Morning Briefing: Improved Consistency Helping Edwin Diaz on the Mound

Good morning, Mets fans!

The Mets lost to the Nationals on Thursday, bringing their spring training record to 7-7. However, Edwin Diaz turned in another good outing, pitching a scoreless inning to bring his total to four scoreless innings and six strikeouts on the young spring.

“I feel really happy,” Diaz said, as reported by MMO’s own John Flanigan. “I feel really confident out there on the mound.”

The Mets will take on the Cardinals today at 1:10 p.m. with Taijuan Walker on the mound.

Thursday was pretty light in terms of news, but let’s get into the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the Mets will be able to welcome back fans at 20% capacity in 2021.

Carlos Carrasco tore his right hamstring. MMO has you covered with all the updates and information here.

Former MMO writer Josh Finkelstein wrote about what pitch has led to Joey Lucchesi‘s early success in a Mets uniform.

Mets Minors started their top 30 prospects countdown with 30-26.

New Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker left it open to the fans to tag any art collectors that could use a portrait of him that was designed by OpenSea.

Latest MLB News

Jason Mackey of PG Sports took an in-depth look at what the Pirates are getting in Todd Frazier.

JJ Cooper of Baseball America explained how Triple-A will test new bases in 2021.

Latest NL East News

The Marlins took fish tanks away in their stadium.

Latest on MMO

Matt Musico wrote about the power surge that the Mets’ offense could be in for in the near future.

The MMO roundtable team discussed their favorite Mets starting pitchers.

MMO Digital

Locked On Mets: On today’s episode, host Ryan Finkelstein reacts to the news of Carlos Carrasco’s injury and what it means for the New York Mets rotation going forward. He discusses when Carrasco can be expected back and who can take his place in the meantime.

On a lighter note, today is the 500th episode of Locked On Mets! Host Ryan Finkelstein is joined by a special guest to commemorate the occasion and the moment in Mets history most associated with the number 500, when Gary Sheffield joined the 500 home run club as a member of the team.

Mets Maniacs: On today’s episode of Mets Maniacs, hosts Ty Wilkes and Uncle Mike Breznak bring on Tom Galvin as their next guest as part of their ‘Fan Outreach segment’. Tom is a fellow UMD graduate who has no shortage of intelligent takes on the Mets and their past offseason.

Come check out the podcast where Ty and Uncle Mike walk Tom through his biggest concerns, strengths, X-factors and more for the Mets, heading into their 2021 season. Tom shares his memories about being at David Wright’s last game, the 2015 World Series, and more!