Morning Briefing: Mets Playoff Hopes Hanging by a Thread

Good morning, Mets fans!

The Mets open a enormous four game set against the Miami Marlins this week. To put it bluntly, they need to sweep it; they don’t and the season’s over.

Steven Matz (10-9, 4.16 ERA) will take the ball against 2019 breakout star Caleb Smith (9-10, 4.24 ERA). The game can be viewed on SNY and WCBS 880 at 7:10 p.m. The Mets need your support!!

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The Mets shuffled their rotation in order to have Matz start tonight’s game against the Marlins. Matz has a lifetime 4-3 record with a 2.83 ERA against Miami in his career.

Scoreboard Watching

This is getting dicey now.

With the Cardinals clinching the NL Central, that leaves the Brewers, Cubs, Nationals, Phillies and Mets left in the race for the two NL Wild spot.

With the Nationals falling to the Marlins and Brewers sweeping the Pirates yesterday, Washington and Milwaukee are tied atop the NL Wild Card. Behind them are the Cubs (four games back), the Mets (four and a half games back), and the Phillies (five games and a half back)

The Nationals are playing the Phillies five times in the next four days. The Phillies need to go 4-1 in their series and the Mets need to sweep the Marlins in their four-game set for New York to have any shot at the Wild Card entering the final series.

Well, Mets, you’re at your tee shot. Don’t shank it.

Latest MLB News

The Israeli baseball team, led by former major-leaguers such as Danny Valencia, Ty Kelly, Jon Moscot, qualified for the 2020 Olympics after topping South Africa 11-1 today.

The Astros clinched their AL West with their 13-5 pounding of the Angels, becoming the third team of 2019 to clinch their division.

A week after Anthony Rizzo suffered an ankle injury, an ankle problem has befallen the second member of the Bryzzo bro-mance. Kris Bryant left yesterday’s contest vs. the Cardinals with his own ankle sprain. He’ll undergo an MRI today to determine the severity per Jesse Rogers of ESPN.

The Royals will shut down Adalberto Mondesi for the remainder of the season after he suffered a left shoulder impingement in Sunday’s matchup vs the Twins per skipper Ned Yost.

David Price will need surgery to remove a cyst on his left wrist.

The Mariners’ Austin Adams will need to undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL and will miss the opening of the 2020 season hears Greg John of MLB.com.