The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at Citi Field on Friday to start the second half of the baseball season.
The visit is the first test in a crucial 15-game run for the Mets that will take the team to the Aug. 1 trading deadline — and determine its future.
Can the Mets make up enough ground to get the green light from the team’s owner, Steven A. Cohen, to make a push for the playoffs?
“It’s on us if we want to keep this thing afloat,” Max Scherzer, the veteran right-handed starting pitcher, said in San Diego before the Mets scattered for the All-Star break.
“Don’t let the Metropolitans get hot,” outfielder Tommy Pham playfully warned before leaving the Mets’ 6-2 loss to the Padres on Sunday in the first inning with a sore right groin.
Persons:
Steven A, Cohen, Max Scherzer, “ Don’t, Tommy Pham
Organizations:
Los Angeles Dodgers, Citi Field, Mets, Metropolitans, Padres
Locations:
San Diego