Good morning, Mets Fans!!

Today, Noah Syndergaard(6-4, 4.68 ERA) will look to turn his inconsistent season around as he’ll take on rookie Zac Gallen (0-1, 4.50 ERA). The game can be viewed on WPIX and 880 WCBS at 6:10 p.m.

The Mets kicked off the second half of the season by losing to the last-place Marlins. Todd Frazier contributed his 12th home run of the season, but little else went right for the 40-51 Mets. Jason Vargas had his worst start of the season, allowing six earned runs.

Brodie Van Wagenen addressed the media prior to yesterday’s game. He confirmed the team would trade away short-term pieces at the trade deadline while poking a little bit of fun at himself, saying “They came and got us”. He also reaffirmed that Mickey Callaway will remain as skipper for the remainder of the season and added that Jed Lowrie is currently sidelined with a new injury, this time a right calf strain.

Latest Mets News

The Mets released Matt Kemp and Arquimedes Caminero from Triple-A Syracuse.

Todd Frazier donated $50,000 to Toms River Field of Dreams. Fun Fact: Todd Frazier is from Toms Rivers. Bet you never knew that.

P.J. Conlon‘s rehab assignment has made the stop at Coney Island.

The Mets recalled Chris Mazza from Triple-A Syracuse and DFA’d Wilmer Font.

Former Met Kirk Nieuwenhuis announced that he has retired from professional baseball. Nieuwenhuis slashed .235/.309/.395 over four seasons with the Metropolitans.

The New York Post learned Dwight Gooden was arrested for cocaine possession in June. This marks the fourth time the former Mets star has been caught with the illegal substance.

The deadline to sign drafted amateur players came to close yesterday at 5 p.m EST. The Mets fared pretty well, inking 22 out of their 30 draftees to deals and finishing $23,830 dollars underneath the second tax penalty bracket. Check out the official MetsMinors.Net draft tracker here!

Latest MLB News

On an emotional night where the Angels honored their late teammate Tyler Skaggs, Taylor Cole and Felix Pena combined for nine hitless innings against the Seattle Mariners. In the first Angels home game since Skaggs’ passing, Cole and Pena, wearing No.45 in honor of Skaggs, combined for the 11th no-hitter in Angels history.

Nicholas Castellanos believed that he and the Tigers would agree to a contract extension in Spring Training, the outfielder told Chris McCosky of the Detriot News. 

Angels’ shortstop Zack Cozart will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery per GM Billy Eppler.

Five Thirty-Eight analyzed why MLB’s All-Stars shouldn’t be elected to the All-Star game.

The Astros have activated side-armer Joe Smith off the IL and moved star shortstop Carlos Correa to the 60-day IL.

Latest News in the NL East 

Pat Neshek‘s Phillies tenure may have come to a close as the to-be-free-agent reliever announced that his season could be ending prematurely due to a hamstring injury.

The Braves activated Anthony Swarzak off the IL.

Latest on MMO

Tim Ryder graded the Mets’ front office on their first half. Spoiler Alert: It’s not pretty.

Ryder also graded the Mets’ outfielders on their first-half performance.

Michael Mayer published MMO’s midseason update of their top-30 prospect list.

Jacob Resnick looked at the impact that Endy Chavez is having on some of the newest Mets’ farmhands.

Jayson Love‘s new podcast recapped what went wrong during the Mets’ first-half.

On this Date in Mets History

Birthdays: Mike Fitzgerald(60), Jack Aker (80)

Let’s Go Mets!