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The post-trade deadline Mets continue to be unstoppable, as they began their series against the Pirates with their fourth straight victory. The Amazins were buoyed by a three-run homer from Marcus Semien in their four-run third inning, along with five scoreless innings from Zac Thornton.
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The one negative from last night was Carson Benge leaving the game with wrist soreness after making a spectacular catch, though initial X-rays were negative.
An even bigger victory occurred off the field yesterday: Mrs. Met was voted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.
The Mets made a roster move yesterday, claiming infielder Gabriel Arias off waivers from the Guardians.
Okay, we’ll bite: what exactly would the Mets need to do to make an improbable playoff run the rest of the way?
Luke Weaver faced his old team last night, and if he had had his way he would have stayed with the Mets.
The Mets may have shipped off a lot of their former players, but the guys who are still here are maintaining the right mindset.
A number of the players acquired by the Mets at the deadline have connections with some of the players already in the organization.
Several of the pitchers in the Mets’ bullpen have something to prove the rest of the way.
Around the National League East
Tyler Mahle delivered a good performance in his Braves debut, but Raisel Iglesias blew the save and the Braves ultimately fell to the Yankees 3-2 in 10 innings to snap Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak.
The Phillies lost to the Blue Jays 5-4 on the same night in which they honored Chase Utley. Very sad, that.
Home runs from Daylen Lile and Harry Ford propelled the Nationals to a 5-3 win over the Reds.
The Marlins lost to the Angels 4-3 last night, with the final out coming on a play at the plate.
Around Major League Baseball
ESPN’s Jeff Passan outlined how the Tarik Skubal trade negotiations played out.
The Tigers may have traded Skubal, but he remains open to signing with them in free agency.
Longtime Athletics general manager David Forst has parted ways with the team.
The Red Sox have gone on a run that has little precedence.
The Twins have called up top infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper to assist with their playoff push.
MLB.com examined which contending teams have the best potential postseason rotation.
Reds pitcher Hunter Greene will be out for the rest of the 2026 season and perhaps even longer after undergoing elbow surgery.
The Dodgers’ losing streak is now at seven games after Edwin Díaz surrendered a walk-off homer to the Diamondbacks.
On the bright side for Los Angeles, Blake Snell is set to make his return next week.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Brian Salvatore previewed the weekend series in Pittsburgh.
Brian and Chris McShane recapped the Mets’ deadline action on the latest episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.
Lukas Vlahos provided a full grading breakdown of the trades the Mets made prior to the deadline.
Joe Sokolowski provided a post-deadline installment of This Week in Mets Quotes.
This Date in Mets History
The Mets traded for one of their more eccentric players in franchise history on this date in 1997 when they acquired Turk Wendell.
