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  • Les Miles sues LSU, NCAA and College Football Hall of Fame over 37 vacated victories

    Les Miles sues LSU, NCAA and College Football Hall of Fame over 37 vacated victories

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Les Miles, who coached the LSU Tigers to a 2007 national championship, is suing the university over its decision to vacate 37 of his teams’ victories between 2012 and 2015.

    The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Baton Rouge alleges that LSU never gave Miles a chance to be heard before altering the coach’s career record significantly enough to disqualify him from consideration for the College Football Hall of Fame.

    “Les was given no right to be heard, or even advance notice of LSU’s actions, despite LSU being a state-owned and state-run institution that is bound by constitutional safeguards,” Miles’ lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, said in a statement.

    The decision in June 2023 to vacate the victories stemmed from an NCAA ruling that former Tigers offensive lineman Vadal Alexander had received financial benefits that violated NCAA rules at the time he played.

    The lawsuit also names the NCAA and Atlanta-based College Football Hall of Fame as defendants, and it demands that they reinstate the vacated victories to Miles’ official career coaching record. LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said the university was “not able to comment on pending litigation.” The other defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit.

    Vacating the victories changed Miles’ official career record from 145-73 (.665) to 108-73 (.597). The lawsuit notes that a .600 career win percentage is required to qualify for the College Football Hall of Fame.

    The lawsuit also contends that while LSU formally tied the vacated victories to alleged football violations, the university was trying to minimize its overall exposure to NCAA punishment for an array of violations that included conduct by former men’s basketball coach Will Wade, who was subsequently found by an NCAA probe to have committed major recruiting violations.

    “Trying to placate the NCAA and avoid punishment for recruiting violations that almost entirely involved the Men’s Basketball Team and its coaches, and in no way implicated Les, LSU voluntarily offered to reverse dozens of victories earned by Les’ teams,” Ginsberg’s statement said.

    Ginsberg called that an “irrational and unfair self-inflicted punishment” by LSU, and he criticized the NCAA for accepting it.

    The specific violation involved a booster who did not work for LSU giving cash to Alexander’s father for a no-show hospital job. The lawsuit notes that while NCAA bylaws hold coaches responsible for those who report to them, the booster was not a “staff member of LSU or its football program and the NCAA did not find that Miles, as head coach, bore any responsibility for the sole violation that occurred during his time with the LSU football program.”

    When Miles was fired by LSU in September 2016, he’d gone 114-34 with the Tigers in 11-plus seasons. He also coached at Oklahoma State from 2001-2004, going 28-21, and at Kansas from 2019-2020, where he went 3-18. Kansas fired Miles after he was accused of improper conduct involving female students at LSU.

  • Braves Football to be Featured in Eight ESPN Games

    Braves Football to be Featured in Eight ESPN Games

    Alcorn State University football will be featured on various ESPN networks throughout the 2024 season. Head coach Cedric Thomas and Braves football will play in eight televised contests for fans to enjoy.

    Alcorn fans can see the Braves play on Aug. 29 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala. at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. ASU will travel to Vanderbilt University on Sept. 7 on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m. On Sept. 21, Alcorn State will face McNeese State University on the road in Lake Charles, La. at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

    The Braves will be featured on ESPN+ as they travel to play Grambling State University on Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. ASU’s next televised appearance will be on Oct. 19 as the team heads to Baton Rouge, La. for Southern University at 6 p.m.

    In November, Alcorn State will have three more games shown on ESPN+. On Nov. 2, the Braves will travel to Mobile, Ala. for the Port City Classic against Alabama State University at 4 p.m. ASU travels to face Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. Alcorn’s last televised game of the season will be on Nov. 23 as they host Jackson State University at Spinks-Casem Stadium.

  • Saints saw their secondary as a strength even before Marshon Lattimore returned to practice

    Saints saw their secondary as a strength even before Marshon Lattimore returned to practice

    METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore broke toward the line of scrimmage and launched himself upward to get his hands on Spencer Rattler’s pass as receiver Bub Means was starting to bring in a leaping catch.

