With only a few days left before the trade deadline, and the team continuing to hover around .500, the Mets finally pulled the gun today and reportedly agreed in principal to trade All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran to the San Francisco Giants for right-handed pitcher Zack Wheeler. more ›

The Mets stunned the defending champion San Francisco Giants with a three-run ninth to take the opener of their series 5-2. Anthony Pagan's two-run homer had given New York a 2-1 lead in the 5th, but the Giants tied things up in the 6th off of R.A. Dickey and that's where things remained until the 9th. Scott Hairston led off with a home run off of Brian Wilson to give New York the lead. An error allowed Pagan to reach second base and Carlos Beltran singled him home for a two-run lead. Beltran advanced to second on a single and scored when Nick Evans hit a two-out single to center. That gave New York a three-run lead and K-Rod pitched a perfect 9th for his 23rd save of the season. more ›

The Yankees have torn through the interleague portion of their schedule so far, compiling an 11-4 record so far. Thursday, they completed a sweep of the Brewers with a 5-0 win. CC Sabathia dominated the Brewers, striking out 13 while allowing only six hits and two walks. Robinson Cano gave CC all the run support he would need with a two-run double in the first. Mark Teixeira hit his 25th homer of the year and Francisco Cervelli went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI's. more ›

The Mets hit two grand slams on their way to a 14-3 pasting of the Tigers. Daniel Murphy and Angel Pagan hit back-to-back doubles in the first to give New York a 2-0 lead. New York blew the game open with a 7-run fourth, highlighted by Jason Bay's grand slam. An inning later, Carlos Beltran matched him with his own grand slam to put the Mets up 13-0. Jose Reyes finished the night 4-for-4 with a double and a triple. R.A. Dickey pitched seven innings of three-run ball to earn his fourth win of the year. more ›

Old Timer's Day at Yankee Stadium is always a special occasion, but Sunday's affair seemed bigger than usual, in part because Joe Torre and Bernie Williams came back for their first Old Timer's Day. Yogi closed the introductions as usual and plenty of former stars highlighted the festivities. On the field, the Yankees overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat Colorado 6-4. Jorge Posada and Nick Swisher went deep and Mariano Rivera, who begged Michael Kay to introduce him as an old timer, showed he still has time on his side by striking out the side to earn his 20th save. more ›

Yankees 4 Chicago 3: A brutal collision at home proved to be a crucial element of the Yankees victory. After the Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the 6th on Curtis Granderson's sac-fly RBI, the Yankees' defense almost gave away the lead before standing tall. AJ Burnett hit a batter and then Eduardo Nunez and Robinson Cano made errors to load the bases with one out. Geovany Soto lined a pitch that Brett Gardner caught and Gardner's throw home beat Carlos Pena to the plate. Pena tried to obliterated Russell Martin, but Martin managed to hang onto the ball, showing it to both Pena and the umpire. The Yankees held on for the rest of the game with Mariano Rivera earning his 17th save. more ›

Cubs 3 Yankees 1: Freddy Garcia struggled early, but he settled down to give the Yankees seven solid innings. The problem was, the bats couldn't get anything going. Doug Davis stymied the New York office, allowing only three hits over seven-plus innings and the Yankees dropped the opened of their six-game road trip. more ›

Mets 9 Pittsburgh 8: For the first few innings it looked as if Terry Collins' tirade had fallen on deaf ears. Mike Pelfrey was awful, allowing seven runs and the bats had only managed one hit. The Citi Field crowd had already started to voice their displeasure, but the Mets changed everything with a great rally. more ›

Yankees 7 Toronto 3: The Yankees signed Andruw Jones to make occasional starts against left handed pitchers and provide some offensive punch against them. Wednesday he did his job perfectly. Jones launched two home runs, part of a 3-for-3 day and drove in 4 runs as the Yankees cruised to an easy win in the final game of the homestand. Freddy Garcia was the beneficiary of the offense as he won his third game of the year and Mariano Rivera appeared in his 1,000th game. more ›

While the Madoff lawsuit has dominated the headlines and overshadowed the Mets this winter, there is still a team to be constructed and a 162-game season to be played. Given the glare of the Wilpons financial woes, how are new GM Sandy Alderson and new manager Terry Collins doing with that task? more ›

The Yankees decided to win in 10 innings against the Red Sox (the magic number for a playoff spot is 1), the Jets defeated Miami 31-23 in an exciting, sloppy game, the Giants had two turnovers at the goal line in their 29-13 loss to Tennessee, and the Mets pounded Cole Hamels to win 7-3 over the Phillies. more ›

