Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
In a battle of All Star starters with the Reds, the Mets came out on top, even if it wasn’t very pretty or easy or much fun or anything good. Shoutout to Juan Soto’s 5 seconds of elite speed for making this all possible.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, NY Post, MLB.com, Daily News, Newsday, The Athletic.
The Mets are reportedly bringing Francisco Alvarez and his 11 AAA home runs back to the major leagues before today’s game.
In a rotation of abbreviated starts and inconsistency, it is David Peterson who stands as a beacon of strength for these Mets.
John Oliver once again told the story and incredibly correct reasoning for his Mets fandom.
Initially out of the lineup and potentially ending his franchise record consecutive games streak, Pete Alonso did make his way into Sunday’s game and extended the streak to 354.
The Mets came to agreements with their fifth, sixth, and 11th round picks in the draft.
Around the National League East
Not long after attending his showcase, the Phillies have signed Old Friend David Robertson to a deal for the rest of the season and about $6M in real money.
Sure, they won the actual Juan Soto trade, but MacKenzie Gore and the Nationals lost a Sunday afternoon game to the Padres 8-1, so who really came out ahead?
Just before they come to Citi Field, the Angels woke up once again and handed the Phillies an 8-2 loss.
The Atlanta Braves were no match for Old Not Really Friend Marcus Stroman and the Yankees in a 4-2 loss.
Miami was unable to pull off another miracle against the Royals, but it wasn’t for lack of trying as they scored four times in the ninth inning in what ended up being a 7-4 loss.
Around Major League Baseball
New York Yankees Old Timers Day will go on as it did for decades prior: with a short baseball game played and Derek Jeter not in attendance.
Mookie Betts is currently having a worse season than Anthony Volpe and he’s trying to get to the bottom of it and out of it.
The Brewers swept the season series from the Dodgers, won their 10th game in a row, and tied the Cubs for the crown of the NL Central.
Temporarily the best team in baseball, the Brewers were passed up by Tarik Skubal and the Tigers who became baseball’s first team to 60 wins.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s homer led the Blue Jays to their 10th consecutive win at home and set them up for a battle with the Yankees starting tonight.
Congrats! Non-DH baseball is far enough in the past that people are legally allowed to reminisce about it.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Vas Drimalitis reflected on Saturday’s number retirement and hall of fame induction, the perfect cap on David Wright’s story.
On Flushing is Burning, Grace Carbone covered the past two weeks of Mets baseball, the All Star Game, and, naturally, some cinema.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2004, David Wright made his major league debut.