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Good morning, Mets fans!

Jacob deGrom will have an MRI today to check in on his inflamed elbow that’s caused him to miss the last four weeks. (This comes after forearm inflammation caused him to miss a couple weeks.)

Should everything come out clean, the earliest deGrom would be able to return is July 13 after the Mets transferred him to the 60-day injured list during various roster moves.

Now let’s get into the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

The Mets got shut out 8-0 by the Giants Tuesday night. San Francisco really hopped on Tylor Megill, who had the worst start of his short career so far, allowing seven runs in 3.2 innings. Read the full recap of the game here.

Francisco Lindor returned from the injured list Tuesday after missing 37 games. He went 0-for-4 with a long flyout to left and two force outs.

Zack Scott offered a few injury updates for some crucial Mets (outside of deGrom):

  • Noah Syndergaard may start a rehab assignment as early as next week
  • Tomas Nido got a cortisone injection in his thumb, so he won’t come off the injured list Wednesday when eligible.

In other injury news, Jordan Yamamoto made his second rehab start while recovering from a shoulder injury. He threw two scoreless innings for St. Lucie.

Before Tuesday’s game, the Mets activated Heath Hembree, who they recently claimed off waivers. They optioned Yennsy Diaz back to Triple-A in his place. Travis Blankenhorn was also sent back to Triple-A to open up a roster spot for Lindor.

Ahead of Jerry Koosman‘s jersey retirement Saturday, read Ken Davidoff’s piece in the NY Post about the lefty getting his just due with the Mets.

Latest MLB News

The Angels are allegedly not complying with subpoenas from federal prosecutors with regards to information they’re seeking in their Tyler Skaggs overdose case, according to the LA Times. Prosecutors asked a federal court “to order the team to produce documents related to ‘drug distribution within the [Angels] organization’ by next Monday,” the article says.

Yadier Molina signed a one-year, $10 million extension with the Cardinals for the 2022 season, as Katie Woo reported. It’ll be his 19th season with the Cardinals, during which he’ll turn 40. In some less-than-ideal news for the Cardinals, though, Jack Flaherty had to leave his start early due to a shoulder injury, as Woo reported, too. He had recently come off the IL after a long stint because of an oblique injury.

The Reds designated Sean Doolittle for assignment to make room for Tejay Antone, according to Bobby Nightengale Jr. He could be an interesting grab for the Mets, should they want better lefty bullpen depth. Doolittle has a 4.46 ERA in 38.1 innings this season.

After getting ejected from a game last week due to a substance found on his glove, Caleb Smith was officially handed a 10-game suspension by Major League Baseball. He’s appealing the suspension.

The Twins’ Kenta Maeda is getting multiple opinions on his forearm issue, according to Jon Heyman. He says there is “concern about possible UCL involvement,” which would likely mean Tommy John surgery.

Gregory Polanco cleared waivers and will return to the Pirates, according to Mike Persak. The team DFA’d him last week. No team claimed him likely in part due to the remainder of his $11.6 million salary being owed and partly due to his extremely poor performance this season. He has a $3 million buyout for 2022, and you can bet the farm the Pirates will execute that.

Former Met Travis d’Arnaud had a baby, and Cory McCarntney’s tweet about it spurred a bunch of tweets like these:

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Rich Sparago previewed the Mets’ series with the Giants.

Even after a rough week, John Flanigan was able to give Pete Alonso and Marcus Stroman Players of the Week honors for their efforts. Flanigan also reminisces on the Mets hitting a franchise-record eight home runs in Philadelphia on this day in 2015.

On This Date in Mets History

Happy 45th birthday to former reliever Pedro Feliciano! Also, Choo-Choo Coleman, who owns one of the best baseball names ever and was an original Met, was born on August 25, 1935. He passed away 10 days before his 81st birthday in 2016.

On this day in 2009, the Mets traded away Billy Wagner during the waiver trade deadline to the Red Sox. They got in return Chris Carter, who had 180 at-bats for the 2010 Mets. How’s that for Remembering Some Guys?

And lastly, Dwight Gooden became the youngest 20-game winner ever one this day during his 1985 Cy Young season. He was 20 years, nine months and nine days old.

Watch the highlights (and ESPN’s coverage) of Gooden and the Mets’ win that day below.

Let’s go Mets!