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In Noah Syndergaard‘s 100th start of his career, he threw 6.2 innings of three-run baseball against the last place Giants. Syndergaard was pulled in a tied game, so he will get a no-decision for this outing. Madison Bumgarner kept the Mets off the board for five innings until he gave up two homers in the sixth to Pete Alonso and Wilson Ramos. After yet another terrible outing from the bullpen, giving up six runs in the 10th inning, and the Mets lose the first game of the series 9-3 to yet another last-place team.
Jason Vargas is coming off the best outing of his Mets career, going seven innings giving up only one earned run on six hits against the red hot first place Dodgers. Vargas now holds the third-best ERA on the Mets pitching staff with a 4.46 ERA, 4.90 FIP, and 1.51 WHIP. He will face RHP Tyler Beede who has been up and down this year.
Beede began his year in the minors and got three starts in May before getting sent back down for two weeks before his last start on May 30. In his time in the majors this year, he has yielded a 7.82 ERA in 12.2 innings pitched. His FIP, however, reveals a more telling number at 5.59, while his WHIP sits at 2.37.
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In light of the MLB Draft starting Monday, Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports reflects on how the Mets were able to get such a talent in Pete Alonso having been picked in the 2nd round at pick 64.
Jeff McNeil was activated from the injured list Tuesday. The corresponding roster move included Tyler Bashlor who was sent to Triple-A. McNeil went 1-for-5 in his first day back.
After denying the need for a baserunning tutorial like the Mets held in Arizona in 2018, Mickey Callaway and bench coach Jim Riggleman held a hitters meeting earlier Tuesday evening.
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Travis Sawchik of FiveThirtyEight.com wrote an in-depth article analyzing Trevor Bauer‘s remarkable work on his slider increasing his horizontal movement a drastic amount in such a short time.
Chicago Cubs are reactivating Pedro Strop from the injured list who was sidelined earlier this year with a hamstring issue. His closing role was taken over by Steve Cishek while he was hurt and it is unknown as to whether he will be slated as the closer or try to get work as an 8th inning reliever.
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Nick Ciuffo underwent surgery to correct an ailing injury to his thumb Tuesday. It is unclear when he sustained the injury, but nonetheless, the surgery will have him out-of-action for 8-10 weeks.
Veteran first baseman, Miguel Cabrera, has been limited to DH work for the foreseeable future due to “chronic changes” to his knee. His new teammate in Josh Harrison will be undergoing surgery to correct his partially torn hamstring and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks of the season.
Outfielder, Nicky Delmonico of the Chicago White Sox, will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. The surgery will be performed to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Latest NL East News
Andrew McCutchen, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, will miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL. The injury occurred when he was caught in a rundown after a pop up was intentionally dropped.
The Washington Nationals have officially signed Fernando Rodney. The deal was agreed upon on June 1st and has been made official by Paul Braverman of the Fresno Grizzlies communications department.
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Day one and two of the MLB Draft was held on Monday and Tuesday and the MetsMerized team kept fans informed on the future Mets,
Roberto Correa recapped the players the Mets picked on day one of the MLB Draft.
Matt Mancuso analyzed RHP Matthew Allan who was surprisingly picked in the third round.
Tim Ryder talked about the Mets fourth-round pick, centerfielder Jake Mangum.
Teddy Klein wrote about RHP Nathan Jones taken in the fifth round of the draft by the Mets.
Mojo Hill discussed sixth-round pick, centerfielder Zach Ashford
Teddy Klein wrote about two of the Mets picks in the seventh and eighth rounds of the draft.
Dilip Sridhar analyzed the two power bats the team took during day two of the draft.
In addition…
Ryan Finkelstein wrote about the Mets star players of the week even with the struggles the team had faced
On This Date In Mets History
1973: The Mets selected Lee Mazilli with the 14th overall pick in the MLB Draft.
2001: The team took David Wright with the 38th overall pick.
2014: The Mets selected Michael Conforto with the 13th overall pick.
Birthdays: Bill Spiers turns 53 and Paul Siebert turns 65.
