Category: New York Mets

The Mets earned a measure of revenge for their National League Wild Card loss to the Giants last October, scoring a 4-3 win Monday on Neil Walker’s walk-off single in the ninth. The winning rally began when Michael Conforto drew a leadoff walk off Josh Osich in the ninth inning, moving to second when Wilmer Flores greeted Hunter Strickland with... more

So often when the Mets have needed a win in recent years, they have felt most comfortable giving the ball to Jacob deGrom. And the Mets needed a win in the worst way Friday, opening their homestand amidst the exhaust fumes of a seven-game losing streak. Mets.com: Read More more

The Mets are expected to be without their most valuable offensive player from 2016, as Yoenis Cespedes will opt out of his contract. It does not mean Cespedes is gone forever, but it is a storyline that should dominate Major League Baseball’s free-agent period. NY Mets: Read More more

Yoenis Cespedes, 31, is the Mets’ best hitter, as much the heart of their lineup as David Wright is the soul of their clubhouse. Back in New York on a four-year, $110 million contract that surprised even manager Terry Collins, Cespedes has developed into a bona fide National League MVP candidate. Mets.com: Read More more

The longstanding Mets-Braves National League East rivalry starts a new chapter on Monday, when the Mets welcome Atlanta to Citi Field for Opening Day 2017 at 1:10 p.m. ET. New York Mets baseball kicks off their 2017 campaign! Mets.com: Read More more

No matter what their expectations for any given summer, the Mets nearly always begin their season idyllically. Coming into Monday, their .636 Opening Day winning percentage ranked tops in Major League history by no small margin. A club that boasts World Series aspirations was not about to sully that trend. Parlaying an overturned replay review into a six-run seventh inning,... more

At a time of year when small sample sizes tend to cast outsized shadows, two days can make a significant difference. The Braves’ bullpen, for example, much-maligned on Opening Day, stood tall Wednesday in a 12-inning, 3-1 win over the Mets at Citi Field. Mets.com: Read More more

Throwing more than two-thirds of his pitches for strikes, Matt Harvey delivered 6 2/3 strong innings on Thursday, departing to a standing ovation before the Mets scored a 6-2 win over the Braves. Travis d’Arnaud and Wilmer Flores each backed Harvey with two-run hits. Mets.com: Read More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYT3f7dR3A more

Zack Wheeler’s return from Tommy John surgery may have been a rocky one. But Wheeler’s presence alone in Friday’s 7-2 loss to the Marlins was enough to uplift a Mets team still very much infatuated by his potential. Mets.com: Read More more

If the road to the top of the National League East goes through Washington and New York, as so many pundits predict, the Marlins are doing their best to travel it. Earning an 8-1 win over the Mets on Saturday behind Adam Conley’s five strong innings and Marcell Ozuna’s productive game, the Marlins ensured themselves a series win at Citi... more

The Mets-Phillies rivalry heated up a notch on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. Tempers flared in the top of the eighth inning in New York’s 4-3 victory, and minutes later Jay Bruce crushed a two-run homer into the second deck in right field to break a tie. Mets.com: Read More more

It is hard to say which Yoenis Cespedes home run impressed the most Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park. He crushed three in a 14-4 victory over the Phillies, the second time Cespedes has hit three home runs in a game in his career and the 13th time in Mets history a hitter has hit the trifecta. He’s also the... more

The Mets have not loosened their chokehold on the Phillies. New York beat Philadelphia, 5-4, on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park, completing a three-game series sweep in which it outscored the National League East rival, 23-11, and outhomered it, 10-3. The Mets are 42-18 against the Phillies since the beginning of the 2014 season, outscoring them by 129 runs.... more

There will be nights, manager Terry Collins likes to say, when Yoenis Cespedes will not carry the Mets’ offense. The team just hasn’t seen many of them yet. Cespedes homered twice more in Thursday night’s game against the Marlins, giving him five long balls and nine RBIs in his last three games. Mets.com: Read More more

J.T. Realmuto scorched a two-out, full-count offering from Josh Edgin into the right-center field gap for an RBI double and the Marlins walked-off the Mets, 3-2, on Friday night at Marlins Park. Mets.com: Read More more

The Marlins enjoyed back-to-back blasts so much on Saturday night, they accomplished the feat twice. The second time came with two outs in the eighth inning, when Christian Yelich launched a two-run homer to right and Giancarlo Stanton crushed a drive to center to rally Miami to a 5-4 win over the Mets at Marlins Park. Mets.com: Read More more