    As the rookie receiver and four-time Pro Bowl defender descended, Lattimore ripped the ball away for an interception, setting off a brief celebration among defensive players along the sideline during Wednesday’s minicamp practice.

    Lattimore says he’s out to remind the rest of the NFL that he’s still the “No. 1” cornerback in the league — a promising development for a Saints secondary that managed to fare well without him during the last seven games of 2023.

    “Our pass defense, I thought, was one of the better things that we did” last season, said Saints coach Dennis Allen, who played safety for Texas A&M and served as the secondary coach for the Saints’ 2009 championship team.

    The Saints ranked 10th against the pass in 2023, allowing 207.3 yards passing per game.

    Cornerback Paulson Adebo, a 2021 third-round draft choice, and veteran safety Tyrann Mathieu each had four interceptions to tie for the team lead.

    Both are back, along with versatile defensive back Alontae Taylor, who was a 2022 second-round draft choice, and veteran safety Johnathan Abram, who thrived while playing alongside Mathieu late last season.

    The Saints further bolstered their backfield by taking former Alabama standout Kool-Aid McKinstry in the second round of the NFL draft.

    With Lattimore back, Saints defensive coordinator Joe Woods said that he now has four cornerbacks who are good enough to start in the NFL, reminding him of when he coached Denzel Ward, Martin Emerson Jr., Greg Newsome II and Greedy Williams in Cleveland several years ago.

    “When you have four guys you feel like can go out and start for you, and when you can go create matchups from the corner position, that’s when you feel confident you can do some things,” Woods said. “I just feel good about the group. I feel like they’re talented and will be able to go out and match up against a lot of teams.”

    For now, the Saints want Taylor to play nickel back, even though he sometimes struggled at that spot last season. Having come into the NFL as a cornerback who mostly covered wideouts, Taylor did not initially adjust well to defending the more diverse routes slot receivers can run in the middle of the field.

    Now, however, Taylor “understands it better,” Woods said. “He’s definitely further along.”

    More uncertainty this offseason has swirled around Lattimore, who was a first-round draft choice and AP Defensive Rookie of the Year back in 2017, but has struggled to stay healthy recently. Lattimore has played in 17 games and has just two interceptions during the past two seasons combined.

    The Ohio native also chose to train on his own in recent weeks rather than participate in voluntary offseason practices in New Orleans.

    While Allen has acknowledged trade speculation involving New Orleans’ highest-paid defender, he described it as coming from “outside” the Saints organization.

    And when Lattimore showed up for mandatory minicamp this week, he said he would not begrudge the Saints if they did entertain trade offers.

    “I ain’t got no problem with it. It’s all business,” Lattimore said. “I’m not thinking about whether I’m going to get traded or nothing like that. I don’t really care, to be honest.

    “I’ve been hurt for two years, so I understand that people probably don’t think I’m the same type of player,” Lattimore added. “All I’ve got to do is prove to people that I am. So, that really falls on me.”

    Mathieu predicted that if Lattimore is “able to stay healthy and keep himself in that competitive mindset, he’s going to be everything he’s always been for us.”

    Woods said he sensed that “the last two years were tough” on Lattimore because of “some freakish injuries” to his ribs, kidney and ankle.

    “People may have forgotten about him a little bit in terms of the status he’s had in this league,” Woods said. “So, I feel like he may have a little chip on his shoulder.”

  • Vikings reach agreement with Jefferson on 4-year extension to give him NFL’s richest non-QB contract

    Vikings reach agreement with Jefferson on 4-year extension to give him NFL’s richest non-QB contract

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and wide receiver Justin Jefferson agreed Monday to a four-year extension, reportedly the richest contract in the NFL for a non-quarterback.

    According to ESPN, Jefferson will get $110 million guaranteed in the deal that’s worth as much as $140 million, with more than $88 million at signing.

    Jefferson, who has the most receiving yards in league history through a player’s first four seasons, had entered the final year of his rookie deal. The two sides came “unbelievably close” to an extension last summer, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said earlier this spring.

    Jefferson missed seven games last season with a hamstring injury and still reached 1,074 receiving yards. The 2022 AP NFL Offensive Player of the year was the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 draft out of LSU.

