Mets Morning News: The Fog is Coming

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This place is a message… and part of a system of messages… pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture. This place is not a place of honor… no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. Mets lost to the A’s, 1-0.

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Before Sunday’s loss, the Mets designated reliever Luis Garcia for assignment and called up another reliver, Joey Gerber, in his place.

Following the loss, the Mets called up Old Friend Tommy Pham, who joined the organization in the final days of March. For now, the corresponding move is unknown.

The Mets have a lot of concerns, but perhaps the most surprising and confounding are Francisco Lindor’s mental lapses.

Around the National League East

As the Sunday nightcap on NBC, the Braves and Chris Sale bludgeoned the Cleveland Guardians 13-1 to go along with 19 hits.

Jose Alvarado gave up a pair of runs to the Diamondbacks in the eighth inning and took the short side of the decision in the Phillies 4-3 loss to Arizona.

In a battle of former Cy Young Award winners, Sandy Alcantara and the Marlins lost to Tarik Skubal’s Tigers in an 8-2 contest.

After nine innings of back and forth battling, the Nationals finished their series with the Brewers by coming out ahead in an 8-6 slobberknocker.

Around Major League Baseball

Over the weekend, World Series winning second baseman and pennant-winning manager Phil Garner died at 76.

The Toronto Blue Jays placed George Springer on the injured list with a broken big toe and called up 2020 icon Eloy Jimenez in his place.

Jacob deGrom had an essentially flawless start on Sunday…except for Shohei Ohtani sending the first pitch he threw hundreds of feet away.

Tigers top prospect Kevin McGonigle hit the first home run of his major league career and it came against a former Cy Young in Sandy Alcantara.

The Brewers don’t know what the news on Christian Yelich’s injury status will be, but they do know for sure that it’s going to be bad.

Old Friend Max Kranick will be throwing for teams in Philadelphia this week in hopes of latching on with a team early enough in the season to make an impact.