@JonHeyman tweeted
Plan for now is for arguably MLB’s best lineup to begin this way (players involved have been informed) #mets

1. Francisco Lindor
2. Juan Soto
3. Pete Alonso
4/5. Mark Vientos*
4/5. Brandon Nimmo*

(Vientos will bat 4th vs. most lefties, Nimmo will bat 4th vs. most righties)

Mark Takano begins to distance himself from Green’s protest: “There was one person that chose to, you know, be vocal, but the rest of us were looking for a, you know, let's say, a place where we could voice our dissent.”

FROM SHAMS:

The Charlotte Hornets have been in contact with the NBA as they explore options to dispute the Los Angeles Lakers' failed physical assessment of Mark Williams, sources tell ESPN. The Williams/Dalton Knecht trade was nixed Saturday, and now Hornets weigh avenues to challenge.

FROM SHAMS:

Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is expected to miss multiple weeks with a left adductor strain, sources tell ESPN. His absence could stretch to a month.

New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

If a 19-year-old Canadian who calls himself Big Balls marches into your federal agency and demands access to your system, telling him to fuck right off should be the mildest reaction you have.

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"