David Lennon columns
A trade deadline sell-off would leave them with a skeleton-crew roster, meaning they realistically could lose 100 games for the first time since the infamous 1993 team.
The pitcher said he felt better on Sunday, though, as Mets hope to maximize the return in a trade.
On Aug. 1, when the '86 Mets gather once again, everyone will be reminded what the manager meant to the franchise.
Without the Yankees getting any advance notice, Wednesday's umpiring crew was told to deploy tighter enforcement of the pitch-timer rule.
The next three weeks feature matchups against seven contending teams.
The Yankees continue to show the same symptoms of their post-Aaron Judge offensive malaise, without any apparent remedies.
Our list starts with a Mets pitcher, and there's a couple more further down, too.
As Aaron Judge told the media on Friday, this week's latest round of imaging tests revealed his rib fracture isn't fully healed yet.
With no Judge or Ohtani in Philadelphia this week, Soto should have been the main attraction. Instead, the star seems hidden in an odd obscurity.
Before the Yankees' ace made it public he wasn't going to pitch in the All-Star Game, Blue Jays manager John Schneider went with his guy, Dylan Cease.
The Mets' Ryan Clifford is flexing some muscle at plate, while the Yankees' Ben Grable has impressed.
With Aaron Judge sidelined with a rib fracture, who is the frontrunner for AL MVP?
This week's performance against the Royals did little to move them off seller mode, but it may have dealt the front office larger chips as Aug. 3 approaches.
As for what the Mets can anticipate from Jorge Polanco the rest of the way, it's more about keeping him upright on a more permanent basis.
Who are the best and worst teams in MLB right now? Newsday's David Lennon tells us.
The Yankees' starting rotation has a high ceiling but also a scary trapdoor.
A stomach bug going around the clubhouse made matters worse as the Yankees were swept by the Tigers at Yankee Stadium.
Cam Schlitter allowed a career-high six runs on Tuesday night, including four homers, while Tarik Skubal was back to his dominant self.
Sure, slumps happen, but what Aaron Boone & Co. have to be vigilant about is not sabotaging themselves in other areas during these dips, which is what happened against the last-place Red Sox.
Gerrit Cole's first five starts were very good, but the last two show that his command isn't quite there yet.
Carlos Mendoza did a superb job covering for his new bosses, which is always part of the manager's job description in Flushing.
Their losing streak has hit five games and they are now 12 games below .500 for the first time this year.
The trade deadline isn't until Aug. 3, but Holmes may have already thrown his final pitch in New York.
Aaron Boone's homer in Game 7 of the 2023 ALCS prompted the firing of Grady Little and the hiring of Terry Francona as Red Sox manager.
Life only gets easier for the Yankees from here. Check out the road ahead.
NBA champions Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday night's game at Yankee Stadium.
The lefthander, a former Ward Melville star and first-round pick of the Mets, will start for the White Sox on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
Mets president of baseball operations will have all the intel he needs after the next 39 games.
The rookie was a triple short of the cycle as the club took the rubber game against MLB-best Atlanta.
The series with the Cardinals was a chance to prove they belonged in the wild-card race. Despite Thursday's win, they showed that long-term relevance is a long way off.
"For me, I'm all-in, trying to get back to those big moments," said Juan Soto, who attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals at MSG.
The catcher beat initial expectations for a return from knee surgery by more than two weeks. That's more than other injured Mets can say.
Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth as the Yankees earned an important win over the Red Sox without Aaron Judge.
The three-time MVP is likely out for two months and perhaps more with a stress fracture in the first rib near his right shoulder.
The Yankees announced late Thursday night that Aaron Judge will be out at least 4-6 weeks with a rib stress fracture
Consider the saber-rattling over the next six to eight months (if we're lucky) a necessary evil toward making sure baseball is played in 2027.
"We're the best team in baseball," Judge reminded his teammates over the weekend
The Yankees' first 12 batters reached base in the third and they sent 18 batters to the plate in the inning. Anthony Volpe almost batted three times!
For now, the Yankees have done a great job turning this positional group into one of the sport's most dangerous lineups.
Any of these marquee names should be considered a difference-maker, but not all are performing that way.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run shot and Ben Rice smashed his 17th homer.
Similar to 2024, the Mets had a 22-31 record after 53 games. However, that's where the similarities end.
Former Ward Melville star Steven Matz, who is 4-1 with a 3.70 ERA this season, said: "I believe that I still have more left in the tank."
Aaron Judge's walk-off homer was his first HR and RBI since May 10 and gave the Yankees their first win over the Rays this season.
Dollar-for-dollar, nobody does it better than tiny-market Tampa Bay (33-15), a franchise that wears its frugality like a badge of honor.
Gerrit Cole knows what it takes to be a reliable, consistent No. 1 pitcher, and he's convinced that Cam Schlittler is no fluke.
David Bednar bounced back on Monday, but Austin Wells has not been contributing as expected.
After a disastrous April, they are 10-5 in May after taking 2 of 3 from the Yankees in an improbable Subway Series at Citi Field.
Bobby Valentine, who led the team to the World Series in 2000, will be inducted into the Mets' Hall of Fame on May 30.
Ben Rice is basically doing Juan Soto-type stuff better than Soto himself this season, at a tiny fraction of the cost ($845,000).
The Mets proved to be little more than a speed bump Friday night for what is fast developing into a potential Cy Young Award season for Cam Schlittler.
