After Setback, Mets' Wright Still Focused On Returning To Field
The Mets captain returned to spring training Thursday after receiving a second opinion confirming he has a shoulder impingement, putting his availability on opening day in doubt.
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The Mets captain returned to spring training Thursday after receiving a second opinion confirming he has a shoulder impingement, putting his availability on opening day in doubt.
David Wright has struggled to stay healthy over the last few years, sidelined by a number of injuries and diagnoses.
Part of the banged-up brigade for the New York Mets last year, both Duda and Wheeler said Wednesday they're making progress in their return from injuries.
This latest development, a huge setback for a third baseman who had yet to throw a ball in public, shows he'll probably never come back.
The odds have been stacked against David Wright for some time now.
CBS2's Steve Overmyer recently spoke with Rick Peterson. He's spent more than 30 years as a coach in baseball -- six of those as the Mets' pitching coach.
David Wright was hoping a healthy spring would get him back on the field after the past two seasons were ravaged by serious injuries.
The Mets have played just four games so far this spring, but the early story has been the way Michael Conforto has been swinging the bat.
Tim Tebow says reaching the big leagues is not his ultimate goal, although he hopes the work he's been putting in is moving him closer to that dream.
While on vacation in Florida, last week Mike Francesa visited Mets spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
The Mets have wasted little time at least beginning to acclimate Jay Bruce to first base.
New York Mets manager Terry Collins has to figure out this spring which Michael Conforto he has — the outfielder who was a rookie sensation in 2015 or the one who was demoted in the middle of a terrible slump last year.
When the Mets and Yoenis Cespedes agreed just after Thanksgiving to a $110 million, four-year contract, Mets fans rejoiced that the Cuban slugger was returning to Citi Field.
A call to 911 could have followed one Mets player's recent outing if things had gone wrong.
There were rain-shortened activities for the Mets on Wednesday, and more inclement weather might hinder them Thursday as well as they creep closer to their first exhibition game Friday against the Red Sox in Fort Myers.
David Wright isn't sure how an intangible issue like character factors into wins and losses and the divisional race in the National League East. Still, the career-long Met is impressed by the leadership qualities in the clubhouse around him.
It looks like Neil Walker, who accepted the Mets' qualifying offer in November and will be eligible for free agency after the season, will be playing on a one-year contract for the foreseeable future.
The Mets' first full squad workout on Sunday was filled with understated proclamations and positivity on a lot of fronts.
Assuming the contract is finalized and Niese makes the team, the Yankees could use Niese as a situational reliever and spot starter.
Last season's runner-up for National League MVP thinks Tim Tebow has some ability with a bat. He just needs more work.
Terry Collins may never say it outright, but he has a decision to make about Jose Reyes starting Friday when the Mets gather for official full-squad workouts
New York Mets second baseman Neil Walker dealt with back issues for almost five years and said not a day went by when he didn't feel some kind of pain.
Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen spoke at length Wednesday about the new approach the team is taking with its pitchers to "save their bullets," so to speak.
The Mets are returning to West Point to play Army in an exhibition game for the first time in 33 years.
Reliever Fernando Salas and the Mets have finalized a one-year, $3 million contract.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
The man accused of killing two men during shootings in the Bronx and Brooklyn is due in court to be arraigned Tuesday.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Club Calvi's Readers' Choice, "The Three Graces of Pearl Street," is author Elizabeth Wellington Rollins' debut novel
Firefighters put out a three-alarm blaze that ripped through stores on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.
The man accused of killing two men during shootings in the Bronx and Brooklyn is due in court to be arraigned Tuesday.
Firefighters put out a three-alarm blaze that ripped through stores on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.
One of the highest-profile races in the midterm election cycle is the battle for New York's 17th Congressional District between two-term Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley.
A family is grieving the loss of a husband and father of two who was struck and killed by a cyclist last week in Central Park.
Aaron Judge hopes to talk his way onto the Yankees roster for the AL Wild Card Series and into the starting lineup against the Red Sox.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
This weekend's nor'easter is bringing coastal flooding concerns and bands of rain to New York City and the Tri-State Area.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
Remnants of the nor'easter that slammed the Tri-State Area are still lingering. The storm brought rain and caused coastal flooding as well as beach erosion.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
After three days of nor'easter conditions on Long Island, the cleanup and damage assessment continued on Monday.
As CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports, the South Shore town of Lindenhurst was hit especially hard.
Although fall has recently just begun, much attention is already being turned to the upcoming winter.
Lindenhurst residents are coping with inundating waters. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
The nor'easter that has been bringing bands of rain and heavy winds to New York, New Jersey and the Tri-State Area is finally clearing out.
One of the highest-profile races in the midterm election cycle is the battle for New York's 17th Congressional District between two-term Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley.
New Jersey's former lieutenant governor is breaking his silence a day after resigning from office.
Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan with the first CIA officers sent into the country after 9/11, the opening move in what would later become America's longest war.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell submitted his resignation Friday, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.
Iran had presented a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to negotiations for a lasting end to the war.
CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram shares the personal details of her life-or-death brain aneurysm scare.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free thanks to medical advances and a doctor who took on a risky case.
New York City health officials have identified cooling towers potentially linked to a Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
The 2026 Global Citizen Festival that was set to take over the Great Lawn in New York City's Central Park Saturday has been canceled.
The anonymous woman who accused Jay-Z of sexually assaulting her said in a new court filing that she never met the rap mogul.
Aaron Judge hopes to talk his way onto the Yankees roster for the AL Wild Card Series and into the starting lineup against the Red Sox.
The Minnesota Vikings are moving on from former first-round pick quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
Andrés Chaparro homered twice and the Nationals defeated the Mets 6-4 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams.
The Giants held on to beat the Titans 12-7 on Sunday, but lost their most important defensive player, Brian Burns, to a knee injury.
Jahmyr Gibbs had a go-ahead 11-yard reception with 2:25 left for his third touchdown of the game and the Detroit Lions held on to beat the New York Jets 31-24 on Sunday.
A weeks-long effort to build an accessible outdoor gathering space brings South Brooklyn's Jewish community together for Sukkot.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
Neighbors have been waiting since 2021 for the bridge over the Belt Parkway to be rebuilt and reconnect Bath Beach with the waterfront.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
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.
Officers said the man's backpack got caught in the closing doors on the subway train.
A family of four New Yorkers was among six people killed after a residential building in a tourist area collapsed.
The famous tree is set to arrive on Nov. 7 and the tree lighting will be on Dec. 2.
Heavy smoke and flames were billowing from the commercial building early Tuesday morning on Hillside Avenue. CBS News New York's Christina Fan reports.
Club Calvi's new Readers' Choice is "The Three Graces of Pearl Street" by Elizabeth Wellington Rollins.
