Category: New York Mets

Regardless of what happens with Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and other high-profile Mets who may or may not be dealt before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, the team’s reorganized front office will spend the final three months of this season looking forward, ever forward, to 2019. Barring a late charge back into contention — and the Mets dampened those... more

Slowly, JT Riddle’s ground ball dribbled down the first-base line, freezing Wilmer Flores where he stood. As Flores stared at the baseball, Riddle ran past him, sprinting into first base with a go-ahead RBI single on Saturday in the Mets’ 5-2 loss to the Marlins. No one had a better vantage point of the play than Jacob deGrom, who had... more

Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, manager Mickey Callaway says, of how deep the Mets fall down the standings or how short they fall of their goals, “I don’t think you ever shift your focus from trying to win.” Even as the Mets stuttered through the worst June in franchise history, their record-breaking start to the season... more

No sooner had the Rogers Centre gates opened to the public Tuesday than scores of fans came streaming through, with many of them bolting toward the seats behind the first-base dugout. There, they held up signs and waved caps and baseball cards, hoping for an interaction with longtime Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista. Only later did the first of an... more

A Mets club starved for offense seems to have found its stroke north of the border. A night after scoring six runs in a loss to the Blue Jays, the Mets tacked on six more in a 6-3 victory Wednesday at Rogers Centre. The bulk of that came during a five-run fifth that knocked Toronto starter Marcus Stroman from the... more

A first-pitch walk-off grand slam by Jose Bautista in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Mets a 5-1 win — the start they wanted in their series opener against the Rays. This was Bautista’s first career walk-off home run and his sixth career grand slam. Todd Frazier led off the inning with a walk, then Devin Mesoraco kept... more

Steven Matz had a scrappy 6 1/3-inning start on Saturday, allowing just one earned run and striking out five. Unfortunately for Matz, the offense couldn’t back him up in a 3-0 loss to the Rays at Citi Field, but the outing could very well boost the starter’s trade value by the non-waiver Trade Deadline. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said he... more

A case of the first-start jitters just may have gotten to 24-year-old Chris Flexen in his first Major League start of the season on Sunday afternoon, but the Mets’ bullpen faltered as well. Flexen gave up five earned runs on five hits in three innings in the Mets’ 9-0 loss to the Rays at Citi Field. Things got off to... more

A rough fifth inning spoiled Corey Oswalt’s positive performance in only his third Major League start. The 24-year-old threw six innings, giving up one hit and three earned runs while striking out seven, but ultimately earned a 3-1 loss against the Phillies on Monday night in the nightcap of the Mets’ doubleheader at Citi Field. GAME 2 RECAP: Read More In... more

The development of Amed Rosario has been a huge focus for the Mets’ organization, and his awakening at the plate provided a positive in a 7-3 loss to the Phillies on Tuesday night at Citi Field. Rosario went 3-for-4 with two triples and one RBI after going just 3-for-28 over his last 14 games entering the contest. The 22-year-old belted... more

A walk-off pinch-hit three-run home run by lovable Brandon Nimmo in the bottom of the 10th gave Mets ace Jacob deGrom something to smile about after another spectacular outing in Wednesday night’s 3-0 win over the Phillies at Citi Field. deGrom spun eight brilliant innings, lowering his ERA to 1.68 to tie all-time Mets great Dwight Gooden for the best... more

The non-waiver Trade Deadline is approaching, and for Mets players, that means on any given night, their trade value will be evaluated. On Thursday night in a 5-4 loss to the Nationals at Citi Field, Jose Bautista left impressions, as he has over the last month, proving his worth. Bautista went 2-for-3 with a homer, an RBI single and a... more

Of all the ways the Mets’ season has frayed, few have proven as significant as Noah Syndergaard’s absence. A preseason National League Cy Young Award candidate who aimed to take his place among the game’s elite, Syndergaard instead strained his right index finger in May and missed most of the next two months. His return in a 4-2 win over... more

Each of Zack Wheeler’s starts this month has drawn scouts from around baseball, as rumors spread that he could be a more affordable trade alternative to Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard. Wheeler brushes off the implications, joking that he’s already been traded and “fake traded” in his career. Whatever comes will come. That Wheeler is mentioned at all in trade... more

Given their expectations at the start of this season, the Mets might have expected to ship off three or four players to the All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., while the rest traveled home, enjoyed a few days of rest and reported back to work fresh for a second-half pennant push. Such imaginings have been dead for weeks. The reality is... more

In the latest bizarre medical development for the baffling New York Mets, ace pitcher Noah Syndergaard is headed back to the disabled list after contracting hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The team figures it’s likely Syndergaard caught the contagious virus when he made an appearance at a baseball camp for kids last Thursday during the All-Star break. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said that... more