    “Justin has consistently proven to be one of the best players in the NFL on and off the field and we are excited about having him as a cornerstone of our team for a long time to come,” Adofo-Mensah said in a statement distributed by the Vikings. “He is the living embodiment of our culture with his joyful dedication to process and our goals.”

     

  • Saints make Superdome renovation payment and diffuse public standoff with state officials

    Saints make Superdome renovation payment and diffuse public standoff with state officials

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints made an $11.4 million payment toward Superdome renovations Friday, diffusing a public standoff between the NFL club and state officials who oversee the stadium that will host the next Super Bowl.

    Announcement of the payment by the club and the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District came hours after Saints president Dennis Lauscha, in comments published on the team’s website, decried “disingenuous and unprofessional” conduct by the state commission that oversees the Superdome.

    Lauscha also confirmed that the team’s decision to hold back payments since last December stemmed from dissatisfaction over the state’s posture in parallel negotiations toward a long-term Superdome lease.

    The LSED “was informed that material progress toward a long-term lease had to be made or payments would be stopped,” Lauscha said on the team website. “As of late of last week, sufficient progress was not made and the Saints reached out to tell them, yet again, that payments would not be made until significant progress on the lease was accomplished.”

    But late Friday afternoon, officials said payment was made after Lauscha and LSED board chairman Rob Vossbein had a “productive call.”

    The dispute became public during an LSED board meeting Wednesday, when commission board members were informed by staff that the Saints were behind on payments toward Superdome renovations that are scheduled for completion this summer.

    The NFL club issued a statement later that day in which it said it remained prepared to pay its share, but not until it received then-unspecified “documentation.” LSED officials responded that they “do not understand” what documentation the Saints need because not a single work invoice related to renovations had been disputed.

    Lauscha said it was “absolutely disingenuous and unprofessional for the LSED to make a statement that they are unaware of what we are looking for.”

    The LSED statement did, however, reference the lease negotiations.

    “That is a completely separate and independent agreement,” the LSED stated. “There is no legal basis to withhold payments under the Superdome Renovation Project Development Agreement based on efforts to negotiate a longer-term extension.”

    The amount of money at issue was small relative to the nearly $550 million scope of the renovation project, which has grown from an initial $450 million plan formally approved in 2019. But further delay by the team in paying could have caused cash flow problems and hinder the LSED’s ability to complete remaining work — unless the state quickly found an additional funding source as a stop-gap measure until the impasse was resolved.

    Lauscha said Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called Saints owner Gayle Benson on Thursday night “and they had a wonderful conversation.”

    Following the call, an LSED attorney “reached out to us stating that they want to meet with us to resolve our impasse and we welcome that,” Lauscha said.

    Lauscha said the Saints became concerned about the tenor of lease negotiations when the LSED and the company the state pays to manage the dome, ASM Global, told the club they “wanted to discuss rolling back some of the rights granted to the team in the current lease.”

    “This was clearly not what was agreed to and shocking, to say the least, given how fundamental those rights were to making the partnership function as designed,” Lauscha said without specifying which “rights” were targeted by state negotiators. “Given that threat, we told ASM and the LSED that we would have no choice but to hold up construction payments until they agreed to live up to the commitments they made to preserving our rights.”

    Currently, the Saints hold various rights to revenue streams generated by the dome, such as those derived from naming rights deals and advertising space.

    The LSED declined to comment further on the matter Friday, standing by previous statements, spokesman Mike Hoss said.

    Most renovations have been completed. About $58 million in work remains, with the Saints responsible for about $41 million. The Saints have committed to spending about $200 million toward Superdome renovations, the team statement said.

  • Saints and Superdome commission at odds over renovation payments with the Super Bowl on the horizon

    Saints and Superdome commission at odds over renovation payments with the Super Bowl on the horizon

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The state commission that oversees the Superdome and the New Orleans Saints are at odds over the club’s financial contributions to renovations scheduled for completion before the stadium hosts the next Super Bowl.

    Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District board members were informed by staff at a board meeting Wednesday that the Saints have fallen $11.4 million behind on their share of payments toward the renovations since making their last installment in December.

