New York Mets Rumors & News

New York Post "There would be no time for babying, for coddling, for pampering. This was adult swim time, deep end of the water, and Terry Collins wanted to see what Zack Wheeler could do with his tank running low and the stakes growing high. Two on, one out, scoreless tie, bottom six. Whatcha got,..." June 19

New York Post "Call it a landslide Super Tuesday victory for a franchise in desperate need of a jolt. Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler were about everything the Mets could have wanted yesterday, providing a glimpse of the future while commanding the present. “Fans are going to enjoy watching these two young..." June 19

North Jersey "The simplest smudges upset him, so of course Matt Harvey found it hard to watch a seventh-inning dribbler shatter his no-hit bid Tuesday afternoon. But Lucas Duda, the team's new first baseman, was even more upset than Harvey. "I feel terrible about it," Duda said after the Mets beat the..." June 19

North Jersey "Listen hard enough and you could almost pick up the dog-whistle message after the Mets had finished sweeping the Braves on Tuesday: The suffering is over. Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler did more than offer a beta version of better times ahead. This was chicken soup for Flushing’s battered..." June 19

Newark Star-Ledger "Zack Wheeler’s first assignment upon joining the Mets was not on a baseball diamond. It was in the bowels of Turner Field Monday afternoon, one day before his major league debut, with the spotlight on him in a news conference. For the first time this season, the attention was drawn away from..." June 19

New York Post "Zack Wheeler will have the benefit of a home game for his major league debut. When the Mets’ top pitching prospect walks to the mound tonight for Game 2 of a doubleheader against the Braves, he only will have to peer behind the visitor’s dugout at Turner Field for affirmation he has arrived to..." June 18

North Jersey "If Ike Davis had been sent to the minor leagues last season by the Mets, he would have gotten off the plane in Buffalo, N.Y. That's where the team's Class AAA affiliate was in 2012. Davis, his .161 batting average an eyesore the Mets no longer wanted to view, was sent down to the minors last..." June 18

North Jersey "They spent parts of four years molding him into an outfielder, a 230-game process during which Lucas Duda rarely looked comfortable. But with Ike Davis struggling in the minors and their offense in desperate need of some punch, the Mets announced Monday they were putting at least a temporary end..." June 18

Newark Star-Ledger "The ball smashed off Jason Heyward’s black lumber onto home plate, trampolining into the humid Turner Field air. A collective gasp followed, indicating the crowd’s sense of the sequence’s possible history-changing outcome in the Mets’ 4-3 win in the matinee of a marquee doubleheader. Over to..." June 18

New York Daily News "Zack Wheeler does not want to be Matt Harvey. Nor does the Mets’ top pitching prospect want to be a savior. Wheeler admitted he just wants to get though his major-league debut without getting sick on the mound. “It is going to be a big moment in my life. There are probably gonna be some nerves..." June 18

Atlanta Journal-Constitution "After waiting more than 3-1/2 hours Monday night to start the game, then waiting around for 2-1/2 more hours to score, Freddie Freeman made sure all the waiting was worth it for the Braves. Freeman’s two-run, walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning lifted the Braves to 2-1 win over the..." June 18

New York Post "Sandy Alderson promised changes were coming, but mimicking the Bad News Bears wasn’t one of them. In the fifth inning of yesterday’s series finale at Citi Field against the Cubs, the Mets looked every bit like the lovable losers in the movie comedy. On one play, two throwing errors and three..." June 17

New York Post "For the Mets, it’s on to Super Tuesday with a smile. In a season of mistakes, the Mets hit their lowest point yesterday when they threw the ball away in the infield three times on one fifth-inning play, their version of the Buttfumble leading to two Cubs runs. Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ three-run..." June 17

New York Post "Carlos Torres, who was promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday night and arrived in New York at 9 a.m. yesterday, made his Mets debut. He relieved starter Jeremy Hefner in the sixth, pitching two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out one. “I had talked to my agent and..." June 17

North Jersey "Jordany Valdespin didn’t repeat his dubious feat of Saturday, when he overthrew Jon Niese for an error while trying to relay the ball to the pitcher after a Chicago hit. But that was about the only positive. Valdespin continued to struggle offensively Sunday against the Cubs, going 0-for-4 in..." June 17

