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How Mets reliever is handling baseball's Twilight Zone
So you need a starter? Call Seth Lugo. Short man or closer? Same. Long relief? You got it. “If worse comes to worse, I think I’ll be able to find...
Mets will be getting a big bat back soon
There could be a Jay Bruce sighting as early as Friday at Citi Field. The Mets had received positive reports regarding Bruce, who is rehabbing with Class-A St. Lucie. And...
Mets have heavy early road slate: 2019 schedule released
The Mets released next season’s schedule, hoping the whole thing goes a little better than this year. They will open against the division rival Nationals on Thursday, March 28 in...
McNeil sets team rookie record, Mets blast 3 HRs to top Giants
There were a lot of interesting subplots for the Mets on Wednesday night. The game was a chance at redemption of sorts for Noah Syndergaard and Dominic Smith. Syndergaard sought...
Mets rookie dominates in return to bullpen
The Mets have a decent rotation in their bullpen. Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo — two guys who saved the rotation in past seasons — and now Corey Oswalt are combining...
Dominic Smith wants to become a Mets solution
Dominic Smith wants to pressure the Mets. He wants to make it hard for them to not want him. Smith, whose Major League career resides somewhere between “disappointing” and “real...
Callaway on Wheeler dig: He could've overridden the shift call
After Zack Wheeler made his pitch Monday and got what he wanted, a soft-contact pop to left, he was pumped. But that excitement lasted about as long as it takes...
Mets offense comes alive behind McNeil, Conforto barrage
The reaction from Mets manager Mickey Callaway was well-thought out and complex. What do you see in Jeff McNeil that is so impressive? “A lot of hits.” OK, maybe it...
Brandon Nimmo hits DL but had no idea how lucky he got
Brandon Nimmo thought a disabled-list stay was off the table regarding his left index finger. He was struck by a pitch while grounding out Thursday. There was pain. But no...
Epic Mets blunder leads to most embarrassing defeat yet
The Mets were in a 13th-inning mess largely of their own doing. A single, errant pickoff and wild pitch had a runner on third with no out. Then came a...
Mets looking for David Wright progress the ugly stats miss
Numbers don’t matter. What the Mets look at and concern themselves with in David Wright’s latest minor league rehabilitation in an attempt to make it back to the majors are...
It took 'strange' day for J.A. Happ to remain perfect as Yankee
There is something to be said for pitching against perfect strangers. Just ask Yankees lefty J.A. Happ, who remained perfect in pinstripes, going to 4-0. But he had to do...
Yankees just saw Greg Bird take the 'huge' next step
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he saw it Saturday. First baseman Greg Bird said he felt it Sunday. On both days, Bird, who struggled so mightily in his return from...
Giancarlo Stanton has many reasons to homer in 'weird' Miami return
It is going to be weird to be sure for Giancarlo Stanton when he returns to Miami. But it also could be flat-out cool. Stanton, who hopes to be back...
Didi Gregorius goes down in ugly crash as Yankees' pain gets worse
Another day, another Yankees injury scare. Shortstop Didi Gregorius left Sunday’s game against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium with a bruised left heel after he collided with Toronto first...
This still isn’t the Luis Severino Yankees know
Starter Luis Severino did not give the Yankees great length again. But he gave them a victory. Guess what they wanted more? For the seventh time in eight starts, Severino...
Yankees hopeful Austin Romine is OK after taking foul to head
Injuries are a part of the game. Find the team that survives a season with no player getting hurt and you’ll be told to turn off the computer game. The...
1998 champs already know what this Yankees team has to find out
The 1998 Yankees won 114 regular-season games, pretty much bludgeoning anyone in their way. The Cubs of 1906, in just 152 games, and the 2001 Mariners, won 116 regular season...
Umpires get Giancarlo Stanton double call wrong at least twice
Some sage philosopher once claimed you will see something new in every baseball game. Well, Thursday the Yankees came up with a home run that looked like a triple, became...
Aaron Boone has one word for what Greg Bird has been missing
Here was the situation Yankees first baseman Greg Bird — any pro player, actually — wanted. Bases loaded. Bottom of the ninth. Team down by two runs. The Rays, to...