Baseball gods owed Buck Showalter this charmed 2022 season
Early in the public portion of his Citi Field workday — the pregame press conference — Buck Showalter brought up the fickle forces of fate....
Durability has Mets’ Brandon Nimmo taking game to ‘another level’
Buck Showalter had no previous history with Brandon Nimmo before coming to the Mets this season, other than to know that durability has been an...
Buck Showalter ‘anxious’ to see Jacob deGrom’s return to Citi Field
For the first time in 396 days, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” will play over the speakers at Citi Field as Jacob deGrom takes the mound...
Mets piling up wins by playing old-school gritty baseball
You’re telling me that Buck Showalter couldn’t get back into a major league dugout for three years because teams’ owners and new-age front office personnel...
Mets’ Edwin Diaz didn’t need music in dominant two-inning save
Edwin Diaz’s music wasn’t playing as he jogged in from the bullpen, so he hummed “Narco,” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet, to himself. Nothing can...
Brandon Nimmo says Mets want him to stay long term
MIAMI — Brandon Nimmo doesn’t know what this winter will bring, but he has come to realize he is appreciated by the Mets. During the...
Jacob deGrom’s return to Mets’ rotation coming into focus
MIAMI — Jacob deGrom remains on track to pitch for the Mets in the coming days, but Buck Showalter still hasn’t officially placed the right-hander...
Mets, Yankees treating New York to baseball summer it richly deserves
Strike 3 was a 93 mph slider, the kind of pitch that would have made even Rogers Hornsby ponder life on the farm. Gleyber Torres...
Top 10 Yankees, Mets who have made first portion of NY baseball season so special
It’s past deadline to call these the halfway awards, and in the newspaper biz we take deadlines rather seriously. So we will simply call these...
Mets’ Jacob deGrom set to throw simulated game before rotation return
CHICAGO — Jacob deGrom’s potential final buildup before rejoining the Mets is scheduled for Tuesday. The Mets ace will throw a simulated game in Port...
Mets grind out two extra-inning wins to sweep Cubs
CHICAGO — The Mets worked extra, extra hard Saturday and were rewarded for those long hours with a doubleheader sweep at Wrigley Field. Pete Alonso...
Mets’ Jacob deGrom set to make second rehab start
Jacob deGrom will take another step toward Citi Field on Friday night in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Mets’ two-time Cy Young award winner, who is...
Mets’ bats wake up for thrilling extra-inning win over Reds
CINCINNATI — Embarrassment lurked, and the Mets responded. On the verge of returning home with a series loss to the woeful Reds, manager Buck Showalter’s...
Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer Mets returns can’t come soon enough
The Mets have done a remarkable job of surviving for 75 games. They played terrific ball right out of the chute, and they were enabled...
Max Scherzer’s return timeline question facing Mets now
The baseball gods have given Mets fans Steve Cohen, and Buck Showalter, and M-V-Pete Alonso, and a professional outfit that has been taught how to...