Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Thought it was cool that the ice-cold Mets scored 12 times on Sunday and had a nice laugher of a game? Too bad, fewer than 24 hours later they gave up 12 runs and had to resort to letting Luis Torrens pitch.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, NY Post, MLB.com, Daily News, Newsday, The Athletic.
It’s already August and it’s safe to say Frankie Montas hasn’t taken advantage of a single opportunity to impress the team and show himself to be a worthy signing.
On the bright side, Juan Soto has turned himself into one of the most efficient base stealers in the entire sport.
Yesterday morning, the Mets designated Rico Garcia for assignment and called up Austin Warren to take his spot in the bullpen.
Around the National League East
Though it took two days to complete, the Braves won the first (and probably only) Speedway Classic 4-2 on the back of two Eli White homers.
For the third consecutive game, the Nationals gave up at least eight runs to the Brewers, this time losing 14-3.
The Marlins made history on Sunday, sweeping the Yankees in a three-game series for the first time ever, and solidifying themselves as the only team in the sport with a .500 or above record against them.
On Sunday Night Baseball, the Phillies had little issues and enjoyed another Jhoan Duran light show in a 2-0 win over the Tigers.
Around Major League Baseball
You might think that the mysterious gambling situation with Emmanuel Clase is the most odd story about him and his money, but wait until you hear about his income-sharing.
The White Sox released my mortal enemy Noah Syndergaard from his minor-league contract.
Before it was completed, the Speedway Classic drew less-than-complimentary comparisons to Fyre Festival.
Julio Rodriguez had an eventful Sunday, hitting the 100th home run of his career and at the same time becoming the first player ever to reach the 20-20 plateau in homers and steals in each of his first four seasons.
Both Patrick Sandoval and Liam Hendricks are unlikely to throw another pitch for the Red Sox this season.
Noted All Star Jacob Misiorowski is heading to the injured list with a shin bruise suffered on Thursday.
In one play for the Orioles at Wrigley, Jackson fielded the ball and threw it to Jackson who relayed the ball to Jackson.
That fun quirk ended up as the highlight of the night for the Orioles as the Cubs walked them off on a Justin Turner home run.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Lukas Vlahos gave a very positive grade to the Mets’ trade for Taylor Rogers from the Giants.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1982, Joel Youngblood became the first player in baseball history to record a hit for two teams in one day.