Good morning Mets fans!

On Tuesday night, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros at Tropicana Field by a score of 4-1 to even their ALDS 2-2.

On Wednesday, Jack Flaherty and St. Louis Cardinals will face off against Mike Foltynewicz the Atlanta Braves at Suntrust Park for game five of their NLDS. The game will be televised on TBS and is set to begin at 5:02 p.m. EST.

Stephen Strausburg and the Washington Nationals will also face off against Walker Buehler and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for game five of their NLDS. The game will be televised on TBS and is set to begin at 8:37 p.m. EST.

Latest Mets News

Joe Girardi alluded to a possible interview with the Mets next week.

New York Mets minor league shortstop Andres Gimenez was named to the Arizona Fall League All-Star team on Tuesday, according to Jonathon Mayo of MLB.com.

Girardi is also leading the pack in betting odds at 5-1 in the race for next Mets manager, according to BetOnline.ag.

Al Leiter discussed some of the Mets’ top pitching prospects.

Latest MLB News

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier of The Nation wrote about how analytics is being used against the MLB players union.

Latest on MMO

Violeta Pietronico evaluated and graded Noah Syndergaard’s performance across the 2019 regular season.

Lindsay Moran answered Luis G’s question about Dominic Smith’s place in the 2020 Mets lineup.

Joe D talked about his positive takeaways from the 2019 season and his positive outlook on the 2020 season.

Kyle Newman questioned how much prior experience he thinks that the next Mets manager needs.

Gerry Silverman analyzed ways he thought the Mets could best leverage roster surpluses.

On This Day In Mets History

2003: The Oakland Athletics claimed Matt Watson and Marco Scutaro off of waivers from the New York Mets.

Birthdays: Jim Tatum turns 52, Bill Pulsipher turns 46, Alay Soler turns 40, and Jason Pridie turns 36.