Morning Briefing: Last Day On The Road!

Good Morning! Today the Mets will look for the series win against the Nationals. Steven Matz will pitch for the Mets this afternoon.

The Mets were one-hit yesterday but on the bright side, Matz’s bat is back in the lineup.

Latest Mets News

John Ricco thinks the Mets made the right move by holding onto their pitchers at the deadline.

Mickey Callaway has high hopes for top prospect, Justin Dunn.

Jon Heyman of Fancred has a small update on the Mets GM search.

Daniel Zamora is from Stony Brook, the same town as Steven Matz. Read about his path to the majors here. The Mets have done well in this town, they got Matz, Zamora, Anthony Kay, and an MMO writer.

Peter Gammons notes the difference in Jacob deGrom‘s ERA and the league ERA.

Latest MLB News

The Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth. They have a two game lead over Oakland for the home field advantage.

Latest NL East News

The Braves won the NL East yesterday. Ronald Acuna Jr. is not even old enough to drink champagne.

Ken Rosenthal reports that the Phillies will consider trading anyone not named Aaron Nola and Rhys Hoskins.

The Nationals were officially eliminated from the playoffs. Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post writes about Victor Robles‘ defense.

Latest on MMO

Jack Hendon writes about Jacob deGrom’s latest start.

This Day in Mets History

2016: Asdrubal Cabrera hits a walk-off, three-run homer, to give the Mets an improbable win. The game didn’t start on September 23rd but I’m pretty sure it ended around midnight. Anytime you can post Asdrubal Cabrera’s bat flip in an article, you do it.