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Huzzah! He was ripped off last year by not making it. Glad he got in as a starter this year. Each All-Star Game, I like to see which players reach or exceed 5 career All-Star Games. Five is a nice number where one starts to see that that player has 'recognized' greatness, not just statistical greatness or sabermetric greatness. Here are the 2026 All-Stars with 5+ ASGs under their belt now: Mike Trout: 12 Freddie Freeman: 10 Chris Sale: 10 Aroldis Chapman: 9 Bryce Harper: 9 Aaron Judge: 8 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.: 6 Shohei Ohtani: 6 Juan Soto: 5 Note the lack of pitchers with 5+ ASGs. We're in an era where there aren't too many career-great pitchers. There are season-great pitchers, or three-four year-peak great pitchers, but not a lot of career-great pitchers. With 12 ASGs, Mike Trout joins pretty elite company. He's the first guy with 12+ ASGs since Miguel Cabrera. This is also the first All-Star Game since 2023 that has featured 3+ guys with 10 or more ASGs. The three then were Cabrera, Trout and Albert Pujols.

Sent RHP Dedniel Núñez on a rehab assignment to Binghamton (EL). Syracuse Mets sent RHP Kevin Herget on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets. Brooklyn Cyclones transferred RHP Wyatt Hudepohl from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Syracuse Mets activated LHP Joe Jacques from the 7-day injured list.

I was going to watch last night's game, but I didn't. I'm glad I didn't.

Dedniel Nunez: Nunez (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A St. Lucie on Thursday, Michael Mayer of MetsmerizedOnline.com reports. Nunez is less than a year removed from undergoing Tommy John surgery but has already been cleared for game action. Barring any setbacks, the reliever appears in line for his season debut shortly after the All-Star break. Nunez boasts a 2.82 ERA and 59:14 K:BB over 44.2 innings during his time with the Mets. Injury Elbow. Est. Return 7/24/2026.

Tres Barrera retired.

Kinda, but it's unfair to clump deGrom in with them because he was better than all of them, in terms of raw career numbers and peak. None of them had 13 straight years of peak-quality success, even if it was stunted at points. None of them averaged nearly 11 Ks per frame for their career. Tiant was a compiler who didn't compile enough, Gooden's run of true dominance lasted about 3 years, Etc. etc. I would say the closest comp is Santana, because his case is based almost entirely on peak without bookends, which is kind of what deGrom's dealing with right now. I'd say the best Hall comparison outside of Koufax might be Dazzy Vance, who was also a late-bloomer (a bit later than deGrom) who rattled off a skein of strikeout-heavy seasons in his 30s. But you cannot compare deGrom to anyone, really, because he's that unique a case. 60 WAR isn't the bar, 60 WAR is the lazy bar for people who want to look at one number instead of putting the brainpower into actually analyzing a player's case.

I support him now based on peak alone, however I think it'll be hard to deny him if he makes it to 2,000 innings. His career so far is roughly equivalent to Sandy Koufax's six-year run from 1961 to 1966: DeGrom: 1635 IP Koufax: 1632 IP DeGrom: 1248 H Koufax: 1171 H DeGrom: 2.63 ERA Koufax: 2.19 ERA DeGrom: 1966 K Koufax: 1713 K DeGrom: 148 ERA+ Koufax: 156 ERA+ DeGrom: 0.986 WHIP Koufax: 0.970 WHIP Etc. etc. So deGrom for his career has done about what mostly got Koufax in, which was that stretch. Now if deGrom can get a few more years in where he just pads his counting numbers -- he's already almost to 2,000 Ks and should be there by the end of the year -- then he'll look that much better. For peak cases, even historically, wins weren't the be-all-end-all. Dizzy Dean, Lefty Gomez, Rube Waddell, Ed Walsh etc. all got in with less than 200 wins, back when 200 wins was more common. DeGrom probably has two more years with Texas after this. Assume 150 innings each season and that should get him to 2,000 IP for his career, and assume a good amount of Ks and that should get him near or past Koufax's career total of about 2,400.