There's still almost a month left in the baseball season, but the Mets are in fourth place in their division, two games below .500, and have essentially given up on another mediocre year. They've tacitly acknowledged they are out of contention for the playoffs by giving away Jeff Francoeur and Rod Barajas; in addition, Jason Bay, Johan Santana and Jose Reyes are all injured, and average home game attendance has dropped by nearly 5,000 people this season. For a while, it seemed like the K-Rod scuffle would be the quintessential metaphor for the teams' season, but now another off-the-field incident has captured the enraged minds of sportswriters everywhere. more ›

The Yankees beat Tampa Bay 5-4, even though they only managed six hits and drew only one walk. Robinson Cano hit the go-ahead home run in the 9th, while Mariano Rivera recorded his 22nd save of the season. The Mets bested Arizona 5-4 as well, with Carlos Beltran hitting a sacrifice fly to win the game after Bobby Parnell blew it. more ›

With a 2-1/2 hour rain delay, Curtis Granderson had his best game as a Yankee, hitting two homers, stealing a base and scoring three runs in the Bombers' 12-6 win over the Royals. The Mets fell once again, losing 1-0 to the Dodgers. more ›

Phil Hughes in 2010 on the road- almost perfect. Phil Hughes in 2010 at home- ugh. Unfortunately for Hughes and the Yankees, Tuesday’s game was at home and the results were to be expected. Hughes got shelled and the Yankees couldn’t get anything going off of Sean O’Sullivan. more ›

It may be 2010, but the Mets have not left the medical miseries of 2009 behind in the old year. Carlos Beltran underwent surgery on his right knee in Colorado last night, apparently without the team’s permission. The prognosis for Beltran is that he may miss up to 12 weeks rehabbing from the surgery. That puts Opening Day in jeopardy, but also raises some important questions. How did it take this long to get Beltran the procedure he needed when he was placed on the DL seven months ago? And, if Beltran did indeed go ahead with the procedure without the Mets’ doctors permission, what does that tell you about the players’ faith in the Mets’ medical staff? more ›

Mets 6 St. Louis 4: Off the field, the Mets lost Carlos Beltran to the DL. On the field, they looked just fine, getting a huge start from Tim Redding and getting the big hits when they needed them. Redding pitched seven innings that set the team up for the win, but Brian Stokes deserves credit for coming into the eighth inning and getting the dangerous Albert Pujols to ground into a double play. Omir Santos got four hits and Alex Cora added two RBI’s. F-Rod pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th save. more ›

Yankees 15 Mets 0: Johan Santana had the worst start of his career, giving up nine earned runs and the Yankees pounded their way to a Subway Series win. While the game ended in a blowout, it was the bottom of the second and the top of the third that proved critical. In their half of the second, the Yankees scored four times, all with two outs to jump out to an early lead. The Mets loaded the bases with no outs in the third, but failed to score when Alex Cora was called out on a bad call, Fernando Martinez struck out and Carlos Beltran hit a liner to short. more ›

• Mets 6, Phillies 5: Who says Citi Field suppresses home runs? Ryan Church, Carlos Beltran and David Wright all went yard as the Mets overcame a shaky start by Johan Santana, who allowed four Philadelphia home runs. Santana, who squandered a 3-0 lead, helped himself with a game-tying double in the sixth, and Alex Cora drove in the go-ahead run. Francisco Rodriguez worked around a Jimmy Rollins single in the ninth to get his 16th save in 16 chances. He then pointed to the sky three times -- once for each out he got? The Mets trail the Phillies by two games in the National League East.

Start with the offense. The loss of Carlos Delgado was huge and it exposed a mediocre squad. Beltran and Wright are having great years, Gary Sheffield has been a nice addition, but everyone else disappointed this year. Jose Reyes was having a bad year before he got hurt. Daniel Murphy looks like a player who played only one game in AAA before coming to the majors. Luis Castillo is Luis Castillo. There are too many dead spots in the lineup. And don’t blame the ballpark, the Mets actually hit better at Citi Field than on the road. more ›

After two straight losses to the Pirates, anything's possible. An SNY associate producer was sent home and put in isolation with what could be a case of swine flu. Carlos Beltran missed his third straight game and stayed at the hotel with what was called a stomach virus but is now being considered something more serious. Associate producer Dan Barr drove back from Pittsburgh after doctors told him not to fly on a commercial flight. "We've been told it's not a type of illness that's transmitted through the air," assistant general manager John Ricco said. "It's something that's more droplets, shaking hands or sneezing. So we're not too worried." He's right, the Mets shake hands or produce "droplets" of spittle. Rizzo went on to say that the symptoms are not consistent with what Beltran and starting pitcher John Maine have shown. Maine, looking on the bright side said, "I'm going to go out with a winning record." more ›

