• Much-needed Mets win includes several injury scares

    Much-needed Mets win includes several injury scares

    ATLANTA — Just when the Mets should have been allowed to enjoy the gift of runs for their ace and a needed victory, players started departing Monday night. None were opt outs. Amed Rosario walked off the field before the bottom of the third inning with left quad tightness. Two innings later, Robinson Cano exited …
  • Mets roll as rookie David Peterson shuts down Red Sox

    Mets roll as rookie David Peterson shuts down Red Sox

    BOSTON — David Peterson earned his big-boy pants Tuesday night, departing the mound in the sixth inning all grown up so quickly. A major league debut can be scary enough, but for a left-handed pitcher performing in the Green Monster’s fabled shadow, the pressure can strangulate. And yet here was Peterson in control against the …
  • Mets 2020 preview: Shaky bullpen will make or break playoff chances

    Mets 2020 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 team that was an obvious favorite in the NL East, but likewise it was hard to say they shouldn’t compete for first place. The lineup …
  • Mets mailbag: Dream 2022 lineup starts with Nolan Arenado

    Mets mailbag: Dream 2022 lineup starts with Nolan Arenado

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Mets lineup in 2022? Don’t take the easy way out, and have some fun with it.  — …
  • Amed Rosario’s Mets future growing more uncertain during coronavirus

    Amed Rosario’s Mets future growing more uncertain during coronavirus

    Part 21 in a series analyzing the New York Mets. It’s been a long time since Amed Rosario was the Mets’ top prospect. Now that distinction belongs to Ronny Mauricio, the 19-year-old who finished last season at Class-A Columbia. Since the Mets signed Rosario for $1.75 million in 2012, he’s shown glimpses of promise, like …
  • Mets mailbag: Pursuit of J.T. Realmuto likely isn’t over

    Mets mailbag: Pursuit of J.T. Realmuto likely isn’t over

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Does Brodie Van Wagenen’s former work relationship with J.T. Realmuto increase the likelihood that the Mets will …