This is all so familiar. The proposal of a salary cap. The feeling of impending doom. It's like 1994 all over again, and while this year's World Series won't be lost to a labor war, much of baseball's momentum will be if the game is treated the same way it was three decades ago.
Huge swing from Juan Soto here, a go-ahead blast to right in the 7th.
Now it’s up to the Mets’ back-end relievers to close this out and protect a one-run lead.
Luke Weaver gets the 8th and Devin Williams looms for the 9th…
God this guy is ridiculous.
9 home runs in his last 15 games. The Mets’ first grand slam of the season.
Juan Soto is operating on a completely different plane right now.
Juan Soto is starting to heat up 🔥
Soto has 8 HRs in his last 12 games, tied for the most in any 12-game span of his career.
He had only 4 home runs in his first 27 games of the season 😲
What’s there to even say at this point? Another incredibly rough night for the Mets. David Peterson got hit hard and, outside of Juan Soto, the offense remained dormant. New York has now scored 2 runs or fewer in six straight games. They’ve lost five in a row and 7 of 8 overall, falling back to a season-worst 11 games under .500.
BREAKING:
The Mets are promoting No. 11 prospect Nick Morabito, per @WillSammon
Morabito will replace Austin Slater, who was DFAd earlier this morning.
The Mets absolutely poured it on in the 12th, but they never even get that chance if not for the heads-up, aggressive play by Brett Baty in the 11th to get the lead runner Joey Wiemer instead of taking the easy out at first. That was the game right there.