Chicago Tribune "A loud crashing sound emanated from the Cubs' showers shortly after Carlos Marmol blew a three-run ninth-inning lead Sunday in a stunning 4-3 loss to the Mets. No matter who threw a large metal object that made enough noise to cause everyone in the clubhouse to turn their heads, it was obvious..." June 17

Boston Globe "Early this week, the Houston Astros will formulate a game plan as to how to approach their veteran assets. Teams are already calling about Bud Norris, a cheap ($3 million) solution to any contender’s rotation. Cheap in salary, but he won’t be cheap in acquisition cost. The Astros are willing..." June 17

Newark Star-Ledger "Daniel Murphy was selected in the 13th-round (394th overall) of the 2006 draft. He’s a third baseman by trade but debuted in the major as a left fielder. He later played first base before settling in at second the past two seasons. Now, Murphy is back at first with the demotion of Ike..." June 16

New York Post "For nearly nine innings, the Mets had come out on Father’s Day and put on a Little League display. They couldn’t field, couldn’t hit, couldn’t compete. Then Kirk Nieuwenhuis turned all that around, the same way he turned around Carlos Marmol’s fastball for a walk-off blast and a 4-3..." June 16

New York Post "After all of the talk and the tweets and the trouble, Jordany Valdespin is finally getting a chance to play. With Ike Davis demoted to the minors, Valdespin will have his shot at extended playing time, his shot to show whether he’s an everyday player or just an enigmatic prospect. So far, the..." June 15

Chicago Tribune "The Cubs earned their third straight win Saturday at Citi Field, with Scott Feldman going seven strong innings in a 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Feldman allowed one run on two hits, improving to 6-5. Feldman helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fourth, and then made a..." June 15

Chicago Tribune "The Cubs may have lost one of their best trading chips Friday when David DeJesus suffered a right shoulder sprain in a 6-3 victory over the Mets. Shortly after his three-run triple in the second inning gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead, DeJesus crashed into the wall while attempting to catch Juan..." June 15

North Jersey "Wally Backman’s candidness could cost him any chance he has of managing the Mets one day. The Class AAA manager’s boast that he will strengthen Ike Davis’ swing now that Davis is with him in Las Vegas reportedly annoyed people in the organization. So much so that Newsday, which reported the..." June 14

New York Post "Terry Collins is headed back to the All-Star Game. The Mets manager, along with Nationals manager Davey Johnson, was named yesterday to NL manager Bruce Bochy’s staff for the Midsummer Classic on July 16 at Citi Field. It will be Collins’ second straight All-Star coaching appearance; he was..." June 14

New York Post "Matt Harvey is still without a nickname, but “One and Done” might be appropriate for the Mets ace. That is, if Harvey dares surrender one run, his chances of winning the game are about done. So yesterday was just another day at the office for the stud right-hander, as he suffered his first loss..." June 14

New York Post "Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler have been mentioned in tandem as being the keys to the Mets’ future. Harvey has exceeded expectations in his 24 starts, showing he has the stuff to be an ace in Flushing for years to come. He has also set the bar really high for Wheeler, who is expected to make his..." June 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A duel between two potential All-Stars didn't disappoint as Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright and Mets crowd-pleaser Matt Harvey raced the rain with a crisp, quick and taut game at Citi Field. Wainwright (10-3) proved the victor — with a little help from his friends. Jon Jay had a catch at the..." June 14

MLB.com "Giants manager Bruce Bochy and Tigers skipper Jim Leyland announced their All-Star Game coaching staffs on Thursday, and there's a noticeable New York connection with each member of the group. Nationals manager Davey Johnson and Mets skipper Terry Collins will serve as Bochy's National League..." June 13

Newark Star-Ledger "There will be a time when Zack Wheeler’s promotion will bump out a member of the Mets’ starting rotation. The candidates are Dillon Gee, Wednesday’s starter, and Jeremy Hefner. But as the countdown to Wheeler’s long-awaited debut ticks on, Mets manager Terry Collins said Wednesday that a..." June 13

Newark Star-Ledger "The time will come when Zack Wheeler’s promotion, set for Tuesday, bumps a pitcher out of the Mets’ starting rotation. And, barring injury, there are currently two candidates to become a reliever at the top prospect’s expense. Dillon Gee, Wednesday’s starter, is one. Jeremy Hefner is the..." June 13

