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Also....
If Lindor is out for an extended time...then the FO should seriously get on the Adam Frazier train ASAP.

I mean if the Braves can just go out and snag Joc Pederson from the Cubs to replace Acuña...then.....just sayin..


That is all...for now.



Check this out....

Could Josh Donaldson become a Met?




NL East: Donaldson brings the rain to Queens

Mets get: 3B Josh Donaldson, RHP Kenta Maeda
Twins get: 3B Mark Vientos
(Mets No. 8 prospect), RHP Ryley Gilliam (No. 16), RHP Tylor Megill (No. 21)

Why it could work: Third base is the big area for the Mets to upgrade, which is why there have been plenty of rumors linking them to Kris Bryant and Donaldson already. We're picking Donaldson for them here, with a deal that solves an extra problem, too: New York's questionable rotation depth as Carlos Carrasco, David Peterson and Noah Syndergaard try to come back from significant injuries. Maeda is a proven veteran who's pitched for plenty of playoff teams and has the added benefit of capably handling pitching in a swingman-type role when needed.

The Twins get a third-base prospect back with impressive power -- the 21-year-old Vientos is slugging .588 with 14 homers at Double-A this season -- who the Mets can also afford to part with since they have Brett Baty already. Because they're also giving up Maeda, they also get two pitching prospects with some upside in the 24-year-old Gilliam, who has 108 strikeouts in 80 2/3 career Minor League innings, and the 6-foot-7, hard-throwing 25-year-old Megill, who's impressed in his big league debut this year.

Who says no: The Twins. They're probably willing to trade the 35-year-old Donaldson and his four-year, $92 million contract that lasts through 2023, but the 33-year-old Maeda has a team-friendly deal (only owed $3 million a year in salary for each of the next two years), and there's some risk of selling low on him (4.66 ERA in 2021 after his 2.70 mark in '20).
-- David Adler
 

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2nd half of the season is off to a bumpy start.
Mets could only muster 3 hits in their loss against a last place team in yesterday's 2nd half opener...

And now....Lindor to the IL

 
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Yes!
Newly called up (since Lindor hit the IL) Travis Blankenhorn, PHing for Megill....Doubles home Guillorme (who reached on an E-5)
Making it a 5-0 Mets lead in the 7th.
I like it....and yeah, I know it's the Pirates...but I still like it, and we need it.
 

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Jeff McNeil slaps a 2 out rbi single to left....scoring Blankenhorn from 3rd upping the lead to 6-0.


JD GIDP to end it.

Stretch time @PNC

Trevor May coming in for NY.


Edit:
Yeeesh...already 2 pirates have reached base.....a leadoff walk..and a 1 out single.

May got Frazier to pop out..... 2 down.
Now there's a WP and both runners move up....
But May stepped up to K the next batter....for the 3rd out.

:clap:

6-0 Mets after 7.
 
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Yikes!
Lugo struggling right out of the gate in the 8th
Walk...Single...Run scoring double...and another walk.
Pirates on the board. 6-1
Very un-Lugo like.
Still no outs.

Edit:
He got a pop out...then a run scoring ground out.
It's now 6-2...with 2 outs.
 
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Ughhhh.....he just gave up a 3 run HR.
It's now 6-5...still 2 outs.
Lugo can't make it out of the 8th.
:L

Aaron Loup is now in trying to get that 3rd out....with Adam Frazier at the plate.
Things just got real interesting.....


edit:
Loup got Frazier on a ground ball out.

But it's now just a 1 run game heading to the 9th.
Mets 6 - Pirates 5
 

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Edwin Diaz in now on the bump for NY to hopefully close this one out in the 9th.

LGM!

His 1st pitch hits the batter.
The next batter walks.
2 on ...no outs.

Then a strikeout..and a 1 out single to load the bases.

I wish I was making this up.....but I'm not.
 
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And predictably the Pirates walk off with a 2 out grand slam....to win 9-7.
Mets need some big time soul searching after this meltdown

Those last 2 innings of Mets relief pitching was the Absolute Epitome of Pathetic.
I just don't have any more words to describe this latest disappointment.
 

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And predictably the Pirates walk off with a 2 out grand slam....to win 9-7.
Mets need some big time soul searching after this meltdown

Those last 2 innings of Mets relief pitching was the Absolute Epitome of Pathetic.
I just don't have any more words to describe this latest disappointment.
The Mets will go nowhere until they get rid of Diaz and Familia. They are a cancer that must be removed.
 

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Totally inexcusable loss for the Mets tonight.....and we thought Friday night's loss was bad.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not sure they'll recover from this one for a while.
Their 1st point of order is to avoid getting swept tomorrow...so we shall see.
They head to Cincy afterwards to begin a 3 game series with the Reds on Monday.

The dreadful recap...






But if that wasn't enough...

Jacob deGrom is being shutdown again....although an MRI revealed no "structural damage".





Up Next...

Mets All-Star RHP Taijuan Walker (7-3, 2.50 ERA) opposes Pittsburgh RHP JT Brubaker (4-9, 4.47) in the series finale Sunday.
Brubaker has lost his last five decisions.
 
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So add closer to our trade deadline wish list. Diaz a spider tack guy?
 
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