SNY's The Warm-up: Mets woes — Isles-Flyers — Steve Cohen

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. The trade deadline is today at 4 p.m. EST. As of last night, the Mets [were quiet](. --------------------------------------------------------------- SNY originals... What are the odds? - [How important is it for Adam Gase and Le’Veon Bell to click?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's schedule... - Marlins at Mets, 1:05 p.m. ⚾ - Rays at Yankees, 7:05 p.m. ⚾ --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Word count: 663 words (about six minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Mets' Sunday in one GIF MLB/YouTube Of all the meltdowns, yesterday afternoon's first game of the Subway Series doubleheader was perhaps the Metsiest. - Entering that fateful seventh inning, which included an error, a lost challenge, two mound visits, a pitching change and, finally, Aaron Hicks' game-tying home run, the Mets had a 7-2 lead and [a 98.2 percent]( chance of winning. (They lost, 8-7, thanks in part to the GIF above.) Rather than (further) rehash, here are five positives for Mets fans to carry with them into this afternoon's game. - Robinson Cano had [five hits]( in the five Yankees-Mets games, and is hitting .369 with a 1.014 OPS. - Rick Porcello (five innings, two runs) and Seth Lugo (3.2 innings, one run) were both bright spots as starters yesterday. - As dismal (for Mets fans and great for Yankees fans) as Sunday was, Friday was a role reversal, and included something that hadn't happened in 121 years (more on that below). - The Mets, [according]( to FanGraphs, still have a 56.3 percent chance at making the playoffs. - Jacob deGrom is pitching today. On SNY.tv: [Takeaways from the Mets' 8-7 loss]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Who is the Islanders' longest tenured coach? 2. This weekend's Subway Series, by the numbers Brad Penner/USA Today 1899 Amed Rosario's walk-off home run on Friday off of Aroldis Chapman was the first walk-off home run by a visiting player in a game since 1899, when Ed McKean of the St. Louis Perfectos (now the Cardinals) did so against the long gone Cleveland Spiders. The game was a make up of a scheduled home game for the Mets. - "I was a little confused," confessed Chapman after the game. That's 2020, Aroldis. 6 innings, 6 Ks Yankees pitcher Deivi Garcia made his MLB debut yesterday, striking out six over six innings. His one allowed run was unearned. - "I wasn't nervous," he said through an interpreter after the game. 6 players The five-run seventh inning aside, the Yankees' lineup scored only 17 runs in five weekend games. Of the 10 New York players with 50-plus at-bats, six are batting worse than .240, including Gary Sanchez (.134) -- who did hit [a game-winning]( grand slam Sunday -- and Brett Gardner (.176). On SNY.tv: [Deivi Garcia shows great command in major league debut]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The Islanders are a game away from advancing Islanders/Twitter ISLANDERS 3, FLYERS 2 -- The Islanders, who would not have qualified for the playoffs in a regular 16-team postseason, are now a win away from the Eastern Conference Finals. - They beat the Flyers on Saturday, 3-1, to take a 2-1 lead. - They beat the Flyers on Sunday, 3-2, to take a 3-1 series lead. GIF'd above: Brock Nelson's perfectly-placed goal, which gave the Isles a 1-0 lead on Sunday. He scored twice, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau added the other. - This was the first back-to-back for New York; they were supposed to play one last week, but the multi-sport protest postponed it. Also: The Islanders haven't made the conference finals since 1993. Should they finish off the Flyers, their likely opponent would be Tampa Bay, who owns a 3-1 lead over the Bruins in the other second round series. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Three more weekend news items Chris Pedota/USA Today 1. According to a Friday report by CNBC's David Faber, Steve Cohen is in an exclusive negotiation to buy the Mets. According to Faber, a deal is expected "within days." 2. The Giants held their Blue-White scrimmage at MetLife Stadium on Friday. [Here]( are SNY's Ralph Vacchiano's takeaways from the game. 3. [According]( to SNY's Ian Begley, there's some pessimism in the Nets' organization that the team will be able to hire Tyronn Lue. Lue has been linked to Brooklyn but also several other teams. 4. The New York Liberty lost to the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday in their [wubble](. The Liberty, without rookie star Sabrina Ionescu, have fallen to 2-13. --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The New York Minute - [READ]( The Jets' trade for Dolphins running back Kalen Ballage has fallen through. - [READ]( Sam Darnold says the Jets had a good scrimmage-like practice on Sunday. - [READ]( The Giants have signed Brandon Williams and KeiVarae Russell. - [WATCH]( Steven Matz says his goal is to work his way back into the starting rotation, but wants to help however he can. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Al Arbour (20 years). That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Monday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](