Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
The Mets lost their series opener in San Francisco last night, the team’s second consecutive loss. Jose Quintana wasn’t sharp, the team’s bats were mostly silent in the early going, and the Giants wound up winning 5-2.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, MLB.com, New York Post
Before the series opener, the Mets optioned Grant Hartwig, designated Michael Tonkin for assignment, reinstated Sean Reid-Foley from the injured list, and called up Josh Walker.
Bradford Doolittle profiled David Stearns.
Ken Rosenthal wrote about the reasons to believe in and be concerned about the Mets.
Tim Britton covered a bunch of Mets-related topics ahead of the team’s series in San Francisco.
Mets prospect Drew Gilbert, who hit the IL early in the Syracuse season with a hamstring injury, is expected to miss another four weeks.
Around the National League East
Ranger Suárez threw a gem as the Phillies won their seventh-straight game.
The Braves improved to 15-6 with a win over the lowly Marlins.
Around Major League Baseball
The Yankees were shut out by the A’s in a game that saw manager Aaron Boone ejected for something a fan said.
The Orioles defeated the Angels, moved into first place in the American League East with a 15-7 record, and are calling up outfielder Heston Kjerstad, a consensus top-50 prospects in baseball coming into the 2024 season.
The Pirates snapped their losing streak with a win over the Brewers.
Tarik Skubal and the Tigers beat the Rays with ease.
The Twins have struggled a bit to start the season, but they beat the White Sox, who are now 3-19. That’s a 22-win pace over 162 games for Chicago’s American League franchise.
The Blue Jays topped the Royals behind a strong start from Yusei Kikuchi.
Paul Goldschmidt and the Cardinals have been struggling mightily in the early going, but St. Louis pulled off a dramatic win over the Diamondbacks.
Dylan Cease had a good start as the Padres beat the Rockies.
Rimas Sports, the agency led by Bad Bunny, had an arbitrator deny its request to continue representing baseball clients following the MLBPA’s revocation of its lead agent’s certification.
Attendance around the league over this past weekend was relatively high.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Allison McCague dropped the latest editions of the position player and pitcher performance meters.
This Date in Mets History
The Mets won their first game on this date in 1962.