Mets Morning News for May 23, 2024

Mets Morning News for May 23, 2024

Meet the Mets

The Mets are bad. Despite hitting three home runs they fell to the Guardians 6-3 as Cleveland finished off the sweep. José Quintana gave up a game-tying, three-run home run to former Met Andrés Giménez, and then Adam Ottavino fell apart late to allow the Guardians to pull ahead and seal the victory. Bottom line this is a bad team that has very little going for it right now.

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Quintana’s short outing was just the latest example of the Mets ongoing problem with their starters not going deep into games.

Francisco Alvarez could return to batting practice as soon as this upcoming homestand.

Actress Blake Lively reacted on social media to Gary Cohen mistakenly calling Ben Lively her name.

The Mets aren’t just bad they are also tedious.

Around the National League East

Max Fried and the Braves dominated the Cubs in their 9-2 win over Chicago.

Jesús Luzardo was stellar in the Marlins’ 1-0 win over the Brewers.

The Phillies blew out the Rangers 11-4 behind three home runs by the offense.

The Nationals lost a close game to the Twins by a score of 3-2.

Around Major League Baseball

Padres second baseman Xander Bogaerts was diagnosed with a fractured shoulder and placed on the injured list.

Major League Baseball and the player’s union announced that they are expanding financial aid to support former Negro Leagues players.

The Orioles were swept for the first time since 2022 after falling to the Cardinals.

The Reds got off to a hot start and then everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

Blake Snell struggled in his return but the Giants came back to defeat the Pirates 9-5.

This Date in Mets History

On this date in 1998, future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza went 1-for-4 in his Mets debut. An extra 13,000 tickets were purchased for the game after the trade went through.