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Rival executive: What the Mets cutting Tejada really means
PORT ST. LUCIE — Ruben Tejada is now free to seek employment elsewhere. The shortstop was released on Wednesday, after he went unclaimed on waivers, leaving the Mets with a...
Mets clubhouse confused as Ruben Tejada put on waivers
PORT ST. LUCIE — Five months after he was fitted for a walking boot, Ruben Tejada is on the verge of getting The Boot. The Mets shortstop has been placed...
Asdrubal Cabrera: 2-week shutdown botches Mets spring
JUPITER, Fla. – Asdrubal Cabrera was walking without any noticeable limp Sunday. Hey, you take improvement where you can get it. But while the Mets' free-agent shortstop acquisition walked better than...
Asdrubal Cabrera smacks Mets into reality, Tejada into relevance
VIERA, Fla. — Spring training had turned into Fantasy Camp for the Mets, with hardly a negative vibe in the Treasure Coast air. Yoenis Cespedes’ cars, horses and pig kept...
Asdrubal Cabrera's knee opens door for Tejada, Flores
VIERA, Fla. — So now last year’s plan is back in place for the Mets at shortstop. At least temporarily. With offseason acquisition Asdrubal Cabrera likely to miss the start...
Mets' Asdrubal Cabrera hurts leg after slide goes wrong
PORT ST. LUCIE — Asdrubal Cabrera shifted from a slide to standing up in his run to second base Thursday, and the change hurt — literally. The Mets shortstop departed...
Mets' hidden strength could be difference in a long season
PORT ST. LUCIE — The rule in spring training is that a traveling team must take four starters on the road, and teams obey that as often as drivers stay...
Rafael Montero shrugs off shelling by Nationals
VIERA, Fla. — Rafael Montero didn’t have much. The Mets right-hander allowed the first five batters he faced to reach base Thursday and probably was fortunate to allow only four...
Matt Harvey rediscovering the one pitch he's sorely missed
PORT ST. LUCIE — Matt Harvey’s slider is biting again. The pitch that made the Mets righty so dominant in 2013, when he started the All-Star Game for the National...
Terry Collins sees dangerous flaw in MLB's Utley solution
PORT ST. LUCIE — Terry Collins agreed with the problem. He just isn’t sure about the solution. As Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association announced long-awaited changes concerning...
MLB, union rule that Chase Utley can't do this again
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Utley Rule — or maybe you would rather call it the Tejada Rule, in honor of the victim? — is in business. Major League Baseball...
David Wright disputes talk of spinal stenosis plan
PORT ST. LUCIE — What plan? After meeting with Mets officials and medical personnel on Wednesday to discuss how his spinal stenosis will be handled this season, David Wright insisted...
Asdrubal Cabrera joins Mets with huge arms and range fears
PORT ST. LUCIE — Asdrubal Cabrera walked through the clubhouse Monday, shaking hands with his new Mets teammates and coaches and made an immediate impression with the size of his...
Ruben Tejada's not over that Chase Utley dirty slide
PORT ST. LUCIE — Ruben Tejada is back on the field after suffering that terrible broken right leg as a result of Chase Utley’s late, hard slide in Game 2...
Matt Harvey gets first big Mets raise, up to $4.3M
Friday was a good day to be a right-handed pitcher in New York. Matt Harvey was among five Mets to agree to a contract for this season, avoiding arbitration. Harvey,...
David Wright will never stop trusting Sandy Alderson
The Mets may not have created enough sizzle this winter to even melt snow, but the team’s captain is on board with management’s vision. “I’ve learned, don’t ever doubt Sandy,”...
Asdrubal Cabrera: What made me a match for Mets
Asdrubal Cabrera had at least 18.5 million good reasons for choosing the Mets, but the organization's success last season certainly didn't hurt. "They are a very good team," the 30-year-old...
Neil Walker raves about Mets' playoff-caliber talent
Neil Walker has seen this show before. After spending the past three seasons on a Pirates teams that reached the playoffs, the switch-hitting second baseman expects to find a certain...
Mets will use Cuddyer dollars to double down on 2015 formula
The Cubs continued to bulk up. Michael Cuddyer retired. Add it up and the Mets were provided reason and resources to respond with a big strike. Yet, that is not...
Circle the Citi Field date: Chase Utley returns to Dodgers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Dodgers play a weekend series at Citi Field on May 27-29. That became more relevant Sunday when Mets enemy No. 1, Chase Utley, agreed to terms...