Good morning, Mets fans. Tonight the New York Mets will face off against the Washington Nationals in the Nation’s Capitol. Steven Matz will toe the rubber for New York and will face off against Stephen Strasburg.
The Mets will not see Max Scherzer or Gio Gonzalez this series which is great given how well those two have pitched against New York. Instead, they will see Joe Ross on Tuesday and Tanner Roark on Wednesday.
Yesterday, the Mets lost 7-1 against the Phillies. The defense was shaky yet again, particularly up the middle and at catcher. Rafael Montero had one bad inning and the offense was shut down by Nick Pivetta.
Latest Mets News
Michael Conforto was named an All Star last night! Conforto, who was ticketed for Triple-A at the beginning of the season and only made the team due to an injury to Juan Lagares, certainly deserves the nod. Among NL hitters, he ranks sixth in OBP, 15th in slugging, eighth in wOBA, and sixth in wRC+.
Curtis Granderson has some tightness in his hip and could need some more days off. He was not able to swing yesterday according to Terry Collins.
Tyler Pill has bicep tightness according to Betsy Helfand of the Review Journal.
Latest Around the NL East
Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post writes about the Nationals five All Stars.
David O’Brien of the Atlanta Constitution writes about the suddenly resurgent Braves.
Clark Spencer of the Miami-Herald writes about All Star Marcell Ozuna, who is dedicating this game to Jose Fernandez.
Ryan Lawrence of the Philly Voice writes about rising pitching prospect, Sixto Sanchez.
Latest on MMO
Matt Brownstein sits down with fourth round selection, Tony Dibrell.
Rob Piersall covers all the international singings.
This Day in Mets history
1996: Alex Ochoa hits for the cycle in a 10-6 win.
Birthdays: Moises Alou turns 51, Danny Heep turns 60, Frank Tanana turns 64
