The Latest Breaking News from Mets

You’re not thrilled with the Braves. The Braves aren’t thrilled, either. They believe they’re better than their record, which, as of Wednesday morning, was 23-27. They haven’t won three consecutive games. They opened a run against sub-.500 opponents May 18, and so far they’re 6-6.

NEW YORK — The Mets picked up in June where they left off in May, defeating the Nationals, 5-0, on Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field for their sixth consecutive victory.

The Phillies had a new franchise owner for the 2019 season. John Middleton was promising to spend “stupid” money on free agents after years of rebuilding. I remember that caused angst for some Braves backers because their favorite team is owned by Liberty Media.

What a catch!

Mickey Callaway has lost yet another managing job in baseball.

By the time Pete Alonso got in on the fun, swatting the 13th home run of his season an estimated 417 feet to centerfield in the eighth inning, the game had long since been decided.

Girardi is in the final year of his contract with Philadelphia.

Buck Showalter can read the National League East standings as well as you can, and he admits to doing so even at this relatively early stage of the season.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same.