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FIRST PITCH: Forget Ike Davis' struggles for a second. Forget even the payroll constraints, which is asking a lot to look past. Here's one question that rarely gets asked: Where are the Moneyball players with the Mets? And by that I mean: Why h...

This was a grim series, with little good to report from a three-game sweep, but a few topics caught our attention. Ike's slump Ike Davis' slump continued both at bat and in the field, as he went 0-for-8 in the series, was called for obstruction, ...

The afternoon tilt between the Reds and Mets at Citi Field would have been just another mid-May game between a good team and a bad team, except the Mets are a good team when Matt Harvey pitches. Some thoughts on an interesting game, which the Reds wo...

Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Ike Davis' ninth-inning fielding decision put him in the spotlight postgame. Ike Davis, who allowed Brandon Phillips' tiebreaking double to bounce past him at first base in the ninth inning Wednesday, calmly explained h...

WHAT IT MEANS: Matt Harvey, who once every five days gives Mets fans a reason to cheer, is not invincible. He remains unbeaten, though. Ike Davis, meanwhile, continues to draw the ire of Mets fans. Rick Ankiel's third extra-base hit of the game...

If he doesn't turn things around quickly, Ike Davis will be off to Triple-A.

Brandon Phillips bounced a bizarre double over first base to snap a ninth-inning tie, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the struggling New York Mets with a 7-4 victory Wednesday.

Seth Wenig/Associated Press Relax everyone, Matt Harvey pitches at Citi Field today ... hopefully without the bloody nose. FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey gives Mets fans their once-every-five-days reprieve from an otherwise miserable season when he oppos...

Here's the lineups for Tuesday's game. Daniel Murphy leads off for third straight day, while Ike Davis falls to seventh. Reds Derrick Robinson, cf Zack Cozart, ss Joey Votto, 1b Brandon Phillips, 2b Jay Bruce, rf Todd Frazier, 3b Donald Lu...

Even in the field, things aren't going well for Ike Davis. As he continues to struggle at the plate (he has one hit in his last 33 at-bats after an 0-for-3 performance Monday), Davis compounded that by being charged with obstruction in the Mets' 4...

Jeremy Hefner has some company in the Mets' 0-5 club. Shaun Marcum became the second Mets starter to fall to 0-5 this year, as he got the loss in the Reds' 4-3 win at Citi Field on Monday. The Mets are now 1-14 in games in which Marcum and Hef...

Mets manager Terry Collins is keeping Daniel Murphy atop the lineup for Monday's game against Cincinnati, but first baseman Ike Davis' week-long trial at cleanup has ended, as he will hit sixth. Murphy hit in the leadoff spot for the first time al...

Here are the lineups for Monday's game. Daniel Murphy stays in the leadoff spot while Ike Davis drops from cleanup to the six hole. Mets Daniel Murphy, 2b Rick Ankiel, cf David Wright, 3b Lucas Duda, lf Marlon Byrd, rf Ike Davis, 1b John Bu...

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...