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Mets legend and Hall of Famer Tom Seaver doesn't follow the team closely anymore, but was irritated when told of Noah Syndergaard's desire to throw harder. When Bill Madden of the NY Daily News told Seaver that Syndergaard's lat injury might have been caused by working out too much in an effort to increase his velocity, Seaver rolled his eyes. "What's with these guys and this obsession today with velocity?" he asked Madden. "How about just pitch! Learn how to pitch! Because eventually that velocity will be harder and harder to maintain on a consistent basis." Seaver then noted that the most important pitch for a pitcher is "strike one." "Let me tell you a story about velocity," Seaver said. "Late Continue to Article

May 28, 2017 10:00:am EST

New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes?experienced a setback in his first minor league rehab game Friday night and will be shut down until at least Tuesday, the Mets announced. Cespedes, who has been out since April 28 because of a left hamstring strain, felt soreness in his right quad while running the bases?for the Class A St. Lucie Mets, the team said. He finished 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored and was replaced after playing six innings in left field. In a statement released by the Mets after Friday's game, Cespedes said, "It was good to get back on the field today. It's been really hard being away from the team. I look forward to hopefully getting back to New York soon." Cespedes Continue to Article

May 28, 2017 12:35:am EST

Memorial Day typically is the first valid measuring stick for the direction of an MLB team's season. And let's just say the Mets will not be receiving rave reviews come Monday. Even with an 8-1 win on Friday in Pittsburgh behind a two-homer, four-RBI game from Neil Walker and Jacob deGrom becoming the first starting pitcher with the Mets to exceed seven innings this season, the team possesses an unsightly 20-26 record and has spotted the Nationals a 7½-game lead in the NL East. If you want the glass-half-full prognosis, Yoenis Cespedes began a rehab assignment on Friday with Class A St. Lucie, going 0-for-2 with a walk and playing six innings in left field, and Steven Matz and Seth Lugo make Continue to Article

May 27, 2017 7:11:pm EST

Memorial Day typically is the first valid measuring stick for the direction of an MLB team's season. And let's just say the Mets will not be receiving rave reviews come Monday. Even with an 8-1 win on Friday in Pittsburgh behind a two-homer, four-RBI game from Neil Walker and Jacob deGrom becoming the first starting pitcher with the Mets to exceed seven innings this season, the team possesses an unsightly 20-26 record and has spotted the Nationals a 7½-game lead in the NL East. If you want the glass-half-full prognosis, Yoenis Cespedes began a rehab assignment on Friday with Class A St. Lucie, going 0-for-2 with a walk and playing six innings in left field, and Steven Matz and Seth Lugo make Continue to Article

May 27, 2017 12:00:pm EST

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