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On Wednesday, MLB officially released their international schedule for the 2024 season, which included the Mets for the first time in nearly 15 years. However, this did not come as a surprise as commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the Mets would take on their divisional rival Phillies in London during this year’s London Series between the Cubs and Cardinals.
The schedule release included four different series, taking place in four different locations: Seoul Series (South Korea), Mexico City Series (Mexico), Dominican Republic Series (Dominican Republic), and London Series (England). MLB continues in their attempts to grow the game’s international appeal by extending the Mexico City and London Series another year and opening up the season in Asia for the first time since 2019.
The Mets will enjoy their final day off during the All-Star break Thursday prior to hosting the Dodgers this weekend to open the second-half of the season.
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The Mets received some positive injury news during the All-Star break as Tommy Pham was deemed to be day-to-day after being reevaluated for his right groin injury. Pham came out of Sunday’s game against the Padres with right groin soreness, but the Mets’ leader in OPS should be back in the lineup soon.
Mets’ 2023 fourth-round pick, A.J. Ewing, is signing with the club rather than fulfilling his commitment to the University of Alabama, per Metsmerized‘s Michael Mayer. The 134th pick can play all over the infield and was a borderline top-100 player in the draft while being a top player from the state of Ohio.
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The New York Yankees announced that Starr Insurance had become the signature partner of the New York Yankees, which includes having the Starr Insurance logo on the arm of the Yankees jersey. The Yankees, who, prior to 2020 did not have any outside logos on their uniform, have now adopted both the Nike logo as well as the Starr Insurance logo. The exclusive agreement with Starr Insurance is through the year 2031, and the logo will be on the Yankees jersey sleeve starting on July 21st.
The Oakland Athletics are reportedly planning to call up two of their top three prospects in Tyler Soderstrom (No. 1) and Zack Gelof (No. 3), according to Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. The two will join the team on Friday to open the second half after proving themselves in Triple-A. Soderstrom, a catcher, and Gelof, a shortstop, have an .839 and .930 OPS respectively this season and will look to make their name on a struggling Athletics team.
Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak spoke with Martin Kilcoyne of the Kilcoyne Conversation as he gave an update on the team’s mindset going towards the trade deadline. In this interview, Mozeliak said that the team will not completely give up on this season, but “all decisions or all moves we do really will try to set us up for next year.” He also added, “Right now, I can tell you that we’re going to trade people…. I just don’t know if it’s going to be household names or just guys that aren’t likely to be here next year.”
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On This Date in Mets History
2001: Glendon Rusch and Armando Benítez combine to put together nine innings of one-hit ball against the Boston Red Sox. That one-hit performance gave manager Bobby Valentine his 1,000th career win.
2015: Jacob deGrom dominates in his first All-Star Game performance as he strikes out the side on 10 pitches. Jacob struck out Stephen Vogt, Jason Kipnis, and José Iglesias in order during the top of the sixth inning.
Birthdays: Mike Fitzgerald (63), Jack Aker (83)
