Terry Collins is trying his best to make this a baseball summer at Citi Field. To do that, the Mets have to beat the bad teams and last night was a good start with two big plays from local Met Mike Baxter, who grew up a short drive from the ballpark. The...
Ruben Tejada may not return from his strained right quad for awhile longer. The rehabbing Mets shortstop ran the bases yesterday in Florida, but it didn’t go ideally. Terry Collins called it “just so-so” and while he insisted Tejada did not have a setbac...
There is more needed from Ike Davis and Lucas Duda than what they have delivered for the Mets so far this season. A lot more. Davis has suffered through a season of regression — or at least a quarter of a season so far. The first baseman is hitting in th...
The Yankees have signed former Mets starter John Maine to a minor league deal, according to multiple reports. The Post reported last week that the team invited Maine to their minor-league complex in Tampa to throw for Yankees brass. Maine has not pitched...
This is why the Mets have to stick with Ike Davis through valley fever and a season-long slump. This is why the Mets have chosen not to send Davis to Triple-A Buffalo. They own 26 home runs as a team to rank 29th in the majors. Only the Padres (18) have ...
NEW YORK – Johan Santana pitched a satisfying shutout and the Mets batters showed they can carry New York without needing David Wright to excel in every game. Santana's four-hitter was his first shutout since returning from shoulder surgery in 2010. He t...
Flushing, NY – Johan Santana tossed his ninth career shutout and first in close to two years as the New York Mets blanked the San Diego Padres, 9-0, in the third test of a four-game set at Citi Field. Santana (2-2) last tossed a shutout on August 12, 201...
The Mets have lost the last three times Johan Santana has taken the ball, but the veteran left-hander enters Saturday's game against the San Diego Padres on a personal six-game unbeaten string. Santana got his sixth no-decision of the season in a 5-4 Met...
Flushing, NY – Dillon Gee tossed seven innings of one-run ball to lead the New York Mets past the San Diego Padres, 6-1, in the second installment of a four-game series at Citi Field. Gee (4-3) scattered four hits and three walks while striking out a car...
Like the rest of the Mets , Vinny Rottino is a big believer in the team's chemistry. He has a unique perspective, though, because he was a chemistry major before he started a persistent 10-year pro career that finally produced a high point Saturday.Rotti...
NEW YORK -- Vinny Rottino got a lesson in supply and demand after the Mets' 9-0 win over the Padres on Saturday. After hitting his first Major League home run, having spent 10 seasons in the Minor Leagues, the Mets outfielder had to bargain with the fan ...
Santana deals Mets shutout over Padres NEW YORK -- Johan Santana, who entered Saturday tied for the most no-decisions in the majors with six after his first nine starts, evened his record at 2-2 as his New York Mets bested the visiting San Diego Padres 9...
RICK FREEMAN, AP Sports Writer | San Diego Padres second baseman Alexi Amarista, right, throws out New York Mets' Ronny Cedeno at first base after forcing out Vinny Rottino (33) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in New ...
NEW YORK -- Johan Santana, who entered Saturday tied for the most no-decisions in the majors with six after his first nine starts, evened his record at 2-2 as his New York Mets bested the visiting San Diego Padres 9-0 in front of 28,745 at Citi Field. Th...
