Ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners, manager Rob Thomson announced that Alvarado would return to the active roster on Tuesday when he is first eligible. “José Alvarado will indeed be activated tomorrow when he’s eligible to rejoin the roster, Rob Thomson said,” wrote Ty Daubert of Phillies Nation.

The Mets took two of three from the red-hot Mariners over the weekend, including a 7-3 win on Sunday night during the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was the first series the Mets had won since sweeping the San Francisco Giants from July 25-27.

Regardless of where these teams are in the standings, if the Mets keep playing like they have been since June, they’ll be in for a short summer and a long winter.

After an injury-marred season, the Mariners starting staff is, finally, back to full health. As the past two days have shown, though, the Mariners pitching operation is hardly back to full strength. A day after George Kirby was roughed up in a loss to the New York Mets,

The Mets hadn’t announced the results of Francisco Alvarez’s MRI exam as of Monday, a day after the catcher suffered an injury to his right thumb while diving into second base during Sunday’s win over Seattle, but they know how much they can’t afford to lose him for an extended period of time.

Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper delivered a vintage performance at the plate on Monday night against the Seattle Mariners.

The Philadelphia Phillies have taken a commanding lead over the second-place New York Mets, currently leading the NL East by six games with under two months left in the season. Both teams were in position to claim the division title during July,

Despite a rough month, the Mets still have a strong playoff chance, with the Phillies not surging ahead. Both teams could make the postseason this year.

The Phillies are in control of the National League East leading the Mets in the division by 5.5 games after taking two of three over the weekend in Washington. Sunday, Philly outslugged the Nationals, 11-9. Alec Bohm went 2-4 with a home run and three runs batted in to pace the attack in his first game since July 18.