• ‘Drives me insane’: Book reveals messy Mets downfall

    ‘Drives me insane’: Book reveals messy Mets downfall

    A injury to star starter Noah Syndergaard was an omen of what was to come in the Mets’ doomed 2017 season, described in this excerpt from Post beat reporter Mike Puma’s upcoming book, “If These
  • Jacob deGrom’s 15K complete game gives Mets bounce-back win

    Jacob deGrom’s 15K complete game gives Mets bounce-back win

    Five-plus months remain in the regular season, but a boisterous crowd of 8,130 fans at Citi Field submitted their voice votes for MVP on Friday night. Jacob deGrom, the elixir to all of the Mets’
  • Mets suffering an early identity crisis

    Mets suffering an early identity crisis

    Who are these guys? The first-place Mets? The .500 Mets? The fundamentals- and timeliness-challenged Mets? As they return home following their first trip out of the Eastern time zone since 2019,
  • Mets swept by Cubs in extra-inning crusher, fall to .500

    Mets swept by Cubs in extra-inning crusher, fall to .500

    CHICAGO — A cold week in the Windy City ended with the Mets floating face down in Lake Michigan, alive but numb. Their ragtag defense held for a night, but the underperforming lineup couldn’t
  • Expectation-defying Knicks are a gift to New York fans

    Expectation-defying Knicks are a gift to New York fans

    It is hard to imagine a time when we needed this more, frankly, this flabbergasting, dumbfounding, out-of-the-(orange-and)-blue surprise of a Knicks season. Forget the way our world at-large has been
  • Mets hammered by Cubs in 16-4 disaster

    Mets hammered by Cubs in 16-4 disaster

    CHICAGO — The Mets had intermittent stretches Wednesday night in which they resembled a major league baseball team. But if you blinked, you missed them. Mostly this was a freak show, the likes
  • Escaping Mets has turned Steven Matz into a ‘guy on a mission’

    Escaping Mets has turned Steven Matz into a ‘guy on a mission’

    Steven Matz’s tenure with the Mets was hampered by inconsistency, but the Long Island lefty is off to a brilliant start with the Toronto Blue Jays. Matz has won all three of his starts with his
  • Mets bear uncanny resemblance to 2015-16 Cubs

    Mets bear uncanny resemblance to 2015-16 Cubs

    Mets-Cubs. Remember when that was a thing? Remember, before Andrew Friedman finished turning the Dodgers into Major League Baseball’s preeminent superpower, when the National League’s Big Apple
  • Mets rally to beat Rockies after Jacob deGrom flirts with history

    Mets rally to beat Rockies after Jacob deGrom flirts with history

    DENVER — Jacob deGrom finished unfulfilled in his flirtation with history Saturday, but his Mets teammates arrived bearing another kind of gift. For a change, a dominant deGrom outing ended with
  • A different way to evaluate Mets’ big roster decisions: Sherman

    A different way to evaluate Mets’ big roster decisions: Sherman

    Jake Odorizzi made public last week that he believed he was going to be a Met before Jared Porter was hired as general manager, and then Zack Scott came aboard, first as a lieutenant to Porter then as