Good morning Mets fans! Steven Matz (2-3, 3.80 ERA) led the New York Mets (25-21) to a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers (31-20) on Thursday night at Miller Park. Matz had his best start of the season as he fired six shutout innings. Asdrubal Cabrera and Wilmer Flores provided four of the five runs of the game. Brandon Nimmo had a fantastic night as he went 4-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Latest Mets News
The Mets play the second game of this series with the Brewers tonight. Noah Syndergaard (4-1, 2.91 ERA) will look to help the Mets take the first two games as he faces Junior Guerra (3-3, 2.98 ERA). The game can be watched on SNY and heard on 710 WOR with first pitch scheduled for 8:10 p.m. EDT.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote that the Mets and Cleveland Indians could be ideal trade partners.
The Mets congratulated Mike Piazza as his Italian soccer team A.C. Reggiana 1919 advanced to the quarterfinals of the Serie C playoffs.
Juan Lagares underwent surgery yesterday at the Hospital for Special Surgery to repair a complete tear of the plantar plate in his big toe.
Latest MLB News
Nike will get MLB on-field apparel rights instead of Under Armour according to Terry Lefton of SportsBusiness Daily. This change will take place beginning in 2020.
The Oakland Athletics lost catcher Dustin Garneau on waivers to the Chicago White Sox according to Melissa Lockard of The Athletic.
Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal shared the results from MLB’s study into the increase of home runs across baseball. The committee that conducted the study concluded that the spike “was due, at least in part, to a change in the aerodynamic properties of the baseball.”
Marc Carig of The Athletic wrote about Ryan Bollinger who recently got called up by the New York Yankees after a long path that included pitching in Germany, Australia and Canada across nine years.
Latest NL East News
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald wrote about Miami Marlins’ outfielder Cameron Maybin receiving his World Series ring from being on the Houston Astros last season.
Dillon Cloud of the Talking Chop wrote about Dan Winkler‘s spectacular performance thus far for the Atlanta Braves.
Patrick Reddington of Federal Baseball tackled the question of whether Juan Soto will stay up with the Washington Nationals if/when they get back to full strength.
Latest on MMO/MMN
Kirk Robinson explained why Marcos Molina is running out of time to establish himself within the Mets organization.
John Sheridan wrote about Ian Strom and Justin Dunn receiving St. Lucie Player of the Month awards for the month of April.
Sheridan also gave his three positives and three negatives from the Mets’ series with the Marlins.
Joe D. contemplated whether the Mets should extend Jeurys Familia or deal him at the trade deadline.
Tim Ryder covered the news from Jon Heyman about the Kansas City Royals preparing to unload their assets.
This Day in Mets History
Birthdays: Neil Ramirez turns 29, Eric Young Jr. turns 33, Scott Hairston turns 38, Chris Young turns 39 and Jim Marshall turns 87.
