Good Morning, Mets fans!
It is already the penultimate day of the regular season. Rick Porcello and Jacob deGrom will be taking the mound today in the Mets’ doubleheader against the Nationals.
As this could be Porcello’s last start as a Met with the pitcher’s one-year contract set to end. Hopefully, he carries some of the same command his last start held into today’s.
Porcello was originally planned to start in last night’s game, but rough weather in D.C lead to the game being postponed.
DeGrom is set to start the other game of the doubleheader, in hopes of boosting his stats in the chase of his third straight Cy Young award.
The Mets have yet to announce which pitcher will be starting which game, but they will be facing Max Scherzer (4-4, 3.67 ERA) in the first game and Anibal Sanchez (3-5, 6.80 ERA) in the second.
The first game is set to start at 3:05 pm ET with the second game to follow. Both games can be viewed on SNY and WCBS 880.
Let’s see what’s new around MLB!
The Marlins’ 4-3 win against the Yankees eliminated the Mets from the division race, and Wilmer Flores and the Giants nearly eliminated them from the entire postseason race if it weren’t for a walk-off three-run homer by Trent Grisham that gave the Padres a 6-5 victory.
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com explains that despite David Peterson never having a guaranteed spot on the team, he has taken the opportunity and turned it into something great, as he now has the most wins out of any Mets pitcher in the 2020 season.
Michael Conforto explained how the team was affected by the lack of fans this season, writes Anthony DiComo.
Jon Heyman reports via MLB Network that there have been no new positive COVID-19 tests for any major league players for 26 straight days and 34 of the last 35 days which is a significant improvement from the beginning of the shortened season.
The Cincinnati Reds announced that they have released RHP Nate Jones.
The Reds are also postseason bound for the first time since 2013 after their 7-2 victory over the Twins.
Cincinnati has released their official response in regards to Thom Brennaman stepping down after using a homophobic slur on air.
The Padres reported that RHP Mike Clevinger has been diagnosed with a right posterior elbow impingement. It has been disclosed that the pitcher received a cortisone injection yesterday and will be re-evaluated before they can decide on a return date.
The Nationals have officially extended Davey Martinez’s contract, as reported by Jon Heyman.
The Marlins clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2003.
The Braves secured their number two seed spot on a Freddie Freeman home run.
Ronald Acuna Jr. hit the longest home run of 2020 at a whopping 495 feet against Red Sox starter (and former Met) Chris Mazza.
Sam Lebowitz explored some possible general manager candidates in the new era the franchise is entering.
2015: The Mets clinch their first NL East title and first postseason berth since 2006.
Birthdays: Brooks Pounders (30) and Doug Sisk (63)
Let’s go Mets!
