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Good morning, Mets fans!!
Only one thing could quell a red-hot Jason Vargas: Mother Nature. Yesterday’s opening game versus the Yankees was postponed due to rain and as such, the Mets have a doubleheader scheduled today against the Bronx-Bombers.
Zack Wheeler (5-3, 4.61 ERA) will take the ball against Masahiro Tanaka (3-5, 3.42 ERA) in the first game while the nightcap will feature a matchup between James Paxton (3-2, 3.11 ERA) and the Mets’ ace Jason Vargas (2-3, 3.57 ERA). The first game will start at 1:05 p.m. while the second one will begin at 7:05 p.m. Both games can be viewed on SNY and WCBS 880.
Latest Mets News
MetsMerizedOnline’s Jacob Resnick tweets out that the Mets top prospect Andres Gimenez, who is currently on the IL with a hand/wrist injury, is in New York for further tests.
Sports Info Solutions notes that Noah Syndergaard is getting rather unlucky this season.
According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets promoted Anthony Kay and Ryley Gilliam to Triple-A Syracuse.
Justin Wilson, Robinson Canó, and Justin Wilson will all play for the Syracuse Mets today as the trio works their way back to the Major-League club. Tim Healey of Newsday had this news first.
Jim Callis of MLB.com hears that the Mets will save over $354,000 dollars by giving a $10,000 dollar bonus to their fifth-round pick, Nathan Jones. Keep updated on their Mets’ recent draft signees with MetsMinors.net’s draft tracker!
Latest MLB News
The White Sox released outfielder Nicky Delmonico to make room on the 40-man roster for pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne.
Statcast introduced a new metric that tracks an outfielder’s “jumps.”
After a ten-year career with the Rockies, Carlos Gonzalez made his return to Coors Field for the first time as a member of the visiting team.
Looking for outfield help yet again, the Giants acquired Alex Dickerson from the Padres in exchange for a minor-leaguer.
The Red Sox are planning to fly David Ortiz into Boston to expedite his recovery from a gunshot wound suffered two days ago in the Dominican Republic.
Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that Tony Cingrani will miss the remainder of the season recovering from left shoulder labrum surgery.
A fan was struck in the face by a foul ball last night at Guaranteed Rate Field, the latest horrific incident in which fans have been struck by foul balls.
Latest NL East News
The Orioles picked up RHP Tom Eshelman from the Phillies in exchange for international bonus allocations per a club announcement.
Nick Markakis collected his 1000th RBI, becoming the 251st major-leaguer to achieve that milestone.
Latest on MMO
John Sheridan continued his 3 Up, 3 Down Series.
Michael Levin delves into Jason Vargas’ recent hot stretch.
Rich Coutinho reminiscences about the Mike Piazza–Roger Clemens incident.
Matt Musico looks at how Todd Frazier‘s and Wilson Ramos are heating up.
On this Date in Mets History
2009: On this date in 2009, Luis Castillo was playing second base at Yankee Stadium when Alex Rodriguez hit a pop-up in the bottom of the ninth. We don’t talk about what happened next.
1964: The Mets signed Tug McGraw.
Birthdays: Damon Buford(49), Keith Miller (56), Gerry Arrigo (78)
Let’s Go Mets!!
