Morning Briefing: Mets Snap Skid in Boston

Good morning, Mets fans!

Tuesday night’s loss to the Red Sox in Boston marked the Mets’ first three-game losing streak of the season and pushed them a game and a half back of the Phillies for the division lead. After only scoring 10 runs in their last seven games, New York put half that run total up in Wednesday night’s win against Boston. Brett Baty drove in three runs from the nine hole and Tylor Megill struck out 10 in 4 2/3 innings in a Mets 5-1 win. Click here for the full-game recap!

After salvaging the series finale against the Red Sox, the Mets will head back home to Queens to prepare for a weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting Friday. The probable pitching matchups are Clayton Kershaw vs. Griffin Canning, Tony Gonsolin vs. David Peterson and Landon Knack vs. Kodai Senga. 

Latest Mets News

Mets legend Mike Piazza mentioned Juan Soto‘s messy start being a Mets “rite of passage” in an interview with Joel Sherman of the NY Post.

Mets RHP prospect Jonah Tong has cracked MLB Pipeline‘s top 100 prospects list. 

Paul Blackburn and Ronny Mauricio led the Syracuse Mets to victory on Wednesday. Click here for more on the win!

Jett Williams and Jonah Tong find themselves in the top 50 prospects list according to Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.

Latest MLB News

Despite some media speculation of a possible trade of Paul Skenes, Jon Heyman of the NY Post reports that those rumors are invalid. A source from the Pirates said in response to a Skenes trade, “No chance, no way, no how.”

Pirates RHP Jared Jones underwent surgery to repair the injury in his right elbow, with no specification on what the surgery is, per Noah Hiles of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

MLB announced that Players’ Weekend is returning August 15-17, which came back in 2024 after a four-year hiatus.

NBC has made an offer to MLB to take over Sunday Night Baseball and the rest of ESPN’s baseball inventory starting next season, per Joe Flint and Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal.

Veteran infielder and former Mets foe with the Phillies, Jean Segura, called it a career after 12 big league seasons, per Robert Murray of FanSided.

Giants manager Bob Melvin told reporters that veteran pitcher Justin Verlander will be placed on the IL with pec discomfort.

Latest on MMO

Blackburn and Mauricio star in a Syracuse win.

ESPN’s top 50 prospects list features two Mets.

Brett Baty helps get the Mets back in the win column.

On This Date in Mets History

2019: Juan Lagares hits a three-run double and Rajai Davis hits a three-run bomb en route to a six-run eighth inning in a Mets win. Davis took an Uber from Lehigh Valley to Queens that day after being promoted to the major league club. 

1998: The Mets acquire Mike Piazza from the Florida Marlins in exchange for outfielder Preston Wilson and minor league pitchers Ed Yarnall an Geoff Goetz.

1972: Willie Mays appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Born on This Date: Collin Cowgill (1986).

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