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USA TODAY Sports The Mets are due to face (l to r) Mike Minor, Julio Teheran and Tim Hudson this weekend. METS (11-15, fourth place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (17-10*, first place/NL East) Friday: RHP Shaun Marcum (0-2, 7.94) vs. LHP Mike Minor...

WHAT IT MEANS: The Mets are locked into a fourth-place finish in the NL East for the fourth straight season after losing to the Atlanta Braves, 2-0, Saturday night at Turner Field. Chris Young, a free-agent-to-be, surrendered two runs in six innin...

US Presswire Vernon Wells, Juan Uribe and Chone Figgins (l to r) are among the bloated contracts around Major League Baseball. The Mets' first task this offseason regarding Jason Bay, and for that matter Johan Santana, likely should be to see if an...

WHAT IT MEANS: Chipper Jones' final visit to Flushing as a player is in the books. It ended with a standing ovation, then a Braves sweep. Brian McCann's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 10th against Bobby Parnell scored the decisive run as Atlant...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: The Mets lost. And fans had to wait through a 75-minute rain delay to watch the unsightly resolution -- an 11-3 defeat against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Jeremy Hefner was c...

Chipper Jones went hitless and committed an error in the first game of his final series in Flushing, but Jon Niese received no run support and the Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves, 3-0, Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets send Jeremy Hefner (2-5, ...

Jonathon Niese #49 SP New York Mets 2012 STATS GM27 W10 L9 BB42 K140 ERA3.47 WHAT IT MEANS: Jason Heyward's solo homer in the fourth was the only damage surrendered by Jon Niese in six innings, but the Mets offered no support at the plat...

Matt Harvey surrendered a two-run homer to Jason Heyward in the first inning, Josh Edgin surrendered a two-run homer to Dan Uggla in the eighth, and Paul Maholm tossed a three-hit shutout as the Braves beat the Mets, 4-0, Friday night at Citi Field. ...

WHAT IT MEANS: Matt Harvey surrendered a two-run homer to Jason Heyward in the first inning and walked five batters during his outing, but the rookie rallied to retire the final nine batters he faced in his first home start. Matt Harvey #33...

WHAT IT MEANS: Chris Young had his shortest outing as a Met and Miguel Batista struggled too, which undoubtedly will intensify calls for Matt Harvey's promotion. The Mets stumbled in the second-half opener and ultimately lost in Atlanta, 7-5. The ...

Getty Images/Associated Press The Mets face (l to r) Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson and Ben Sheets during a weekend series at Turner Field. METS (46-40, third place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (46-39, second place/NL East) Friday: RHP Chris Young (2-2...

WHAT IT MEANS: David Wright achieved a career milestone while R.A. Dickey had one snapped as the Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves, 14-6, Wednesday afternoon at soggy Turner Field. The Mets finished their road trip to Philly and Atlanta at 3-3. They...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: Johan Santana's feel-good comeback hit a speed bump. Santana, hampered by two errors behind him, had the shortest start of his career, recording only four outs. FALSE STARTS Johan Santana had th...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: Maybe Ike Davis' season-opening funk is behind him. After an intentional walk to David Wright put runners on the corners with the score tied and two out in the sixth, Tommy Hanson threw five straight cu...

In his first game since signing a contract that guarantees him $25.5 million over five seasons, Jon Niese took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning Sunday, when he walked leadoff batter Dan Uggla, then surrendered a single to Freddie Freeman. So make...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: Johan Santana is back. And the Mets again were winners on Opening Day, improving their MLB-best mark to 33-18 in season openers, thanks to an RBI single from David Wright and clutch relief from Tim Byrdak ...