Mets Morning News: “I felt good”

Meet the Mets

After an embarrassing series loss against the Nationals to drop their lead for the final wild card spot to just half a game, the Mets flew down to Atlanta to begin a three-game series against the Braves. They desperately needed a win, and they got a pretty impressive one. Rookie pitcher Nolan McLean became the first non-David Peterson Mets pitcher since early June to last six innings in a game, as he went seven while giving up just two runs in his second major league start. Meanwhile, the bats exploded

for twenty-one hits and twelve runs en route to an easy victory (despite the bullpen’s best efforts to make it interesting late in the game) against their division rivals.

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Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, and Luis Torrens were all out of the lineup last night due to nagging injuries, but the Mets offered positive updates on each of them.

With Francisco Alvarez on the sidelines, the Mets have inked former farmhand Ali Sánchez to a minor league deal to shore up their catching depth.

A journalist finally asked the important question: why does Brett Baty always maul Jeff McNeil after a win?

Around the National League East

Jhoan Duran blew his first save as a member of the Phillies, leading to a 5-4 loss against the Nationals.

The Braves celebrated the anniversary of their 1995 World Series championship before losing last night.

Shane Bieber made a strong first start of the 2025 season against the Marlins as Miami fell to Toronto 5-2.

Around Major League Baseball

While we were sleeping on the East Coast, the Diamondbacks walked off the Reds in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Mets a 1.5 game lead on Cincinnati for the third NL Wild Card slot.

The Rays beat the Cardinals 10-6 to drop St. Louis five games out in the NL Wild Card race.

The Orioles have locked up promising young catcher Samuel Basallo to an eight-year extension.

FanGraphs’s Michael Baumann examined the case of Bryan Woo, who has gone at least six innings in every single start this season.

Walker Buehler is moving to the bullpen for the Red Sox after struggling mightily this season.

A squirrel invaded the Yankee Stadium batter’s box last night and it wasn’t Jeff McNeil.

Top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler made a memorable major league debut for the Pirates.

Shane Bieber struck out nine in six strong innings in his Blue Jays debut and his first start since April 2024.

The Brewers stay unbeatable and this time it was a walk-off.

With a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers, the Padres tied things up in the NL West once again.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue

Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the crucial weekend trip to Atlanta.

Brian Salvatore and Chris McShane found the courage to talk about the Mets’ playoff hopes on a new episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.