Morning Briefing: Real Mets Baseball Tonight!

Good Morning, Mets fans! DeMets return today to our TVs as they take on deBraves!

Two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom will take the hill against the Braves’ Mike Soroka from none other than Citi Field in Flushing, Queens, New York.

Latest Mets News

Marcus Stroman commented on his designation to the Injured List.

The Mets announced that a special guest will throw out tonight’s first pitch.

Pete Alonso spoke with Good Morning America about the impending season.

The New York Post told the story of an amazin’ Mets fan and his work during the pandemic.

Howie Rose sat down and chatted with former Mets’ manager Willie Randolph.

Latest MLB News

Clayton Kershaw landed on the Injured List and was replaced as tonight’s starter for the Dodgers by Dustin May, per Bill Shaikin of the LA Times.

Fox Sports will be allowing fans to attend this weekends’ games virtually.

Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe looked into how quickly the Dodgers extended Mookie Betts after the RedSox failed to do so for the last five seasons.

Mike Petriello of MLB.com took a deeper look into the “win/win” Mookie Betts deal.

Donald Trump will throw out the first pitch at a Yankees’ game on August 15th.

Along with the playoff expansion, there will be a $50 Million playoff pool in 2020, per Evan Drellich of The Athletic.

The Cubs signed recently released Derek Dietrich.