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FIRST PITCH: The Mets spend an off-day today in frigid Minnesota before beginning a weekend interleague series against the Twins. Thursday's news reports: • Jeremy Hefner surrendered two homers in a five-run first and the Mets lost to the ...

PHILADELPHIA FIRST PITCH: The Mets send Jeremy Hefner to the mound on Wednesday night in a rubber game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Hefner opposes right-hander Kyle Kendrick. Wednesday's news reports: • Dillo...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets made a flurry of moves as they prepared to depart Port St. Lucie for a trip across the state to Sarasota to face the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. • Non-roster left-hander Scott Rice beat out Robert Carson as...

Adam Rubin Third Eye Blind performs after a Mets-Nats game in D.C. last season. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets have announced four postgame Citi Field concerts for the 2013 season: • Foreigner, June 14, Chicago Cubs • Nas, July 19...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Terry Collins said Jenrry Mejia will land in the U.S. on Friday morning and should be at the complex midday now that his visa issue is resolved. • Collins plans to get Lucas Duda plenty of at-bats early in Grapefruit L...

Adam Rubin Terry Collins offered his state-of-the-team address Tuesday afternoon at Tradition Field. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Terry Collins gave his state-of-the-Mets press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Here are the highlights: • Pedro Fe...

Sandy Alderson and his deputies addressed season-ticket holders on Wednesday night at Citi Field. Here's a summary from those who tweeted from the event, including @JLeopold516, @berkson0 and @michebag22: • Alderson insisted the lack of spend...

On a conference call with New York reporters, R.A. Dickey offered insights into his final days as a Met ... • On last Tuesday's Christmas party at Citi Field, when he made pointed comments about the status of negotiations, Dickey said: "At th...

Here's a summary of the topics covered on conference calls by Sandy Alderson and Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos: • Toronto approached Mets at the GM meetings in early November about Dickey, but there was no substantive trade discussion until a...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After arriving at the winter meetings, GM Sandy Alderson offered an overview to beat writers of the Mets' agenda going forward. Much of the talk centered on R.A. Dickey. The primary points: • The Mets will talk to teams...

Sandy Alderson, speaking at the GM Meetings in Indian Wells, Calif., on Thursday, offered insights and one-liners about the state of the Mets. Here's a partial transcript, provided by ESPNNewYork.com colleague Wallace Matthews. • On David Wri...

Speaking at the GM Meetings in Indians Wells, Calif., assistant GM John Ricco addressed the Jason Bay buyout, any progress in talks with David Wright and R.A. Dickey as well as Scott Hairston's free-agent status: • Ricco said the Mets initiat...

ESPN's Mike Veneziano offers this analysis of Citi Field's revised dimensions ... • Of the 155 home runs hit at Citi Field this season, 45 were aided by the new dimensions -- about one every other game. The Mets had 21. Opponents 24. The J...

ATLANTA -- In an exclusive interview with ESPNNewYork.com, David Wright indicated he is unsure what his future holds. Here are additional comments ... • Wright recently had described himself as "extremely optimistic" about his future with ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scott Hairston hit a game-tying homer in the eighth, then a go-ahead homer in the 10th and the Mets narrowly held on to beat the Giants, 8-7, Monday night at AT&T Park. Tuesday's news reports: • Hairston remains a Met ...

Three days until the Mets resume game action Friday in Atlanta ... Tuesday's news reports: • San Francisco's Matt Cain was announced as the NL's starting pitcher for tonight's All-Star Game by skipper Tony La Russa, not R.A. Dickey. Instea...