Morning Briefing: DeGrom Makes His Second Spring Start

Good morning Mets fans!

Jacob deGrom makes his second start of spring training as he looks to help the Mets climb to the .500 mark. The reigning Cy Young Award winner will be opposed by former-reliever-now-starter Carlos Martinez. The game will take place at 1:10 p.m., but will not be televised or available on radio.

Yesterday, a four-run second inning (highlighted by a Robinson Cano two-run single) allowed the Mets to take a 4-0 lead against the Astros. Houston would eventually tie the game against Chasen Shreve, but a trio of farmhands drove in three runs in the eighth inning, which proved to be the difference of the game.

Latest Mets News

Brodie Van Wagenen announced that Michael Conforto was diagnosed with a right oblique strain and will be reassessed next week.

Ken Davidoff’s latest column reveals that the Mets still have no timeline on when Jed Lowrie will be ready for game action.

Tim Britton of The Athletic reflected on the Mets Spring Training so far.

ESPN ranked Noah Syndergaard, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Conforto and deGrom in the top-100 baseball players.

Forbes reports that the Mets’ Citi Field revenue fell from 151.8 million dollars in 2018 to 148.9 million dollars in 2019, even as their net income increased by over 11 million dollars.

Latest MLB News

The Mariners are set to play home games at their spring training facility should coronavirus concerns impact their home opener, writes Evan Drellich of The Athletic. It’s worth noting that the Governor of Washington is expected to declare a statewide ban on all events with more than 250 people today, which includes sports games.

Jason Mackey of PGSportsNow tweeted out that Derek Holland isn’t that enthused about Major League Baseball’s plan to disallow media from coming into the clubhouse.

Rockies RHP Peter Lambert exited his start yesterday with the always-ominous forearm tightness, according to Nick Groke of The Athletic.