The first half of the 2026 season came to a close on Sunday afternoon, and it was a major disaster for the New York Mets. The Mets enter the All-Star break at a woeful 40-57, as they watched their season be done before the end of June.
Dakota Hawkins had a truly perfect start for the Brooklyn Cyclones in his latest outing, allowing no baserunners in six innings while striking out five.
There is no real sign the Mets will complete a stunning turnaround over the next couple of months.
How many of the active MLB players to rack up at least 500 extra base hits in their career can you name in five minutes?
The New York Mets must have already felt so embarrassed after the 2025 season considering how they sputtered towards the end of it, leading to them missing the postseason entirely.
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
The New York Mets might be pulling the plug on the Freddy Peralta experiment after just six months. The Mets are “likely” to trade away their star pitcher Peralta, Steve Phillips of MLB Network reported Monday in an appearance on The New York Post’s baseball podcast “The Show.” Peralta is expected to be sent elsewhere ahead of the Aug.
There’s a sad reality for the Mets entering the second half of the season: October baseball won’t be played in Queens for a second consecutive season.
The New York Mets contain a generational hitter. Juan Soto isn’t just a power-hitting outfielder with a clutch gene; he has the eyes of a hawk and the ability to get on base in every single at-bat/matchup.
Nate Isler was born in Charlottesville, Virginia but the family settled down in Milton, Georgia and the right-hander grew up there. He attended Cambridge High School and playing against fellow 2026 Mets draftee and fellow right-handed pitcher Luke McNeillie during Milton High School versus Cambridge High School rivalry games.
The Mets hit the MLB All-Star Break 17 games below .500 for the first time since 1995, which can best be described as a collective failure for the entire organization.
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On their way to a series sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, the Mets squandered a beautiful outing from Zach Thornton. The rookie out of Grand Canyon has made three starts this year, none of them in consecutive turns through the rotation, and each of them more impressive than the last.
Just when it seems things can't get worse for the New York Mets, they do.
New York Mets second baseman Marcus Semien took the next step toward returning from a left hip flexor strain by beginning a minor league rehab assignment Sunday.
To say that nothing has gone right for the New York Mets this season would be quite the understatement. The team sits 16 games under .500 and owns the fourth-worst record in all of baseball.
New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette is starting to turn his season around. Bichette arrived in Queens this past offseason, signing a massive three-year, $126 million contract back in January that includes a player option for both the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
The Mets released Alex Carrillo and outrighted Guillo Zuniga to Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday, according to the team’s official transactions log. The two right-handers each cleared waivers after being designated for assignment on Tuesday, and Zuniga was retained as minor league depth while Carrillo was cut loose.
The New York Mets placed infielder Mark Vientos on the 10-day injured list on Friday because of a fractured right hand, which will not require surgery but keep him sidelined six to eight weeks.
Freddy Peralta and a handful of relievers figure to be the biggest focus of the Mets’ forthcoming sale. Peralta seems a near-lock to be moved before the August 3 trade deadline, while the team should field interest on the likes of A.J.
Two seasons ago seems like a lifetime ago for Mark Vientos of the New York Mets.
Whether or not the New York Mets will attempt to acquire a younger prospect or two for infielder Bo Bichette before the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline will be a big question hovering over the club.
Will the Mets trade Lindor?
The season of torture for New York Mets fans continued Tuesday, with the team snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Mets entered the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., with a five-run lead, but that evaporated completely before the frame even ended.
A well-known insider addressed a recent report that the Mets will look to trade Lindor this summer.
The 2026 season has been one to forget in many ways for the New York Mets, and that only continued in Tuesday's 16-12 loss to the Kansas City Royals.
Even if he's not yet a household name, Tyler Tolbert has already etched his name in MLB history.
Bichette endured a rough start to his Mets tenure, and he acknowledged in May that making the transition to New York was tougher than he had expected.
Barring what would be a shocking development, a Mets team that began Tuesday holding a record of 38-53 will sell multiple contributors not locked down via multiyear contracts before the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline arrives.
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