Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (57-56) swept a doubleheader from the Miami Marlins (42-69) and are now over .500 for the first time in 96 days. The Mets have not been over .500 since May 2 when they were 16-15.
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The Mets will look to piece together a five-game winning streak as they hand the ball to Zack Wheeler (8-6, 4.45 ERA). Wheeler and the Mets will face Jordan Yamamoto (4-2, 3.94 ERA) and the Marlins at 7:10 p.m. EDT. The game can be followed on SNY, WCBS 880 and ESPN Deportes 1050.
Robinson Cano‘s MRI revealed that his hamstring was torn rather than strained, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.
Noah Syndergaard was named National League Player of the Week. The award comes after Syndergaard went a total of 14 1/3 innings against the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates and struck out 14 batters, while only allowing one earned run.
ESPN announced that they have selected the Mets’ game with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept. 15 as their “Sunday Night Baseball” game.
Latest MLB News
The Chicago Cubs got some back-to-back bad news as both Craig Kimbrel and Willson Contreras will miss some time according to Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago.com. Kimbrel was placed on the injured list with a knee injury and Contreras is estimated to spend four weeks on the IL with a hamstring injury.
In addition, the Cubs signed Alex Wilson, released Brad Brach and recalled Duane Underwood Jr.
Kevin Gausman was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.
The San Francisco Giants agreed to a minor league deal with Carlos Torres, per Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors.
Pedro Martinez shared his thoughts on the baseballs being used at the MLB level and suggested that they are smaller and tighter than the ones he used in his playing days.
Latest NL East News
The Atlanta Braves (66-48) remain atop the NL East standings, followed by the Philadelphia Phillies (59-53; 6.0 games back), Washington Nationals (59-53; 6.0 games back), Mets (55-56; 8.5 games back) and Marlins (42-69; 22.5 games back).
In addition to the Mets’ doubleheader sweep of the Marlins, the Braves lost 5-3 to the Minnesota Twins, the Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3 and the Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0.
The Braves agreed to a minor league deal with Lucas Duda as reported by Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Duda will start things out in Triple-A Gwinnett.
Heyman also reported that the Nationals agreed to a deal with Asdrubal Cabrera, who was recently released by the Texas Rangers.
The Marlins No. 5 prospect Isan Diaz took Jacob deGrom deep for his first MLB hit on Monday. He hit the homer as his dad was being interviewed by the Marlins’ broadcast team and his reaction went viral.
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Carl Aridas wrote a piece on the “Legends for Youth Clinic Series” program.
Samantha Brown broke down Syndergaard’s start against the Pirates on Sunday.
Tim Ryder wrote about the Mets’ recent surge and how it has propelled them back into the Wild Card race
Matt Musico listed and discussed five Mets who are performing exceedingly well in the second half.
Ryan Finkelstein wrote about “MMO Hitter of the Week” Jeff McNeil and “MMO Pitcher of the Week” Syndergaard.
John Sheridan wrote a piece highlighting the “Mets Minors Weekly Top Performers” from each of the Mets minor league affiliates.
Sheridan also continued his “3 Up, 3 Down” series following the Mets three-game set with the Pirates.
This Day in Mets History
2006: The Mets signed David Wright to a $55 million, six-year contract extension.
Birthdays: Wilmer Flores turns 28 and Victor Zambrano turns 44. Herb Moford and Clem Labine (who both played for the Mets in 1962) were born on this day in 1928 and 1926, respectively.