    Team executives, however, said later that the club has been withholding payment because of the commission’s failure to provide requested “documentation.”

    “We have reached out to the LSED on numerous occasions,” the Saints said in a written statement provided by Greg Bensel, the club’s senior vice president of communications, broadcasting and community and government relations.

    “When the satisfactory documentation is provided, a payment will immediately be authorized,” the statement said. “Unfortunately, it was disappointing to hear the comments coming out of the LSED meeting today that the team is not acting in good faith, when, in fact, we feel the opposite is true.”

    The Saints did not specify what documentation they were missing, and LSED officials stated on Wednesday night that they “do not understand what ‘documentation’ the Saints were referring to.”

    “The Saints have not disputed a single invoice or requested any additional documentation relating to a pay request, including the current unpaid invoices totaling $11.4 million,” the LSED wrote in a response to the Saints’ statement. “It would be helpful to the process if the Saints were more specific and identified what ‘documentation’ they are referencing.”

    The amount of money at issue is small relative to the more than $530 million scope of the renovation project. But the team’s delay in paying could cause cash flow problems and hinder the LSED’s ability to complete remaining work — unless the state is able to find an additional funding source as a stop-gap measure until the impasse with the team is resolved.

    The LSED, meanwhile, questioned whether the Saints might be delaying payment to gain leverage in negotiations for a new Superdome lease after the current one expires in 2030.

    “That is a completely separate and independent agreement,” the LSED stated. “There is no legal basis to withhold payments under the Superdome Renovation Project Development Agreement based on efforts to negotiate a longer-term extension.”

    Most renovations have been completed. About $58 million in work remains, with the Saints responsible for about $41 million. The Saints have committed to spending about $200 million toward Superdome renovations, the team statement said.

    The project has included overhauls of stadium entrances, concourses and kitchens; installation of soaring new escalators; and the replacement of older ramps with newer staircases and elevators. Much of it was completed even before last season.

    Remaining work is expected to be completed before the start of the 2024 NFL season, nearly six months before the nearly 50-year-old stadium hosts the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

  • Double First Base to be utilized for 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament

    Double First Base to be utilized for 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament

    The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is set to implement the use of a double first base on an experimental basis throughout the SEC Baseball Tournament. This measure aims to enhance player safety by reducing collisions between the defense and the batter-runner at first base. The double first base has already been utilized in several SEC non-conference games this season.

    Guidelines for Using the Double First Base

    According to NCAA playing rules, the double first base will be governed by specific guidelines:

    1. Fair and Foul Balls:
      • A batted ball hitting or bounding over the white portion of the base is considered fair.
      • A batted ball hitting or bounding over the colored portion (orange or green) without first touching the white section is deemed foul.
    2. Plays at First Base:
      • When an initial play is being made on the batter-runner at first base, the defense must use the white section of the double base, while the batter-runner must use the colored section.
      • In the event of a dropped third strike, if the fielder is drawn to the side of the colored base, the runner should use the white base and the fielder the colored base. Both the fielder and the batter-runner may touch either section of the base in such scenarios.
    3. Appeals and Penalties:
      • If a play is made on the batter-runner and the runner touches only the white portion of the double base, the defense can appeal before the runner returns to first base. This situation is treated as if the runner missed the base, resulting in the batter-runner being called out.
    4. Extra-Base Hits and Outfield Plays:
      • On extra-base hits or balls hit to the outfield where no play is made at the double base, the batter-runner may touch either the white or colored section. However, if the batter-runner goes beyond first base, they must return only to the white section.
    5. Post-Arrival at First Base:
      • Once the batter-runner reaches first base, they are required to use only the white section of the base for subsequent plays

    The SEC Tournament kicks off at 9 A.M. today for the LSU Tigers as they take on the Georgia Bulldogs, and tonight at 7:30 the Mississippi State Bulldogs will face the Ole Miss Rebels.

  • Random drug testing policy to be reinforced for student-athletes

     

    NATCHEZ — The Concordia Parish  School Board on Thursday agreed to contract with Workforce Consultants to randomly drug test student-athletes in accordance with LHSAA policy.

