Mets bolster bullpen, acquire righty reliever from Angels
The Mets beat the waiver trade deadline Wednesday night, acquiring right-handed reliever Fernando Salas from the Angels for minor league righty Erik Manoah. Salas is 3-6 with a 4.47 ERA in 58 games (56...
View ArticleDefying the injury odds: Mets actually in a playoff race
Get ready for a potentially wild September. The final full month of the MLB schedule begins Thursday, with the Mets in exponentially better shape than they could have envisioned two weeks ago — when...
View ArticleMets B-team keeps torrid playoff push going
CINCINNATI — Sleep is overrated, anyway. After pulling close to an all-nighter, the Mets arrived at Great American Ball Park on Monday with the equivalent of a hangover, but still fielded a potent...
View ArticleFive reasons Mets are better than 50-50 to make playoffs
CINCINNATI — Can they be the comeback kids for a second straight year? The mood was bleak outside the visitors’ clubhouse in San Francisco on Aug. 19 as Terry Collins conducted his postgame press...
View ArticleKelly Johnson: the man baseball loves to hire (and hire again)
In Tim Tebow, the Mets now have their Ben Affleck equivalent. The guy whose obvious talents, at multiple positions, are mitigated by a polarizing personality. Even before Thursday, the Mets had their...
View ArticleMets rally late to extend streak, solidify spot in wild-card race
ATLANTA — Don’t go to sleep on these Mets. Just when the winning streak that had thrust Terry Collins’ crew into the lead for the NL’s second wild-card spot appeared in jeopardy Friday night, along...
View ArticleHow an assorted bunch of nobodies saved the Mets season
The stars were expected to shine, but were the spare parts supposed to have so much glitter? As the Mets prepare to play a National League wild-card game against the Giants on Wednesday at Citi Field,...
View ArticleWhen David Wright expects to start comeback for 2017
David Wright is already looking toward 2017. The Mets captain, who received some of the loudest applause during pregame introductions Wednesday, indicated his expectation is to begin offseason workouts...
View ArticleMets’ offseason work begins with these 11 players
As the Mets begin their offseason work, 11 players either will be free agents or have options that could make them free agents. Here’s a look: Yoenis Cespedes: Can opt out of his contract after the...
View ArticleMets’ offseason is here: Let the Yoenis Cespedes watch begin
All other issues now facing the Mets pale in comparison to Yoenis Cespedes’ looming opt-out. The Mets began a longer offseason than last year’s on Thursday, a day after the team’s elimination from the...
View ArticleMets — of course — enter crucial 2-week stretch a total mess
ATLANTA — Now that the Mets have the tough part of the schedule behind them — they are done playing the Braves for a while — they can really start considering first place, right? In the bizarro world...
View ArticleMets report card: Cespedes, Thor shine, but no NL beast
Simply, the Mets were a dysfunctional unit offensively in the first half. A lineup loaded with power averaged only 3.81 runs, placing it 28th in scoring in the major leagues. Without an uptick, the...
View ArticleMets won’t be able to work trade deadline magic this season
MIAMI — Another Yoenis Cespedes probably is not walking through the door between now and Aug. 1, so the players you saw on the field and in the dugout Friday night for the Mets need to figure out a...
View ArticleMets veteran utilityman celebrates ‘bucket list’ homer
Kelly Johnson has bounced around to so many teams in his career, there is a good chance a road ballpark will have a familiar feel for the Mets utilityman. Yankee Stadium falls into that category....
View ArticleNoah Syndergaard’s inefficiency dooms Mets in loss to Tigers
DETROIT — Noah Syndergaard’s fastball remains crisp, but the rest of his game is suffering from an efficiency crisis. The Mets righty has struggled to finish off hitters, raising his pitch count and...
View ArticleFree-falling Mets fall in 12 innings to lowly Diamondbacks
In a season that started with visions of returning to the World Series, a winning record may be too much to expect from the defending National League champions by week’s end. For a moment Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Mets have become an absolute embarrassment
If you are scoring at home, mark this loss, this Mets season, with an “E.’’ As in embarrassment. Two weekends ago in Florida, the Yankees were pretending to be in a wild-card race only to be swept by...
View ArticleWhy Mets’ road to grave or playoffs begins with this series
ST. LOUIS — The math is against them, but the Mets aren’t dead. What they desperately need is a winning streak while inflicting damage when possible on their competition for the NL’s second wild card....
View ArticleMets’ cavalry stomps on Phillies as wild-card race getting close
Eight days ago, the Mets were lost, wobbling toward irrelevancy, fading away in the wild-card race. A little over a week later, they have a pulse and the belief a September run is in them. It’s not...
View ArticleKelly Johnson’s big hit propels surging Mets past Marlins
The calendar, of course, said 2016 but this had such a 2015 feel to it. Mets manager Terry Collins again proclaimed that if you hit, you play, just like last year. And the guy who ultimately delivered...
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