FT Leadoff

The Mets hold the best record (13-6) in June, but will likely lose Edwin Díaz to a 10-game suspension after he was ejected for sticky stuff in Sunday’s win over the Cubs.

Díaz said he was “shocked” that the umpires threw him out. When asked if he plans to make any adjustments, he stood firm on using the same mixture.

Díaz becomes the third Mets pitcher to get ejected for sticky stuff in just over a year. Tune in to FT Live today to hear our thoughts.

The Mets still have that Grimace energy after winning their fourth straight series. They’re just one game out of the third Wild Card spot.

The only things hotter than the Texas heat right now are the two teams that play there.

No American League team had swept the Baltimore Orioles in the regular season since April 2022, but the Astros changed that over the weekend.

Houston outscored the O’s 27-13 in the series and is riding a five-game win streak. They can climb back to .500 if they sweep the Rockies in a quick two-game set on Tuesday and Wednesday.

As for the other Texas team, the defending World Champion Rangers are coming off a sweep of their own against the Royals.

Backed by five innings of shutout ball from Max Scherzer in his season debut on Sunday, they matched their season-long win streak of four games by way of just 99 pitches from the entire staff.

Ironically, it came on the same day Scherzer tied Greg Maddux for eleventh all-time in career strikeouts with 3,371.

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• View - Paul Skenes lowers ERA to 2.14 in seven-inning effort against Tampa Bay.

• View - Cardinals sweep Giants and own NL’s best record (24-13) since May 12.

• View - Pablo Lopez’s 14-strikeout performance on Sunday tied for most in a single game this season.

• View - Blue Jays No. 2 prospect Orelvis Martinez receives 80-game PED suspension two days after debuting.

• View - Shōta Imanaga’s ERA jumps from 1.89 to 2.96 after surrendering 10 earned runs to the Mets.

• View - Steven Kwan (.390 BA) helps propel Guardians to a sweep of the Blue Jays.

• View - Cristopher Sánchez inks four-year extension with Phillies.

• View - Rockies walk it off on a pitch clock violation.

• View - Royce Lewis has 10 HR through his first 17 games this season.

• View - The Marlins walk it off in three straight games.

• View - The Chicago White Sox are still bad.

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