Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
In the last three games against Seattle, the Mets defeated New Yorker George Kirby in a 6-3 victory as Pete Alonso increased his home run total to 41.
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With his two Sunday homers on his stat sheet, Alonso became the fifth player in major league history to hit 40 or more home runs three times in his first five seasons..
When he found no solution to his chronic groin problems, Starling Marte may have to undergo the same surgery he had last offseason.
Kodai Senga is locked for next year, now the Mets just need to add a few mercenaries to add to the rotation around him to really cook.
There are many things the Mets should consider, however Selling Pete Alonso is not one of them.
Mark Vientos his foot pain could not be checkedopted to play out the remainder of the season.
Around the National League East
JT Realmuto and Alec Bohm connected on back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to give the Phillies a lead they would never surrender. 4-2 win over the Brewers.
Sandy Alcantara looked like…Sandy Alcantara, who was eight solid innings of The Marlins’ 6-4 win in Washington.
Ronald Acuña Jr. made a save, the Dodgers had little trouble giving the Braves a 3-1 loss in their series finale.
Around Major League Baseball
The Oakland A’s completed a sweep of the Angels and have officially dug themselves out of the Worst Team In Baseball hole.
Making his first appearance since Tommy John Surgery, Walker Buehler pitched two perfect innings for AAA Oklahoma City.
Truly a game for young and old, Major League Baseball has valuable contributors as young as 20 and as old as 43.
Jackson Holliday, the 19-year-old number one prospect in baseball, is promoted by AAA after the start of the A-ball season.
To be subject to the luxury tax, The Angels placed Max Stassi on the restricted list due to a personal matter after he was paid and in IL for the entire season.
Surprised by the team’s decisions last week, Mike Trout plans to talk to the front office about the future of the franchise.
Unable to stand up, Shohei Ohtani just made batting historybecame only the eighth player in history, and the first Angel, to have multiple seasons of 40 home runs and 20 steals.
This Date in Mets History
Happy 55th birthday to you Mike Piazza.
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