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Prior to Friday’s game against the Marlins, Luis Severino spoke to reporters about a group chat he is in with some of his former Yankees teammates, who teased Severino about not starting against them last time the Mets faced the Yankees. Severino responded that he wasn’t afraid of the Yankees because “right now, [they] only have two good hitters.”
Severino did not hold back against his former team, which has been carried by Aaron Judge and Juan Soto this year. The Mets will face the Yankees for the final time on July 23-24 at Yankee Stadium.
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The Mets (49-47) lost to the Marlins (34-63) 6-4 on Friday. Sean Manaea allowed five runs in five innings while Jeff McNeil provided the offense with two home runs and three RBIs. The Mets will look to even the series on Saturday, with Luis Severino (6-3, 3.78 ERA) on the mound against Roddery Muñoz (1-4, 5.47 ERA).
Kodai Senga will complete another rehab assignment in Syracuse on Saturday. The idea is for Senga to throw 80 to 85 pitches and then join the team to hopefully face the Braves next weekend for his 2024 debut.
No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, Travis Bazzana, signed with the Guardians for just under $9 million despite the slot value of the first pick being over $10.5 million.
Charlie Condon, this year’s no. 3 overall pick, also signed his deal with the Rockies, agreeing to a deal with a $9.25 million signing bonus. That ties no. 2 overall pick, Chase Burns, for the largest signing bonus for a draft pick in MLB history.
Per Kennedi Landry of MLB.com, Jacob deGrom threw a bullpen session on Friday. Per Bruce Bochy, DeGrom felt great.
Nationals starter Josiah Gray has a partially torn UCL and will undergo surgery next Wednesday to repair it.
Former Marlins general manager Kim Ng was announced by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to be joining their Board of Directors.
Joey Votto joined the Buffalo Bisons, Toronto’s Triple-A team, and was set to make his debut for the team on Friday. Votto tweaked his ankle pregame though and did not play. He will be reevaluated on Saturday.
MMO’s own Mathias Altman-Kurosaki joined Brandon London of the New York Post to discuss how the Mets can carry their momentum from the first half into the second half, and where the team should look to upgrade at the trade deadline.
David Melendi grades the Mets’ front office and manager for their performance in the first half of the season.
Colin Chatto grades the Mets’ starting pitchers for their performance in the first half of the season.
Christian De Block examines the betting market as it pertains to the Mets for the second half of the MLB season.
Jack Markowski lists five keys for the Mets to have success in the second half.
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