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Papa Edwin Diaz goes on the paternity list. “Everything's Jake” Reed is called up and will wear 52.

All suspended games officially revert back to whence they begun. Jeff Reardon, for example, wound up debuting in June despite not being called up until August. One of the peeves I developed in 2019 was reading how the Mets trailed the Cubs by 10 games in 1969 when it had always been reported as 9 1/2. That was the result of people looking up day-by-data on Baseball-Reference, which didn't account for the real-time daily standings that existed in ‘69. They just shoved a Cubs suspended game that was completed in September back into June, without delineating the difference. Retrosheet, however, gets it right.

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/wp-content/uploads/B5B721A0-1CFA-4B56-B2E9-E8D63C7EF84F.jpeg> Devil Rey Ordoñez.

RHP Miguel Castro has been reinstated from the Injured List. RHP Geoff Hartlieb has been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.

Castro tested negative.

Grand slam to Brinson. Tylor Megill needs to show a little more Tess McGill in terms of gumption. Don't let the Marlins run…up the score.

Nimmo out. Drury in RF batting eighth. Pillar in CF batting leadoff.

He and Loup enjoyed a nice postgame brewski after contributing to a Bullpen Game win over Atlanta. https://twitter.com/metslegends/status/1419850036859523076

Official release: FLUSHING, N.Y., August 2, 2021 — The New York Mets today announced the club has claimed RHP Jake Reed off waivers from Tampa Bay. He will report to Miami to be part of New York's taxi squad. Reed, 28, has appeared in six games, one start with the Los Angeles Dodgers this year. He has allowed five hits, two earned runs, walked two and struck out five over 5.1 innings. He began the year in the Angels organization, before signing with the Dodgers on June 4. Reed was designated for assignment and claimed by Tampa Bay on July 25. He was designated by the Rays on July 30. In 18 minor league games this season, the 6–2, 195-pounder has struck out 28 in 22.1 innings, earned one save with a 5.24 ERA. Overall, he is 19–14 with 22 saves, 360 strikeouts and a 3.72 ERA (142 earned runs/344.0 innings) in 234 minor league games.

Less a surge than a sputter this season. Even still, let's check in on our all-time Mets Citi Field home run leaders. TOP TEN Duda 71 Conforto 62 Wright 49 Alonso 41 Granderson 38 Flores 37 Cespedes 30 Cabrera 30 I. Davis 30 Murphy 27 OTHERS IN DOUBLE-DIGITS J. Reyes 25 Frazier 22 d'Arnaud 22 Nimmo 20 McNeil 19 Smith 19 J. Davis 19 Bruce 17 Pagan 15 Walker 14 Beltran 14 Rosario 13 Hairston 13 Nieuwenhuis 11 Lagares 10 Bay 10 NINE TO FIVE Cano 9 Ramos 9 Plawecki 9 Francoeur 9 R. Rivera 8 Recker 7 Byrd 7 Valdespin 7 Lindor 6 Nido 6 Bautista 6 T. Rivera 6 K. Johnson 6 C. Young 6 Buck 6 Tatis 6 Villar 5 Turner 5 Barajas 5 Sheffield 5 OTHER CURRENT SLUGGERS: HERE, GONE OR NOT QUITE BACK Drury 4 Peraza 3 Pillar 3 McCann 3 deGrom 2 Syndergaard 2 Baez 1 McKinney 1 Guillorme 1 Lugo 1

Guillorme pinch-ran for the presumably not fully leg-unfatigued McNeil in the ninth last night.

“Schrock,” of course, is the syndicated, edited-for-time version of “Schoolhouse Rock”.

Jon Matlack saw this win in the making hours, maybe years (48 perhaps), before it became reality. That's http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2021/08/01/alls-wall-that-ends-well/my story, at any rate.

Not bad tonight.

INF Javier Báez has been activated…He will wear #23. RHP Trevor Williams has been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. LHP Anthony Banda has been designated for assignment. RHP Akeem Bostick has been assigned outright to Triple-A Syracuse.

Javy will wear 23; David Peterson switches to 46 (on the IL).

Jake Hager, Arizona Diamondback.

Akeem Bostick was optioned to Syracuse then DFA'd to clear space for Carrasco. Here is the whole July 30 menu: Chicago Cubs traded SS Javier Baez, RHP Trevor Williams and cash to New York Mets for OF Pete Crow-Armstrong. New York Mets designated RHP Akeem Bostick for assignment. New York Mets optioned RHP Akeem Bostick to Syracuse Mets. New York Mets placed RHP Sean Reid-Foley on the 60-day injured list. Right elbow inflammation. New York Mets activated RHP Carlos Carrasco. New York Mets sent RHP Roel Ramirez outright to Syracuse Mets. New York Mets designated RHP Nick Tropeano for assignment. New York Mets sent RHP Jerad Eickhoff outright to Syracuse Mets.

Official release. No latent additions from either side. METS ACQUIRE ALL-STAR INFIELDER JAVIER BÁEZ AND RHP TREVOR WILLIAMS FROM CHICAGO FLUSHING, N.Y., July 30, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced the club has acquired two-time All-Star infielder Javier Báez, RHP Trevor Williams and cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for minor league outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Báez, 28, has spent his entire eight-year major league career with the Cubs. This season with Chicago-NL, he is tied for sixth in the National League with 65 RBI and tied for seventh with 22 home runs. He has a 2.8 WAR according to Baseball-Reference. Since 2016, his first full major league season, he has accumulated 9.6 defensive WAR, tied for fourth in the majors and tied for second in the NL. Báez is a four-time winner of The Fielding Bible Award for defensive excellence. He won the award three times as a multi-position player and was honored as a shortstop last year. The 6-0, 190-pounder was named an NL All-Star in 2018 and 2019, won a Gold Glove in 2020 and was an NL Silver Slugger recipient in 2018, when he finished as the runner-up for the NL MVP Award. The Bayamon, Puerto Rico native won the 2016 World Series with Chicago-NL. That October, he was named the NLCS Co-MVP with LHP Jon Lester. Báez became the first player in major league history to start the All-Star Game at second base and shortstop in consecutive seasons. Williams, 29, has made 13 appearances (12 starts) for the Cubs this season, going 4-2 with a 5.06 ERA (33 earned runs/58.2 innings) with 22 walks and 61 strikeouts. He has appeared in 119 games (106 starts) across six major league seasons between the Pirates (2016-2020) and Cubs (2021). Overall, he is 35-39 with a 4.49 ERA (296 earned runs/593.1 innings) with 199 walks and 477 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the Marlins in the second round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Arizona State University. Williams has made two starts at Citi Field and owns a 1.93 ERA (three earned runs/14.0 innings) with four walks and 10 strikeouts. Crow-Armstrong, 19, was the Mets first-round pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft out of Harvard-Westlake High School in California. He appeared in six games with the St. Lucie Mets before he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. He underwent surgery on his right shoulder for a GLAD lesion (glenoid labral articular disruption) in May.