Tylor Megill wants to be a Mets solution
PORT STREET LUCIE, Fla. — Harrison Bader has a lot to say about this. Bader, the Mets’ new center fielder, has experienced every emotion a baseball player feels. Two years ago, he hosted the October Toast and was one of the Yankees’ standouts during a season that ended in a disappointing ALCS. Early on a […]
Edwin Diaz feels ‘great’ after passing latest Mets test
PORT STREET LUCIE — As the national anthem was played on Clover Park’s main field before the Mets faced the Yankees in a Grapefruit League game, “Narco” rang out in the backfield. It sounded like the classic Edwin Diaz look, and soon it looked like that too. Diaz pitched in his first Red-White game Tuesday […]
What we know about Mets’ secret lab where pitchers are looking for any edge possible
PORT STREET LUCIE — Drew Smith battled mechanics throughout much of last season. The Mets right-hander has traditionally used what he calls a Ferris wheel move. After raising and then sinking his left knee, he lifts the glove over his head and swings it out, leaving space for his right arm to curl up and […]
Zack Wheeler’s extension gives Mets a painful reminder
JUPITER, Fla. — It was the early days of free agency in all sports, so there was nothing to compare it to. That was all we knew. John Riggins became the first player in Jets history to gain 1,000 yards in a season in 1975. His contract was expiring. He was paid $63,000 that year. […]
Steve Cohen fires back at Yankees fan critical of Mets’ dance team
Steve Cohen didn’t like one fan’s reaction to the Mets’ decision to start a dance team. The Queen’s Crew, a 19-member co-ed dance team, will entertain the Citi Field crowd this season before games and during game breaks. “This is baseball…this is not the NBA or NFL,” said one X user who calls himself a […]
Mets’ new dance team hopes to ‘bring Queens to life’
PORT STREET LUCIE — After a season that was decidedly less fun on the field, the Mets are trying to make games at Citi Field more fun for fans. The Queen’s Crew is a 19-member co-ed dance hype team (approximately 10 perform on game day) that entertains before games and during game breaks. The Mets […]
Starling Marte clubs 109.3 mph single for Mets
Notable items from Sunday’s Mets’ Grapefruit League game: launch party Starling Marte hit a 169.3 mph ball that hit the left field wall and was held to a single. Mets right fielder Starling Marte, 6, hits a single into the left field seats in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Clover Park. Jim […]
Mets veterans have set a standard in learning the ‘skill’ of durability
PORT STREET LUCIE — In parts of three seasons with the Mets, Jay Bruce never produced a lasting highlight moment. Nothing in SNY’s infinite loop. But his influence has lasted on the franchise, and not just because he was a financial match for Robinson Cano in the trade with Seattle that brought Edwin Diaz to […]
Mets’ Brett Baty belts first homer of the spring
Notable items from Friday’s Mets’ Grapefruit League game: Going Beatty Brett Batty, who is competing with Mark Vientos to be the Mets’ third baseman, hit his first home run of the spring in his fifth game, hitting a slider from Rodery Munoz 383 feet to right. “It felt really good,” Batty said. “When you put […]
Mets prospects Christian Scott and Mike Vasil flash good stuff
JUPITER, Fla. — Saturday may not have been an ideal day for the current Mets, as the world learned of seemingly minor injuries to Jeff McNeil and Joey Wendle. However, the outlook for the future was a little brighter. Top prospects Christian Scott and Mike Bashir performed well in the Grapefruit League opener, recording back-to-back […]