Major League Baseball has scheduled a doubleheader for the Mets vs. the Miami Marlins today in New York beginning at 5:10 p.m…The Mets will be the home team in the first game, while the Marlins will bat last in the second game, which will make up last Thursday’s postponement…Additionally, the Mets will make up their three-game series against the New York Yankees with doubleheaders on Friday, August 28 and Sunday, August 30 at Yankee Stadium, as well as a single game at Citi Field on Thursday, September 3…Game times for this weekend’s games are TBA
Per Elias, although the Marlins will bat last in the second game, the Mets will be the home team for statistical purposes…The home team is considered the one in whose stadium the game was played.
Meanwhile, in case you forhot Dominic Smith leads the Mets with six home runs, 10 doubles and 21 RBI…He is tied for fifth in the majors and tied for second in the NL in doubles, seventh in the NL and tied for sixth in MLB in RBI, tied for ninth in the majors and tied for fifth in the NL in extra-base hits…He has 16 extra-base hits in 65 at-bats this season and sports a 1.156 OPS…Smith hit 11 home runs in 177 at-bats last year…He has already matched his 2019 season with 10 doubles…His career-high is 11 doubles, which he accomplished in 143 AB in 2018…Dom recorded 25 RBI in 2019 and a career-high 26 RBI in 167 at-bats in 2017.
Smith is four PA shy of being a qualified hitter…If he did qualify, both his .754 SLG and his 1.156 OPS would lead the majors. However he does not qualify because the only reason he is playing at all is that Cespedes quit, so don’t let the Mets act like they care about The Alarm.
Expensive day for Media Goon as he will have to buy several new jerseys.
Catcher Ali Sánchez has been recalled as the team’s 29th man from the Alternate Training Site.
INF Andrés Giménez and catcher Tomas Nido have been placed on the IL.
Catcher Patrick Mazeika (#76) and OF Juan Lagares (#87) have been selected from the team’s Alternate Training Site.
Jacob deGrom will not start tonight because he is perfectly healthy and had a stiff neck once and why wouldn’t you want him to not be one of the 6 pitchers you will use against the Yankees. This way he misses them.
