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Lo, in the ever-turning wheel of Mets affairs, Chris Devenski hath been designated for assignment, cast from the noble roster and sent unto Syracuse, there to ponder his baseball fate. Meanwhile, Joe Jacques and Zach Peek, once soldiers in Syracuse’s ranks, have been released from service, their contracts sundered and their names writ upon the scroll of departed men. Yet lo! From Syracuse there arose Jack Weisenburger, summoned back unto the great league, his arm deemed worthy of the Mets’ present hour. Thus doth the organization prune its branches and graft anew, for in baseball—as in life—one man’s exile is another man’s summons. And so the Mets march onward, shuffling pitchers as kings shuffle knights upon a chessboard: Devenski sent down, Jacques and Peek cast forth, and Weisenburger called upward. Whether these machinations bring glory or merely fresh occasion for despair, only the cruel gods of September baseball may yet reveal.

Cionel Perez - Kicks off rehab assignment. Perez (forearm) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton last Tuesday, striking out two in a perfect frame. It's the first game action since late July for Perez, who is coming back from a left forearm strain. Perez has been terrific since joining the Mets, posting a 4.21 ERA but an impressive 32:5 K:BB over 25.2 innings. He should be activated in the coming days. Injury: Forearm. Est. Return 9/15/2026. Devin Williams - Faces hitters, could return this week. Williams (shoulder) threw a live batting practice session Monday and will face hitters again Thursday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports. Williams does not anticipate needing a rehab assignment, so he could be activated from the 15-day injured list as soon as this weekend if things go well Thursday. He's been sidelined for a little over a month with a right shoulder strain. Kodai Senga has taken over the Mets' closer job and pitched well, so it's not a given that Williams will see save chances down the stretch if/when he's reinstated. Injury: Shoulder. Est. Return 9/19/2026.

Looks like a character in a version of West Side Story or Grease.

Longtime Mets executive Joe McDonald, who served as general manager from 1975 to 1980, has passed away at the age of 97. https://nypost.com/2026/09/08/sports/former-mets-gm-joe-mcdonald-who-traded-tom-seaver-dead-at-97/

Starling Marte - 37-year-old former Mets outfielder (2022-2025) hit .242/.298/.314 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI in 153 at-bats over 59 games for the Royals. He was released August 19. Phil Maton - 33-year-old former Mets pitcher (2024) is 0-1 with a 6.18 ERA in 31 relief appearances for the Cubs. In 27 2/3 innings, he has 31 Ks. He is currently on the 60-day IL. He has a 0.00 ERA in 2 relief appearances for their Triple-A team. Steven Matz - 35-year-old former Mets pitcher (2015-2020) is 5-5 with a 5.64 ERA in 31 games (11 starts) for the Rays. For their Triple-A team, he is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 5 games (1 start). Patrick Mazeika - 32-year-old former Mets catcher (2021-2022) had no hits in 5 at-bats for the Saraperos de Saltillo in Mexico before being released in late April. James McCann - 36-year-old former Mets catcher (2021-2022) is hitting .282/.313/.430 with 5 home runs and 24 RBI in 47 games for the Diamondbacks. For their Triple-A team, he was hitless in 12 at-bats. Jeff McNeil - 34-year-old former Mets infielder (2018-2025) is hitting .267/.316/.370 with 8 home runs and 54 RBI in 132 games for the Athletics. Adonis Medina - 29-year-old former Mets pitcher (2022) is 8-2 with a 2.86 ERA in 15 starts for the Toros de Tijuana in Mexico. Tyson Miller - 31-year-old former Mets pitcher (2023) was 0-0 with a 12.96 ERA in 6 relief appearances for the White Sox Triple-A team in Charlotte before being released in late April. He signed with the Piratas de Campeche in Mexico, went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in 9 relief appearances there, then was released earlier this month. A.J. Minter - 33-year-old former Mets pitcher (2025-2026) is 1-1 with a 1.56 ERA in 18 relief appearances for the Twins since being traded earlier this year. He is 2-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 41 relief appearances between the Mets and Twins. Rafael Montero - 35-year-old former Mets pitcher (2014-2017) was 1-4 with a 5.67 ERA in 28 games (1 start) for the Yankees Triple-A team before being released in August. In 27 innings, he had 33 Ks. Bryce Montes de Oca - 30-year-old former Mets pitcher (2022) was 1-1 with a 12.86 ERA in 9 games (1 start) across four stops in the Nationals minor league system before being released in June. He signed with the Caliente de Durango in Mexico in July, but it appears he never pitched for them. Cedric Mullins - 31-year-old former Mets outfielder (2025) is hitting .202/.284/.342 with 14 home runs, 45 RBI and 19 steals in 128 games for the Rays.

