So apparently, one the reasons Jorge Lopez was fired by the Mets was that he was allegedly not honest with the media.
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Good luck with that standard.

Boomer Esiason expresses remorse for now former Mets relief pitcher Jorge López after learning his son is dealing with a serious health issue and awaiting a transplant.

A look at Baseball-Reference’s WAR leaderboard this morning, with Gunnar Henderson at No. 1.

Skenes with another great start 6IP 2ER 9k and some Karate Kid on the mound!!!

This bobblehead is so cool, it deserves a plug. Wade 100th splash hit… with actual operating water cannons!

Sunday vs. NYY, first 20,000 fans.

#SFGiants ⁦Levi's®⁩ ⁦SFGiants⁩

most HR in team’s first 54 games of a season at age 22 or younger:

1998 Alex Rodriguez: 20
1959 Harmon Killebrew: 19
1953 Eddie Mathews: 19
2024 Gunnar Henderson: 18
2015 Bryce Harper: 18

The Astros have scored in exactly 1 inning in 7 straight games, the longest streak since the 1974 Orioles (also 7)

MLB record: 8 straight, 1918 Senators

Only other team with a streak of 7 in expansion era (1961):

1962-63 Angels

h/t Elias Sports Bureau

Eight strikeouts through 4 IP for Paul Skenes.

He whiffs the side in the 4th.

This weekend, #SundayNightBaseball features the Philadelphia Phillies & Bryce Harper with the #MLB 's best record against the St. Louis Cardinals

⚾️ Sunday | 7p ET | #STLCards vs #RingTheBell | ESPN
🎙️ Karl Ravech, David Cone, Eduardo Perez, Buster Olney

Pete Alonso leaves the Mets game after being hit on the right hand by a pitch.

“There is NO QUESTION that the Negro Leagues were equivalent to the American and National Leagues.”

Paul Hembekides (Hembo) on a historically important day for baseball and sports history. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Matt Chapman’s dog Harley interrupted the Phillies’ infield work 😍

A Hank Aaron full AB. You don’t see these on your TL very often.

Vanderbilt baseball now holds the SEC record for most consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, at 18.

This surpasses LSU’s record of 17 set from 1989-2005.

Florida (16 straight) is two behind Vanderbilt. Those two have the longest active streaks in the country

This is amazing!

This picture say it all. Bill and Coach Wooden.

Kiley McDaniel's mock draft: Who will go No. 1 to the Guardians? espn.com/mlb/insider/st…

Alden Gonzalez writes about the rapid evolution of Yoshinobu Yamamoto: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

If the Mets decide to sell off, they have a lot of players who would draw interest from contenders. espn.com/mlb/insider/st…

david fry my goodness 😬