Luis Robert: Robert (back) will start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports. Robert has been sidelined by a lumbar spine disc herniation since late April, and the injury was severe enough for him to be transferred to the 60-day injured list May 27. He progressed to taking a full BP in a batting cage last week and is ready to take the next step in his recovery program to embark on a minor-league rehab assignment. Barring a setback, Robert could be back with the Mets following the mid-July All-Star break. Injury Back. Est. Return 7/16/2026. Marcus Semien: Semien was diagnosed Monday with a Grade 3 left hip flexor strain and is expected to be out for 4-to-6 weeks, at a minimum, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. Semien initially tried to play through the injury, but it was too debilitating and he eventually landed on the 10-day injured list Thursday. While the 35-year-old infielder is shelved, the Mets will continue to use Brett Baty as their primary second baseman, with Ronny Mauricio also in the mix for some starts. Injury Hip. Est. Return 8/1/2026.

Well, he went from averaging about 2 Ks per frame at Double-A, to 3 per frame at Triple-A. So following that rate of increase, he should average about 4 Ks per frame when he gets to the majors.

It's a simple question: Should Mets legend Jacob deGrom make the Hall of Fame when he retires? Vote today, and share your thoughts!

The Mets selected the contract of Jefry Yan, who has averaged nearly three strikeouts per inning while at Syracuse and nearly two strikeouts per inning on the year as a whole. They optioned him right after selecting him, but he's *this* close to making the majors.

The new website still isn't active! We’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, lead astray, run amok and flat out deceived!

Roger Cador died. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/southern/roger-cador-southern-baseball-dies/article_ac662910-a316-4da3-87e6-760c44982e25.html Who was Roger Cador? Roger Cador was an outfielder who spent five seasons in the Atlanta Braves' minor league system from 1973 to 1977, reaching Triple-A before transitioning into coaching. He returned to his alma mater, Southern University, where he built one of the most successful programs in HBCU baseball history, winning 14 SWAC championships, earning numerous Coach of the Year honors, guiding the Jaguars to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, and becoming the first coach from a historically Black university to win an NCAA Division I Tournament game. Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022, Cador also helped develop future major leaguers such as Rickie Weeks, Fred Lewis, José De León, Dewon Day, and Trenidad Hubbard. He died in June 2026 at the age of 74.

Soto is lookin' good:

Adbert Alzolay released!

It doesn't make sense for Cohen to keep Stearns around. Why get rid of the field manager but not the GM? Mendoza worked with what he was given. But Stearns gave him the team to work with in the first place. Stearns built this monstrosity; if anyone is most culpable, it's him. It's like a failing company getting rid of a floor manager when they should be focusing on the higher ups that are making the major decisions that drove the company to bankruptcy in the first place. Doesn't make sense.

Yes, it was a joke.

Well, I mean, it wasn't just Helsley. It was ... Mullins Soto Helsley So 3/4 of the names he brought aboard to bolster the team sucked. And going back, recall he also traded Eric Orze for Jose Siri to help "bolster the team," and look what Siri did for NY. And what he gave up for all those players currently are or have been productive since leaving. So not only is he bad at judging which 'talent' to bring aboard, he's bad at judging which talent to part with. And you're seeing it in 2026, as well. Peralta has underwhelmed. Bichette is improving but by every metric still pretty darn mediocre based on his past performance.

Did they have a disagreement over a raccoon?

Disastrous? David Stearns isn't just extremely intelligent, he is also very wise. He made these trades to show us that some things in life are more important than winning baseball games. David Stearns, he's so great 😍

LGM! OMG!

Bichette looks 20 but he's almost 30.

Devin Williams has a 2.21 ERA since April 26 (21 G).

This is a game actually worth watching.

If you can believe it, Brooks Raley is now one of the longest-tenured Mets.