Mets Get All-Star Javier Báez, Trevor Williams From Cubs For Outfield Prospect
Báez, a two-time All-Star and 2020 Gold Glove winner, gives the NL East leaders an immediate fill-in for injured shortstop Francisco Lindor.
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Báez, a two-time All-Star and 2020 Gold Glove winner, gives the NL East leaders an immediate fill-in for injured shortstop Francisco Lindor.
He is making $16.5 million this year and can become a free agent after the season.
Cole (10-6) gave up a season-high eight runs — seven earned — on six hits over 5 1/3 innings and saw his ERA jump from 2.74 to 3.11.
The Braves won three games in the unusual four-day, five game series to move within four games of the Mets.
Gallo, 27, should provide a powerful boost for the heavily right-handed Yankees.
The Yankees are 8 1/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East and trail Tampa Bay, Oakland and Seattle in the race for two wild cards.
The first-place Mets have maintained their five-game lead over the third-place Braves in the NL East by splitting the first four games of the five-game series.
"We understand we're in a point of the season where we're a little behind the 8-ball. We've dug ourselves a little bit of a hole and it's all about winning," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Jeff McNeil and Brandon Drury each hit a two-run homer for the Mets after they trailed 10-1 in the fourth.
The Mets split a doubleheader in which they scored just one run for the third time in franchise history.
Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade Friday, the 41-year-old lefty stepped right into New York's injury-thinned rotation and delivered for the NL East leaders.
The Yankees dropped three of four in the series and fell nine games behind Boston.
George Springer, a free agent target of the Mets in the winter, put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0 in the third inning with his eighth homer of the season off All-Star Taijuan Walker (7-4).
The Yankees, who could have fallen double-digit games out of first place in the AL East, moved within eight games of the Red Sox.
The Mets are 5-1 in Megill's six starts.
Cole (10-5) started strong for New York, but was pulled after five innings, giving up three runs off six hits, striking out eight and walking two.
Hill, who's 41, was 6-4 with a 3.87 ERA in 19 starts this year.
Kiké Hernández hit a two-run double that tied the game with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the rival New York Yankees 5-4 on a rainy Thursday night at Fenway Park.
Gleyber Torres homered and Rougned Odor had a two-run shot for the short-handed Yankees, who have won four straight and nine of 12 heading into a four-game series at AL East-leading Boston.
Smith's grand slam was the second by a Met this season. Francisco Lindor logged the first on July 9 against the Pirates.
Brett Gardner hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning before Gary Sánchez, Giancarlo Stanton and Estevan Florial also connected in the final three innings for the Yankees, who moved within seven games of AL East-leading Boston.
Even with the loss, the Mets still have a league-best .625 winning percentage (35-21) at Great American Ball Park.
Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Kevin Pillar added a three-run homer and the New York Mets went deep seven times Monday to pull out a wild 15-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Gleyber Torres and Rougned Odor homered to back another strong start from Jameson Taillon as the depleted New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 on Sunday night.
Trailing 6-0 in the first inning, the Mets rallied to salvage a rugged weekend at PNC Park.
MTA officials say they've been conducting a pilot program to combat fare evasion on New York City buses. It's a more European-style method of checking for fare evasion.
New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive.
It's going to be a soggy start to summer with rainy weather and cool temperatures across the Tri-State Area for Memorial Day weekend.
After nearly a century on the air, CBS News Radio is signing off, with the final reports airing on Friday, May 22.
A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger allegedly tried to open a door.
MTA officials say they've been conducting a pilot program to combat fare evasion on New York City buses. It's a more European-style method of checking for fare evasion.
New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive.
It's going to be a soggy start to summer with rainy weather and cool temperatures across the Tri-State Area for Memorial Day weekend.
A serene park in the heart of East Flushing is now the center of a deeply disturbing mystery. on Monday, 75-year-old Albert Itzkowitz was found dead along the shoreline of Kissena Lake.
Transponders on airport vehicles can help air traffic controllers prevent collisions like the one that took place at LaGuardia.
It's going to be a soggy start to summer with rainy weather and cool temperatures across the Tri-State Area for Memorial Day weekend.
It's a gloomy day with rain lingering across the Tri-State Area as Memorial Day weekend shapes up to be unsettled.
