Today's NY Back Pages and Mets Headlines: 7/29/2026

Good Morning.  Mets and Braves get rained out, they will try to play two today, Mets 2026 Draft Picks have big night in St. Lucie, while Syracuse and Brooklyn fall.

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Mets and Braves rained out Tuesday.  They will play a split doubleheader today.

Game 1, 1:10 PM – AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0,0.00) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.52)

Game 2, 7:10 PM - LHP Chris Sale (11-6, 2.19) vs. RHP Christian Scott (3-2, 3.13)

Today's Newsday discusses a trade of Francisco Lindor to the Yankees.  The Yankees beat reporter Erik Boland thinks the Yankees should consider a Lindor deal despite how Lindor is "owed five years and $160 million after this season" but he doesn't offer any specific Yankees players that would make the Mets want to do it. IMO, the article has more flash than substance.  

Joel Sherman NY Post: David Stearns’ biggest trade deadline task is reversing a concerning Mets trend. "The Mets do not head into this offseason rebuilding. They want to contend in 2027. Deepening the system with quality prospects will give the Mets the depth to make trades amid what is expected to be a weak free agent class, notably among position players...By this time next week, Stearns will likely have added 10-plus players to that system. He needs it to be a good week to end the transactional losing streak now plaguing his tenure."

Clay Holmes goes 4 innings, no runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, 3 Ks, 59 pitches, 37 strikes in his rehab start for @stluciemets #Mets @ernestdove @FarmToFlushing @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @draftniks @TheBaseballHut @bronxfanatic @BrianGerhauser @HHec13 @DanBartels2 @OurMetsPodcast… pic.twitter.com/UFZK7g5Gwj

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) July 28, 2026

Francisco Lindor on Pete Alonso:

“We do all miss Pete. We love him and he’s a great player and he’s going to be one of the greatest Mets to ever play. I think they made an effort [to keep him]. All I know is they thought they were going to improve the team. At the end of the… pic.twitter.com/2LZWU5rrHW

— Mets Batflip (@metsbatflip1) July 28, 2026

New York Post:

• Mets’ Clay Holmes has strong outing in likely final rehab start as trade deadline looms "The recovering Mets right-hander, who is likely to be used as trade bait by Monday, completed four scoreless innings with Low-A St. Lucie on Tuesday night in what was his second and likely final rehab start."
• What Mets stars — old and new — are still playing for down the stretch of lost season
• Mets should be celebrating another World Series team – but fateful cab ride began spiral of disappointment
• David Stearns’ biggest trade deadline task is reversing a concerning Mets trend
• Rays interested in Mets’ Freddy Peralta after yet another disappointing outing
• Everything We’re Hearing Ahead Of The Trade Deadline + Fan Questions! | The Show Ep. 211
• Mets vs. Braves postponed due to expected rain, split doubleheader set
• Mets Triple-A manager Dick Scott takes leave after cancer surgery

SNY.tv:

• Mets' Clay Holmes pitches four innings with St. Lucie in second, and potentially final, rehab start
• Tuesday's Mets-Braves game postponed, to be made up as part of Wednesday doubleheader
• Latest Freddy Peralta trade deadline buzz: Rays have interest, Mets talking to Brewers
• Zac Thornton's emergence could change dynamic of Mets' rotation situation for 2027

Metsmerized

• Minors Game Thread: Clay Holmes Continues Rehab
• Mets-Braves Game Rained Out; Split Doubleheader Announced
• A Lefty Pitcher Resurgence is Happening Down on the Farm
• Tyrone Taylor is Getting Hot At the Right Time
• Report: Brewers, Rays Interested in Freddy Peralta
• Francisco Lindor Is Who He’s Always Been
• Minors Weekly Report: Voit, Santucci Receive Promotions

Amazin' Avenue

• Tonight’s Mets/Braves game postponed due to forecasted rain
• Luis Torrens garnering trade buzz
• Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Eighteen

Rising Apple Feed

• A clever NY Mets trade deadline deal that never panned out
• This Day in NY Mets History: Anthony Young losing streak finally ends but barely
• 1 Rays, Cubs, Brewers, Dodgers prospect who gets the NY Mets to immediately trade Freddy Peralta

Mets360

• Hoping the Mets feel alive over the (final) ol' 55
• Mets 14, Braves 3 (7/27/26)

kinerskorner.com

• The Drive to Citi Field Told Me Everything I Needed to Know About the 2027 New York Mets
• Time Traveler Tuesdays : Mets Pitchers in the 2010s: The Young Guns Who Almost Won it All

Mack's Mets

• Guest post: Could the Mets end up with MLB’s #1 Prospect at the Deadline?
• Tom Brennan- Top 30 Mets Prospects - Mid Year Reflections
• Cautious Optimist -- Home Grown Talent: Dodgers, Braves, Brewers, Yankees and Mets: Facts, Lessons and the Value of Good Judgment

Minor League Baseball:

Syracuse: 

• Syracuse Mets Game Recap: Mauricio's Two-Run Homer Tightens Gap, Red Wings Pull Away for a Win
• 7/28/2026 - Box Score: Rochester Red Wings 6 Syracuse Mets 5
• Syracuse Mets Game Notes - 7/28/2026
• PRESS RELEASE: METS STATEMENT ON DICK SCOTT "Dick Scott has taken a leave of absence from the Syracuse Mets so he can deal with a medical issue. He underwent surgery due to a cancer diagnosis in his kidney. He has had successful surgery and is on his way to a full recovery."

