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The Mets became Major League Baseball’s latest coronavirus casualty on Thursday, when one player and one staff member tested positive for the disease, immediately resulting in the postponement of Thursday’s series finale against the Marlins in Miami as well as Friday night’s Subway Series opener against the Yankees at Citi Field. While many questions remain …
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This hits home now. We always knew that was a possibility, if not a certainty. As the coronavirus made its merry way around Major League Baseball, infiltrating random teams and picking off games like a sniper — the Marlins, the Cardinals, the Reds — New York could hold its breath, then exhale, then say: At …
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The Mets’ game Thursday against the Miami Marlins has been postponed due to positive coronavirus tests, The Post’s Mike Puma confirmed. According to multiple reports, a Mets player and staff member each tested positive. The tests will also delay Friday’s opener of the Mets’ weekend Subway Series against the Yankees as the Mets isolate and …
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It was at least a start. Thirteen months after he was last on a big-league mound, Matt Harvey was back. His brief outing wasn’t the Dark Knight of old. He allowed three runs over three innings in his Royals debut against the Reds, a 5-0 defeat at Kauffman Stadium. But it wasn’t a disaster, either. …
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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Unless you’re the New York Mets, who could tie themselves into mental knots over the ordering, today, of a vanilla ice cream cone. Wednesday night ended well for the Peter Griffin of the baseball world, as Michael Conforto’s two-run, ninth-inning homer cleaned up the …
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Luis Rojas’ impending rotation shake-up put the Mets in peril Wednesday night in Miami, but a dependable bat helped ensure the team didn’t have to bleed before the experiment could potentially succeed. Michael Conforto turned a blown save by this Seth Lugo-less bullpen into a magical moment in this Mets’ season. Conforto’s ball cleared the …
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Regarding the Mets and Steven Matz, this need not be complicated, no matter how much Luis Rojas channeled Gregory Hines on Wednesday afternoon with his tap dancing: Sure, the Mets should try making Matz their Ryan Yarbrough. They should keep him in their starting rotation, in other words, only not as a starter. I’m not …
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Former Mets ace Matt Harvey hasn’t pitched in the majors in more than a year, and he knows that this could be his last chance at sticking in the big leagues. The 31-year-old Harvey is set to start for the Kansas City Royals in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday. …
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Though the Mets’ starting rotation is in tatters, the offense has come to life in two straight wins in Miami. After slugging four homers in Monday’s win, the Mets hit three more Tuesday in an 8-3 victory over the Marlins. The day started with another injury to a starter, this time to David Peterson, who …
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The Mets’ already precarious starting rotation took another hit on Tuesday. In other words, just another day ending in the letter “y.” Less than three hours before first pitch, scheduled starter David Peterson was placed on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder fatigue and replaced by Corey Oswalt. Peterson, off to an impressive start …
The Mets became Major League Baseball’s latest coronavirus casualty on Thursday, when one player and one staff member tested positive for the disease, immediately resulting in the postponement of Thursday’s series finale against the Marlins in Miami as well as Friday night’s Subway Series opener against the Yankees at Citi Field. While many questions remain …
