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Pete Alonso joins Yoenis Cespedes and Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players in history to win back-to-back Home Run Derbies after winning the 2021 Derby.
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day – if you’re retired baseball star Bobby Bonilla, that is. If you’re a New York Mets owner or executive, maybe not so much. Thursday marks the team’s annual payment to their one-time star, years after he left the game. It’s become something of an ironic fan holiday, one the team’s new ownership has even acknowledged....

New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar suffered multiple nasal fractures when he was hit in the face by a fastball from Braves reliever Jacob Webb, a frightening scene that shook both teams.

Major League Baseball announced that Thursday’s scheduled game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park has been postponed as a result of positive tests on the Nationals’ side.

The Mets have locked down their newly-acquired slugger in New York with a mammoth 10-year, $341 million contract extension.

Tebow played 77 games at baseball’s highest minor league level in 2019, batting .163 with four home runs and finished his minor league career with a .223 average over 287 games.

Major League Baseball has created a hotline for people not employed by the league or teams to report harassment or discrimination after Mets general manager Jared Porter and Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway were accused of sending lewd text messages to female reporters

Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, former manager of the New York Mets, “aggressively pursued” several women who work in sports media and sent three of them inappropriate photos, The Athletic reported Monday night.

Mets general manager Jared Porter sent graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office, ESPN reported Monday night.

The commissioner’s office said Canó, who was previously penalized 80 games for a positive test in 2018 while playing with Seattle, tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol.

A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that the proposed purchase of 95% of the New York Mets by an entity of billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has been approved by Major League Baseball’s ownership committee

Tom Seaver, considered to be the greatest Mets player of all time and one of the best pitchers in the history of the game who led the Amazins’ to the improbable 1969 World Series title, died Wednesday. He was 75.

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Alex Rodriguez may be returning to New York baseball… only this time from the owner’s box. And he may be bringing fiance Jennifer Lopez with him.

The grandson of famed sportscaster Howard Cosell has recorded nearly 600 introductions since he began a month ago, and he recently noticed the calls had been coming from a certain group of people

Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network

Stephen Strasburg was voted MVP of the World Series following the Nationals’ 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 7 on Wednesday night, the first title in the 51 seasons of the Washington/Montreal Expos franchise.

Pete Alonso has been full of surprises during a memorable rookie season with the Mets. For fans in his new home city, his gesture Wednesday night might be the biggest home run yet.

New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway cursed at a reporter, and pitcher Jason Vargas had to be restrained from charging him during a confrontation in the team’s clubhouse after a loss Sunday.

Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. “I’ve got a lot of respect for the guy,” Red Sox fan Christopher Lee said. “Twenty-two years in the league is pretty amazing. Who has that kind of lonevity in any sport these days?”