Your Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
A documentary on David Wright will be premiering on SNY ahead of his retirement ceremony this weekend.
The Mets have five questions facing the team as the second half is about to begin.
Four Mets prospects made Baseball Prospectus’s new top 50 list with Jett Williams getting ranked the highest at 17.
Congratulations to Brett Baty who got engaged to his fiancée Anna in Cape May during the All-Star break.
Around the National League East
With the team well out of the playoff race, the Braves are not expected to be aggressive at the Trade Deadline and will instead look at their long term needs.
The Marlins acquired reliever Michael Peterson from Atlanta in exchange for cash considerations.
Bryson Stott has regressed again at the the plate this season and the evidence is starting to pile up that this is who he is as a player.
The Nationals have been the worst team in baseball since June so they have some work to do to turn it around in the second half.
Around Major League Baseball
Despite having the first swing off in All-Star Game history viewership was down from last year’s contest.
It’s still way too early to tell how well each team drafted in this year’s draft but five teams seem to have added some top talent to their system.
The Royals acquired Adam Frazier from the Pirates in exchange for infielder Cam Devanney.
Despite not making the All-Star Game the Rangers paid Nathan Eovaldi his All-Star bonus anyway.
Where does each team stand now that the second half is about to begin.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
On the latest episode of A Pod of Their Own the return of Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea was discussed.
Linus Lawrence recapped how well the Mets fared in the 2025 All-Star Game and ranked the best All-Star performances in Mets history.
Steve Sypa wrote draft profiles for James Smith IV and Frank Camarillo.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1979, Lee Mazzilli hit a pinch-hit game-tying home run for the National League in the All-Star game. He then worked a walk with the bases loaded in the ninth to force in the winning run.