Mired in rough stretch, Díaz gives up four-run lead
MIAMI -- Edwin Díaz had a variety of demons to exorcize when he stepped onto the mound at loanDepot park in the ninth inning on Saturday. It was on that field that Díaz’s 2023 season ended before it started, when he tore the patellar tendon in his right knee while
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MIAMI -- Prior to Christian Scott’s third Major League start, manager Carlos Mendoza laid out the keys to a successful outing: Stay on the attack and be aggressive (especially with the fastball). But what happens when a well-laid-out strategy doesn’t go according to plan? Well, you adjust. That was what
Is a breakout on the horizon for Lindor?
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Mets, MLB host mental health wellness event at Queens school
Excited chatter, nodded heads of approval and the occasional shushing of rowdy pre-teens by school faculty. This was the atmosphere for an Understanding Mental Wellness event at P.S./M.S. 164 in Flushing, Queens. The event, which took place on Friday, was a partnership between MLB Together, the Mets and the digital
Mets reach deep for 'great team win' over Phils in 11 innings
PHILADELPHIA -- Following the Mets’ third consecutive loss to the Phillies on Wednesday, manager Carlos Mendoza walked a circle around the postgame clubhouse and said a few words to everyone on the roster. Mendoza, who loathes the idea of team meetings, was reluctant to call this one. But the manager
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This week's Mets-Phillies matchup set stage for London Series
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Mock draft: Big college bats stir things up at the top
With the 2024 Draft still two months away, there's not much hard intel on who's going where in the first round. That picture will become clearer as college and high school players start wrapping up their seasons in the next few weeks, and teams conduct interviews and get medical information
Recalled amid roster crunch, Lucchesi falls to Phils
PHILADELPHIA -- Upon getting the call back to the Majors this week, Joey Lucchesi hopped into the back seat of an UberXL with teammate Mark Vientos and drove the four hours or so south to Philadelphia, where he was due to pitch Wednesday night against the Phillies. Reliever Grant Hartwig
Mets call up Mark Vientos; Wendle DFA'd
NEW YORK -- Once again, Mark Vientos is receiving a big league opportunity. Once again, Vientos is guaranteed nothing beyond the next few days. The team called up the third baseman before Wednesday’s game against the Phillies, giving him his second chance -- and potentially his first extended chance --
Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team
Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio
Walks adding up as Mets struggle to find command
NEW YORK -- Having just walked three of the four batters he faced in the seventh inning Tuesday, Mets reliever Jake Diekman returned to the home dugout, received a few conciliatory pats on the shoulder, then fired his glove at the wall. Diekman stalked the length of the Citi Field
Diving into the anatomy of Mets' swings
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Mauricio ranks among top switch-hitting prospects
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Battling early struggles, Díaz searching for '22 form
NEW YORK -- Back in 2022, before he tore the patellar tendon in his right knee, underwent emergency surgery and missed an entire season, Edwin Díaz put together one of the most dominant reliever campaigns in Major League history. Throughout the summer, he was all but untouchable. His entrance music
How McClendon helped Strawberry become Mets legend
NEW YORK -- Darryl Strawberry and Lloyd McClendon were never Major League teammates, but they were best friends while coming up through the Mets’ farm system in the early 1980s. Now, as Strawberry prepares for his number retirement ceremony at Citi Field on June 1, he has been thinking about
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Amazin' recovery! Nimmo heals up in time to hit walk-off HR
NEW YORK -- Hours before the Mets’ series finale against the Braves on Sunday, a conference convened in the home batting cage. Brandon Nimmo was there, along with manager Carlos Mendoza, head trainer Joe Golia and two hitting coaches. The subject: Nimmo’s tight right intercostal. About 24 hours earlier, Nimmo
No timeline for Senga's return as he works on mechanics
NEW YORK -- Kodai Senga is in a holding pattern as he continues working back from a strained posterior capsule in his right shoulder, with no clear timeline for him to progress in his rehab -- let alone to return to Major League games. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday
Nimmo's No. 1 fan (Mom!) asks a tough question
With Mother’s Day taking place in the U.S. on Sunday, everyone got in on the celebration. Even those who were in the middle of Sunday Night Baseball. As the Braves led the Mets, 1-0, in the top of the third inning in New York, Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo got
Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day
Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?
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