Good Morning Mets fans!!
Today, southpaws Jon Lester and Steven Matz will face off in the finale of the Mets-Cubs series. Lester will be the third lefty starter to face the Mets in the past four contests. Meanwhile, this will be Matz’s first start since leaving Tuesday’s start with a strained finger. The game will be on PIX 11 and 710WOR at 1:15 P.M.
We, at MMO, have truthfully run out of adjectives to describe Jacob deGrom. We’ve already used dominant, incredible, impeccable, awesome, controlling, and most importantly, All-Star Game worthy. Yesterday, he continued his Cy-Young caliber campaign with seven innings of one-run ball. Although he allowed seven hits, he minimized the damage, accumulating 13 strikeouts. Overall, Mets pitchers struck out 24 batters, which set a new franchise record. However, their historic strikeout numbers went for naught as Albert Almora doubled in the go-ahead runs in the 14th inning.
The Mets offense is starting to become embarrassing. Michael Conforto tied the game with a home run in the sixth inning, but other than that, the Mets offense was silent.
Latest Mets News
Jay Bruce was scratched from yesterday’s lineup with back tightness. He later pinch-hit in the eighth inning and struck out.
The Mets are such a mess right now that they even messed up yesterday’s giveaway. No, I’m not kidding!
The Dodgers claimed P.J. Conlon off waivers from the Mets. We wish PJ the best of luck in the rest of his career.
Steve Popper of North Jersey.com wrote about the impact of Shannon Forde, the Mets longtime PR executive who tragically passed away from cancer in 2016.
Latest News in the MLB
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic revealed that the Orioles are interested in signing Hanley Ramirez.
The Giants placed Brandon Belt on the 10-day DL with an appendectomy.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr left last night’s game after pulling up lame running to first base. It’ll be an unfortunate development for both him and the Blue Jays, who just lost Josh Donaldson to the DL.
The White Sox put Matt Davidson on the DL with back spasms.
Dustin Pedroia was also placed on the DL with lingering left knee inflammation.
Old friend Oliver Perez inked a minor-league deal with the Indians.
Justin Verlander was named the AL Pitcher of the Month. Scooter Gennett and Francisco Lindor earned their respective leagues’ Player of the Month Award.
Gleyber Torres and Austin Meadows received the Rookie of the Month nomination.
Latest news in the NL East
Max Scherzer‘s pinch-hit single in the 14th inning led the Nationals to a 5-3 win. Earlier that day, he was named the recipient of the NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
Latest on MMO
Logan Barer wondered what type of impact Peter Alonso would have on the Mets offense.
John Sheridan believed that Amed Rosario‘s clutch double play was the Neon Moment of the Week.
In one of his final draft notes, Dilip Sridhar talked about the Mets increasing interest in prep outfielder Jerrad Kelenic.
On this Date in Mets History
The Mets made Darryl Strawberry the first overall pick in the 1980 draft.
Birthdays: Carl Everett(47), Ed Glynn(65), Aaron Ledesma(47), Zach Lutz(33), Barry Lyons(58)
Let’s Go Mets!!
