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By the time I pulled into the complex at Clover Park for my sixth and final day of covering Mets Spring Training, the place felt almost civilized. No 6:00 a.m. cattle call. No players stumbling in before sunrise for picture day obligations. The press room didn’t open until 9:45. The clubhouse doors welcomed us at 10. It felt like baseball had hit the snooze button. And honestly, after a week of controlled chaos, it was kind of perfect. The room itself was quiet. Not tense qui

Spring Training has a rhythm to it. The crack of the bat. The thud of a fastball into leather. The hum of golf carts. And apparently… the gentle click of chess pieces. Day 5 began in the clubhouse, and what jumped out immediately had nothing to do with radar guns or exit velocity. It was Sean Manaea holding court with Jonah Tong, teaching him chess as if he were channeling Bobby Fischer rather than former Mets pitcher Jack Fisher. Manaea wasn’t just explaining moves. He was e

There are very few two word phrases in the English language that, when spoken together, instantly bring a smile to your face. I do. Game 7. Spring Training. Opening Day. So yes, I am smiling.( You maybe able to see it in the picture above, but take my word for it) Everything worked out. The 6:45 a.m. flight from Islip to West Palm lifted off on time. Wheels down at 9:45. I was in the rental car by 10:05 and on the back fields by 11:15. Not bad for a February morning that bega

There are days early in camp when the biggest story is which reliever showed up with a new haircut, and then there are days when the president of baseball operations steps to the microphone and casually drops enough news to make everyone in the room reach for their phones at the same time to post to Twitter. Tuesday was firmly in the latter category. David Stearns opened his media availability with what could best be described as a one-two punch: one that caused Mets fans to

Hey Mets fans, consider this a reality check. A wake-up call. A figurative slap across the cheek designed to snap us out of our collective, group-text-level despair. Edwin Díaz is gone. Pete Alonso is gone. Brandon Nimmo is gone. And for good measure, let’s toss Jeff McNeil into the emotional blender as well. These were real Mets. Long term Mets. Homegrown Mets. “They were here when times were bad” Mets. The kind of guys you don’t just watch—you invest in. Jerseys were purcha

Let’s be honest, Mets fans: if 2024 ended on the magical, delirious high of the “OMG Run,” and the following offseason delivered the jaw-dropping addition of Juan Soto, you would’ve thought the Mets were building toward a baseball utopia. Instead, the collapse of the 2025 offseason and the events of the past two days have felt more like waking up the next morning, looking around your house, only to realize someone took the TV, the couch, and half the kitchen appliances. The

The annual General Manager Meetings are sort of the appetizer before baseball’s offseason buffet.The Winter Meetings get all the glory, the signings, the trades, the Scott Boras monologues that go longer than a game-winning home run given up by Ryan Helsley, but the GM Meetings? That’s where everyone starts slow-cooking the rumors. And this week, the baseball world descended on Las Vegas, which feels appropriate, because nothing says baseball wants to distance itself from a g

First off, let me get some semantics out of the way: Everyone and their mothers are calling the plight of the 2025 Mets a "collapse"....

The Hope Diamond Mets fans should be disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of the 2025 season. This was a flawed team...

Mets fans, lend me your ears—though given the way this season went, most of us would rather stuff them with Shea Stadium hot dog wrappers...

Mets' outfielder Juan Soto takes home the final Met of the Month Award for 2025, hitting .309 with 8 home runs, 21 RBI and a 1.022 OPS in September.

Marlins 4 Mets 0  (loanDepot Park, Miami, FL) Mets record: 83-79 Mets streak: Lost 1 L10 : 5-5 WP - Edwin Cabrera (8-7) LP - Brooks...

Mets 5 Marlins 0 (loanDepot Park, Miami, FL) Mets record: 83-78 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Clay Holmes (12-8) LP - Eury Perez (7-6) Seat...

Every so often in the press box, between the stale pretzels and the postgame scorebook math that makes you question whether you really...

Nationals 5 Mets 3 in 11 innings (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 80-75 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP - Sauryn Lao (1-0) LP - Tyler...

Mets 12 Nationals 6 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 80-74 Mets streak: Won 2 WP - Brooks Raley (2-0 LP - Andrew Alvarez (1-1)...

Padres 7 Mets 4 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 78-74 Mets streak: Lost 1 Last 10: 2-8 WP - Adrian Morejon (12-5) LP - David...

Rangers 3 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 76-73 Mets streak: Lost 8 WP - Phil Maton (4-5) LP - Edwin Diaz (6-3) SV -...

Phillies 11 Mets 3 (Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA) Mets record: 76-70 Mets streak: Lost 5 L10 3-7 WP - Cristopher Sanchez (13-5)...

Reds 3 Mets 2 (Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, OH) Mets record: 76-67 Mets streak: Lost 2 L10 4-6 WP - Hunter Greene (6-4) LP -...