-3.  This is weird.  Matt is perfect through two!

And…another 1-2-3!   Come on Matt, how am I going to make fun of you?

Matt’s perfect game ends after 10 batters with a single….

…and you guys know what happens when Matt lets a runner on base, right?   It’s another single!   Look at Matt’s face.  He knows doctor…he knows.

And then ANOTHER single…4-1 now…

And now a man in an Orioles t-shirt wants to tell Matt something…

I’m pretty sure that’s not a uniform @MLB, but hey it’s your rulebook not mine.   The advice works for one out but then Matt gives up ANOTHER single and it’s 4-2.  Hey, at least none of that was a 500 foot home run right?

And Matt gets out of it.  4-2 after 4.

In the 5th…a walk…and Brandon Hyde has finally learned!  He is asking Scotty how much time he needs to fix the engines…Scotty needs 5 minutes.

So Hyde sends the MAN CLEARLY NOT IN UNIFORM MLB to kill som time.

But nobody is ready somehow – Hyde, have you not been at Matt’s stats, this is the 3rd time through the order.  Jim Palmer has been warning about this on TV for an hour.  Even Matt knows…

And Matt walks the next guy….

And here comes Hyde.

And it’s a long sad walk to the dugout for The Dark Knight.

It’s time for Matt and I to go to bed (separately).

4 and a third.  Only 2 runs, both earned.  4 hits, 2 walks, 4 Ks.

The line score looks better than the reality.   What have I always said about Modern Harvey?  He is fine until he isn’t.  You saw that tonight.

But good news Bat-fans….SOMEONE has to pitch, and sometimes someone is Matt Harvey.

MATT HARVEY WILL RETURN