Good morning, Mets fans.
Today, Jacob deGrom (4-0, 1.52 ERA) will attempt to continue his Cy Young quality campaign against the Cubbies.
DeGrom has been on an insane roll lately and has given up two earned runs in his last 40.1 innings. Mike Montgomery (1-1, 4.35 ERA) will oppose him. The game will be on FOX and 710WOR at 7:15 p.m.
A common theme of this season reoccurred yesterday. Brandon Nimmo impressed, but the Mets pen gave up the lead late, yet again. Nimmo gave the Mets an early lead with a two-run homer in the third inning and Zack Wheeler pitched effectively against the Cubs for six innings.
However a bullpen meltdown, led by Paul Sewald, allowed the Cubs to crawl back into the game. The Cubbies scored five runs in the final three innings to win the game, 7-4.
Below is episode 12 of the Mets Matters podcast with Justin Fried and Josh Finkelstein.
Latest Mets News
The Mets were in need of an extra bench player for yesterday’s game so they called up Jose Lobaton and DFA’ed Scott Copeland.
Fangraphs released their final mock draft. The Mets are predicted to select prep outfielder Jarred Kelenic in the first round and Kyle Isbel in the second round.
Jay Bruce was taken out of yesterday’s game with back discomfort.
Jason Vargas or Seth Lugo seemed poised to pitch Tuesday, taking the turn of Noah Syndergaard.
Kevin Plawecki will play first base today against the lefty, Montgomery.
Baseball America unveiled their top 100 prospect list. Two Mets prospects Andres Gimenez (74) and Peter Alonso (82) appeared on their rankings.
Latest MLB News
Russell Wilson, Ciara, and other fellow investors had a press conference to announce their intention for an MLB team to relocate to Portland, Oregon.
According to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com, the Diamondbacks inked former top prospect Henry Owens to a minor-league deal
David Dahl will miss the next six-to-eight weeks with a broken foot.
Clayton Kershaw has been placed back on the DL with a lower back strain.
The Mariners DFA’ed Marc Rzepczynski. The veteran lefty is a piece the Mets should consider signing.
The Blue Jays placed Josh Donaldson on the 10-day DL. His injury could pave the path for a Vladimir Guerrero Jr promotion.
The Yankees released former Met Oliver Perez.
Latest NL East News
Brad Ziegler has lost his role as Miami’s closer. Hard-throwing righty Kyle Barraclough will replace the veteran sidearmer as the closer.
The Marlins acquired power-hitting first baseman Peter O’Brien in exchange for cash
Former Braves ace and current MLB Network analyst John Smoltz qualified for the US open
Latest on MMO
Sam Lebowitz examined Seth Lugo’s spot start.
Dilip Sridhar talked about the Mets biggest offseason move: keeping Brandon Nimmo.
Sridhar also unveiled his final draft update.
On this Date in Mets History
In 1994, the Mets selected Paul Wilson out of Florida State. Wilson would be the least-accomplished pitcher of the trio known as “Generation K.”
Birthdays: Kurt Abbott(49), Kelvin Chapman 62, Reid Cornelius 49, Mike Stanton(no, not that Mike Stanton) 51.
Let’s Go Mets!
