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Good morning, Mets fans!

Jacob deGrom returned from the injured list Tuesday and threw five solid innings for the Mets in a 3-1 win over the Rockies. DeGrom didn’t get the win, as a Tomás Nido two-run homer in the sixth is what put them up for good, but he was his usual self over his five innings.

He struck out nine, hit 101.3 with his fastball, and he only allowed one run over 63 pitches. (His ERA jumped from 0.68 to 0.80.) DeGrom said he felt fine during the game, so it looks like the Mets can remove the governor from the deGrom engine for his next start.

You can read a full review of the game here.

And now for the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

The “Latest Mets News” section has basically become the “Latest Mets Injury News” section, so here we go:

  • Noah Syndergaard left his second rehab start after just one inning with “right elbow soreness.” The Mets called it precautionary, but his velocity was down during the start and he’ll be getting an MRI. It’s not what you want to see with a depleted team, but these things aren’t extremely surprising when coming back from elbow surgery. The hope is it is nothing that will set Syndergaard back too far.
  • J.D. Davis returned to New York for “treatment” on his hand, according to reports. Luis Rojas said that he has “inflammation in his joints,” and that they’ll give him a couple days off before reassessing. Davis hadn’t played since Saturday due to a stiff neck and an off day Monday. (The neck is apparently fine.)
  • Johneshwy Fargas gave a press conference wearing a sling Tuesday. He doesn’t know if he’ll go on the injured list or not, but a sling is never a good sign. He was diagnosed with an AC joint sprain Monday night. Rojas also said he’ll be “week-to-week,” meaning he’ll likely be placed on the IL today.
  • The team officially replaced Jacob deGrom on the injured list with Jordan Yamamoto before Tuesday’s game.

In a positive update, Seth Lugo got through 1.1 innings in a rehab game for the St. Lucie Mets Tuesday night. He allowed three hits, a walk and two runs over 33 pitches. He struck out two. The best result here is Lugo got through over an inning for the first time in his rehab. Should Lugo not have any setbacks (let’s cross our fingers), the Mets feel Lugo can return as early has May 31 when his 60-day injured list designation ends.

If any of you are interested in political donations, Steve Cohen donated $500,000 each to two PACs associated with candidates for mayor of New York City–Eric Adams and Andrew Yang–according to the New York Post.

Joseph Langan recapped the Mets’ minor leaguers over the past week, particularly Mark Vientos‘ solid stretch and Thomas Szapucki making his case to be a spot starter in the majors.

Latest MLB News

The Yankees announced Corey Kluber came out of Tuesday’s game with right shoulder soreness. This comes a start after Kluber threw a no-hitter six days previous.

Padres’ relief pitcher Drew Pomeranz had a setback in his shoulder rehab, according to the Padres’ manager.

Brief Met Jake Hager was claimed on waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate.

Dig into this Chistina Di Nicola profile of the Marlins’ young start Jazz Chisholm.

Mike Petriello dives into the increased strikeout rate this year, largely finding that the bump has come from the re-introduction of pitchers hitting (as well as the pinch hitters who often take their at-bats later in the game).

This isn’t exactly MLB news, but Axios is reporting The New York Times is looking into potentially acquiring The Athletic, which is currently valued around $500 million based on fundraising.

Latest on MMO

John Flanigan takes a look at James McCann‘s first career start at first base from Monday night. He also wrote about Tomás Nido’s and Marcus Stroman‘s solid weeks last week.

David Peterson pitched in another quality start Monday despite the loss, writes John Jackson.

Beyond the Blog

Empire State of Mind: Tim Britton of The Athletic joins host Zach Grady to break down the breaking down of the New York Mets this year. With 13 players on the IL the Mets look to survive and still stay atop the NL East until the reinforcements arrive.

Locked On Mets: On today’s episode, host Ryan Finkelstein is joined by the host of Locked On Rockies to break down this series so far. Ryan also talks about his experience watching Noah Syndergaard’s start and subsequent injury in Port St. Lucie and breaks down the new addition of Billy McKinney.

On This Date in Mets History

Happy birthday to former Mets Paul Sewald (31) and Sam Haggerty (27), who are both with the Mariners now. Gabriel Ynoa (28) celebrates a birthday today, too.

Let’s go Mets!