When it rains, it pours...
When it rains, it pours...
The Mets lost Brooks Raley to the injured list on Saturday, and the rainout will push Max Scherzer's return to Tuesday in Detroit
What’s Up with the Mets? ⚾️
The Mets and Braves were rained out on Saturday - they will make the game up as part of a split admission doubleheader on August 12 at Citi Field (details)
The rain out on Saturday will delay Max Scherzer’s return to the rotation since it was a ten-game suspension - he is now slated to start on Tuesday in Detroit
The Mets have lost five of their last six games - during that span, the team has hit .243/.281/.344 while the pitching staff has produced a a 6.00 ERA
Roster Moves 🗞️
LHP Brooks Raley (elbow inflammation) placed on the 15-day IL
RHP Adam Ottavino (paternity leave) reinstated
RHP John Curtiss recalled from Triple-A Syracuse
LHP David Peterson optioned to Triple-A Syracuse
Today’s Game 🗓
Match-up: Mets vs Braves
Where: Citi Field - Flushing, New York
Starters: RHP Charlie Morton (3-2, 2.76 ERA) vs. TBD
When: 1:10 PM EDT
Where to Watch: SNY
When it rains, it pours… ✍🏻
Remember that scene in Bull Durham when the team had returned home after a brutal road trip and the players said, “what we need is a rainout,” to which he responded, “I can get us a rainout.”
(He then flooded the field from the sprinklers)
Well, that’s how I felt on Saturday. With the pitching staff in shambles, a four-game series the Mets against the Braves in which the Mets had already rather uncompetitively dropped the first game, and three more with only Max Scherzer certain to start a game among the rest of whoever is in their rotation right now, it felt like one of those days a rainout was needed, if only to buy an extra day for the pitching staff.
Now look - of course I want the Mets to play, and of course I want the Mets to win. But there are some days on the baseball calendar it’s best they don’t and given everything that had been happening to-date, the losing trend the club is on, a reboot day seemed appropriate.
At first, it seemed like a splendid result.
Then of course, the club announced they had lost another pitcher to the injured list. This time it was their only left-hander in the bullpen, Brooks Raley. He has elbow inflammation and that is all we currently know about his situation.
So the staff took a hit again, they don’t have a lefty in their bullpen anymore, either.
When it rains, it pours.
The forecast looks ominous for midday. Maybe another rainout is in order?
Around the League 🚩
After spending 13 years and 1154 games in the minor leagues, Drew Maggi recorded his first big league hit and RBI for the Pirates in their 16-1 win over the Nationals in game 2 of their doubleheader (MLB.com)
Ten different players hit home runs between the Giants and Padres in the first ever regular season game in Mexico City - the Padres prevailed 16-11
The Yankees announced Aaron Judge has a mild hip strain (day-to-day), the Rangers placed Jacob deGrom on the injured list with right elbow inflammation, and Texas shutout New York 2-0 in Arlington
The Rays put up a 10-spot on the White Sox in the seventh inning after being no-hit by Chicago through six innings, winning 12-3 to improve to 23-5 on the year