Morning Briefing: Mark Vientos Leaves Saturday’s Game Early

Mark Vientos. Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Good morning, Mets fans!

The New York Mets dropped Saturday’s slugfest to the Seattle Mariners by a score of 8-7. On Sunday, they close out their three-game series with a first pitch at 1:40 pm ET.

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Mark Vientos left Saturday evening’s game early. According to Laura Albanese of Newsday, he left with a “sore right foot” and the Mets will know more on Sunday.

The New York Mets on Saturday announced that they claimed right-handed pitcher Peyton Battenfield off of waivers from the Cleveland Guardians and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse.

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Per Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper, MLB is tweaking Triple-A’s strike zone and pitch clock for stretch run.

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Baltimore Orioles claimed Jorge Lopez off of waivers from the Miami Marlins. This will be a reunion for Lopez and Orioles after he was sent to Minnesota at the 2022 trade deadline.

Per MLB, Ronald Acuña continues to break records. He hit a home run on Saturday that was 121.2 MPH, the third hardest-hit home run in the Statcast ERA.

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Mathias Altman-Kurosaki recapped Ronny Mauricio’s impressive MLB debut on Friday night that included him getting his first two major league hits at Citi Field.

Matt Lazzaro recapped Kodai Senga’s dominant 12-strikeout performance from Friday, September 1^st against the Mariners.

Allison Waxman talked about why the Mets should extend Pete Alonso.

Rich Sparago discussed MLB’s newest trend: the August salary dump.

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