Morning Briefing: Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso Not Among All-Star Game Finalists

Good morning, Mets Fans! The Mets have another afternoon game scheduled today as Zack Wheeler (5-5, 4.94 ERA) will face off against Jose Quintana (4-6, 3.87 ERA). The game can be viewed on WPIX and 710 WOR at 2:20 p.m. Jeff McNeil’s late-inning heroics led the Mets to a 5-4 victory yesterday. Brooks Pounders, Seth Lugo, and Edwin Diaz contributed 4.2 scoreless frames out of the...

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MLB News: All-Star Finalists Announced

Major League Baseball announced the respective finalists for the National League and American League All-Star team starting nines on Friday evening. This year’s exhibition is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 9 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. The final round of All-Star voting begins this Wednesday, June 26, at noon ET and runs through Thursday, June 27, at 4 PM ET You can...

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Game Recap: Jeff McNeil, Bullpen Help Mets Beat Cubs, 5-4

The New York Mets (35-40) defeated the Chicago Cubs (41-33) Friday afternoon by a score of 5-4 at Wrigley Field. Pitching Jason Vargas got the start on the mound vs the Chicago Cubs this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Vargas has a 3-0 record against the Cubs lifetime in his career. He pitched 4 and 2/3 innings, allowed two earned runs, walked two, struck out three batters. The southpaw didn’t...

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MLB News: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Agrees to Participate in Home Run Derby

  After some speculation on whether Blue Jays rookie phenom Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would participate in this year’s Home Run Derby in Cleveland, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet has confirmed that the 20-year-old slugger has indeed agreed to participate. Guerrero, the top prospect in baseball at the time he came up, has gotten off to just an okay start in his first 45 Major League games....

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Wilson to Throw a Bullpen this Weekend, Avilan on Rehab

According to Justin Toscano of The Record, Mets left-hander Justin Wilson is currently in Chicago with the big-league team, and will be throwing a bullpen “in the next couple days.” Manager Mickey Callaway described the reliever’s diagnosis to reporters as similar to “golf elbow or tennis elbow,” with his MRI showing no structural damage despite the occasional...

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Game Thread: Mets vs Cubs, 2:20 PM

Friday, June 21, 2019 • 2:20 p.m. (ET) Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL LHP Jason Vargas (3-3, 3.74) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (2-3, 4.65) SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets continuously teach me a lesson that I choose to ignore: don’t write game preview first thing in the morning when the game is 14 hours away. Things change. And yesterday they did. Once I was sufficiently far away from my...

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