Morning Briefing: Could Mets Turn to Trade Market for Starter?

Good Morning Mets fans! The Mets lost the rubber game to the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon by a score of 3-2. They have now lost 4 out of their last 5 games on this road trip.

Zack Wheeler pitched seven innings and only allowed three runs, but the Mets offense was unable to figure out Phils starter Jake Arrieta. Although pitching has been the main issue to start the season, the Amazin’s offense was nowhere to be found yesterday tallying a mere two runs on seven hits.

The Mets are now headed to St. Louis to face the Cardinals on Friday night with an off day coming today. Despite the original plan to start Jacob deGrom in the first game of this series, he will now be pushed back to Saturday due to a case of strep throat.

Instead, the struggling Jason Vargas will look to get things back on track, both for himself and the team as a whole. Vargas will go up against Adam Wainwright on Friday. First pitch is at 8:15 p.m. E.T and the game will be televised on SNY.

Now lets take a look at what else went on around the league on Wednesday!

Latest Mets News

Jed Lowrie is headed to Port St.Lucie to take batting practice, but it is still unknown when he will be able to begin a rehab assignment, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports, both the Mets and Phillies are showing serious interest in Texas Rangers pitcher Mike Minor.

Brandon Nimmo claims his neck feels 25% better and isn’t worried about landing on the I.L, per Matt Ehalt of MLB Yahoo Sports.

As DiComo added, Nimmo woke up in pain and was stiff, but both he and the team are not considering this to be something that lands him on the injured list.

The Mets called up reliever Jacob Rhame and optioned Drew Gagnon to Syracuse, as Tim Healey of Newsday reported.

Noah Syndergaard says he didn’t doctor the baseball in his start the other night, per Ehalt.

Robinson Cano speaks on his early season slump.

Mets third base prospect Will Toffey feels right at home in Binghamton, says Craig Forde of MiLB.com.

Latest MLB News

The Oakland Athletics have placed pitcher Marco Estrada on the I.L with a lumbar strain in his back.

Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is coming back to Chicago with the American Association’s Chicago Dogs.

The Cubs signed Taiwan born pitcher Jen-Ho Tseng to a minor league deal.

According to Jason Beck of MLB.com, Detroit Tigers pitcher Matt Moore underwent surgery for a torn meniscus and will miss the rest of the season.

Pittsburgh Pirates minor league shortstop Ji-Hwan Bae will be suspended 30 games for violating the leagues Domestic Violence policy.

Latest NL East News

Atlanta Braves pitcher Arodys Vizcaíno to have right shoulder surgery.

The Phillies sent down starting pitcher Nick Pivetta and have recalled Jerad Eickhoff to replace him in their rotation, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic.

The Washington Nationals met with Anthony Rendon to discuss an extension.