Morning Briefing: Game Times Changed, Vouchers Offered

Good morning, Mets fans! Get well, Juan.

The Mets moved the start time up to 4:10 p.m. ET for Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s games against Arizona due to cold, windy weather expected in the evening. The team also announced that fans who have already bought tickets for either game will have their tickets honored and be offered a voucher for a future game. For more information, visit Mets.com/Weather.

The Mets also offered a limited number of free tickets to both games as a thank you to the “best fans in baseball!” (Aww, we are blushing.) The team said the free tickets sold out due to overwhelming demand.

Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.35 ERA) goes for New York Tuesday against Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60 ERA) on Tuesday. The game will air on SNY.

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The Mets will have to do without Juan Soto for a while. The 27-year-old outfielder was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday (retroactive to April 4) and the team said a typical return for this type of injury is “approximately 2-3 weeks.” Soto suffered a right calf strain running the bases on Friday in San Francisco. Ronny Mauricio was called up from Triple-A Syracuse.

The Mets officially announced that Carlos Beltrán‘s No. 15 will be retired on Sept. 19 when he is inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame before a game against the Phillies. MMO’s Robert Colonna has more details. Not a coincidence, Tyrone Taylor said he will switch his jersey number from No. 15 to No. 28. The last Met to wear No. 28 was Cedric Mullins.

The Mets (6-4) were off Monday so it seemed like a good time to see where they stand as a team compared to the rest of the league through 10 games.

Prior to Monday’s games, the Mets were tied for fifth with the Marlins in runs scored with 49. The team is slashing .250/.333/.390 which places them ninth/ninth/10th. New York is ninth in stolen bases with eight in nine attempts. (The Braves, by the way, with first-base coach Antoan Richardson, are 3-for-7.)

The Mets’ team ERA is 2.53, third in MLB. The 1.15 WHIP is fifth. The starters’ ERA is 3.13 (eighth) and they have thrown 54 2/3 innings (third). The bullpen ERA is 1.66, second only to the Braves (1.08). (Pitching coach Jeremy Hefner is working early wonders.) The 1.11 WHIP is fifth. The bullpen is tied for 10th in innings pitched with 38.

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Tom Nieto, a catcher on the 1987 champion Twins and a Met coach from 2004-2008, has died. He was 65. The Twins posted a tribute on X.

Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer was removed against the Dodgers Monday after two innings and 36 pitches with his velocity down, per Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. He reported that Scherzer may have been dealing with a flu bug that has been going around the team.

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk will have left thumb surgery Tuesday, the team announced. He suffered the injury on a foul tip on Friday.

The Cubs placed LHP Matthew Boyd on the 15-day injured list with a left biceps strain. RHP Javier Assad was recalled from Triple-A Iowa and was set to start Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay.

Total viewing of the first week of baseball on national partners was up 54 percent from last year, according to Michael Mulvihill of FOX. This includes FOX, NBC, Netflix, TBS and FS1 this year vs. FOX, ESPN and FS1 last year.

Dodgers OF Andy Pages (14-for-24, two homers seven RBIs) was named National League Player of the Week. Astros DH-OF Yordan Alvarez (8-for-17, three homers, eight RBIs) took the American League honor.

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The pitching has been good. Francisco Lindor has been … not as good. Andrew Steele-Davis covers that and more in 3 Up, 3 Down.

Christian De Block dives into Kodai Senga‘s nice start against the Giants. His fastball velocity peaked at around 98 mph.

Robert Colonna shows how the depth of the lineup has helped keep the offense afloat despite some struggles at the top of the order.

Jackson Cluff hit a two-out, two-run walk-off homer to give Triple-A Syracuse a 4-3 win over Toledo on Sunday. Nathan Cooper recapped the action.

On This Date in Mets History

2024: Jerry Grote, a world champion and two-time All-Star who caught for the Mets from 1966-1977, dies at 81 in Austin, Texas.

1984: Dwight Gooden debuts with a win in the Astrodome. The 19-year-old allows one run on three hits, walks two and strikes out five over five innings. Keith Hernandez goes 2-for-4, Darryl Strawberry homers and Jesse Orosco picks up the save.

1970: Donn Clendenon‘s pinch-hit, two-run single in the 11th inning helps lift the Mets to their first season-opening win in franchise history. They beat the Pirates 5-3 at Forbes Field, overcoming a double and a triple by Matty Alou. Tom Seaver pitches eight innings of three-run ball. Steve Blass throws 10 innings of three-run ball. Tommie Agee goes 3-for-6 and Tug McGraw earns a save. The Mets are the first team to win a World Series before a season opener.

Born on This Date: Vinny Rottino (1980), Joe Hicks (1933).

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