Severe storms caused damage and flooding across New York and New Jersey on Wednesday.
New York City and New Jersey are under a heat advisory and air quality alert as the hazy and humid weather settles in across the Tri-State Area.
The weekend is set to be the warmest of the year so far with summer-like weather across the Tri-State Area.
It's going to be a soggy start to summer with rainy weather and cool temperatures across the Tri-State Area for Memorial Day weekend.
A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger allegedly tried to open a door.
The NYPD has obtained the green light to shoot drones out of the sky over worries about the possibility of a terror attack during a summer of high-profile events in New York City.
A limited number of affordable tickets to the FIFA World Cup will be available through a lottery opening at 10 a.m. Monday.
It's a gloomy day with rain lingering across the Tri-State Area as Memorial Day weekend shapes up to be unsettled.
It's going to be a soggy start to summer with rainy weather and cool temperatures across the Tri-State Area for Memorial Day weekend.
A 7-year-old girl died in December on Long Island after prosecutors say she was abused and tortured by the people who were supposed to care for her.
Drivers on Long Island say the cost to fill up is becoming a significant source of stress and taking a toll on their moods.
It's a gloomy day with rain lingering across the Tri-State Area as Memorial Day weekend shapes up to be unsettled.
A woman, her mother and her daughter have all been charged in connection a child's death on Long Island.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday night's storm, which soaked Brooklyn and Queens, was so powerful, the rain it dropped overwhelmed the city's sewer system.
Mamdani, already known as the "social media mayor," has launched a series of Twitch streams to take questions from New Yorkers in real time.
The NYPD has obtained the green light to shoot drones out of the sky over worries about the possibility of a terror attack during a summer of high-profile events in New York City.
Rockland's eight public school districts will have early dismissal Friday amid President Trump's visit and expected road closures.
Last month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed the controversial "buffer zone" bill for protests outside of New York City schools. City Council Speaker Julie Menin is now trying to make changes to keep the mayor from vetoing it again.
Thousands of people showed up bright and early for AIDS Walk New York 2026, the largest HIV and AIDS fundraiser in the U.S., in Central Park on Sunday.
A New York doctor who contracted and survived Ebola more than a decade ago says he is worried for healthcare workers who are at the center of treating the latest outbreak.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed millions to keep the program open, but the reforms would cut reimbursement rates for private duty nurses.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
American passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was hit with a deadly outbreak of the hantavirus, are back in the U.S. Three of the at least 10 people confirmed infected in the outbreak have died.
After nearly a century on the air, CBS News Radio is signing off, with the final reports airing on Friday, May 22.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago already has one of Stephen Colbert's old desks, and now it will receive the whole "Late Show" set.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.
For nearly 100 years, some of the biggest entertainers were introduced to the world at the famed Ed Sullivan Theater.
Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, and the Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cavaliers 109-93 on Thursday night.
George Springer homered, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base three times and the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 2-0 on Thursday night to split a four-game series.
Bo Bichette hit a two-run single, David Peterson earned his first victory as a starter this season, and the Mets beat the Nationals 2-1 Thursday to earn a four-game series split.
Kyle Busch's family earlier Thursday announced he had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut is on probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge.
Advocates estimate one-third of the 200-acre park in Flushing is still without functioning drinking fountains and bathrooms.
Ahead of the 2026 RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon, some athletes are showing how simply reaching the starting line is a victory.
The Second Avenue Subway project has entered phase two of extending the "Q" line, but Harlem businesses say they're struggling to co-exist with the construction.
City Council members say requirement for transparent roll-down gates is burdensome for small businesses ahead of the July 1 enforcement deadline.
For more than four decades, residents living beside Brooklyn's District 13 Sanitation Garage in Coney Island have been waiting for the facility to move away from their homes.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Port Authority officials have been working around the clock to fix the sinkhole on one of the runways. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
Health officials said two tenants of One Haven Plaza contracted the disease in the last 11 months.
Suffolk County police officers were conducting a routine traffic stop when they had to jump out of the way of a speeding car.
A Utah mother made national headlines for publishing a children's book about her deceased husband. She was sentenced to life in prison for his murder. 48 Hours correspondent Natalie Morales reports.
It's a good start to the holiday weekend with sunshine, but that will change into two days of rain. CBS News New York's John Elliott has the forecast.
