Good morning, Mets fans!
On Friday night, the New York Mets (53-56) broke their seven-game win streak as they suffered a tough loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates (48-61) and fell three games below .500, and five games out of the Wild Card.
On Saturday, the Mets and Pirates face off for game two of this three-game weekend series in Pittsburgh. Marcus Stroman (6-11, 2.96 ERA) will be making his Mets debut against Chris Archer (3-8 5.58 ERA).
Hopefully, Stroman does better than his fellow Long Island native, Steven Matz, did on the mound Friday night. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and can be seen on SNY. Let’s go Mets!
Latest Mets News
Howie Kussoy of the New York Post took an in-depth look at Marcus Stroman’s baseball journey thus far, and his return to Long Island.
Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus wrote about Jeff McNeil’s catch on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field, and shut down arguments concerning extended netting.
Baseball America ranked the top 61 prospects dealt before the trade deadline. Notably, left-hander Anthony Kay ranked seventh, right-hander Simeon Woods-Richardson ranked eighth, and newly-acquired catcher Austin Bossart ranked 57th. Kay and Richardson were dealt to Toronto for Stroman, and Bossart was acquired from the Phillies in exchange for Jason Vargas.
Latest MLB News
A few weeks after pitching in an in-stadium speed pitch challenge at Coors Field, throwing 96 mph fastballs, 23-year-old Nathan Patterson signed with the Oakland Athletics, according to MLB Cut4’s Adrian Garro.
According to 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine, Ben Zobrist returned with the South Bend Cubs, last night.
The Angels designated catcher Jonathan Lucroy for assignment.
The Yankees placed J.A. Happ on the Paternity List, reinstated Brett Gardner from the 10-day Injured List, optioned Tyler Wade to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre and recalled lefty Stephen Tarpley from Triple-A.
According to WFAN, Luis Severino could be back on the mound as early as next week.
The Pirates have designated Jung Ho Kang for assignment
The Dodgers have placed Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-Day Injured List.
Mark Trumbo is contemplating retiring at the end of this season, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports.
Mariners infielder Ryon Healy is undergoing hip surgery which will sideline him for the remainder of the season.
Latest NL East News
The Braves have announced that they have released lefty Luis Gohara.
Ari Levin of FiveThirtyEight examined how the Marlins traded away 23 solid-to-above-average players who could have made up a team capable of a playoff run.
The Phillies have placed Adam Morgan on the 10-Day Injured List.
Latest on MMO
Joe D discusses how Zack Wheeler is showing his best stuff at the best time.
John Sheridan talks about the three best, and three worst things about the Mets series in Chicago last week.
Dilip Sridhar believes that the Mets starting rotation is key to them contending this season.
Tim Ryder analyzes Seth Lugo’s performance last month, and his importance to the Mets bullpen.
This Date in Mets History
1986: The Mets signed free agent Lee Mazzilli.
1990: The Mets signed free agent Alex Trevino.
Birthdays: Mackey Sasser turns 57 and Kevin Elster turns 55
