Good Morning, Mets fans!

The Mets handily defeated the Nationals on Thursday by a score of 8-2, splitting the four-game series. Tonight they travel to Philadelphia to take on the 5-9 Phillies, with none other than Jacob DeGrom on the mound.

Latest Mets News

Former Mets farmhand Matt Purke rejoined his alma mater TCU’s baseball staff.

Newsday sat down and talked to former Met ace Dwight Gooden.

Latest MLB News

The MLB will pay tribute to the Negro Leagues on August 16th, per a press release.

Former Dodger Micah Johnson is doing more with his life than the baseball field, writes Fox 11 LA.

Dodgers’ reliever Joe Kelly had his suspension reduced from eight games to five following a successful appeal, per ESPN and Barstool Sports.

FanGraphs announced a partnership between FanGraphs and Statcast to put Statcast data on FanGraphs.

Latest NL East News

The Nationals promoted top prospect Seth Romero, who pitched against the Mets yesterday, first reported by MLB’s Sam Dykstra

Latest On MMO

Michael Mayer recapped the latest on the Jeff McNeil injury.

Jacob Resnick wrote about the Mets’ alternate site, Brooklyn.

Richard Sparago broke down Robert Gsellman‘s first start in almost three years.

On This Day in Mets History

Birthdays: Eric Cammack (45), McKay Christensen (45)