Morning Briefing: Zack Wheeler's Last Start With the Mets?

Good morning, Mets fans!!

In what could be his last start as a Met, Zack Wheeler faces the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight. Wheeler’s been speculated as a trade target and as long as he gets out of this start relatively unscathed, he should be on the move in the next week. Wheeler (6-6, 4.69 ERA) will be opposed by rookie Dario Agrazal (2-0, 2.25 ERA). The game can be viewed on SNY and WCBS 880 at 7:10 p.m.

Yesterday, the Mets took the series against the Padres 4-0 behind seven strong innings from ace Jacob deGrom. deGrom lowered his daytime ERA to 1.86 ERA, the best in Major-League history. Edwin Díaz left the game in the ninth inning after taking a comebacker off of his foot; X-rays were negative.

Latest Mets News

There was only minor news reported out of Mets camp yesterday; it was only the news that they’re seriously considering trading their 98-mph-fastball-throwing Norse God, Noah Syndergaard.

Buster Olney of ESPN initially broke the news on Twitter, claiming that the Mets are seriously looking at trades involving Thor. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic furthered the rumors, tweeting out that the Mets are looking into ways to trade Syndergaard and sign Wheeler to a long-term contract. Joel Sherman of the New York Post hears that Brodie Van Wagenen won’t present an offer to the Wilpons trade Syndergaard unless he’s certain they will approve the move

On the heels of the Syndergaard announcement, it was reported by Joel Sherman that Mets executives Omar Minaya and Allard Baird were in Jackson to scout the Mississippi Braves’ game, the Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.

Wallace Matthew of Yahoo Sports doesn’t believe Syndergaard’s headed crosstown to the Bronx.

P.J. Conlon posted on Instagram that he has requested his release from the Mets organization. Conlon, who was on a rehab assignment, appeared in three games with Mets in 2018, becoming the first Irish-born player to play in the Majors.

Despite an excellent 2019 draft, the Mets’ farm system still ranks as one of the worst in the Majors per Baseball America.

Sung Min Kim of the Athletic caught up with former Mets prospect Shane Spencer.

Latest MLB News

Josh Tolentino of The Athletic broke the news Blake Snell will need to undergo surgery that will fix a loose body in his left elbow.

After 13 seasons, Troy Tulowitzki announced that he’s hanging up his spikes.

The Astros activated Carlos Correa from the IL and DFA’ed Tony Kemp per Jake Kaplan of The Athletic.

The Rangers acquired Shane Charle from the Braves, DFA’ing former Met Rule IV draft pick Kyle Dowdy to make room on the roster.

Joey Gallo will be out for the next four weeks after receiving surgery on his hamate bone per Levi Weaver of The Athletic.

According to Tommy Birch of The Des Moines Register, The Cubs will recall former top prospect Ian Happ from Triple-A.

After sending him down to the minors in late-June, the Brewers plan to re-add Travis Shaw to their roster according to Robert Murray of The Athletic.

The Pelota Cubana reported that the Diamondbacks plan to recall Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas.

The Dodgers recalled Will Smith to the Majors and optioned Austin Barnes to Triple-A.

USA Today polled its staffers to try to figure out which current players would make good GMs.

Darren Rovell of ActionSportsBetting hears that pitch-by-pitch sports betting could arrive in Major Leagues soon via the app Draftkings.

Mark Feinsand of MLB.com asked rival executives which teams could go into selling mode in the upcoming week.

Jeff Todd of MLB Trade Rumors explained the technicalities of the new Trading Deadline.

The Yankees traded for the Twins’ minor-league catcher Brian Navarreto. They sent cash considerations to Minnesota.

Latest NL East News

With his ninth homer of the season and 341st of his career on Tuesday, Curtis Granderson has entered the top-100 in the all-time Home Run leaderboard. (Dan Hasty/Twitter)

The Nationals activated Max Scherzer from the 10-day IL.