Good Morning Mets fans!
On Friday night, the New York Mets (62-60) fell 4-1 in a brutal loss to the Kansas City Royals (44-78) at Kauffman Stadium.
On Saturday, the Mets and the Royals will face off for game two of this three-game weekend series in Kansas City. Jacob deGrom (7-7, 2.68 ERA) will be getting the start against right-hander Jakob Junis (8-10, 4.80 ERA). The game begins at 7:15 p.m. and can be viewed on WPIX.
Lets go Mets!
Latest Mets News
Tim Britton of The Athletic writes about how reliever Brad Brach, a lifelong Mets fan, is living out his dreams pitching for them.
According to Mark Bowman of MLB.com, the Braves have signed recently released Mets infielder, Adeiny Hechavarria.
Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo played in a rehab assignment on Friday night, starting as the designated hitter for the St Lucie Mets, who are in a playoff race in Port Charlotte.
Latest MLB News
According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, Carlos Carrasco, who is fighting Chronic Myeloid Leukemia was scheduled for a simulated game on Friday.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg came out against the use of the designated hitter, according to Shane Goldmacher of the New York Times.
The San Francisco Giants have outrighted right-handed pitcher Kyle Barraclough to Triple-A, according to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports.
Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic wrote about the suspensions that the Pirates had handed out late last month.
The Kansas City Royals have recalled outfielder Brett Phillips and have designated outfielder Billy Hamilton for assignment.
According to Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic, the Chicago Cubs have activated Brandon Kintzler, demoted James Norwood, called up Addison Russell and optioned Albert Almora to Triple-A.
The San Diego Padres have placed rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. on the 10-Day IL with a stress reaction in his lower back. He is expected to miss the rest of the season, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The MLB announced that Minnesota Twins veteran pitcher Ian Krol was one of four Minor Leaguers suspended for drug violations.
Latest NL East News
Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic reported that Max Scherzer will not start this weekend but he will play a simulated game on Saturday because the Washington Nationals want to build up his endurance.
According to Mark Bowman of MLB.com, Ender Inciarte exited Friday night’s game with a right hamstring injury.
Latest on MMO
Ryan Finkelstein points out that Pete Alonso has tied the National League rookie home run record.
The Greener Mets; Podcast interviews Mets beat writer for Newsday Tim Healey.
Gianna Arantes discusses Marcus Stroman’s first win as a Met, as the Mets won 10-8 over the Braves.
John Sheridan analyzes three positives, and three negatives that came out of the Mets recent series against the Braves in Atlanta.
Tim Ryder discusses Mickey Callaway’s thoughts regarding the usage of analytics.
Max Goldstein talks about Amed Rosario‘s hot streak since the All-Star break.
This Date in Mets History
2004: The Mets traded Tom Wilson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tony Socarras.
2008: The Mets traded Anderson Hernandez to the Washington Nationals for Luis Ayala.
Birthdays: Skip Lockwood turns 73 and Mike O’Connor turns 39.
