Mets Minors Recap: Vientos Homers Twice, Walker Dominates

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 3 (47-24), Syracuse Mets 1 (24-50) Box Score RF Khalil Lee 0-for-3, 3 SO, .252/.437/.408 CF Albert Almora Jr. 3-for-4, RBI, .268/.339/.454 Syracuse lost a close one to the RailRiders Thursday as they collected 10 hits and only one run.  Almora had a hot bat tonight as he picked up three hits including a clutch two out RBI single.  Syracuse held a 1-0 lead...

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Morning Briefing: Happy Trade Deadline Day!

Good Morning Mets fans! The Mets are back in black jerseys tonight for the first time since July 21, 2012. The fans spoke, and the Mets answered. Beginning tonight, the Mets will dawn their black jerseys for every Friday home game through the remainder of the season. The MLB trade deadline also comes to a close at 4 p.m. ET today. All eyes will be on if the Mets make any moves before the...

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Byron Buxton Trade Talks Intensifying, Mets Talking to Twins

With the Minnesota Twins deciding to sell, Jon Morosi reports that trade talks for Byron Buxton have “intensified.” While there are multiple teams involved in talks for Buxton, there is no deal that is currently close. The Mets are rumored to be one of the teams in the running for the Twins’ star centerfielder. Sources also tell Michael Mayer that the Mets are having...

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Heyman: Mets Interested In Kris Bryant and Zach Davies Package

Updated Report: July 29, 20:52 Jon Heyman reports the Mets have been talking to the Cubs specifically about a deal involving Kris Bryant and Zach Davies. Davies was traded from the Padres to the Cubs in the offseason in the Yu Darvish deal. The 28-year-old has a 4.39 ERA in 108.2 innings (22 starts) this season. Davies, like Bryant, is a free agent in 2022. Original Report: July 29, 18:15 The...

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Report: Dodgers Hoping to Land Scherzer and Turner

Updated Report: July 29, 20:30 It turns out Ken Rosenthal jumped the gun on his report that the Padres were close to acquiring Max Scherzer from the Nationals. In quite the turn of events, Jeff Passan of ESPN is now reporting that the Dodgers are working on a deal that would net them Scherzer and shortstop Trea Turner from the Nationals. Original Report: July 29, 16:33 The San Diego Padres are...

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Braves Get to Walker, Beat Mets 6-3 toTake Rubber Game

For three innings, it looked like Taijuan Walker may have regained the form that earned him his first All-Star nod earlier this month. But he was touched up for five runs over the next two innings and the Mets were unable to come back, dropping the rubber game of this five-game series, 6-3, to the Braves on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. The loss moved Walker’s ERA to 3.71 on the year,...

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