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Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY SportsThe Mets have signed right-hander Matt Fox, who last appeared in the majors with the Red Sox in 2010. ST. LOUIS -- The Mets have signed right-hander Matt Fox out of York in the independent Atlantic League. He will ...

Bill Boyce/Associated Press Rick Ankiel made his Mets debut last night at Busch Stadium. ST. LOUIS FIRST PITCH: Less Cowgill. More Ankiel? Desperate for outfield production, the Mets signed strikeout-prone Rick Ankiel and will use him in a ce...

ST. LOUIS -- Right-hander Scott Atchison experienced numbness in his fingers while pitching Monday, an alarming sign for a reliever who also experienced that symptom before learning of a tear in an elbow ligament last season. After seeking a secon...

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Judging by my Twitter feed, it sure seems like a whole lotta people are interested in what New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis does on a daily basis, desperately seeking signs on whether to be patient with him or simply cut him loose. When Davis ho...

Blog | April 26, 2013

Eric Karabell has the fantasy-relevant news and notes from Thursday and takes a closer look at a few New York Mets sluggers, Ike Davis and Lucas Duda.

Blog | Conversation | April 26, 2013

USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann this weekend at Citi Field. METS (7-7, third place/NL East) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (9-6, second place/NL East) Friday: RHP Matt Harvey (3-0, 0.82) vs...

In case you were busy living on easy street ... wait — OH, I FORGOT ABOUT MY TAXES — here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The Boston Red Sox rode a seven-run second inning to cruise to a 7-2 win over the host Cleveland Ind...

Al Bello/Getty ImagesMarlon Byrd reacts to delivering a game-ending two-run single in the ninth to beat the Marlins, 4-3.After getting released by the Boston Red Sox last June, then serving a 50-game MLB suspension for a banned substance and not gett...

Mike PhilbrickAdam Dunn has been prolific on the first day of the season.Five Opening Day tidbits you might not have known Mets are best The New York Mets enter Monday 33-18 all-time on Opening Day. Their .647 winning percentage on Opening Day is...

Every year we at You Can't Predict Baseball try to predict baseball with some, well, rather bold predictions. At the end of the season we like to go back and see just how right or wrong we were. Sometimes, we nail it. Sometimes, we predict Vernon Wel...

Alex Rodriguez will make more this year than all the Houston Astros combined -- a lot more.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The New York Mets are valued at $811 million, sixth-highest among MLB teams. The magazine estimates the Mets lost $2.4 million in operating income for the most recent fiscal period. The New York Yankees are listed as the...

OK, now that I've finished all 30 offseason report cards, we can essentially use my final grades to give us Power Rankings (you can get all the report cards at the bottom of this page). Washington Nationals: A Atlanta Braves: A- Cincinnati Reds:...

During spring training, players aren't the only ones trying to fine-tune things. General managers must use the time to evaluate not only their players but their field staff, too. It's the time to get things done, especially things such as contract ne...

Blog | February 14, 2013

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Right-hander Scott Atchison missed two months of last season with the Boston Red Sox with a torn elbow ligament, then was non-tendered in December. He since has signed a minor league deal with the Mets and is a favorite to ear...