• Yankees 3 Minnesota 2 (10 innings): The Twins must be getting tired of seeing the same thing everyday. For the third-straight time the Yankees won the game in their last at bat. This time the hero was Johnny Damon who lofted a 3-2 pitch into the rightfield stands for the win. Damon’s heroics capped a comeback by New York. Down 2-0, the heroes of Friday and Saturday got the game tied when A-Rod homered and Melky added a RBI . In the 8th, both teams turned outstanding defensive plays to keep the game tied. Mark Teixeira made a great throw at home to nail a runner and Joe Mauer made a superb lunge to the plate to nail Brett Gardner. Alfredo Aceves pitched an inning of relief to earn his second win of the year.

• Yankees 8 Toronto 2: New York had a great night at the plate, despite missing four starters from their Opening Day lineup. Brett Gardner had a triple and a home run while driving in three runs. Mark Teixeira had two hits and two RBI’s and Johnny Damon continued his hot hitting with two more hits. All of the runs supported Andy Pettitte, who pitched six innings of up and down baseball. Pettitte only allowed two runs, but he walked four batters and gave up five hits. If Toronto had been able to get a clutch hit, this would have been a very different game. But, they didn’t and now the Yankees have a chance to climb back to .500 tomorrow.
• Atlanta 8 Mets 7 (12 innings): Should Jose Reyes have been running? Absolutely, but his play isn’t the only reason they lost. Down by a run, Reyes led off the 11th with a shot to left field that he thought was out of the park. But, the ball stayed in and Reyes’ lack of hustle left him on second, when he probably should have been on third. Still, the Mets got him to third with one out and had two chances to tie the game. But, Carlos Beltran took three-straight strikes for the second out and Gary Sheffield was called out on strikes to end the game.

• Mets 4, Braves 3: Down 3-0 entering the eighth and 3-2 entering the ninth, the Mets didn't give up. Jose Reyes doubled home two in the eighth -- he got thrown out trying to make it a triple -- and then scored the winning run in the tenth. The Mets benefited from a missed call in the ninth that let Carlos Beltran steal third -- he was out -- and then score on a Luis Castillo sacrifice fly. Beltran walked in the winning run in the 10th, capping a rally that started with two out and no one on.

• Mets 7 Philadelphia 5: Things got a bit dicey, but the Mets got the sweep in an abbreviated series. Beltran, Wright and Reyes all homered and Pelfrey pitched seven solid. They are over .500 and on a four-game winning streak. The Mets are only a ½ game back of the division lead and with Pittsburgh in this weekend, they have an excellent chance to move into first.

• Mets 6 Atlanta 4: Baseball gives you 162 different days to shine and while Carlos Beltran had a tough Saturday, he had a great Monday. Beltran smacked two homers to lead the Mets out of a 3-0 hole to victory. David Wright hit a homer as well and added a hit. John Maine was shaky, walking six, but thanks to the New York offense he earned the win.

Green wasn’t the worst Mets’ pitcher as Oliver Perez was terrible again, walking 6 in just over two innings of work. With his ERA sitting almost at 10, it is time to take a page from the Yankees’ playbook and get Perez on the DL so he can work out his problems in the minors. more ›

• Red Sox 16, Yankees 11: Just a reminder that no lead is safe at Fenway Park. The Yankees led by 6-0 and 10-9 and still lost this one. A.J. Burnett could not hold the early cushion, allowing eight runs in five innings. Ex-Yankees farmhand Mike Lowell also had a big three-run homer. This game went back and forth long after Burnett left. Not even Robinson Cano's two homers were not enough. Boston won for the second straight night, and the Yankees try to avoid the sweep on Sunday night on ESPN. Andy Pettitte will be charged with that task. He'll face Justin Masterson.
• Mets 8, Nationals 2: This game was anticlimactic. A dropped fly ball in the first inning all but sealed Washington's fate. Mike Pelfrey got a solid start under his belt after skipping his turn due to forearm tendinitis, and Carlos Beltran, who went 3-for-5, continued his hot hitting and is now batting .415 on the season. Does beating the lowly 3-13 Nationals count? It certainly did for the Marlins, who lead the National League East with an 11-6 record and are 6-0 against Washington. Oliver Perez takes on top prospect Jordan Zimmerman in Sunday's series finale.

The Mets have squandered a chance at the postseason in consecutive Septembers. The 2007 version capped a massive collapse. The 2008 version capped a generally disappointing and underachieving season. more ›