Morning Briefing: Day Off Following Embarrassing Series Loss

Today, the Mets have an off-day after suffering another loss against the lowly Reds. Their next series will be against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.

Over the past few weeks, the Mets have just been embarrassing. They haven’t played with any energy and they’ve lost six out of the past seven games. They continued their fall down the NL East standings with a 2-1 defeat against the last-place Reds yesterday.

The day didn’t start off well as the Mets somehow managed to read their lineup card wrong, which killed a potential rally in the first inning. Zack Wheeler pitched six strong innings, holding the Reds to only one run. Adam Duvall took AJ Ramos deep in the tenth inning to give the Reds the game.

Latest Mets News

Hannah Withiam of The New York Post describes the Wilpons’s big offseason expenditure: an OverWatch team.

Laura Albanese of Newsday is concerned about Mickey Callaway‘s managing.

Jacob Resnick of MetsMinors.net reports that the Mets have signed utility man Patrick Kivlehan to a minor-league deal.

According to Tim Britton of The Athletic, Jay Bruce will be leaving the team for a few days to celebrate the birth of his son. Congrats, Jay!!

Latest MLB News

Top Red Sox prospect Jay Groome will need Tommy John Surgery.

Peter Gammons of The Athletic recalled a time when Ichiro got a text from Tom Brady, the future MLB Hall-of-Famer responded with “Who the f— is Tom Brady ”

The Orioles placed Darren O’Day on the 10-day DL with a hyperextended right elbow.

The Blue Jays and Indians completed a rare May trade: Gio Urshela went to the Jays for cash considerations.

Rafael Palmeiro is looking to continue his career and has signed on with the independent league Cleburne Railroaders.

Top White Sox prospect, Jake Burger, has re-torn his ACL.