Meet the Mets
Sean Manaea had his best start of the season, keeping the Braves mostly at bay over six solid innings, but the Mets still fell to Atlanta 3-1 to even up the series, as the bats went silent.
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Bo Bichette’s big night on Friday night gives the Mets maybe a little reason to hope, writes Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Per Anthony DiComo, the Spiderman mask behind the Mets’ new
home run celebration was a gift to Juan Soto from a fan that Carson Benge suggested the Mets start using in their celebrations.
Both the Mets and Braves let their accomplished franchise first baseman walk. But it has only worked out for one of those teams, writes Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
In the aftermath of the worst start as a Met on Thursday, Freddy Peralta said yesterday that he identified a mechanical adjustment that could help him fix things for today’s outing in the Mets’ series finale against the Braves.
Around the National League East
The morning after his early exit on Friday night, the Braves placed Spencer Strider on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.
The Nationals routed the Mariners 8-3, as C.J. Abrams had another big night at the plate for Washington.
The Marlins lost a close one to the Pirates 3-2, as Anthony Bender hit Spencer Horwitz with a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth to plate the go-ahead run. Miami rallied in the ninth, but could not manage to pull this one out.
A five-run sixth inning propelled the Phillies to a 9-8 victory over the Brewers, as they held on to win despite a late-inning comeback effort from Milwaukee.
Around Major League Baseball
McCovey Chronicles called out the bigoted and tone deaf display some Giants pitchers chose to partake in during the team’s Pride Night.
Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton experienced a setback in his recovery from a left calf strain and could undergo additional imaging.
Injury woes continue for the Yankees, as they placed Trent Grisham on the 10-day injured list yesterday with a right hamstring strain.
Speaking of which, Aaron Judge’s injury leaves the AL MVP race wide open.
Guardians third baseman José Ramírez suffered a fractured left hamate bone on Saturday, in the Guardians’ 3-1 win over the Tigers.
In that same game, Tigers ace Tarik Skubal took the loss in his return from surgery to remove a loose body in his elbow. He pitched well, but was done no favors by his defense nor given much run support.
MLB.com runs down seven potential landing spots for Skubal if he is dealt at the deadline.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto narrowly missed out on both a perfect game and a no-hitter in the Dodgers’ 7-1 win over the White Sox.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
In a new episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, Brian Salvatore and Chris McShane discuss the one step forward, two steps back nature of the 2026 season for the Mets.
This Date in Mets History
Duke Snider hit his 400th career home run at the Polo Grounds on this date in 1963.
