IGT, BOS@NYM, 2026-07-10

[Edgy MD]

Winners of four of their last five (that's an .800 winning percentage! do the math yourself!) the Mets get the evening off at home before hosting the red-hot Red Sox in a rematch of a championship series that took place four calendar decades before, assuming you use a calendar that marks decades.

Sonny-Came-Home Gray goes for the Sox, and at 10-1 with a 2.61 ERA, he has been exactly as good as a guy can be without making the All-Star Team.

The Sox are in fourth place, but the world being as the world is, their 5-1 July has moved them within three games of the last Wild Card slot.  Despite their redness and hotness, the Mets may have caught a break.  Wilson Contreras, who has been about 45% of the team's offense this season, appears to have suffered an injury after fouling a ball off of his foot against the other Sox.  One does not wish for that to be a serious matter, but it may not matter from the Mets' point of view, as it looks like Wilson will have to begin serving the suspension he incurred following the events recounted in the Cavalli v. Contreras thread.

Depending on his x-ray outcome, the Sox themselves might have caught a minor break, as Contreras injury and suspension might turn into concurrent outages.

The Sox have had low offense and a high injury count most of this year.  Their top four middle infielders are all on the injured list, but the top two haven't hit anyway.  With Contreras sidelined, outfielders Ceddanne Rafaela (righty bat) and Wilyer Abreu (lefty bat) are their two remaining threats.

But, as those 10 Gray wins can attest, they can still outpitch a team.  Nolan McLean steps up for the Mets to try to make sure that doesn't happen.

[Frayed Knot]

You may want re-think your subject heading.

[Edgy MD]

1 minute ago, Frayed Knot said:

You may want re-think your subject heading.

Curse that Autofill feature!

[seawolf17]

Won four of their last five, and scored 12 runs in the fifth one? Let's do that the entire rest of the season. I'm good with that.

[ashie62]

No Contreras? No problem