Who was Isao Harimoto? Isao Harimoto (1940–2026) was one of the greatest and most distinctive players in Japanese baseball history. Born in Hiroshima to Korean parents, he survived both a devastating childhood hand injury and the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in which he lost a sister. His damaged right hand forced him to become a left-handed hitter and thrower, and despite facing discrimination as an ethnic Korean, he never concealed his heritage. He entered professional baseball with the Toei Flyers in 1959 and immediately won Pacific League Rookie of the Year. Harimoto quickly established himself as an extraordinary combination of contact hitting, power, patience, and speed. He won 7 batting titles, made 18 All-Star teams, earned 16 Best Nine selections, and won the Pacific League MVP and Japan Series in 1962. His greatest individual season came in 1970, when he hit .383, then an NPB record, with 176 hits, 34 home runs, and a .467 on-base percentage. Even after moving to the Yomiuri Giants late in his career, he remained an elite hitter, batting .355 and leading the Central League with 182 hits in 1976 at age 35. Harimoto finished his 23-year career with 3,085 hits, 504 home runs, 1,676 RBI, 1,523 runs, 319 stolen bases, and a .319/.399/.534 batting line. He became the first player in Japanese professional baseball history to reach 3,000 hits in 1980 and later that year hit his 500th home run. His unusual combination of 3,000 hits, 500 homers, and 300 steals placed him in extremely rare company internationally. He also became the only NPB player to combine a .300 career average with at least 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases. After retiring in 1981, Harimoto became a prominent television baseball commentator and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He was later named to Japan's All-Century Team, and when Ichiro Suzuki surpassed his professional hit record in 2009, Harimoto had already predicted years earlier that Ichiro was the player most likely to do so. Harimoto's legacy therefore extends beyond his remarkable statistics: he was a survivor of Hiroshima, a Korean-Japanese athlete who refused to hide his origins, and one of the most durable and complete hitters Japanese baseball has ever produced.

Hit one yesterday! ONE TO GO!!!!

Hit TWO yesterday!!! One to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111111one111111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hit another one yesterday! Three more!

Mets are officially in the Wild Card Standings!

Andy Green has a winning record with the Mets. If he can turn this team into a winning team, then maybe they should really consider making him the full time manager. Brian Snitker took over for Fredi Gonzalez on an interim basis and he became one of the more successful managers in the game (and probably could've managed himself into the Hall if he didn't call it quits).

Are they really gonna blow an eight run lead

I think Devenski might've just lost his spot on the team.

Well, whatever little big of magic Devenski discovered with the Mets last year seems to have been lost this year.

Robert Stock. Why did they settle on Stock of all people to fill the rotation at this point in the season?

My loins burn with joy as The Crotch has tossed three perfect innings to start his professional career, while striking out 4 batters. And he didn't start at some lowly level like rookie ball or Low-A, he started at the mighty Single-A, just a few hops away from the New York Mets' mound, where I'm sure he'll be next year.

Ride the gravy train until it runs out, that's what I say. Maybe he is a future All-Star. Maybe he'll be a Wade Davis or Andrew Miller -- a late-bloomer. We'll see.

