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| Bobby Bonilla 1995 Topps Stadium Card |
Good Morning. Happy Bobby Bonilla day. Happy Birthday Michael Wacha and Chris Flexen. Clay Holmes starts Mets series against hot Brewers team tonight, the FCL Mets fall, Jonah Tong and Carson Benge named to Future Game roster.
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ESPN: Bobby Bonilla Day: New York Mets pay him $1.19M every July 1. "In 2000, the Mets agreed to buy out the remaining $5.9 million on Bonilla's contract. However, instead of paying Bonilla the $5.9 million at the time, the Mets agreed to make annual payments of nearly $1.2 million for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, including a negotiated 8% interest."
Mike Puma NY Post Sports+: Eric Chavez tells The Post what’s behind Mets’ brutal hitting woes. “It just needs to get better,” Chavez told The Post. “You kind of think there’s too many good hitters and players for us to underperform as a group. But it’s like, we’re halfway through the season and you would like to say, ‘Oh, it’s going to turn,’ and you think it’s going to turn, but at some point … you just don’t want to ever overreact and go too hard and make drastic changes, so it’s timing is everything. Working with [president of baseball operations] David [Stearns], the one thing he has shown me is to have patience. I don’t have it. I am more of an overreactor where I want things hammered down. But as far as addressing it, the players know. They know we’re better than this as a group.” (Subscription required)
Mike Vaccaro NY Post Sports+: Anatomy of the Mets’ free fall: How season spiraled so fast — and why there’s still hope. "If there was one good — and real — thing that came from the Mets remarkable run across the first 69 games, it’s that they bought themselves enough time to absorb a crash like this and still survive." (Subscription required)
Laura Albanese Newsday: Mets' Juan Soto talks plate discipline, players' only meeting and more in exclusive interview. "But while there's a natural pressure to living up to the biggest contract in North American sports history, Soto’s game remains centered on patience. And in a stretch where the Mets are swooning — they’ve lost 13 of their last 16 going into Tuesday night's series opener against the Brewers at Citi Field — that type of consistency is important."
Abbey Mastracco NY Daily News: Mets at the halfway point: What you should and shouldn’t panic about. Abbey suggests that we panic about the starting pitching, don't panic about the bullpen and coaching staff, mild panic about Francisco Lindor's slump, and do panic about the National League saying; "The Mets can’t control what other teams do and don’t do, but if San Diego and San Francisco load up at the trade deadline, it could get tougher to fend off competition in a Wild Card race."
Danny Abriano SNY.TV: Mets vs. Brewers: 5 things to watch and series predictions. Danny includes: "The Mets' starting rotation has been a big issue", "Can Mark Vientos shake off the rust?", "The Brewers have been hot [winners of their last 8 of 10], "When are the reinforcements coming?...Sean Manaea...is expected to make another rehab start this week."
Press Release: Tong, Benge Selected to 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game "Tong, the Mets #4 prospect and #92 prospect in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects, is having a spectacular year with the Rumble Ponies. Tong leads all of minor league baseball with 115 strikeouts and is second in the minors with a 1.73 ERA in 14 starts...Benge, the Mets #3 prospect and #81 prospect in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100, was promoted to Binghamton on June 23 after a terrific start to the year with High-A Brooklyn. Benge slashed .302/.417/.480 with an .897 OPS in 60 games with the Cyclones. He also had 68 hits, 37 RBIs, and four home runs with Brooklyn."
