Morning Briefing: Jose Siri Progressing Faster Than Expected

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In his pregame press conference on Saturday, Carlos Mendoza told reporters that Jose Siri is progressing faster than expected by Mendoza and the Mets’ staff.

Siri has been out since April 12 with a fractured left tibia. He was originally projected to be out for 8-10 weeks.

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Saturday was a special day for the Mets’ Double-A affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Right-handed pitchers Jonah Tong (the Mets’ No. 6-ranked prospect) and TJ Shook combined to throw the first perfect game in Rumble Ponies franchise history in game two (seven innings) of their doubleheader. Tong struck out a career-high 13 batters in 6 2/3 innings. Shook struck out one in 1/3 of an inning.

Jack Ramsey broke down Tong and Shook’s performances and the offensive performances from Saturday’s game.

Along with the perfect game by Tong and Shook, Ronny Mauricio hit an RBI double for Binghamton Saturday as well.

The major league Mets, meanwhile, lost 6-5 as the Cubs evened the series. Brett Baty homered twice to give him three in his last two games, but it wasn’t quite enough to offset Tylor Megill‘s shaky outing and a couple of runs permitted by Max Kranick. Read the full recap here.

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Per Major League Baseball, Jace (Detroit Tigers) and Josh (Texas Rangers) Jung faced each other for the first time in their major league careers on Saturday. Their mother, Mary Jung, was in attendance wearing a jersey divided with their teams and names.

MLB Trade Rumors released an article explain that after publicly refusing to play first base for the Red Sox, Rafael Devers sat down with Red Sox owner John Henry and manager Alex Cora to discuss the current situation and frustrations.

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David Melendi recapped the Mets’ minor league affiliate games from Friday, May 9th that included the Syracuse debut of Nolan McLean. He was lights out, striking out seven across seven scoreless innings.

Mojo Hill discussed the performance of the Mets’ left-handed hitters and their success against Jameson Taillon.

Chris Bello breaks down the MLB Power Rankings as of week six.

On This Date in Mets History

1972: The Mets split a day-night doubleheader at Shea Stadium against the Los Angeles Dodgers in which Tom Seaver threw eight one-run innings to earn the 100th win of his career. The Mets on that same day sent Charlie Williams to the San Francisco Giants in a trade that brought the ‘Say Hey Kid’ Willie Mays to the Mets.

Born on This Date: Jose Azocar (1996), Jordan Yamamoto (1996), Griffin Canning (1996), Wal Terrell (1958), Jerry Martin (1949).

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