Binghamton Rumble Ponies: 

• Press Release: Binghamton Game at Reading Postponed on Tuesday
• Today's Binghamton Rumble Ponies Lineup - 7/28/26 Voit leads off
• 7/28/2026: Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes

Brooklyn Cyclones: 

• Brooklyn Cyclones Game Recap: Cyclones Fall to Dash in Series Opener, 10-6
• 7/28/2026 Box Score: Winston-Salem Dash 10 Brooklyn Cyclones 6
• Brooklyn Cyclones Game Notes - 7/28/2026

St. Lucie Mets:

• St. Lucie Mets Game Recap: Draft Picks, New-Look Mets Dominate Blue Jays 14-6
• 7/28/2026 Box Score: St. Lucie Mets 14 Dunedin Blue Jays 6
• Press Release: Ware Named FSL Pitcher of the Week

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB Links:

MLB Scoreboard.

MLB.com: 

• Who has the package to tempt Tigers for Skubal?  
• 7 K's, 6 zeros, a pass interference call: Cole's latest outing had it all 
• 'He's a nightmare': Alvarez makes Angels pay for not walking him in 9th 
• Cubs doing their part to encourage aggressive Trade Deadline 
• Battling knee and biceps issues, Ohtani crushes leadoff HR as pitching stays on hold 
• With multiple teams seeking catching help, which backstops could be on the move? 
• Tigers' bats relentless in scoring feat (and team shutout) not seen since 1935! 
• Sandy's value -- to Marlins? -- soars after scoreless gem vs. Phils 
• Trade rumors: Red Sox's SS targets, Dodgers, Skubal, Detmers 
• As Deadline looms, Skubal prepares for potential final start as a Tiger 
• Murakami eager to aid hometown after devastating earthquake 
• Brewers get back to what they do best, hammer Giants 
• As Twins keep up momentum, Zoll says they'll be buyers at Deadline 
• The Top 100 prospects most likely to be dealt by the Trade Deadline are ... 
• Tracking every deal made before Trade Deadline 
• Padres walk off Rockies for 3rd time in 2026 
• D-backs survive late comeback attempt by Pirates in 12 innings 
• Red Sox trade prize Mead to IL after fracturing wrist in debut 
• Baseball’s competitive balance issue, explained 
• Vladdy likely to sit Wednesday due to right hamstring tightness

AP Sports Via the Winnipeg Free Press:

• Ohtani’s bat stays hot, but his next bullpen session waits on 2 aching spots
• Fernando Tatis Jr. goes 5 for 5 and Padres top Rockies 8-7 on Xander Bogaerts’ sac fly in 9th
• Brice Turang paces Brewers offense in 8-2 win over Giants
• Dominic Canzone’s 2-run homer in the 8th lifts the Mariners over the Dodgers 7-6
• Alvarez homers in first inning and hits RBI single in ninth to lead Astros to 3-2 win over Angels
• Brian Serven hits 1st MLB homer since 2022 and Jump pitches A’s to 4-3 win over Red Sox
• Royce Lewis hits walk-off triple as Twins rally past Royals 3-2 after Buxton exits with sore hip
• Nationals draw six walks against Bieber in four-run first inning, beat Blue Jays 8-6
• Cubs race to an early 7-run lead on the way to a 10-2 win over the Cardinals
• James McCann’s 12th-inning single gives Diamondbacks 8-7 win over Pirates after blowing six-run lead

MLB Trade Rumors

• Top 50 Deadline Trade Candidates
• Braves Re-Sign Kyle Farmer To Minor League Deal
• Trevor McDonald To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
• Twins To Buy At Deadline, Targeting Bullpen Help
• Twins’ David Festa To Undergo Thoracic Outlet Surgery
• Astros To Activate Hayden Wesneski On Wednesday
• White Sox Sign Eric Haase To Minor League Deal
• Casey Schmitt Placed On IL With Torn Meniscus
• Cardinals Select Peter Strzelecki
• Mariners Designate Buddy Kennedy For Assignment
• Red Sox To Place Curtis Mead On IL With Broken Wrist
• Braden Shewmake Elects Free Agency
• Orioles Have Discussed Jackson Holliday, Colton Cowser In Trade Talks
• Marlins Reportedly Open To Trading Liam Hicks
• Braves Select Elieser Hernández

CBS Sports Headlines

• Rockies vs. Padres MLB picks: Trade candidate and ace Michael King could be making final San Diego start
• Red Sox lose newly acquired Curtis Mead to fractured wrist: Will Boston reenter trade market?

