Morning Briefing: Matz Takes on the Nats

A pair of southpaws will face off against each other during the second matchup between the Mets and Nationals.

Steven Matz will look to rebound from a rough first outing while Gio Gonzalez will attempt to tie up the season series between the NL East foes.

Unfortunately, the Mets schedule called for no game to be played yesterday. However, there was still a ton of activity throughout Major League Baseball.

Latest Mets News

The Mets farm system lost a promising pitching prospect for the rest of the season as MetsMerized Online’s own Mathew Brownstein announced that Colin Holderman will need Tommy John Surgery.

Former Met farmhand Josh Zeid retired.

The New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League signed former-Met Darrell Ceciliani.

Maury Brown of Forbes reports on the takeaways from the Mets-Phillies game that streamed on Facebook.

Latest MLB News

MLBAM was sued by SportsMedia, which claimed that MLBAM infringed on their patents.

Top Red Sox prospect, Michael Chavis, was suspended for 80 games for using performing-enhancing drugs. Along with Chavis, Alsis Herrera and C.J. Hinojosa were also disciplined for their PED-related offenses.

The Diamondbacks claimed Troy Scribner off waivers from the Angels. To make room on their roster, Jeremy Hazelbaker was DFA’d.

Carl Scheib, the youngest-ever player in the American League, died at 91.

Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic clarified what occurred between the Pirates and veteran reliever Kevin Siegrist.

After suffering a nasty injury two nights ago, Brewers closer Corey Knebel was placed on the 10-day DL with a left hamstring strain.

The Indians activated Michael Brantley off the 10-day DL.

Shohei Othani is making quite the first impression on the MLB, as he homered in his third consecutive game.