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