Enjoy your baseball-free Saturday.
The Cardinals have been unable to stop the Mets all season, but the weather can, as today’s game in St. Louis has been postponed due to rain. A split doubleheader has been scheduled for tomorrow, with the first game set to start at 1:15 PM and the second game beginning at 6:15 PM Eastern Standard Time.
While the Mets would no doubt prefer to play today and keep the good times against the Cardinals rolling (and also thereby avoiding a late departure for Arizona after the game), the postponement does have some positive influence on the team’s roster machinations. Pitching prospect Blade Tidwell is scheduled to make his debut tomorrow, and the Mets were going to have to send someone down to make room for him on the active roster. Now the team has the option of simply naming him the 27th man for the doubleheader, thereby avoiding the need to send a reliever packing. Tylor Megill—who had been scheduled to start today’s game—will presumably start the other of the two games tomorrow.