Morning Briefing: Grant Hartwig To Miss 6-8 Weeks

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets announced that reliever Grant Hartwig had left knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Friday. He is expected to be out 6-8 weeks as he recovers. Hartwig had a 6.75 ERA in a small sample size with the Mets this season but was much better in Syracuse where he had […]

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Good morning, Mets fans!

The Mets announced that reliever Grant Hartwig had left knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Friday. He is expected to be out 6-8 weeks as he recovers. Hartwig had a 6.75 ERA in a small sample size with the Mets this season but was much better in Syracuse where he had a 2.31 ERA in 23 1/3 innings.

Hartwig has had stints with the Mets each of the past two seasons and is an important bullpen depth piece. His injury isn’t necessarily season-ending, but he won’t be available if the Mets need to reach into their bullpen depth in the coming weeks.

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The Mets (36-38) defeated the Cubs (36-40) 11-1 on Friday. The offense ambushed Shota Imanaga who has been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year for 10 runs in three-plus innings. Jose Quintana notched a quality start with 6 1/3 scoreless innings (one unearned run allowed), while Jose Iglesias went 4-for-5.

The Mets claimed outfielder Duke Ellis off waivers from the White Sox and optioned him to Double-A Binghamton, per Tim Healy of The Athletic. Ellis, 26, made his major league debut this year but has spent most of his time in Double-A. Between 41 games in Double-A and Triple-A, Ellis had a .626 OPS but 34 steals while being caught just twice. Ellis’ speed, obviously, is what makes him an attractive depth piece.

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The Yankees announced that they signed former Met Phil Bickford to a major league contract. The team designated lefty reliever Victor González, who has a 3.86 ERA on the year, for assignment and selected Yoendrys Gómez from Triple-A. 

Twins first baseman Carlos Santana played in his 2,000th career game on Friday, making him the 251st player in MLB history to achieve that feat. He is also second in games played among active players, behind only Andrew McCutchen.

In the first game against his former team, Shohei Ohtani hit a 455-foot, two-run home run against the Angels. His blast broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning.

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Jack Markowski highlights a strong performance from Jonah Tong in the Mets Minors recap for Thursday’s games.

On This Date in Mets History

1987: Tom Seaver officially called it a career on this date 37 years ago. He had tried to attempt a comeback with the Mets in order to defend their title but found that he could not continue to pitch at his usual terrific level, thus ending the career of the greatest player in franchise history.

Birthdays: Darrell Ceciliani (34), Willie Harris (46)

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