New York Mets

You don’t pick the team that drafts you, and you don’t pick the team you might get traded to. Binghamton Mets first baseman Allan Dykstra learned that first-hand.  San Diego is his home, the Padres his childhood. And being drafted by the team th...

The Rising Apple Report is back for it’s 24th episode! I will host, with Mike Lecolant and Rich Sparago on board for the best half-hour of Mets talk on the airwaves! As opposed to the last 2 podcasts, we actually have some positive things to t...

Ladies and gentlemen, here is today’s Top Ten list! Today’s category: Top Ten Zack Wheeler Reactions to His Major League Debut   Almost two years of waiting came to fruition last night as Zack Wheeler made his first major league start to the...

Zack Wheeler's successful debut on top of Matt Harvey's sensational Game 1 start offered a preview of a potentially great future for the Mets, but even the Mets do end up with two healthy aces, the current team is still a long way from contending.Bef...

If Wheeler turns into an equivalent mound presence as Harvey this year, all well and good. He might even become the second part of a 1-1A entry. But there’s no need to pressure Wheeler into becoming a savior. The Mets already have one.

According to Matt Eddy of Baseball America, right handed starting pitcher Luis Mateo, who was with High-A St. Lucie early this season, has undergone Tommy John Surgery.  Mateo’s agent noted that Mateo had the surgery last Tuesday, and will be...

We’ve all heard it. From the annoying co-worker, the pain in the ass relative, ball buster friend, they all say it “How can you root for the Mets”  well today they all wish they were Mets fans. Usually a day like yesterday, “Super Tuesday”...

On an Opening Day that wasn’t (due to consistent rain), Gavin Cecchini instead greeted exuberant fans on the concourse that afternoon. Most of them were kids, and in many ways, so is the player they were so anxious to meet. Let’s not forget, one...

Tuesday was a great day for top Met prospects, but as Met fans know all too well, the results haven't always been quite so spectacular. Fernando Martinez, the great hope just a few years ago, was finally waived by the Mets last year. This year, he wa...

The New York Mets have traded right-hander Collin McHugh to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Eric Young Jr.

You can't touch Harvey on the mound. And apparently you shouldn't mess with him off it.

Dillon Gee was on track to pitch a 1-0 shutout and end up with the game's only run batted in, as Jerry Koosman and Don Cardwell had done in a 1969 doubleheader, but the Braves' game-ending home run Monday night spoiled that.