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New York Mets transferred 2x Cy Young winner SP Jacob deGrom to the 60-day IL which puts his 2021 season in doubt with September 15th marking the earliest he could return

New York Mets OF Kevin Pillar stepped up for arguably the biggest hit of the Mets season on the cusp of getting swept by the Giants in the midst of a 5-game losing streak as he blasted a 3-run HR in the 12th inning to lift NYM over the Giants in the Bay

Interesting fact

New York Mets made moves by adding SS Javy Baez and RP Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for prospect OF Pete Crow-Armstrong

New York Mets are acquiring SP Rich Hill (3.87 ERA, 1.164 WHIP, 91 K/36 BB in 95.1 IP) from the Tampa Bay Rays for RP Tommy Hunter and 1B/UT prospect Matt Dyer

Monday July 19, 2021 had the most occurrences (7) of back-to-back HR on a single day in MLB history

Pete Alonso won his 2nd consecutive Home Run derby while setting the all-time record for most career Home Run derby HRs (131)

MLB All-Star Week

2021 MLB Draft 1st Rd featured 1. Pirates: C Henry Davis, 2. Rangers: SP Jack Leiter, 3. Tigers: SP Jackson Jobe, 4. Red Sox: SS Marcelo Mayer, 5. Orioles: CF Colton Cowser with SP Kumar Rocker also notably selected 10th overall by the Mets

MLB announced the full 2021 All-Star rosters with at least 1 member from each franchise as the Red Sox lead the way with 5 All-Stars

MLB All-Star Week

New York Mets SP Joey Lucchessi will undergo Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss the rest of 2021 and likely the entire 2022 MLB season

Jacob deGrom’s historic 10-game stretch to start 2021 continued with another masterpiece as he pitched a 1-hit shutout to set plenty of MLB records over a pitcher’s 1st 10 starts to a season

Facts of the Day

Rhys Hoskins hit a game-tying 3-run HR against the Mets in the bottom of the 9th on Sunday Night Baseball, but after replay it was determined it hit the top of the fence and was instead awarded a double before Bryce Harper struck out in the very next at-bat to end the game with the Mets winning 8-7

Best of the Day

Jacob deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s MLB record for most Ks (59) through 5 starts in a season but the Mets lost 1-0 to Boston in classic fashion

Jacob deGrom’s dominant start included a career-high 15 Ks during a shutout where he added 2 hits & 1 RBI on offense, setting multiple MLB records and leading the Mets victory over DC

Mets walked it off against Miami after Michael Conforto leaned into a pitch on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th as birthday boy Jeff McNeil hit the game-tying HR earlier in the inning

The Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets series is the 1st MLB series to be postponed in 2021 as the Nationals have 10 players facing quarantine due to a positive test or contact tracing

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