Meet the Mets
The Mets shut out the Padres 5-0 behind a strong performance from Christian Scott, who earned his second major league victory. Jared Young and Luis Torrens both homered for the Mets and Bo Bichette contributed a key RBI triple in the third. The Mets’ bullpen was solid yet again with Huascar Brazobán helping Scott navigate out of trouble in the sixth and Luke Weaver and A.J. Minter logging a scoreless inning apiece.
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Jorge Polanco remained on
rehab assignment yesterday rather than joining the Mets in San Diego, which was previously raised as a possibility.
Meanwhile, Francisco Alvarez is on track to be activated when the Mets return home next week.
Francisco Lindor is expected back in the third week of June, but it already may be too late by then, writes Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Juan Soto is raking, but other players in the lineup need to step up as well, including guys returning from injury, writes Brian Murphy of MLB.com.
Sean Manaea has slowly regained his velocity and climbed his way back to being a positive contributor on the Mets.
Manaea will pitch today, but it is unclear if an opener will be used ahead of him or not.
Carlos Mendoza told Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman of the New York Post that Juan Soto conducts most of his leadership behind the scenes.
Jared Young has learned to be the good kind of stubborn and it is paying off for the Mets, writes Laura Albanese of Newsday.
Around the National League East
A four-hit night from Kyle Schwarber powered the Phillies to an 8-6 victory over the White Sox, as the Phillies find themselves in playoff position for the first time since April 7.
Despite the Phillies’ incredible turnaround since Don Mattingly took over as manager, Mattingly still has mixed feelings due to the reason he is in his current position to begin with.
Over at The Good Phight, they opined that the Phillies may need to change up their lineup again to kickstart the struggling offense.
Mauricio Dubón drove in three of the Braves’ six runs in their 6-3 win over the Pirates at Truist Park.
Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is throwing on flat ground but still has “a long way to go” in his recovery timeline.
The Nationals’ high-octane offense was at it again as they walloped the Diamondbacks 14-1.
Nationals lefty DJ Herz, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, made his first rehab appearance yesterday in the Florida Complex League.
The Marlins were blanked by Drew Rasmussen and the Rays 5-0 in Miami.
Marlins top pitching prospect Thomas White has been diagnosed with a capsular sprain in his throwing shoulder and may miss the rest of the 2026 season.
Around Major League Baseball
Concern about missing games in 2027 due to a work stoppage likely won’t impact returns at the trade deadline, writes Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic.
MLB owners are framing the salary cap as a way to end local TV blackouts, as their proposal to the union involves eliminating the territory system that defines the current media landscape in baseball.
Deesha Thosar of FOX Sports wrote about what’s next for the Yankees without Aaron Judge.
Judge’s injury won’t impact just the Yankees, but the entire American League.
Ginny Searle of Baseball Prospectus took a look at the current playoff odds picture and how it has changed from Opening Day. Not surprisingly, the Mets’ playoff odds have dropped the most of any team.
Michael Baumann of Fangraphs wrote about the Gerrit Cole contract now that there are just two and a half years remaining on his pact with the Yankees.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the weekend series in San Diego.
This Date in Mets History
After firing some of their coaches, the Mets began a scorching hot 40-15 stretch by pulverizing Roger Clemens and the Yankees on this date in 1999.
