Good Morning, Mets fans!
A pair of southpaws will toe the rubber later this afternoon in the Bay Area. Steven Matz (5-11, 4.36 ERA) will face off against veteran lefty Derek Holland (7-8, 3.65 ERA). The game can be seen at 4:10 p.m. on SNY and 710WOR.
Zack Wheeler pitched masterfully, but the Mets were stymied by Derek Holland. Wheeler’s quietly been one of the best pitchers in baseball this season. The game was knotted at zero until the seventh frame when Chris Shaw collected his first Major-League RBI on a sacrifice fly. The Mets bullpen then proceeded to explode and put the game out of reach
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Steven Matz partnered with the FDNY for their upcoming bowling event.
Mickey Callaway revealed that David Wright isn’t ready for a Major-League game yet. The way the Mets have been treating their captain has been absolutely insane; they should be treating David the Wright way(pun intended)
The skipper also talked about the Mets first two September call-ups: Eric Hanhold and Tim Peterson.
Kevin Plawecki was placed on the paternity leave and Jacob Rhame was called up for the 10th time this year.
Despite having a quite a few candidates, the Mets made no trades on August 31st.
Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Journal disclosed the award winners from the 51s team roster.
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Ben Zobrist wants batting average to be abolished from the game.
The Dodgers added a power arm, picking up Ryan Madson from the Nationals. Later that night, they picked up David Freese from the Pirates.
The Brewers also enhanced their pen, trading for Xavier Cedeno.
The Brewers also traded for former beloved Met Curtis Granderson. We wish all the best for Curtis in his quest to get his first World Series ring.
The Indians made a big-time move and got slugger Josh Donaldson from the Blue Jays in exchange for a PTBNL.
Athletics acquired Cory Gearrian from the Rangers.
The rumored Andrew McCutchen deal finally came to fruition as the longtime Pirate was sent to the Yankees in exchange for two minor leaguers. In a corresponding move, the Giants promoted one of their top prospects, Chris Shaw.
Cubs signed Jaime Garcia to a minor league deal
The Rockies got Drew Butera from the Royals.
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The Nationals sent starter Gio Gonzalez to the Brew Crew. The Brewers also signed veteran speedster Emilio Bonifacio to a minor-league deal.
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Michael Mayer examined Jarred Kelenic‘s recent run.
Mayer also talked about his favorite, yet underrated Mets ever.
Nick Albicocco analyzed Daniel Zamora‘s strong start to his career.
Tim Ryder discussed Peter Alonso‘s recent comments regarding not getting a promotion this September.
On this Date in Mets history
Tom Seaver became the first pitcher in MLB history to record eight consecutive seasons of 200+ strikeouts. He became the first hurler to K 200+ batters in nine straight campaigns the following year.
Birthdays: Derek Wallace(46), David West(53)
Let’s Go Mets!
