Morning Briefing: Jeter Owned Marlins Coming to Citi

Tonight, the New York Mets host Derek Jeter‘s Miami Marlins. Chris Flexen will take on Adam Conley at 7:10 p.m.

Last night the Mets trailed early due to Steven Matz‘s ineffectiveness. The bullpen held it close but more importantly, Hansel Robles and Chasen Bradford saved their fellow mates some work. Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam with two outs in the ninth to re-excite the fans there. Unfortunately that would not be enough and the Mets lost 7-5.

Hopefully all of you reading do not have an onslaught of Yankees’ fans texting you about the last few games.

Latest Mets News

Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless inning in his rehab appearance Wednesday. He will pitch again on Saturday.

Jose Reyes went on the DL and the Mets optioned Kevin McGowan.

Latest NL East News

Byron Kerr of MASN has the latest news on Adam Eaton‘s rehab.

According to Jon Heyman, the Marlins sale has a few hurdles still.

Mark Bowman of MLB.com writes a nice piece about Jason Motte and Chad Bettis.

The Phillies DFA’d former Met Pedro Beato. Beato was later dealt for Kelly Shoppach.

Latest on MMO

Mike Mayer recaps Matt Harvey‘s rehab appearance.

John Sheridan wants the Mets to handle Dominic Smith better than they handled Michael Conforto.