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CINCINNATI -- If the Mets are to force their way back into the National League Wild Card picture, they will need both Nolan McLean and Freddy Peralta -- the two pitchers they once assumed would stand atop their rotation all season -- to perform like frontline starters. McLean did exactly

CINCINNATI -- About as animated as he gets on a baseball field, Carlos Mendoza stood in front of umpire Carlos Torres and wagged his finger. He yelled and gesticulated while Torres stood and listened, before informing Mendoza -- for a second time -- that he was no longer welcome on

CINCINNATI -- In what has become something like a semiannual event, the Mets welcomed Kodai Senga back from the injured list on Tuesday, engendering some hope that the former All-Star maybe, just maybe, might help save their patchwork rotation. Within the span of three batters, those dreams evaporated as Senga

CINCINNATI -- Several hours before Monday’s series opener at Great American Ball Park, the Mets called up Tobias Myers to patch their rotation. Myers was not stretched out as a starter. He had allowed runs in four of his last five outings before a Minor League demotion. But he was

CINCINNATI -- An injury to Christian Scott has opened the door for Kodai Senga, once again, to prove himself in the Mets’ rotation. The team on Monday placed Scott on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement, with plans to activate Senga on Tuesday to take his place.

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NEW YORK -- Turns out foul poles aren’t the only poles in play at Major League ballparks. In a bizarre play in the first inning of the Mets' 8-1 win over the Braves on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, Atlanta outfielder Mike Yastrzemski committed an error when his throw from

NEW YORK -- In one area, at least, the Mets have been elite. For most of this season, New York’s offense has scuffled. Its rotation members have been questionable, particularly when it comes to pitching deep into games. But its bullpen has picked up much of the slack, as it

NEW YORK -- Tobias Myers’ brief stay in the Minors is coming to an end. The Mets intend to call up Myers to start their Monday series opener in Cincinnati, manager Carlos Mendoza said. Myers is stretched out enough to throw the first 2-3 innings, after which the Mets can

NEW YORK -- At the start of this season, Sean Manaea struggled to crack 90 mph. That’s a problem in today’s game -- in Manaea’s case, so much of a problem that Mets officials decided not to include him in their Opening Day rotation despite his solid track record and

NEW YORK -- For a starting pitcher, few nightmares are quite as haunting as a 42-pitch inning. For the better part of a half hour on Friday at Citi Field, Nolan McLean battled both his control and a patient Braves lineup, throwing 42 pitches in the second inning alone. It

NEW YORK -- The Mets did not particularly care Friday night that their opponent was the Braves. “We need to focus on us,” was how president of baseball operations David Stearns put it when asked about the crowded National League playoff picture. “What the rest of the National League is

NEW YORK -- Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns reiterated on Friday that he expects Francisco Lindor back from the injured list before the end of June. Lindor took live at-bats against a Minor League pitcher on Friday for the first time since straining his left calf muscle April

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NEW YORK -- On Monday’s Mets off-day, Juan Soto went to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks play the Spurs in NBA Finals Game 3. Though the Knicks lost that game, Soto saw how fans reacted to every touch of the ball, every pass, every shot. He took note

NEW YORK -- Nolan McLean will return to the mound Friday for his 14th start of the season against the Braves, carrying a 3-4 record and 3.98 ERA into that game at Citi Field. He’ll be facing Atlanta for the first time since a dominant performance in his second career

NEW YORK -- Coming off a decent enough road trip through Seattle and San Diego, the Mets harbored hope that this week, back at Citi Field, they might take care of business against the Cardinals -- one of the many teams they’re ostensibly chasing in the National League Wild Card

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SEATTLE -- It would be easy, following Bo Bichette's four-hit game on Wednesday, to declare him finally ready to catch fire. Bichette has the skillset and the track record, and he now has a platform game from which he can launch himself. Of course, Bichette previously had those things lined

SEATTLE -- For the second time in his young career, Jonah Tong is heading back to the Minors. The Mets optioned Tong to Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday morning, ending his latest stint with the big club after only three appearances. In the third of them, on Tuesday, Tong allowed five

SEATTLE -- For the Mets, the same old problems keep arising. The issues that surfaced throughout the first third of the season are not disappearing. Foremost among them is run prevention -- that buzzy, two-word phrase that became a flash point when president of baseball operations David Stearns named it

SEATTLE -- Last week at Citi Field, Francisco Alvarez was in the Mets’ dugout when a reporter remarked on the freakishly fast pace of his recovery from a torn right meniscus. “I’m a normal human,” Alvarez responded, “with a different mindset.”

SEATTLE -- Say what you will about the 2026 Mets, but one thing is unequivocally true: No one has played more free baseball than them. Nine innings have frequently not been enough for the Mets, who played their 12th extra-inning game of the year Monday night at T-Mobile Park. Not

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