Morning Briefing: Let's Play Two, Again!

Good morning, folks! The Mets will play in a double header today after a five-and a-half hour rain delay caused the yesterday’s double header to be cancelled.

The Mets wiped out the Marlins 13-0 last night thanks to another great performance from Zack Wheeler and big days from Jeff McNeil, Dominic Smith, Jay Bruce, and Amed Rosario. Wheeler had a shot at a shutout after eight innings of 89 dominant pitches.

The Mets begin the doubleheader at 3:10 p.m with Steven Matz on the mound and Jason Vargas will start in the nightcap. Both games are on SNY and can be heard on WOR.

Latest Mets News

The Mets and David Wright will announce their plan for the rest of 2018 today. Keep an eye out for that.

The Mets officially announced Jay Horwitz will become the team’s Director of Alumni Relations. Among those in attendance for the announcement were former GMs, Sandy Alderson, Omar Minaya, and Steve Phillips. Former managers, Terry Collins, was also there, as well as players such as David Wright, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, and Edgardo Alfonzo. Former manager and Hall of Famer, Joe Torre was also there.

The Mets announced their Sterling Award winners. This recognized the top performers at each level of the Mets system. They also named Justin Dunn their top pitcher and Peter Alonso as their top hitter. Alonso addressed the media on not being called up by the Mets.

Joel Sherman has an outside the box pick to lead the Mets.

R.A. Dickey (the last Mets’ Cy Young winner) thinks Jacob deGrom should be the Cy Young.