Meet the Mets
The Mets lost the final contest in the first bunch of Subway Series matchups in an 8-2 game that for a while was much closer than the score indicates.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, NY Post, MLB.com, Daily News, Newsday.
If Lindor, Soto, and Alonso aren’t going to do anything, neither are the Mets as a whole.
Though you may have found yourself giving up on Starling Marte, the Mets and Carlos Mendoza aren’t there yet.
Juan Soto isn’t really hitting right now, but he is stealing bases which is nice, I guess.
Sure, the Subway Series is all full of drama and headlines, but when it’s all said and done there isn’t much of anything that has changed about the Mets or the Yankees.
The Mets released old friend Billy McKinney from his minor league deal.
Around the National League East
Phillies closer Jose Alvarado was suspended for 80 games and the entire postseason after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Alvarado is in the final year of his contract and the Phillies maintain a $9M option for the 2026 season.
Mick Abel made his major league debut for the Phillies and outdueled Paul Skenes’ complete game effort in a 1-0 contest to gain supreme control of Pennsylvania.
Kevin Herget was claimed off waivers and is the newest member of the Atlanta Braves Triple-A affiliate.
On the Braves major league front, Spencer Strider is expected to be activated by the club and start on Tuesday.
Other than a short blip where they were down by a run, the Braves essentially lead Sunday’s game against the Red Sox from start to finish in a series-ending 10-4 meeting.
The Orioles firing their manager must not have worked because the Nationals took the lead of the first pitch of the game and never gave it up in another 10-4 win.
Cal Quantrill threw an immaculate inning and the bats had two okay innings of their own in the Marlins 5-1 win over the Rays.
Around Major League Baseball
Shortly after designating longest-tenured Dodger Austin Barnes for assignment, the Dodgers have released the longest-tenured Dodger Chris Taylor.
Noted Hawaiian Kolten Wong announced his retirement from baseball in, well, Hawaii.
In the most grim way possible, it seems fitting that Paul Skenes first complete game would come in a lifeless losing effort from the Pirates.
With a little less Wilmer Flores magic than the past few days, the Giants secured a sweep in the first ever Don’t Call It The Bay Bridge Series.
The Orioles designating Kyle Gibson for assignment also might not be the immediate cure to all their woes, but they did it either way.
Travis d’Arnaud hit a late go-ahead homer against the Dodgers and secured the Angels’ first sweep of their interleague rivals since literally 2010.
On his way back from a groin injury, Reds ace Hunter Greene tossed 35 pitches off the mound.
It took a home run robbery to do it, but the Minnesota Twins win streak is dead at a potentially or potentially not lucky 13 games.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2006, we had much better Subway Series memories as David Wright walked off Mariano Rivera.
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