If Your Birthday is May 27th...

 
...you share it with White Sox 3rd baseman Yoan Moncada. The The Cuban expat has been slowed so far in '22 by an oblique injury.   

Jose Berrios has become one of the American League's better starting pitchers, winning a dozen or more in each of the four full seasons. He posted a 14-8 mark and made the All Star team in 2019 as Minnesota won the AL Central. The two-time all star was traded to the Blue Jays midway through the 2021 season and signed an long-term extension not long after.

They share their big day with a pair of Hall of Famers, Frank Thomas and Jeff  Bagwell. Not only sharing birthdays but birth years (1968), each played over 2000 games, hit more than 400 homers and compiled lifetime averages around .300: Bagwell, spent his entire career with the Astros, and Frank Thomas, whose road to Cooperstown passed through both Comiskey Parks, as well the Oakland Coliseum and Rogers Centre.  

Todd Hundley enjoyed back-to-back All Star seasons with the Mets, crushing 41 and 30 homers in 1996 and '97. But, once the Mets traded for Mike Piazza, Todd's inability to comfortably move to the outfield led to his moving on to the Dodgers.

Remembering...

Ray Daviault answers the question: "Who was the first New York Met ever to wear number 35?" The Montreal-born righthander pitched in 36 games in the club's inaugural season sixty years ago, posting a 1-5 record. His only victory came on July 7th, 1962, working the final two innings of a 5-4 Polo Grounds win over the Cardinals -- which ended on a Marv Throneberry walk off homer. (And before you ask, infielder Brandon Drury is the most recent Met to don 35.)
The Montreal native passed away in November 2020.

Saturday's birthdays include longtime big league closer Craig Kimbrel. Replacing Kenley Jansen in the Dodgers bullpen this season, the pitcher with that distinctive pre-throwing stance recently passed 380 career saves.

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