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With Ike Davis' freefall continuing, Wilmer Flores happens to be playing first base with Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday night for only the second time this season. Flores Flores nearly exclusively has appeared at second base with the 51s. He ha...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Here are the lineups for Saturday's 1:10 p.m. Grapefruit League game against the Miami Marlins at Tradition Field. As promised, Justin Turner is manning third base with David Wright now idle. Wright is due to fly back from ...

Daniel Murphy #28 2B New York Mets 2012 STATS GM156 HR6 RBI65 R62 OBP.332 AVG.291 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- For the first time this spring training, Daniel Murphy is playing in a game Friday. Murphy is manning second base in a minor l...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A half-inning after being charged with two errors while manning second base, Brian Bixler delivered a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. That score held as the Mets and Miami Marlins played to an 8-8, nine-in...

Jordany Valdespin #1 LF New York Mets 2012 STATS GM94 HR8 RBI26 R28 OBP.286 AVG.241 Jordany Valdespin playing right field on Opening Day of the Dominican Winter League season apparently was no accident. Valdespin is back manning that pos...

Ruben Tejada is due to move his rehab assignment to Buffalo after a pair of games manning shortstop for Class A St. Lucie, Terry Collins said. Ruben Tejada #11 SS New York Mets 2012 STATS GM27 HR0 RBI8 R14 OBP.362 AVG.305 Tejada...

After sweeping the Rays at the Trop, the Mets returned home and found themselves swept by the NL Central-leading Reds. Chris Young surrendered three fifth-inning runs (two earned) and Cincinnati won Sunday's finale, 3-1, at Citi Field. Reds starter J...

Johan Santana tossed six scoreless innings. Yet the southpaw was saddled with a no-decision because Todd Helton belted a grand slam in the eighth off Tim Byrdak. Frank Francisco blew his first save as a Met by also surrendering a game-tying homer, on...

Adam Rubin Peyton Manning chats with David Wright during batting practice Sunday at Coors Field. Peyton Manning, visiting Coors Field for Sunday's Mets-Rockies game, bumped into David Wright entering the stadium and did a double take. Wright, parti...

Johan Santana makes his fifth Grapefruit League start this afternoon, looking to ramp up to 90-95 pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter. David Wright may be manning third base behind Santana, although Terry Collins did not want to commit...

The Mets send Jon Niese to the mound at Disney this afternoon against Atlanta left-hander Mike Minor. It will be a timely visit, since notorious Mets killer Chipper Jones announced Thursday his intention to retire after the season. Also scheduled to ...

Steve Mitchell/US Presswire Adam Loewen, manning first base for the Mets, receives a fourth-inning throw as Scott Cousins dives back into first base. Frank Francisco surrendered the decisive homer to Hanley Ramirez in the fifth and the Jose Reyes-l...

Daniel Murphy has his marching orders from the Mets. After suffering season-ending medial collateral ligament injuries the past two years while manning second base -- in 2010 to his right knee and last season to his left knee -- Murphy again is going...

After going 2-for-8 in minor league games as DH and using a pinch-runner, Carlos Beltran indicated the next step is running the bases and manning the outfield. However, Beltran -- who homered from the left side -- could not pinpoint a timetable for t...

Steve Mitchell/US Presswire David Wright, manning third base during a late-season game at Florida. David Wright was at Chelsea Piers on Saturday afternoon for a youth baseball clinic for After School All Stars (ASAS) New York. He discussed plenty o...

Although Ruben Tejada is the most likely player on the active roster to be manning second base for the Mets in 2011, Jerry Manuel indicated most of the playing time down the stretch should go to Luis Hernandez. Luis Hernandez #3 SS New York...