Mets, Yankees Report For Spring Training As Teams Work Through COVID Protocols
Wednesday was the official report day for pitchers and catchers. Thursday, they take physicals, and Friday is the first official workout for the battery mates.
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Wednesday was the official report day for pitchers and catchers. Thursday, they take physicals, and Friday is the first official workout for the battery mates.
Citi Field opened it doors on Wednesday for eligible Queens residents, but it didn't take long to run into a similar problem other sites have experienced -- short supply.
Cohen's hedge fund, Point72, has become entangled in market turmoil that has pitted a band of small investors against traders that made bets against — or "shorted" — stock of companies including GameStop.
New York received reliever Sean Reid-Foley and minor league right-handers Josh Winckowski and Yennsy Díaz in a move that could signal the Mets are pursuing a pricey free agent.
Scott joined the organization as the club's senior vice president/assistant general manager on Dec. 23, 2020.
Porter has admitted to sending the messages back in 2016 when he worked for the Chicago Cubs.
Francisco Lindor is moving to a new city and team that is willing to meet his salary demands.
The team officially announced its signing of the 30-year-old former Chicago White Sox catcher on Tuesday.
Porter won three World Series in the front office for the Boston Red Sox and another with the Chicago Cubs before joining Arizona as a senior vice president and assistant GM in 2017.
McCann was regarded as the second-best catcher on the free agent market behind J.T. Realmuto.
May had a 3.86 ERA in 24 relief appearances for the Minnesota Twins last season, striking out 38 and walking seven in 23 1/3 innings.
The Mets second baseman has been suspended for the 2021 season after testing positive for Stanozolol, a banned performance-enhancing substance.
Steve Cohen was formally introduced as the new owner of the New York Mets on Tuesday, and he has big plans for the franchise.
Sandy Alderson will take over as team president and will now build the front office from scratch.
Citi Field is actually on land owned by the city, and the lease agreement prevents the transfer of ownership to a felon, or a person who has controlled a felon.
"It's our land. There is a legal requirement that if there's an ownership change is has to be evaluated. Our law department is doing that evaluation based on the law," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Juan Soto became the NL's youngest batting champion, Trea Turner hit a grand slam, and the Washington Nationals closed out the season with a 15-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
New York couldn't hold a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning of a seven-inning game and missed the postseason for the fourth straight year.
The Mets (26-31) moved within 2 1/2 games of Miami (28-28) for second place in the NL East and within 2 1/2 games of San Francisco (28-28) for the NL's second wild card spot.
The loss guaranteed the Mets (25-31) will finish with a sub-.500 record for the ninth time in the last 12 seasons.
Robinson Canó, Alonso and newcomer Guillermo Heredia went deep for the Mets, desperately trying to stay in the National League playoff chase with five games now remaining in the regular season.
Nate Lowe homered and scored both runs against NL Cy Young Award contender Jacob deGrom.
Kyle Wright allowed only one hit in the best start of his big league career, pitching into the seventh inning to lead the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 7-0 on Sunday.
Rookie David Peterson struck out NL batting leader Freddie Freeman three times and fanned a career-high 10 in six innings as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 Saturday night.
Mets starter Steven Matz, who fell to 0-5, was handed his latest drubbing in what has been a lost season for the veteran left-hander.
