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CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: The Mets' seven-game trip to St. Louis and Chicago comes to a close this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Dillon Gee (2-5, 6.13 ERA) opposes Cubs left-hander Travis Wood (4-2, 2.03) in the 2:20 p.m. ET rubber game. Terry Coll...

A quick check on the Jets: 1. Double trouble: John Idzik has a solid plan for rebuilding the Jets, but the plan isn't foolproof, as we now know. The new GM endured an Ike Davis kind of week, as he apparently has swung and missed on his first two f...

CHICAGO -- Ike Davis and Sandy Alderson met Saturday, and the GM told Davis a demotion is not imminent, both men said. Davis said he did not get a specific time period during which things must improve in order to avoid being shipped to Triple-A La...

WHAT IT MEANS: Talk about a letdown. The Mets are now 0-9 this season in the game after Matt Harvey starts. Jeremy Hefner departed after surrendering four runs in the fourth inning and remained winless in 2013 as the Chicago Cubs beat the Mets, 8-...

CHICAGO -- Here are the lineups for the Mets' 1:05 p.m. ET game Saturday against the Chicago Cubs. Mets Mike Baxter, rf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Lucas Duda, lf John Buck, c Rick Ankiel, cf Ruben Tejada, ss Jeremy...

Seth Wenig/Associated Press Ike Davis is in danger of a demotion within five days or so if he does not start producing. CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: For the first time since May 1-2, the Mets have a two-game winning streak. Jeremy Hefner (0-4, 4.61 E...

Steve Moore/Associated Press Ike Davis is in serious danger of a demotion. CHICAGO -- Although Ike Davis snapped an 0-for-24 skid Friday in a 3-2 win against the Chicago Cubs, the internal discussion about potentially demoting the first baseman...

WHAT IT MEANS: Starter Matt Harvey drove in his own damn run. With the Mets torn between desperately needing a run and also not wanting to pull their ace for a weak and undependable bullpen, manager Terry Collins allowed Harvey to hit with two out...

CHICAGO -- What's next if Ike Davis continues to flop after being reinstalled as the cleanup hitter? Terry Collins said he hopes the discussion does not come to it, but a strong possibility would be platooning at first base as well as flipping lin...

CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey Day has arrived. Seth Wenig/Associated Press Matt Harvey pitches at Wrigley Field this afternoon. Harvey, who has suffered four straight no-decisions despite producing a 1.98 ERA during that span, ...

ST. LOUIS -- Terry Collins plans to stick with Ike Davis in the cleanup spot through the weekend, or at least until the Mets face left-hander Travis Wood on Sunday. That commitment comes despite Davis going 0-for-5 with four strikeouts Thursday, i...

WHAT IT MEANS: They'll frustrate you even when they win, but it beats the alternative. Daniel Murphy reached base all five plate appearances and twice scored on David Wright hits and Jonathon Niese rebounded from a pair of dismal starts as the Met...

The Mets may not do many things well, but you'd be hard-pressed to find an organization that does a better job of getting caught up in asinine controversies. The latest involves Jordany Valdespin getting hit by a pitch and manager Terry Collins snipi...

WHAT IT MEANS: Oops, they did it again. Inheriting runners on the corners from Shaun Marcum with two outs in the seventh inning and the score tied, Scott Rice tossed a wild pitch that allowed Daniel Descalso to race home from third with the go-ahe...

ST. LOUIS -- Here are the lineups for the Mets' 8:15 p.m. ET game Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Mets Mike Baxter, rf Daniel Murphy, 2n David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Lucas Duda, lf John Buck, c Rick Ankiel, cf...

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses his midseason hitter rankings and why he's high on Dee Gordon.