    Per LHSAA regulations, prior to practicing or participating in any sport all student-athletes and their parents or legal guardian must sign and return a contract where the student gives consent to be randomly tested for drug use.

    If the policy is not strictly enforced, the school may be fined $50 per student, per sport for each LHSAA Substance Abuse/Misuse Form not completed, properly signed, and on file with the school not to exceed $500 per sport.

    Students who violate this rule “shall not be ruled ineligible for this infraction, but shall be withheld from further team practices and interscholastic athletic participation until a copy of this form is completed and submitted,” the contract states.

    Superintendent Toyua Bachus said the school board added to its drug testing policy by contracting with Workforce Consultants to perform drug tests once per semester — once in the fall and once in the spring — for each sport at each school.

    “That means that every sport will have a random (drug test),” Bachus said. “A positive drug test LHSAA … does not say the child will be prevented from playing that sport. What it says is that we will assist with giving that child support that they need to ensure that this doesn’t become a habit,” she said.

    Bachus added that students who refuse to take a drug test will not be able to participate in sports until they submit to drug testing.

    School board member Fred Marsalis Sr. said this is “not new LHSAA policy” but that the school district had “not been adhering to it as we should.”

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  • Patrick Mahomes vs. Joe Burrow showdown coming in Week 2 as NFL continues releasing its schedule

    Patrick Mahomes vs. Joe Burrow showdown coming in Week 2 as NFL continues releasing its schedule

    First, Lamar Jackson. Then, Joe Burrow.

    The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs face a daunting test in opening their season after CBS unveiled Kansas City’s Week 2 opponent as being the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday. The league also announced Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets will open their season on ESPN’s Monday Night Football on Sept. 9 in traveling to play the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.

    Prime Video later announced it’s Thursday Night Football schedule will open in Week 2 with an AFC East showdown featuring the Miami Dolphins hosting the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 12.

    The Bengals, with Burrow as their quarterback again following a season-ending wrist injury, will travel to play at Kansas City in a late-afternoon outing on Sept. 15. The matchup follows the league’s announcement on Monday of the Chiefs opening the NFL schedule hosting the Jackson-led Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in a rematch of last season’s AFC title game.

    The meeting against the Bengals brings together two teams who met in consecutive AFC championships, with Cincinnati winning in 2021 and the Chiefs winning the following season.

    The NFL is releasing highlighted portions of its schedule in advance of the league revealing its full slate of games on Wednesday night.

    The Jets are opening on Monday Night Football for a second consecutive season following a 22-16 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills last year, in what became Rodgers’ celebrated but injury-abbreviated New York debut. Rodgers attempted one pass, which went incomplete, during a first series which ended with him tearing his left Achilles tendon. He was sidelined for the rest of the season.

    Rodgers is on track to return to practice without limitations once the Jets begin voluntary spring sessions next week.

    This season marks Prime’s third since taking over the Thursday night broadcast, and kicks off with a rematch of last season’s finale in which Josh Allen and the Bills defeated the Dolphins 21-14 to clinch Buffalo its fourth consecutive AFC East title. It also relegated Miami to the AFC’s sixth playoff seed. Buffalo has won four consecutive meetings and 11 of 12 against Miami, including a wild-card playoff victory two years ago.

    The league previously announced that the Green Bay Packers would be facing the Philadelphia Eagles in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 6. It will be the first time the NFL has played a game on Friday night of opening weekend in more than 50 years.

    The game will be streamed on Peacock, and also air on the NBC affiliates in Philadelphia, Green Bay and Milwaukee.

    Also, Tom Brady’s broadcast debut with Fox will be on Sept. 8 when the Dallas Cowboys open at the Cleveland Browns. It is the first time since 2019 that the Cowboys have not had a prime time kickoff in Week 1.

    In a departure from past seasons, CBS and Fox will not both have a doubleheader in Week 1. Fox has it for the opening week followed by CBS in Week 2.

    The league will announce the dates and opponents for the four international games in Europe on Wednesday morning. Jacksonville, Minnesota and Chicago are the designated home teams for the London contests and Carolina will head to Munich, Germany.

