Morning Briefing: Mets Swept For First Time This Season

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Good morning, Mets fans!

Carlos Carrasco faced off against Luis Garcia for the Astros on Wednesday. Carrasco only pitched 2 1/3 innings before being removed with back tightness. Alex Horowitz has more on Carrasco’s injury.

Despite a strong day for the Mets’ bullpen, a big first inning for the Astros was too much for the Mets to overcome as they dropped the second game of the series 5-3. Dan Quiñones has a more complete recap of Wednesday’s game. Even though it was only a two-game series, it was technically the first time that the Mets have been swept this season.

Now, it is time for the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Seth Lugo got delayed in Atlanta on his way home Monday and missed the birth of his son, according to Buck Showalter. Lugo will likely rejoin the Mets on Friday in Miami. Also, Jeff McNeil is expected to rejoin the lineup on Friday or Saturday in Miami.

Michael Mayer of Metsmerized reports that Mets center field prospect Jake Mangum recently sustained a back injury that could keep him out for the rest of the 2022 season. The 26-year-old was hitting .298/.355/.417 between Double-A and Triple-A.

Michael Mayer of Metsmerized also reports that James McCann went 2-for-4 and caught all 9 innings tonight for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

Mike Rosenstein of NJ.com reports that Sandy Alderson is hinting that the Mets are not all in for this year ahead of the trade deadline. In an interview with MLB Network Radio, the Mets president said, “it’s not just a matter of making baseball decisions, but it’s balancing short term for long term, and we’ve got some very good prospects, four or five of them, probably everybody will be asking for those. And we’ve got to be very careful.”

Latest MLB News

MLB.com released their list of the hottest hitting prospect for each MLB team. Francisco Álvarez was the selection for the Mets.

Brian McTaggart of MLB.com writes that Yordan Alvarez has muscled himself into the MVP conversation after hitting a pair of home runs yesterday against the Mets.

The Associated Press reports that MLB teams were told on Tuesday that they can start selling sponsorships to CBD companies.