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Why Carlos Rodon could be the answer to tricky questions about the Mets' aging rotation
The Mets' aging rotation will make for some touch decisions this offseason about who stays and who might be worth adding.
Mets move on from 1986 legend in minor league system shakeup
The Mets’ offseason restructuring has claimed a popular player from the franchise’s last World Series-winning team.
Debating what Steve Cohen will mean to Mets
He's coming home. He's coming home. Tell the world he's coming home. Steve Cohen, Great Neck's own, is making his way to the big boy chair at Citi Field, to...
The Mets have found their new hitting coach
The Mets’ two most prominent coaching openings are no longer vaccant. With Kevin Long pursuing other opportunities after his failed bid at the Mets’ managerial opening, the team is prepared...
Mets could turn to familiar coach to solve infield issues
The Mets’ problematic infield defense has team officials considering a reunion with a displaced member of the coaching staff. According to industry sources, Tim Teufel, who was reassigned within the...
Mr. Met's middle finger joins long list of humiliating Mets moments
The Mets issued a public apology Wednesday night after Mr. Met was caught on video giving the finger to a fan. The incident joins a long list of Amazin’ly humiliating...
Mets' ex-3B coach Tim Teufel gets another job with team
Tim Teufel will remain in the Mets organization as a roving infield instructor and club ambassador, the team announced Friday. The 58-year-old Teufel recently was replaced as the team’s third-base...
Mets replacing their third base coach, a 1986 champ
The Mets demoted third base coach Tim Teufel on Tuesday, replacing the former '86 infielder after his performance this past season was littered with subpar baserunning decisions. Glenn Sherlock will...
Steve Kerr's advice for Cubs, the baseball equal of his Warriors
SAN FRANCISCO – This is what every team dreams about, so why can it feel so dreadful? To be so good wire-to-wire in the regular season as to have no...
How the Mets are using data to bail out their lousy infield
An exciting and news-heavy Mets-Nationals series this week at Nationals Park finished up with the tightest contest of the series. After the Mets prevailed, 2-0, I attended Dusty Baker’s post-game...
1986 Mets: Where are they now?
As the Mets prepare to honor the 1986 World Series championship team this weekend, here’s a look at the past and present of those memorable players and coaches: Davey Johnson...
Kevin Mitchell wistful for Mets days and thankful to be alive
SAN DIEGO — Even now for Kevin Mitchell, 30 years later, his time with the Mets seems like a dream. It went by too fast. At 24, he thought he...
Dilson Herrera faces Mets reality check after Colombia heroics
TAMPA — Dilson Herrera returned to the Mets after his game-winning homer beat Panama and advanced Colombia to next year’s World Baseball Classic. “It was amazing for me because everybody...
How many positions will Wilmer Flores play this season?
JUPITER, Fla. — It’s not splitting atoms or even finding reasonable housing prices in Manhattan, but the Mets must find at-bats for Wilmer Flores, especially against left-handed pitching. The numbers...
Mets take patient approach with second baseman of the future
PORT ST. LUCIE — Dilson Herrera is embracing his status as the Mets second-baseman-in-waiting. After a winter in which the Mets let Daniel Murphy depart, flirted with Ben Zobrist and...
Search to find Flores' perfect spot going around the diamond
PORT ST. LUCIE — In his bid for playing time this season, Wilmer Flores won’t be cutting corners. A significant part of the Mets’ plan to find at-bats for the...
Mets' Wilmer Flores breaks left ankle after getting hit by pitch
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Now the Mets have two shortstops recovering from broken bones. Wilmer Flores has a non-displaced fracture of his left ankle, according to assistant general manager John Ricco,...
Teufel? Backman? Terry Collins needs new right-hand man
The Mets’ coaching staff will have a new look in 2016. Bob Geren, who has spent the last four seasons as manager Terry Collins’ top lieutenant in the dugout, will...
Tim Teufel: 'The ’86 Mets are tired of hearing about ’86 Mets'
Tim Teufel is ready for the Mets to start living in the present instead of the past. As a member of the Mets’ last World Series winner in 1986, the...
Rafael Montero's reward for a solid outing? It's not what you think
MIAMI — Rafael Montero gave the Mets a chance to win Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough to keep him in the major leagues. The rookie right-hander was optioned to Triple-A...