Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
The Mets are set to open the second half of the season with a three-game series against the Reds that begins tonight, and they’ll be going with Sean Manaea, Clay Holmes, and David Peterson as their starting pitchers in the series.
Francisco Lindor absolutely gets it, as he had some fun with his Instagram caption about the time he spent in Atlanta this week.
The Mets signed Mitch Voit, their top pick in the draft earlier this week.
Dr. David Altchek, who served as the Mets’ medical director and was one of the top Tommy John surgeons on the planet, died at the age of 68. Steve and Alex Cohen released a statement on his passing.
David Lennon is still concerned about the fact that the Mets and the Yankees are currently in second place in their respective divisions.
Laura Albanese writes that the Mets are in good shape with 65 games to go in the regular season.
Here’s the tale of the Mets’ first half, as told by Steve Cohen’s social media.
John Harper has ten bold predictions about the second half.
Around the National League East
The Braves got right-handed pitcher Dane Dunning in a trade with the Rangers.
The Good Phight took a look at where the Phillies’ draft picks might rank among prospect in the organization.
The Marlins are reportedly listening on their most enticing arms as the trade deadline approaches.
Federal Baseball looks at some key story lines for the Nationals in the second half.
Around Major League Baseball
Here’s a look at ten trade targets to track from MLB.com.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
We took a look at some of the players who could give the Mets a boost if they were to call them up to begin the second half.
Allison McCague brought us the latest installments of the pitcher and position player performance meters.
This Date in Mets History
Mike Piazza and Carlos Beltrán each hit a grand slam on this date—six years apart.