Today's Game:
- Tue., July 1 RHP Freddy Peralta (8-4, 2.90) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (8-4, 2.97) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, Audacy 880 AM, 92.3 FM HD2)
Mets Daily Links:
Steve Cohen News:
- ‘Frustrated’ Steve Cohen breaks silence on his free-falling Mets: ‘Didn’t see this coming’ (New York Post)
- 'Frustrated' Mets owner Steve Cohen addresses team's struggles, tweets a message to fans (The Record)
- Mets owner Steve Cohen breaks silence over team’s summer slump (NJ.com)
- Mets Owner Steve Cohen Addresses Team's Recent Struggles, Future (SI.com)
- Mets owner Steve Cohen responds to team's disastrous June: 'I didn't see this coming' (Yahoo Sports)
- Steve Cohen sends 'frustrated' message about Mets brutal losing stretch (SI.com)
Other Mets News:
- Mets' Juan Soto talks plate discipline, players' only meeting and more in exclusive interview (Newsday)
- Prospects Jonah Tong, Carson Benge representing Mets in Futures Game (New York Post)
- Mets at the halfway point: What you should and shouldn’t panic about (New York Daily News)
- Time to make a move? Here are Mets' 3 biggest needs ahead of MLB trade deadline (The Record)
- Amid losing stretch, are Mets’ coaches on hot seat? Insider has the latest (NJ.com)
- Mets’ swoon is being blamed on Pride Night: ‘We were playing great until that crap!’ (NJ.com)
- Sweat science: MLB players, teams devise methods to stay cool as temperatures rise (The Athletic)
- Despite team’s skid, Mets officials continue to believe in coaching staff (The Athletic)
- Big-Spending Mets Reeling After Being Swept By The Low-Budget Pirates (Yahoo Sports)
- Two Mets prospects selected for the All-Star Futures Game (SI.com)
- Are the New York Mets showing enough urgency during their skid? (SI.com)
- New York Mets' top prospect pitcher named Player of the Week (SI.com)
NY Daily News Back Page:
Yahoo Sports/Mets:
- How Bobby Bonilla Day contract helped Mets draft a franchise icon
- Brewers at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 1
- Where the Mets can go after pitching surplus turned into pitching crisis
- Why a brutal June could lead to a better July for these New York teams — and where it could get worse
- Dwight Gooden Net Worth 2025: How Much Money Does He Make?
- Prospects Jonah Tong, Carson Benge representing Mets in Futures Game
- From Juan Soto to Cristiano Ronaldo: Top 5 biggest contracts in professional sports history
- Exclusive | Eric Chavez tells The Post what's behind Mets' brutal hitting woes
- Insider expects Mets to target center field at trade deadline
- Remembering Dave Parker, Mets get swept & a weekend recap
- Mets reportedly considering move for Twins star if they can’t land Luis Robert Jr.
- New York Mets' top prospect pitcher named Player of the Week
Metsmerized:
Amazing Avenue:
Mets360:
Kiner's Korner:
Mack's Mets:
- Tom Brennan: Where Does Our Help Come From?
- John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Fall to Cubs again, 7/1/2015
- IN FOCUS: Mack's Top 15 Prospects, Grant Hartwig, MLB Daily Whiff Leaders, Roster Moves, OPS Leaders, HR Leaders, Brandon Sproat, Trevor Bauer
- Paul Articulates – Mets Fans are like Mets Players
- Reese Kaplan -- To Hear the Pitching Party Members Tell It...
Syracuse:
- Syracuse will play 3 games in Worcester followed by three games at home against the Wo-Sox for this July 4th weekend. Game time tonight is 6:45. Starting Pitcher TBD.
Binghamton Rumble Ponies:
- Binghamton is on the road in Hartford for a 7:10 PM start, starting pitcher TBD.
Brooklyn Cyclones:
- Brooklyn heads to Hudson Valley to play the Renegades at 6:35 PM with Nate Dohm on the mound.
St. Lucie Mets:
- St. Lucie is home to play the Daytona Tortugas at 6:10 PM, starting pitcher TBD.
FCL Mets:
- 6/30/2025 Box Score: FCL Marlins 7 FCL Mets 5
- Bohan Adderley: SS 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 K; Branny De Oleo: SS 0 for 1; Vladi Gomez*: 2B 1 for 5; 1 run; 1 RBI; Edward Lantigua: CF 0 for 1; 1 run; 4 walks; 1 K; Julio Zayas: C 0 for 3; 1 walk; Randy Guzman: 1B 1 for 4; 2 Ks; Jeffry Rosa: RF 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 K; Dangelo Sarmiento: 3B 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Daniel Silva#: DH 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Haniel German: LF 2 for 4; 1 RBI; 2 Ks; Jose Guevara: (L, 0-4) 3.2 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 5 hits; 1 walk; 4 Ks; Deivy Paulino: 3.1 innings; 4 runs; 4 ERs; 3 hits; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Wilson Lopez: 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K;
For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.
Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.
