Good morning, Mets Fans!
On Tuesday night, the New York Mets (74-70) reigned victorious over the Arizona Diamondbacks (75-70) winning the ballgame by a score of 3-2. Todd Frazier drove in each of the three Mets runs scored while Zack Wheeler stepped up to the plate, allowing only one run in seven innings.
On Wednesday, the Mets and the D-Backs face off for game three of this four-game weekday series at Citi Field. Steven Matz (9-8, 4.00 ERA) is set to take the mound against lefty Robbie Ray (12-7, 4.03 ERA).
Let’s go, Mets!
Latest Mets News
The Brooklyn Cyclones (short-season Single-A), won the New York-Penn League Championship on Tuesday night.
Noah Syndergaard addressed the catcher controversy over who would be catching him in his starts.
Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com wrote about Ronny Mauricio and how he’s impressed by overcoming challenges on and off the field.
Pete Alonso is assisting Mamba Sports Academy in the launch of their new app, Mamba RISE which will help players perfect their ability to recognize pitches.
Latest MLB News
Christian Yelich fractured his right knee cap during Tuesday’s game and will be out for the remainder of the season.
According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Kyle Crick and Felipe Vazquez were fined for fighting on Monday night.
Byron Buxton was placed on the 60-Day Injured List after undergoing Labrum surgery, according to Zach Pierce of The Athletic.
According to TR Sullivan of MLB.com, reliever Shawn Kelley will retire if the Texas Rangers do not pick him up for the 2020 season.
Travis Sawchik of FiveThirtyEight wrote a piece questioning the need for minor league baseball.
The MLB becomes the first pro league in lottery draw category to a deal with EquiLottery Games to create an MLB licensed lottery draw game called Baseball Bucks, according to Eric Fisher of SportsBusiness.
Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal wrote about a group of Jewish-American baseball players who became Israeli citizens to help Israel qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Latest NL East News
Philadelphia Phillies veteran righty Pat Neshek had surgery to repair his injured right hamstring, according to Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Latest on MMO
Matthew Brownstein conducted an exclusive interview with Co-Author of “The MVP Machine,” Ben Lindbergh.
Logan Barer took a close look at the current state of the race for the 2019 Cy Young award.
Michael Mayer analyzed Jacob deGrom‘s dominant outing on Monday night against the Diamondbacks.
This Date in Mets History
Birthdays: Frank Francisco turns 40.
