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The 2018 New York Mets season began with a bang – a nine-game April winning streak creating the (false) hope that a managerial gamble had, for once, paid off and that the team would finally accomplish its on-paper potential. It ended, effectively, in May, and by the end of a June swoon fans and the media were pointing fingers at the manager, the general manager had stepped aside and the replacement management structure was so dysfunctional that the team couldn’t execute the t

The New York Mets lost their ninth game in a row, falling 12-4 to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon.

Whether they are exchanging Cy Young winners or participating in chaotic 4-team blockbusters, the Mets and Texas Rangers have a long history as trade partners - even though the Mets rarely seem to come out ahead. Either a salary dump or a prospect haul, the Mets-Rangers pipeline remains one of the most fascinating inter-league relationships in baseball. Some of the most well-loved and famous players might not have been involved in trades, but have played for both of these tea

Dodgers 8 Mets 2 (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA) Mets record: 7-12 Mets streak: Lost 8 WP - Shohei Ohtani (2-0) LP - Clay Holmes (2-2) Seat on the Korner: Dalton Rusching We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event

Dodgers 2 Mets 1 (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA) Mets record: 7-11 Mets streak: Lost 7 WP - Blake Treinen (1-0) LP - Brooks Raley (0-1) SV - Alex Vesia (2) Seat on the Korner: We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main

If the story of the 1960s Mets is told in order, it makes the most sense from behind the plate. The decade opened with an expansion club so raw it lost 120 games, and it closed with a championship team that no longer looked improvised at all. In between, the men in the catcher’s gear changed from symbols of chaos to guardians of a contender. The first catcher in Mets history was also the franchise’s first expansion-draft selection: Hobie Landrith. That choice carried a certai

Dodgers 4 Mets 0 (Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA) Mets record: 7-10 Mets streak: Lost 6 WP - Justin Wrobleski (2-0) LP - David Peterson (0-3) Seat on the Korner: Justin Wrobleski We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Mai

The 2026 edition of Minor League Mondays kicks off with a look at Mets' outfield prospect A.J. Ewing.

Athletics 1 Mets 0 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 7-9 Mets streak: Lost 5 WP -Aaron Civale (2-0) LP - Freddy Peralta (1-1) SV-Joel Kuhnel (2) Seat on the Korner: Nick Kurtz We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The M

If baseball ever needed a poster child for the phrase “don’t judge a player by where he starts, or even where he’s standing today,” Phil Garner would have been the guy on the cover—probably wearing dirt, pine tar, and a look that suggested he’d just argued with gravity and won. Garner, who passed away on April 11, 2026, at the age of 76, was one of those players who seemed to collect positions the way some people collect frequent flyer miles. Second base, third base, shortsto

There’s something about a reliever’s journey that feels a little like a cross country road trip in a car with questionable brakes. You start out in one place, pick up a few miles, lose a few along the way, maybe break down in the middle of nowhere, and if you are lucky and stubborn, you eventually find yourself back on a big league mound wondering how you got there and why your GPS sounds like it is judging you. That brings us to Joey Gerber. On a day when the Mets shuffled t

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly stroll through the Mets attic, the place where the yearbooks are a little dusty, the bubble gum cards stick together, and every once in a while you stumble across something that makes you stop and say, “Wait… I remember that.” Last week, we took a detour down to Florida and spent some time with the St. Lucie Legends, a team that felt like a baseball reunion wrapped in sunshine, nostalgia, and just enough p

Athletics 11 Mets 6 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 7-8 Mets streak: Lost 4 WP - Jacob Lopez (1-1) LP - Kodai Senga (0-2) Seat on the Korner: Tyler Soderstrom We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Resta

Tim Leiper has been around baseball so long that somewhere there’s probably a rotary phone still waiting for him to call it back. Olympics. Winter ball in Mexico and the Dominican. Minor league bus rides that smelled like exhaust, sunflower seeds, and regret. Coaching staffs that changed more often than cast members on SNL. And now, of course, third base at Citi Field, where he spends his nights making split-second decisions that will be second-guessed for the next three days

To say that injuries derailed the 2017 Mets would be an understatement. So numerous and so serious were the ailments that befell the team that they would crush preseason optimism into a 70-92, fourth-place finish, cost the manager and the head trainer their jobs and prompt a major revision in the team’s medical practices. The optimism? Start with Yoenis Cespedes, the biggest bat in the lineup, signing a four-year, $110 million contract. Second baseman Neil Walk

Athletics 4 Mets 0 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 7-7 Mets streak: Lost 3 WP - Jack Perkins (1-0) LP - Clay Holmes (2-1) Seat on the Korner: J.T. Ginn We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant &

Opening Day always brings hope. The day after? That’s when reality—and curiosity—set in. Following this year’s opener, we posted a graphic on Kiner’s Korner highlighting several key players no longer with the Mets and how they performed in their first games elsewhere. What happened next surprised even us. The post took on a life of its own, racking up over 70,000 impressions and sparking plenty of conversation. Some loved it. Some didn’t. Some wanted more. Some probably wante

Diamondbacks 7 Mets 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 7-6 Mets streak: Lost 2 WP - Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0) LP - Nolan McLean (1-1) Seat on the Korner: Eduardo Rodriguez We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main

Some players wait for the game to come to them. Davey Lopes preferred to grab it by the collar, swipe second, and take third just to make a point. Lopes, who passed away at the age of 80, carved out a remarkable 16-year major league career, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he became the engine at the top of the lineup during one of the franchise’s golden eras. A late arrival to the big leagues, debuting at 27, he played the game with a sense of urgency that su

While they play their home games 1,200 miles apart and haven't played an earth-shattering game against each other, the Mets and Twins have shared a trade pipeline that has fundamentally reshaped both franchises at critical junctures. From Shea to Citi, these two clubs have exchanged legendary aces with retired numbers, World Series heroes, and beloved scrappers - often leaving fans of both sides still debating who truly got the best of the deal. These teams didn't even find