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Mets pummeled as new pitcher has nightmare debut
At least Rick Porcello was spared the boos by the cardboard cutouts. The new Mets right-hander had a debut to forget Sunday night at an empty Citi Field, failing to...
Mets forced to adjust season-opening rotation
The Mets’ rotation for the season-opening series is set. Jacob deGrom will start Friday’s opener against the Braves, who will counter with Mike Soroka, at Citi Field. Steven Matz will...
Mets season preview: Shaky bullpen will make or break playoff chances
Rewind to early March, when life still seemed mostly normal and the countdown was underway to the Mets opening the 2020 season. At the time, the Mets didn’t resemble a...
Mets starter's outing ruined by one pitch
Rick Porcello’s first game for the Mets at Citi Field was going smoothly enough until he hung a slider in the fourth inning Saturday. The masked Clint Frazier crushed it...
This was just first of many tests for Yankees, Mets and MLB
Imagine trying to forecast a season when you can’t even, well, forecast a season. Will this major league schedule start, continue, finish? Those are mysteries that dominate 2020 more than...
This game wasn't normal, and that was a good thing for Mets
The Mets got good and hammered Saturday night at Citi Field, the Yankees handing them a 9-3 loss thanks in large part to a ninth inning that looked an awful...
Mets pitcher worked out in unlikely setting during break
Jacob deGrom pitched a simulated game Thursday and looked sharp over three innings, but if the Mets plan on contending this season, they will need contributions from their entire rotation...
MLB evaluators: New Met will provide big boost to rotation
It doesn’t take a genius to deduce the NL East’s best rotation heading into spring training 2.0 belongs to the defending World Series champion Nationals. Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Patrick...
Mets pitcher's redemption quest looks different now
Part 19 in a series analyzing the New York Mets. Rick Porcello was eager to put the 2019 season behind him. He’d finished it with the second-worst ERA and WHIP...
The biggest Mets losers with baseball on hold
The Mets were the accidental contenders of 2019. When they tried, they failed. When they surrendered, they succeeded. Brodie Van Wagenen provided the words. In January 2019, before even his...
Mets GM talks rotation after Noah Syndergaard loss
When the Mets added Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello to their rotation in December, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen made a bold proclamation: “I think we’re probably the deepest starting...
The challenges Mets may face in Noah Syndergaard-less world
Replacing Noah Syndergaard in the Mets’ rotation might not be as difficult as finding substitutes for his replacement. With Syndergaard scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery Thursday that will keep...
Where the Mets will turn after Noah Syndergaard disaster
And then there were five. Among the storylines that had developed before the COVID-19 outbreak suspended spring training was the Mets’ six starters for five rotation spots. Noah Syndergaard’s torn...
Mets' biggest strength was halted by coronavirus
PORT ST. LUCIE — Even in an abbreviated spring training, the Mets’ biggest strength was hard to miss. Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, Rick Porcello and Michael...
Mets don't like prospect of playing in an empty Citi Field
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Mets played their spring training game in front of a crowd at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches with an eye toward Opening Day at...
Mets' rotation hopeful delivers gem in spring outing
PORT ST. LUCIE — Luis Rojas said it’s “still too early” to know how the Mets will construct their rotation, but so far this spring, his starters are giving the...
Where Edwin Diaz thinks he stands in Mets' closer competition
PORT ST. LUCIE — Edwin Diaz hasn’t officially been named the Mets closer to start this season, but says he’s a worthy candidate. The Mets reliever threw in a simulated...
Mets utility man takes BP for first time since shoulder scare
PORT ST. LUCIE — J.D. Davis is back into baseball workout mode, just over a week after a hard landing on his left shoulder put a scare into the player...
Mets outfielder scratched from lineup for more heart testing
PORT ST. LUCIE — Brandon Nimmo was a late scratch from the Mets lineup Wednesday, after team officials decided the time was right for the outfielder to receive additional heart...
New Met gets eye-opening welcome to the NL game
PORT ST. LUCIE — It was only one inning consisting of 17 pitches, but Rick Porcello received a taste Saturday of competing in a Mets uniform. Two weak singles, including...