  • Nimmo shakes off injury, comes off bench and hits 2-run HR in 9th to lift Mets over Braves, 4-3

    Nimmo shakes off injury, comes off bench and hits 2-run HR in 9th to lift Mets over Braves, 4-3

    NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo shook off an injury and came off the bench to hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that gave the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.

    Pete Alonso had two RBIs and the Mets avoided a three-game sweep, a day after they were held hitless by three Atlanta pitchers until there were two outs in the ninth.

    “We needed this one. We’re grinding. Everyone on this team is grinding right now,” second baseman Jeff McNeil said. “We’ll take any win where we can get it, and this is a big one.”

    Batting leadoff in Nimmo’s place, DJ Stewart singled on the first pitch from Braves starter Bryce Elder to give the Mets a quick hit this time. Nimmo didn’t start after exiting Saturday’s game with discomfort on his right side, but he entered as a pinch runner in the seventh and stayed in to play left field.

    “I couldn’t have imagined that today would work out this way,” Nimmo said at his locker afterward, still in full uniform and cleats.

    Jarred Kelenic homered for Atlanta against the team that drafted him sixth overall and then traded him to Seattle. Marcell Ozuna’s second tiebreaking single of the night gave the Braves a 3-2 lead in the eighth.

    McNeil led off the bottom of the ninth with a perfect drag bunt for a single, sparking a rally for the slumping Mets.

    “Haven’t been feeling too great at the plate, so I know that’s always in the back pocket when I want it. Decided to pull it out,” he said.

    McNeil advanced on Tomás Nido’s sacrifice bunt before Nimmo stepped into the batter’s box for his first plate appearance of the game.

    Nimmo, who also made a terrific catch at the left-field fence in the eighth, drove a full-count cutter from A.J. Minter (5-3) to right-center for his sixth home run.

    “I was just begging it to not be caught,” Nimmo said. “Just pure elation, just adrenaline running through me, and just was so excited.”

    Wearing pink socks for Mother’s Day, a smiling Nimmo pumped his fist as he circled the bases. He was swarmed by excited teammates at home plate after the second walk-off homer of his career.

    “This definitely is one of the coolest days that I’ve had, for sure,” Nimmo said.

    Minter was on the mound because Braves closer Raisel Iglesias pitched the previous two days.

    Nimmo also hit a tying homer off Minter in the seventh inning of an 8-7 win for the Mets in Atlanta on April 8.

    “That’s what’s been killing me this year, just getting the ball to stay in the yard,” Minter said. “I don’t know how to fix that. I don’t know if it’s just all going to even out.”

    Edwin Díaz (1-1) worked a 1-2-3 inning for the win.

    Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. was picked off first base twice. Atlanta had won four straight since getting swept at Dodger Stadium from May 3-5.

    TRAINER’S ROOM

    Braves: All-Star 3B Austin Riley exited in the fourth as a precaution with tightness on his left side. He was replaced by Zack Short, who made his Atlanta debut. … RHP Pierce Johnson (elbow inflammation) threw a bullpen back home. He’ll throw another one this week and if all goes well he could come off the injured list Friday, manager Brian Snitker said.

    Mets: RHP Tylor Megill (shoulder strain) pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings for Triple-A Syracuse against Lehigh Valley. He struck out six, walked none and threw 55 of 74 pitches for strikes. New York is expected to reinstate Megill from his minor league rehab assignment this week and decide whether to bring him back to the big leagues or option him to Syracuse. … RHP Drew Smith (shoulder soreness) pitched a hitless inning Saturday for Syracuse and could come off the injured list Monday or Tuesday. … LHP David Peterson (left hip surgery) is scheduled to make another rehab start Tuesday at Double-A Binghamton. He could be ready to come off the IL when eligible on May 27.

    UP NEXT

    Braves: RHP Reynaldo López (2-1, 1.53 ERA) starts Monday night at home against Chicago Cubs rookie sensation Shota Imanaga (5-0, 1.08) in the opener of a three-game series.

    Mets: LHP Sean Manaea (2-1, 3.31) pitches Monday night against Philadelphia LHP Cristopher Sánchez (2-3, 3.22) at Citi Field.