It’s not a dagger, but the blade heading for the Mets’ playoff chances inched closer Tuesday as they fell 7-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings. With every team ahead of them in the NL East and Wild Card races losing, the Mets had a chance to pick up a game on everyone–including St. Louis–by beating the Cardinals. The Redbirds had other plans. It started when...

Tim Healey of Newsday reports that Sandy Alderson will remain as the Mets team president for the 2022 season. It was reported last week by Jon Heyman that Alderson signed a two-year contract when he returned to the Mets last offseason. The Mets are expected to target big-names this offseason like Theo Epstein and Billy Beane to become the president of baseball operations, but those types seem...

If the Mets want to have any shot at making the playoffs this season, they’ll need to pile up a lengthy winning streak, and rather quickly. Thankfully, three of their best players are close to returning to the active roster. If Jacob deGrom, Brandon Nimmo, and/or Noah Syndergaard return for the Mets over these last three weeks of the season, the team’s playoff chances will improve....

The New York Mets announced prior to Tuesday night’s matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals at Citi Field that they’ve activated right-hander Jake Reed and catcher Tomás Nido from the injured list. Reed was placed on the IL back on August 30 after experiencing right forearm inflammation. The right-hander was sharp in two appearances with the big league team, striking out five and only allowing...

The Mets entered last night’s game trailing three games for the Wild Card and chasing the Cardinals. After the storm and the loss, they are now 5.5 games out of first in the division and 3.5 games out of the Wild Card. The Mets season is starting to fully slip away making tonight’s game a must win. Last night the Mets offense just fell silent, getting only six hits and scoring no runs. Rich Hill...