Morning Briefing: Mets Drop Yet Another Heart Breaker

Good Morning Mets fans!

Today, Jason Vargas(1-3, 9.87 ERA) will hope to improve upon his season stats as he’ll face off against Chase Anderson (4-3, 3.86 ERA) and the Brewers. Vargas had his best start of the season last time out, pitching five scoreless innings. The game can be viewed on SNY and 710WOR at 4:10 p.m.

Last night, Noah Syndergaard struggled through the first three innings, but made adjustments and dominated the final three frames. Amed Rosario and Michael Conforto both homered against Junior Guerra to make it a one-run game. In the ninth, Jose Bautista singled in Conforto to tie the game, but AJ Ramos walked in the game-winning run to grant the Brewers a 4-3 victory.

Below is the 11th episode of the Mets Matters podcast with Justin Fried and Josh Finkelstein. In this episode, they discuss the lineup’s struggles, the outfield/first base situation that could develop in the coming weeks when Yoenis Cespedes returns, and the state of the rotation.

Latest Mets News

Mickey Callaway hinted that the Mets might start a reliever in one of the games on Monday.

Tim Britton of The Athletic believed that the Mets have scouted many players in the SEC recently in preparation for next Monday’s amateur player’s draft.

Mike Piazza will be the guest of honor at North Jersey Sports Awards.

Betsy Helfand of The Review-Journal wrote about the 51s bat dog, Finn.

She also revealed Gavin Cecchini is beginning his recovery from a broken foot.

Corey Oswalt was placed on the 51s disabled list with lat tightness.

Lineups for the Hall-of-Fame Classic Legends game have been unveiled.

Paul Lo Duca disclosed his thoughts about sports betting in an interview with Katie Strong of The Athletic.

Latest MLB News

The Red Sox stunningly DFA’d Hanley Ramirez. They will now forgo the $15.7 million left on his deal. However, Mike Puma of The New York Post reported that the Mets have no interest in the slugger

The Mariners and Rays completed a rare pre-July trade. The Rays sent closer Alex Colome, outfielder Denard Span and cash in exchange for Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero.

The Pirates DFA’ed reliever George Kontos.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic explored which Blue Jays players could on the move come the trade deadline

Marc Carig of The Athletic chronicled Ryan Bollinger‘s journey to the majors.

The Angels released Ryan Schimpf.

Fangraphs explores which teams’ playoff windows could close soon.

The Yankees let go of Adam Lind.

The Brewers surprisingly demoted shorting shortstop Orlando Arcia to Triple-A and recalled Eric Sogard.

Roberto Osuna‘s administrative leave has been extended to June fourth.

Angels prospect Nathan Bates was suspended for 50 games for a positive test of a drug of abuse.

After suffering a brain aneurysm in April, Danny Farquhar will throw out the first pitch at the White Sox-Brewers game on June 1.

Former Met Rene Rivera will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a meniscus tear in his right knee

The Athletics made a bold move and sent Wilmer Font to Tampa Bay for reliever Peter Bayer.