At the halfway mark, the Mets are at 10-4, and thus on pace for a 20-8 stretch! The four people who selected 13-16 wins are almost certainly going to be wrong, but I'm sure they'll be okay with that.
Willets Point wrote: Grimm, that is the song that pops into my head everytime I see the name "Baty." So his name is pronounced to rhyme with "Beatty." That's a bit disappointing but the homer more than makes up for that.
Red Sox beat the Yankees 3-0 in a game that lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes (despite being broadcast on ESPN). Apparently this is the second shortest Red Sox-Yankees game of all time.
Kind of crazy that while the Mets outscored the Phillies 7-0 over the last two games, the Phillies starting pitchers win on innings pitched 14-11 (with all the runs charged to the starting pitchers, too).
Jeuris Familia has signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox. Later https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/boston-red-sox-make-3-roster-moves-ex-mets-closer-jeurys-familia-selected-to-active-roster/ar-AA10CTRqFamilia is now back in the majors with Boston.