FanGraphs Baseball

• Polarizing Honorees Brought Sparse Crowds for Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
• Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 7/28/26
• Trade Deadline Prospect Guide: Los Angeles Dodgers
• How the Fish Ended up at the Market
• Bryan Baker Cut the Dead Weight

Today in Mets History: 

Born on this date:

• Felix Mantilla (1934)

• Luis Alicea (1965)

Died on this date:

• Johnny Lewis (2018)

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Jacke Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel on July 29, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino to the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza on July 29, 1996.

New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly on July 29, 2003.

New York Mets traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Austin Bossart on July 29, 2019.

National Pastime.com:

1944

Annabelle Lee, the aunt of future major leaguer Bill Lee, pitches the first of five perfect games in the 12-year history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Minneapolis Millerettes southpaw knuckleballer, who will toss a no-hitter for the Fort Wayne Daisies precisely one year from this date, doesn’t allow any batters to reach first base in the 18-0 rout of the Kenosha (WI) Comets.

1996

The Mets deal Jeff Kent along with Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza. The trade, considered to be one of the worst in franchise history, will be a bust for New York when Baerga hits only .267 in three non-productive seasons in the Big Apple, and Kent goes on to win an MVP award and enters the Baseball Hall of Fame after his 17-year tenure in the major leagues.

2000

Recently acquired Mets make good first impressions as Mike Bordick goes 2-for-3, including a homer on the first pitch he sees as a Met, and Rick White pitches a scoreless inning to get the win; the other newcomer, Bubba Trammell, will homer in his first at-bat in his Met debut tomorrow.

2004

In a 10-1 victory over the Expos, Eric Valent becomes the eighth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. After singling in the second, doubling in the third, and homering in the fifth, the Mets’ utility player triples in the seventh to join Phillies David Bell, Pirates Daryle Ward, and Chad Moeller of the Brewers to accomplish the feat this season.

2006

Julio Franco became the oldest player ever to pinch run when he takes Carlos Delgado’s place on the basepaths after the Mets’ infielder is hit by a pitch in the fourth inning. The 47 year-old pinch-runner, who will stay in the game to play first, steals second base and will advance to third on the catcher’s error in the Mets’ 11-4 win over Atlanta at Turner Field.

2008

In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th consecutive game, establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.

Baseball Reference:

2001 - A career utility player who's making the most of his opportunity to play this year in place of the injured Edgardo Alfonzo, second baseman Desi Relaford makes several key contributions to a dramatic, back-and-forth, 6 - 5 nailbiter between the Mets and Phillies. After Relaford's tremendous over-the-shoulder inning-ending grab robs Philly of two runs in the 6th, he goes to even greater lengths to break the tie he's just preserved: after his one-out, 7th-inning, hit-and-run single moves Lenny Harris to third and brings up Mike Piazza, New York's number one run producer produces a tailor-made 4-6-3, inning-ending double play grounder. Long before Relaford can reach second, shortstop Jimmy Rollins receives the throw and crosses the bag, continuing on another 10 to 12 feet past the bag and at least 7 feet clear of the baseline before turning and making the transfer from glove to hand. As the unsuspecting shortstop winds up to throw, Relaford, his left arm dragging the baseline to which his fully-extended body is perfectly perpendicular, suddenly enters the picture, sliding/tumbling past on his way to second base. Just as Rollins is about to unload, Desi fully extends his right toe, hooks Rollins' right shin and completely turns him around. When he comes to rest, the Phillies' shortstop is facing the now unoccupied third base as its previous tenant, Lenny Harris, crosses home plate. The resulting 3 - 2 Mets lead will last exactly two batters into the next half-inning as John Franco coughs it up on Scott Rolen's no-out, two-run homer. Tsuyoshi Shinjo hits a towering, two-run homer in the 8th, but New York's Armando Benitez blows the save and Relaford must come to the rescue yet again, turning a double play to get Benitez out of further trouble, thus setting the stage for redemption in the form of Mike Piazza's walk-off home run.

2015: Another trade almost gets consumed, as the Mets are on the verge of trading IF Wilmer Flores and P Zack Wheeler to Milwaukee for OF Carlos Gomez. The rumor of the deal sweeps through the stands at Citi Field, and Flores breaks into tears on the field as he does not want to leave a team that has grown into a contender. The trade falls through, however, and the Mets lose, 7 - 3, to San Diego in spite of three homers by Lucas Duda.

7/29/2015 Wilmer Flores gets emotional on the field and in the dugout after reports of a trade circulate around the ballpark. After the game, Sandy Alderson announces that there is no deal and Flores will stay in Queens. pic.twitter.com/nQWoYn4Ook

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) July 29, 2022

2019: One day after their surprise acquisition of Marcus Stroman, the Mets deal with their surplus of starting pitchers by sending Jason Vargas to the Phillies in return for AA catcher Austin Bossart, who is hitting .195.

7/29/2000 Mike Bordick hits a game-tying solo home run on the first pitch he sees as a Met. Later in the game with the score tied and the bases loaded, Lenny Harris drives home the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit single.@MBordick @mikepiazza31 @LennyHarris pic.twitter.com/ekj5WKq3CW

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) July 29, 2024

7/29/2015 Lucas Duda hits three homers against the Padres, becoming the eleventh Met to accomplish the feat. pic.twitter.com/Vb2mKa7YRS

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) July 29, 2024