Meet the Mets
Having resigned themselves to the inevitability of loss and anguish for 2026, the Mets have suddenly stopped losing.
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Prior to Sunday’s victory, the Mets demoted their honorable innings eater Xzavion Curry to Syracuse and called up Jack Weisenbuger in his place.
To close the game, the Mets turned to Jack Weisenburger with his family in attendance to make his major league debut.
Fresh out of the Bigelow Tea Broadcast
Booth, Newsday’s Laura Albanese recapped her series calling games on the radio with Keith Radd.
Despite his rough Saturday on the mound in Pittsburgh, Andy Green indicated that Robert Stock will stick in the Mets rotation for the time being.
Around the National League East
Leading up to the Field of Dreams game, the Phillies had a quartet of phantom ballplayers throw out the first pitch on Sunday.
Will Dion recorded the first win of his big league career and eight different Nationals recorded a hit in a 7-1 win over the Reds.
It took 12 innings and 210 minutes, but the Phillies eventually ended their weekend with a walkoff win against the Blue Jays in a 7-6 ballgame.
Up against Cam Schlittler, the Braves left the Bronx with their only win of the series against the Yankees, grabbing a 2-1 win in 10 innings.
The Marlins absolutely bludgeoned the Angels on Sunday, taking a 12-3 contest on the strength of a pair of Griffin Conine homers.
In a Hall of Fame-level display of red-assery, Chris Sale was ejected prior to Sunday’s Braves-Yankees game for continuing a balk argument from the prior day’s game.
Kyle Stowers left Sunday’s game early with what the Marlins describe as left hamstring discomfort that’ll be evaluated in the coming days.
People are spending a lot of time and energy looking at Zack Wheeler’s foot for a surprisingly good reason.
Around Major League Baseball
Jacob Misiorowski reached the 200 strikeout mark at a quicker pace than anyone in the history of baseball not named Spencer Strider.
On the all-time list, Max Scherzer (depending on which website you consult) surpassed Walter Johnson on the strikeout leaderboard to crack the top-10 in baseball history.
North Carolina’s Johnston County Little League came ahead victorious in the Little League Softball World Series, defeating Kentucky 2-0.
Jeff McNeil of the [CITY NAME UNAVAILABLE] Athletics recorded the 1,000th hit of his career.
Closing out a series in Texas, Pete Alonso connected for his first multi-homer game as a member of the Baltimore Orioles.
After a pair of games in Worcester, Adley Rutschman’s rehab assignment is apparently completed to the Red Sox’s satisfaction as the newly-acquired catcher is said to be making his team debut this week in Toronto.
Continuing his process of Rich Hillification, Craig Kimbrel signed a major league deal with the Kansas City Royals, soon to be his 12th team.
Jacob Wilson surpassed the record of old friend Mike Bordick with his 111th consecutive errorless game at the shortstop position.
In the span of eight hours, outfielder Austin Hays signed a deal with the Padres, made it to the stadium, and connected for a pinch-hit home run in his first at bat with San Diego.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1993, Bret Saberhagen admitted to spraying bleach on reporters.
