Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (30-32) won the rubber game in their series with the San Francisco Giants (25-36) by a score of 7-3. Zack Wheeler (5-3, 4.61 ERA) provided the Mets with his eighth quality start of the season, as he pitched seven innings and limited the Giants to one walk, three hits and three runs.
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Jacob deGrom (3-5, 3.49 ERA) will toe the rubber on Friday evening against Antonio Senzatela (4-4, 5.33 ERA) and the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EDT, with coverage on SNY, WCBS 880 and ESPN 1050.
Jim Callis of MLB.com ranked the Mets’ 2019 MLB Draft haul as the sixth best in MLB.
Tom Brady clarified to reporters that he applied for the “Tom Terrific” trademark because somebody was trying to use it associated with him, and he did not like it. He the told reporters, “I was trying to keep people from using it. Lesson learned.”
The Mets purchased the contract of outfielder Taylor Lane from the Evansville Otters of independent league baseball, per Jacob Resnick of Mets Minors. He was assigned to the Class A Columbia Fireflies.
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Keith Law of ESPN wrote about how the Los Angeles Angels landed Mike Trout with the 25th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft.
Kyle Glaser of Baseball America listed 77 recent draftees who have a famous or notable relative, either in baseball or outside of it.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic detailed the Tampa Bay Rays’ strong pursuit of Craig Kimbrel before he ultimately signed with the Chicago Cubs.
Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reported that the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners were close on a deal that would have sent Mike Leake to Arizona. The deal, which was in the works on Tuesday night, fell through and Leake ended up pitching a complete game for the Mariners on Wednesday.
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The Atlanta Braves signed Dallas Keuchel to a one-year deal as reported by David O’Brien of The Athletic. Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports reported that the deal is for $13 million, his physical will occur on Friday in Atlanta and his first start is scheduled for Saturday in Triple-A Gwinnett.
The Philadelphia Phillies removed all banners depicting Odubel Herrera from Citizens Bank Park as Herrera is being investigated for his domestic violence charge, per Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia.
The Phillies (35-27) hold a 2.0 game lead over the Braves (33-29) for first place in the National League East. Those two teams are followed by the Mets (30-32; 5.0 games back), Washington Nationals (28-34; 7.0 games back) and Miami Marlins (23-37; 11.0 games back), respectively.
The Braves fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1, the Marlins lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 and the Nationals were defeated by the San Diego Padres 5-4. The Phillies had the day off.
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Joe D. wrote about Ed Kranepool‘s successful kidney transplant and reminisced about the original Met.
Carl Aridas stressed the importance for the Mets to sign the players they drafted so they do not miss out on a future star like in years past.
Matt Musico analyzed some of J.D. Davis‘ advanced numbers to show that his increased aggression at the plate is not helping.
Brian Greenzang broke down the complete game shutout pitched by Vargas on Wednesday.
Greenzang also analyzed Wheeler’s quality start on Thursday.
John Sheridan covered the news about Andres Gimenez being placed on the 7-day injured list due to a hand injury.
Jack Ramsey listed the players drafted by the Mets in rounds 31-35 of the 2019 MLB Draft, along with some information about them.
This Day in Mets History
1966: The Mets drafted high school catcher Steve Chilcott with the first overall pick in the 1966 MLB Draft. Chilcott, who never played in a MLB game, was selected over future Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson who was drafted second overall by the Oakland Athletics
Birthdays: Esix Snead turns 43 and Roberto Petagine turns 48.
