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.

The Mets-Phillies rivalry has been great this season in the NL East. Much of the Mets' division title hopes will hinge on the next few weeks.

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,

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,

If the Phillies want to win the NL East, they must thrive in September. While the Brewers, Dodgers, and Mets will provide the toughest tests, beating the bad teams on their schedule will also be critical for the Phillies' division title hopes.

The Phillies and Mariners open their series on Monday. Both teams are in good form and determined to stay in the playoff race.

Just one week ago, New York Mets rookie pitcher Nolan McLean was playing for the AAA Syracuse Mets. On Sunday, he was less than 24 hours off of a stellar Major League debut, throwing 5 1/3 scoreless innings in a Mets win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday at Citi Field.

New York Mets veteran Brandon Nimmo appeared to send a warning to the Phillies despite a seventh straight loss on Sunday.