New York Post "It was just about 100 degrees in the afternoon sun at Cashman Field yesterday when Ike Davis took his first early batting practice as a minor leaguer since 2010. Such is the new reality for the first baseman, who was sent down to Triple-A Las Vegas by the Mets Sunday night. “It’s not a good..." June 12

New York Post "Josh Satin had Ike Davis’ old locker Tuesday. Daniel Murphy had Davis’ old position. And Jordany Valdespin had Murphy’s old position. Tuesday night, the Mets played their first game since Davis’ demotion to Triple-A, and the absence of the struggling first baseman meant the infield’s right side..." June 12

New York Post "Just demote the whole damn team to Las Vegas. Ike Davis or no Ike Davis, the Mets are a sorry sight and fading fast. But at least they’re finished losing to the Marlins. Last night it was the NL Central-leading Cardinals putting the hurt on this miserable bunch, scoring seven unearned runs..." June 12

North Jersey "No one knows a son’s swing like his father. And if Ike Davis ever needed help, it is now. So when Ron Davis’ desperately slumping son comes to Arizona next week with the Mets’ Class AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s, he will be there to throw him batting practice. He understands all too..." June 12

MLB.com "With Zack Wheeler's promotion from Triple-A Las Vegas less than a week away, manager Terry Collins is nailing down a plan on how to manage the rotation with another starter on the roster. Wheeler will pitch one game of the doubleheader in Atlanta on June 18. He'll be the 26th player on the..." June 12

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The struggles in the first inning Tuesday for rookie Michael Wacha were so uncharacteristic and the Mets’ responses to his changeup so unusual that teammates, including Adam Wainwright, left the dugout to dissect video of the inning for an explanation. They studied to see if Wacha was tipping..." June 12

New York Post "The Mets are hoping Ike Davis’ demotion solves his hitting woes. But, in the short term, there are many questions to answer. Here are four regarding his demotion: Davis’ plan is pretty simple. “I’m going to go down and work hard and figure out my swing,” Davis told The Post yesterday. He..." June 11

New York Post "The Mets couldn’t wait any longer. Being unable to win even one game on consecutive weekends against the majors’ worst team demanded action, so the Mets responded by doing the following Sunday: Removing three players who were failing in favor of three players who already had failed for them...." June 11

New York Post "All signs point to Zack Wheeler making one final Triple-A start Thursday before making his Mets debut next Tuesday in Atlanta. Despite some command problems in his previous outing, the right-hander believes he is prepared to take the next step. “Overall, I feel like I’m ready,” Wheeler said..." June 11

New York Post "Travis d’Arnaud is no longer wearing a boot on his broken left foot. The Mets’ catching prospect has been out since mid-April with the fracture, but was cleared last Monday to begin limited workouts. “I don’t know exactly what the plan is, but I’m not in the boot right now and I’m walking..." June 11

North Jersey "Daniel Murphy is one of Ike Davis’ closest friends on the Mets, and has been one of Davis’ staunchest supporters during his struggles at the plate this season and last season. He also apparently will be the struggling slugger’s replacement at first base, at least for the time being. One day..." June 11

Bergen Record "The decision to finally unplug Ike Davis was a painful one for the Mets, but that’s no excuse – it came a month too late. By the time he was on his way to Class AAA Las Vegas on Sunday, Davis was so broken it was no longer certain he’d ever be back. At least that was the implied threat from..." June 11

New York Post "With Matt Harvey’s lower-back tightness no longer an issue, both he and Mets manager Terry Collins declared yesterday the ace right-hander is set to start Thursday against the Cardinals. “Absolutely,” Harvey said. Said Collins, “He’ll make his next start. I think that’ll be fine.” Harvey..." June 10

New York Daily News "Ike Davis better hope what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas, because that is exactly where he is heading. It finally became too much for even the general manager to watch. With his team bumbling through two straight extra-inning losses to arguably the worst team in baseball, Sandy..." June 10

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Whether or not Adeiny Hechavarria's 10th-inning grounder to second would have resulted in a double play is speculative. The Marlins don't care. They'll gladly take the outcome. With runners on first and second and no outs, Daniel Murphy didn't position himself well enough to field the ball to..." June 10

New York Post "Shaun Marcum wasn’t supposed to pitch yesterday. He ended up throwing his longest outing of the year. Coming out of the bullpen, however, didn’t change his luck. Despite working eight efficient innings and throwing 105 pitches, the veteran right-hander absorbed another disappointing defeat..." June 09