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Adam Rubin Adam Greenberg exchanges pleasantries with David Wright during batting practice Tuesday. MIAMI -- Jordany Valdespin will play second base in winter ball in the Dominican Republic at the Mets' request, Terry Collins said. That give...

Getty Images The Mets face (l to r) Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake and Mat Latos during a three-game series at Citi Field. METS (17-24, fourth place/NL East) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (26-18, second place/NL Central) Monday: RHP Shaun Marcum (0-4, 6.75) vs....

CHICAGO -- Andrew Brown found an inopportune time to suffer an injury. Stationed at first base for the second time in three days with Triple-A Las Vegas, Brown was forced to depart Sunday's 51s game in Omaha with an oblique strain the half-inning ...

OMAHA 4, LAS VEGAS 3: Ex-Met Xavier Nady had an RBI double and scored the go-ahead run later in the sixth on Anthony Seratelli's single against Armando Rodriguez. The 51s (20-21) had taken a 3-2 lead in the fifth on Wilmer Flores' solo homer. Andrew ...

Charles Cherney/Associated Press Juan Lagares celebrates with fellow outfielders after the Mets beat the Cubs, 4-3, Sunday. CHICAGO -- Juan Lagares readily acknowledges the slow start to his major league career. "I haven't done very good, but I ...

CHICAGO -- Pedro Feliciano set franchise records for workload by a reliever three straight seasons as a Met: 86, 88 and 92 appearances. The Mets then relied heavily on Tim Byrdak when Feliciano departed for the Yankees. Both happened to end up req...

Montero CHICAGO -- Highly regarded pitching prospect Rafael Montero has been promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas, apparently for a Monday spot start on his normal day to pitch. Binghamton manager Pedro Lopez told the Press & Sun-Bulletin that Monte...

CHICAGO -- Daniel Murphy as the leading man may be more than a cameo. After Murphy produced a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth on a fastball from Kyuji Fujikawa and the Mets beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in Sunday's rubber game at Wrigley Field,...

WHAT IT MEANS: Juan Lagares belted his first major league homer -- a game-tying two-run shot in the seventh against Travis Wood -- and Daniel Murphy gave the Mets the lead an inning later with a solo homer against Kyuji Fujikawa as the Mets rallied f...

CHICAGO -- Terry Collins, who installed Daniel Murphy as the leadoff hitter for Sunday's series finale against the Chicago Cubs, is unsure if the assignment will continue. Daniel Murphy #28 2B New York Mets 2013 STATS GM40 HR3 RBI18 ...

CHICAGO -- Here are the lineups for the Mets' 2:20 p.m. ET game Sunday against the Chicago Cubs. Daniel Murphy bats leadoff for the fifth time in his career. The other four instances came in 2009. Mets Daniel Murphy, 2b Justin Turner, 1b David...

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...

LAS VEGAS 9, OMAHA 4: Andrew Brown went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, four RBIs and scored three times. Josh Satin went 3-for-5 and scored twice while upping his average to .313. Catcher Francisco Pena went 0-for-4 with a run scored in his Triple-A d...

CHICAGO -- Terry Collins said there are no plans to use Thursday's team off-day to skip Jeremy Hefner's turn, much less bounce the right-hander from the rotation. After Hefner surrendered four runs in the fourth inning Saturday and departed an eventu...

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-...