Morning Briefing: Championship Series Continue On

Good morning, Mets fans!

The Red Sox beat the Astros by a score of 8-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. Boston scored five runs in the top of the eighth, four coming on Jackie Bradley Jr.‘s grand slam. Their series continues tonight at 8:39 PM on TBS.

Cody Bellinger brought home the game-winning run on a two-out basehit in the bottom of the 13th to give the Dodgers a 2-1 win over Milwaukee and tie the NLCS at two games apiece. Game 5 is this evening at 5:05 PM on FS1.

Latest Mets News

The New York Mets Triple-A affiliate in Syracuse will shed their longtime Chiefs name and take on the moniker of the Mets.

The Syracuse Mets are close to agreeing on a 25-year lease extension that would also include a significant upgrade of their current home, NBT Bank Stadium. You can watch the entire press conference here.

Latest MLB News

Danny Picard, writing for Metro Boston, reports that MLB acknowledged a potential cheating incident during Game 1 of the ALCS.

The Texas Rangers have pried Cubs assistant general manager Shiraz Rehman to take a spot under GM John Daniels in Arlington.

Eno Sarris of The Athletic profiled Dodgers starter Rich Hill ahead of his Game 4 start on Tuesday night.

Jon Heyman of FanCred brought up MLB executive Kim Ng’s name in the Orioles’ search for a general manager. He says there is “definite interest on [the] O’s part”.

Former major leaguers Sam Fuld and Rocco Baldelli have “made strong impressions on the Blue Jays in their managerial search”, as per Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic.

The Los Angeles Angels will opt out of their lease at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, as per Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com.

Latest NL East News

We have a smorgasbord of Marlins news. Miami continued to beef up their international spending pool funds, sending Adonis Giron and Brayan de Paula to the Astros (Joe Frisaro, MLB.com) for $500,000 in pool money, as per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.

The team will be changing their logo for the 2019 season, as per Andy Slater of 640 AM in Miami. They’ll also be scrapping their centerfield home run sculpture at Marlins Park, as per the Miami Herald.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Braves are prepared to increase their payroll in 2019, but warns not to expect they go after Bryce Harper or Manny Machado.

Latest on MMO

John Sheridan profiled Mets prospect Andres Gimenez‘ potential to hit for power in the majors.

Pete Shapiro recalled the World Series champion 1969 Miracle Mets.

This Date in Mets History

1964 – Hall of Fame catcher and New York Yankees manager Yogi Berra is fired after losing the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games, opening the door for Berra to join the Mets as a coach, eventually managing the team in 1972 after Gil Hodges‘ death.