If the Mets are going to play in October, Jose Quintana wants to position himself to start games in October. There are obstacles, the most significant being the Braves, Diamondbacks and Padres, who are fighting with the Mets for three National League wild-card spots. Internally, there is plenty of competition with Sean Manaea, Luis Severino...
Beginning Friday against the Reds, the Mets will have 10 more regular-season games in Flushing in the middle of a playoff chase. They are expecting the crowd’s roar — and its crooning — to grow louder.
A seventh straight victory depended upon five quality innings from the Mets bullpen, which delivered five scoreless frames in an 8-3, exhale of a victory over the Red Sox in front of 26,270 to clinch a series sweep.
The first glimpse at a possible late-season weapon — however utilized — took form on Wednesday, when the Mets' Kodai Senga threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session and looked good, Carlos Mendoza reported.
Amid early NL MVP arguments, David Stearns believes Francisco Lindor’s season should not be merely compared with Shohei Ohtani’s. How about 2024 Lindor vs. 2007 David Wright? Or 2006 Carlos Beltran? Or 1996 Bernard Gilkey? Or 1998 John Olerud? In stumping for his star shortstop, Stearns aimed higher than Lindor surpassing all of his 2024...