Morning Briefing: Let’s Go Matz

The Mets will take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the final game before the All-Star break today at 2:15 p.m. They will send out Steven Matz to face Lance Lynn with the hopes of ending the first half on a high note. Last night, the Mets lost 4-1. Paul DeJong once again went off against the Mets going 4-for-4 with a home run and three doubles. The Mets lone run scored against Adam Wainwright and...

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Rapid Reaction: Mets Fall 4-1 Despite Strong Effort From Wheeler

The Mets dropped the second game of this series with the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Saturday afternoon. Pitching Zack Wheeler (3-6, 4.86 ERA) pitched well despite suffering the loss. He allowed two runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out five over 6.0 innings. Fernando Salas struggled in the seventh as he wasn’t able to get out of the inning. He allowed a run on two hits and...

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MMO Game Thread: Mets vs. Cardinals, 4:15 PM (ET)

Saturday, July 8, 2017 • 4:15 p.m. (ET) Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP Zack Wheeler (3-5, 5.01) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (9-5, 5.48) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets play game two with the Cardinals this afternoon. Today is also a 7 Line Army game! Are you going to the game? Do you want to meet up? Please reach out to me on Twitter @213mfs! New York snapped...

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Conforto Activated; Nimmo To DL With Collapsed Lung

The Mets announced prior to Saturday afternoon’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals that outfielder Michael Conforto has been activated from the disabled list. In a corresponding move, New York has placed outfielder Brandon Nimmo on the disabled list with a partially collapsed lung. Conforto, 24, went 3-4 with two singles, one double, one run scored and one RBI in a rehabilitation game...

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Wheeler Will Get Every Chance to Thrive In Second Half

Zack Wheeler’s 2017 season has been a mixed bag, but he will get a chance to work through it, as the Mets currently have no plans to limit the right-hander’s innings this year. Wheeler, 27, missed two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery and the plan all along was to keep him on an innings limit as the team got deeper into the season. Currently sitting at 70 innings tossed,...

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Key Questions Mets Must Address Before the Offseason

With a few more weeks of losing baseball, the Mets will likely fully pull the plug on the 2017 season and start playing for next year and beyond. Aside from making any trades, the Mets will use the next couple of months to evaluate what they have going forward. Here are five key questions the Mets must get an answer to before they approach an offseason in which they should have around $70...

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