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Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes (hamstring) went 0-for-2 in his first rehab outing with the Single-A St. Lucie Mets on Friday evening. "It was good to get back on the field today," Cespedes said. "It's been really hard being away from the team. I look forward to hopefully getting back to New York soon." Cespedes began a running program last Monday and hit in the three hole in his first game action since the end of April. "He feels he's getting better," Collins said last week, according to Newsday's Anthony Rieber. "He told me today that the leg's really feeling a lot better. I think everything's on the upswing. He had a big smile on his face. He's glad to be back. I just said, 'Look, when you get started, Continue to Article

May 27, 2017 9:16:am EST

By his own admission, Neil Walker's homecoming to Pittsburgh a year ago was a bit of a headache. The New York Mets second baseman knew what to expect this time around. Walker homered twice to the seats in right field, Jacob deGrom came within two outs of his second career complete game and the Mets had little trouble with the Pirates in an 8-1 victory on Friday night. Continue to Article

May 26, 2017 11:16:pm EST

Mets GM Sandy Alderson has started to meet with the team's medical staff each day, he said on Friday at Citi Field. "We haven't reached any significant conclusions but we have changed some of our practices," Alderson said about potential changes to the Mets' protocol when it comes to handling injuries.  Alderson has been investigating ways to help facilitate the flow of information between his coaching staff, trainers, and medical departments, he recently told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick, who penned a terrific article earlier this week specifically about Alderson's staff, protocols, and team injuries. According to Crasnick, the Orioles, Yankees, Nationals, Astros and Pirates have all overhauled Continue to Article

May 26, 2017 4:00:pm EST

The Mets have promoted RHP Tyler Pill to the big-league roster and sent RHP Rafael Montero back to Triple-A to Las Vegas, the team announced prior to Friday's game. To make room on the 40-man roster for Pill, who wear No. 56 and be available for Friday's game, RHP Seth Lugo was moved to the 60-Day Disabled List. Pill, who turns 27 on Monday, was 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA in nine combined starts between Triple-A and Double-A this season. He allowed 51 hits, issued 15 walks and struck out 26 batters.RHP Tyler Pill during Mets spring training 2015 (Photo: Adam Rubin, Twitter) Pill, who turns 27 on Monday, is in his fourth consecutive season appearing at the Triple-A level for the Mets. He had a 7.00 ERA Continue to Article

May 26, 2017 11:05:am EST

The Mets were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position Thursday night and managed to score only three runs against the last-place Padres and Dinelson Lamet, who was making his big-league debut. Lamet allowed just one run and three hits in five innings, while racking up eight strikeouts in his debut, including three against Michael Conforto. "It's definitely frustrating," Conforto said after the game about the team's production. The Mets put two men on base with no outs in both the fifth and sixth inning, but were unable to score in either frame. "We had a number of guys on base, but similar to [Wednesday] night in the ninth inning we just couldn't get a hit," Terry Collins later added... Matthew Continue to Article

May 26, 2017 10:30:am EST