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Good morning, Mets fans!
After Boston’s 12-3 rout of Houston on Monday, the Red Sox and Astros will meet up again at Fenway Park for Game 4 of the ALCS at 8:08 p.m. on FS1.
Along with the ALCS, the NLCS gets back underway Tuesday afternoon with Atlanta and Los Angeles playing Game 3 at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is set for 5:08 p.m. and can be seen on TBS.
Let’s get into this morning’s briefing.
Latest Mets News
Keith Read of Coney Convos writes on Brett Baty’s performance thus far in the Arizona Fall League.
Tim Britton of The Athletic takes a look at what Javier Báez’s next contract may look like with the Mets or with another team.
Per Will Carroll of Bleacher Report, a longer list of GM candidates is being put together for the Mets. The list includes Doug Melvin along with Bobby Heck and Dorian Boyland.
Latest MLB News
Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal shows how MLB’s remaining teams are all putting the ball in the air.
https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/1450104961082212358
Matt Mancuso of BaseballCloud Blog takes a look at how MLB is classifying pitch types using python modeling.
Latest on MMO
Joe D. interviews Mets 21-year-old prospect Mark Vientos in an MMO exclusive.
Matt Musico breaks down New York’s head-to-head matchups through the 2021 season.
Alex Horowitz evaluates pitcher Trevor May‘s performance for the Mets in 2021.
On This Date in Mets History
2006: Endy Chavez robs St. Louis batter Scott Rolen of a two-run homer in Game 7 of the NLCS. “The Catch” gave the Mets a much-needed double play in the sixth of a tie ballgame. However, the Cardinals overcame Chavez’s catch thanks to Yadier Molina‘s two-run home run in the ninth, sending them to the World Series.
Birthdays: Rajai Davis (41), José Bautista (41), Joe McEwing (49), Sandy Alomar (78)
Let’s go Mets!
