NEW YORK -- Ten days after sending struggling starting pitcher Adrian Houser to the bullpen, the Mets are shifting him back into the rotation. Manager Carlos Mendoza announced Monday that Houser will start Wednesday’s game in Philadelphia, which will mark the veteran right-hander’s first start since May 2. In the

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NEW YORK -- Darryl Strawberry and Lloyd McClendon were never Major League teammates, but they were best friends while coming up through the Mets’ farm system in the early 1980s. Now, as Strawberry prepares for his number retirement ceremony at Citi Field on June 1, he has been thinking about

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NEW YORK -- Hours before the Mets’ series finale against the Braves on Sunday, a conference convened in the home batting cage. Brandon Nimmo was there, along with manager Carlos Mendoza, head trainer Joe Golia and two hitting coaches. The subject: Nimmo’s tight right intercostal. About 24 hours earlier, Nimmo

NEW YORK -- Kodai Senga is in a holding pattern as he continues working back from a strained posterior capsule in his right shoulder, with no clear timeline for him to progress in his rehab -- let alone to return to Major League games. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

With Mother’s Day taking place in the U.S. on Sunday, everyone got in on the celebration. Even those who were in the middle of Sunday Night Baseball. As the Braves led the Mets, 1-0, in the top of the third inning in New York, Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo got

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

NEW YORK -- J.D. Martinez might have been the only person at Citi Field not thinking about the obvious thing Saturday when he came to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The Braves, New York’s tormentors over the past three decades or so, were at

NEW YORK -- Mets reliever Brooks Raley is seeking a second opinion on his left elbow, the latest step in a process that could result in season-ending surgery. Raley indicated Saturday that he has bone spurs and at least some ligament damage in his left elbow, though he noted that

NEW YORK -- After watching his team lose to the Braves, 4-2, at Citi Field on Friday night, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said he is not concerned about left-hander Jose Quintana. Maybe he should be. With Kodai Senga out with a shoulder injury, Quintana was supposed to be the anchor

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There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

ST. LOUIS -- Few players in baseball needed a hit more than Pete Alonso. As Alonso stepped to the plate in the fifth inning Tuesday at Busch Stadium, he was deep in a 1-for-32 slump that had dragged his average down to .201. His slugging percentage had fallen more than

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

April is in the books, but there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played this season, and you can follow all the action on MLB.TV for a new reduced price. MLB.TV’s All Teams Yearly package, which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your

This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. LOUIS -- During one of Jonah Tong’s final starts for Single-A St. Lucie, Mets director of player development Andrew Christie was taking in

The Rookie-level Arizona Complex and Florida Complex leagues began play last Saturday, a month earlier than they did a year ago. The changes mean that the circuits will be populated more by players making the jump from the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League the season before and less by guys coming

ST. LOUIS -- Late last week after a potential go-ahead blast died on the Citi Field warning track, Brandon Nimmo stood in front of his locker and spoke at length about his season-opening slump. Outside of a spate of rotten luck, Nimmo had little explanation. He was hitting the ball

After a multi-season hiatus, Crooked Numbers returns with a heaping portion of Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. This edition, covering the start of the season through the end of April, has a disproportionate number of items from the Triple-A level. As for why that is, who knows? Maybe