AP Sports:
- Abreu hits grand slam and inside-the-park homer and lifts the Red Sox over the Reds 13-6
- Heaney takes no-hitter into 6th and Pirates stay hot with 7-0 win over Cardinals
- Wheeler strikes out 10 in 8 innings to lead Phillies past Padres 4-0
- Guerrero breaks tie with 2-run single in 6th and Blue Jays beat Yankees 5-4
MLB.com:
- Inside-the-parker AND a grand slam? Red Sox slugger pulls off rare feat
- Raleigh stays red-hot with 33rd HR as Arozarena joins 100-HR club
- Ranking the All-Star ballot decisions, toughest to easiest
- Answering the AL's biggest questions as Trade Deadline looms
- Vladdy's go-ahead screamer (115.7 mph!) sinks Yanks to open key set
- Fab Friar! Merrill's HR robbery so good he needed to show proof
- Pirates' fourth straight win by 7-plus harkens back to 1925 club
- 7 pressing questions as July begins
- Here's what it means to be in 1st place entering July
- Wheeler caps historic June (0.58 ERA) with 10-K gem against Friars
- Rogers becomes 3rd starting pitcher to bat since '21 in wild O's win
- Five standouts from the MLB Draft League vs. Cape Cod League All-Star Game
- 2025 All-Star Futures Game rosters revealed
MLB Trade Rumors:
- Astros Place Jeremy Peña On Injured List With Fractured Rib
- Ross Atkins Discusses Deadline Needs, Santander
- Yankees Select Geoff Hartlieb, Place Fernando Cruz On 15-Day IL
- Tucker Barnhart To Retire
- Tyler Mahle To Be Sidelined Beyond Trade Deadline
- Trade Deadline Outlook: Chicago White Sox
- Orioles Place Zach Eflin On Injured List
- Rockies Expected To Promote Yanquiel Fernandez
- Trade Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat Transcript
- Padres Designate Logan Gillaspie For Assignment
- Phillies Reinstate Bryce Harper, Designate Buddy Kennedy For Assignment
- Athletics Select Colby Thomas
Yahoo Sports:
- Astros at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 1
- Guardians at Cubs Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 1
- White Sox at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 1
- Brewers at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 1
- The myth of the Big Dumper: how Cal Raleigh became a Seattle folk hero
- Diamondbacks fan removed from win over Giants after controversial interference review
- ‘Better Than My Birthday’: Bobby Bonilla on His Special Day
- Max Scherzer pitches 5 strong innings with 7 strikeouts and no walks as Blue Jays pick up key win over Yankees
- Red Sox’s Wilyer Abreu makes history with grand slam, inside-the-park home run in blowout win over Reds
- Orioles place right-hander Zach Eflin on the 15-day IL with low back discomfort
ESPN:
CBS Sports:
- Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu makes MLB history with inside-the-park home run, grand slam in same game vs. Reds
- Yankees vs. Blue Jays odds, line, prediction, time: 2025 MLB picks, parlay, June 30 prop bets from top expert
- Free MLB picks, predictions, best bets for Monday, June 30: This four-leg baseball parlay pays over 19-1
FanGraphs:
- Where Do We Draw the Line Drive?
- FanGraphs Power Rankings: June 23–29
- Steven Kwan Is Passing the Old Man Test
- Remembering “The Cobra,” Dave Parker (1951-2025)
- Sunday Notes: Cam Schlittler Is Cut-Riding His Way Toward the Yankees Rotation
- FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: June 28, 2025
- Effectively Wild Episode 2341: The Second Half Has Started
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Nationals.com:
Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Craig Anderson (1938)
- Michael Wacha (1991)
- Chris Flexen (1994)
New York Mets traded Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder on July 1, 1963.
1943 | Although the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League will not have an official All-Star Game until 1946, two teams, one composed of South Bend Blue Sox and Rockford Peaches players and the other made up of players from the Kenosha Comets and Racine Belles, put on an exhibition game under the lights at Wrigley Field. The AAGPBL contest is the first night game ever played in the historic Chicago ballpark. |
1966 | Woody Fryman faces the minimum 27 batters in the Pirates' 12-0 rout of the Mets at Shea Stadium. New York leadoff hitter Ron Hunt singles to center to start the bottom of the first, but is tagged out trying to swipe second base. |
2013 | Before the game at Citi Field, the Mets and Diamondbacks honor the 19 firefighters killed while battling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona with a moment of silence. Additionally, each team hangs a jersey with the word Yarnell stitched on the back above the number 19 in their respective dugouts. |
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