Mets Daily Discussion Thread - January 16, 2025

Good morning!

On this date in 1986, the Mets acquired Tim Teufel for Billy Beane, Joe Klink and Bill Latham. Teufel played for the Mets until 1991 and later played for the Padres from 1991 to 1993 when he retired. He returned to the Mets, became a minor league manager and from 2011 to 2016, was the third base coach for the Mets. Billy Beane went on to become general manager of the Oakland A's an profiled in the 2003 book Moneyball.

Dave Jauss turns 68 today. Jauss managed several teams in the minors and worked as a coach for various MLB teams. He was the bench coach for the Mets in 2010 and again in 2021. He threw pitches to Pete Alonso during the 2021 home run derby and 2022 and 2024; in 2023, Alonso went with Mets batting practice pitcher Aaron Myers.

r/baseball has opened their fan voting for the mock Hall of Fame ballot

Feel free to discuss whatever you want in this thread.