I just noticed the Mets are finally out of last place in the division. When did that happen? They only have to go 14-3 the rest of the way to be a .500 team. Crazier things have happened! Their Elimination Number is 6. That's plenty of buffer.

Jorge Lopez - 33-year-old former Mets pitcher (2024) is 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA in 12 relief appearances for the Saraperos de Saltillo in Mexico. Richard Lovelady - 31-year-old former Mets pitcher (2025, 2026) is 1-3 with a 3.91 ERA in 27 games (5 starts) for the Nationals since leaving the Mets in mid-April. In their minor league system, he is 1-0 with a 6.23 ERA in 4 relief appearances across three clubs. Between the Mets and Nats, he is 2-4 with a 3.86 mark in 33 games (5 starts). He is currently on the 60-day IL. Joey Lucchesi - 33-year-old former Mets pitcher (2021, 2023-2024) was 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA in 5 relief appearances for the Angels. At Triple-A, he was 3-1 with a 3.24 mark in 20 relief appearances; he had 45 Ks in 33 1/3 innings. The Angels released him in early July and he signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. For the big league club, he is 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 2 games. For their farm team, he is 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 1 game. Seth Lugo - 36-year-old former Mets pitcher (2016-2022) is 6-8 with a 5.04 ERA in 29 starts for the Royals.

Hit one yesterday. Two to go!

Hit another one yesterday! Four more!

So did Dedniel Nunez in 2024. However, Lavender has been very impressive so far. But ... he's also a reliever.

Gabriel Arias - 26-year-old former Mets infielder (2026) is 3-for-7 in 5 games since joining the Cubs in August. Between three clubs in 2026, he is hitting .245/.286/.374 with 5 home runs and 13 RBI in 49 games. Huascar Brazoban - 36-year-old former Mets pitcher (2024-2026) is 0-0 with a 6.30 ERA in 10 relief appearances for the White Sox since departing the Mets at the deadline. He is 5-2 with a 3.16 ERA in 56 games (3 starts) overall in 2026. For the White Sox Triple-A team, he has a 0.00 ERA in 2 relief appearances. He is currently on the 15-day IL. Carl Edwards Jr. - 35-year-old former Mets pitcher (2026) is 4-8 with a 6.29 ERA in 17 games (10 starts) for the Tigers Triple-A club since departing the Mets system early in the season. Overall, including his time in the Mets system, he is 5-10 with a 6.08 mark in 21 games (14 starts) in the minors this year. Luis Garcia - 39-year-old former Mets pitcher (2026) was 0-1 with a 10.38 ERA in 9 relief appearances for the Twins after leaving the Mets earlier in the season. The Twins granted him free agency in May. Between both clubs, he was 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in 15 relief appearances. For the Twins Triple-A club, he was 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 2 relief appearances. Ariel Jurado - 30-year-old former Mets pitcher (2020) is 5-1 with a 3.11 ERA in 17 starts for the Samsung Lions of the KBO. Anthony Kay - 31-year-old former Mets pitcher (2023) is 9-8 with a 4.47 ERA in 29 games (27 starts) for the White Sox. Franklyn Kilome - 31-year-old former Mets pitcher (2020) was 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in 14 relief appearances for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in Mexico. He then joined the Guelph Royals of the Canadian Baseball League. It appears he might not be pitching for them as he's made no appearances, however he made an appearance as a batter and is 2-for-4 at the dish. Craig Kimbrel - 38-year-old former Mets pitcher (2026) went 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 19 relief appearances for the Rays and is 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA in 10 relief appearances for the Royals since leaving the Mets system in late May. Between all three teams, he is 1-4 with a 4.53 ERA in 43 relief appearances. Max Kranick - 29-year-old former Mets pitcher (2025) is 0-1 with a 9.33 ERA in 17 relief appearances for the Nationals. Across four minor league stops, he is 0-0 with a 5.40 in 8 games (2 starts).

Bo could've considered running that out.

The Mets could technically still be a .500 team this year.