Revisit one signature win for every MLB team from 2024
From stunning comebacks to thrilling walk-offs to dominant pitching performances, every team had its share of memorable triumphs in 2024. But what was each club¡¯s signature win of the season?
Manaea back with Mets on 3-year deal (source)
NEW YORK -- Sean Manaea, the popular left-hander who became a showpiece for the Mets¡¯ ability to reshape starting pitchers, is back in the organization on a long-term deal. The Mets and Manaea agreed to terms early Monday on a three-year, $75 million contract that¡¯s pending a physical, according to
Every team's best single-game performance of 2024
There was no shortage of storylines in the 2024 season, which featured some of the best individual seasons and performances that baseball has ever seen -- we're looking at you Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Which single-game performances were the best? We asked each of our 30 beat writers which
The 10 signature players of the 2024 season
2024 was a thrilling, downright giddy year of baseball, with historic individual seasons, riveting playoff chases, hair-raising postseason games and a World Series with the biggest stars in the sport. But to our eyes, there were 10 players who made their mark on the sport more than any other, 10
Rickey Henderson, legendary leadoff hitter, passes away at 65
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, considered the greatest leadoff hitter in history and MLB¡¯s all-time leader in stolen bases, leadoff home runs and runs scored, has passed away. He was 65. ¡°For multiple generations of baseball fans, Rickey Henderson was the gold standard of base stealing and leadoff hitting,¡± Commissioner
Henderson inspired a generation to 'run like Rickey'
The tributes to the great Rickey Henderson are pouring in after we learned of the Hall of Famer¡¯s sad, sudden passing, just days before his 66th birthday. Baseball¡¯s ¡°Man of Steal¡± has been rightly celebrated here, there and everywhere for his place in history as the all-time stolen bases and
From 0-5 to 'OMG,' a look back at the 2024 Mets
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Injuries & Moves: Mets sign three to Minors deals
This page will be updated throughout the offseason, with all the latest Mets signings, news and transactions.
Mets add pitching depth with two Minors arms (sources)
NEW YORK -- The Mets may not be pursuing the very top pitchers available on the free-agent market, but they are still collecting arms at an exceptional rate. The team agreed to terms with two more pitchers, Anthony Gose and Luis Ortiz, on Minor League deals this week, according to
Back to his roots at Montverde, Lindor talks Soto, Alonso's decision
MONTVERDE, Fla. ¨C Pitching to second- and third-grade students at a Play Ball event in suburban Orlando on Thursday, Mets superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor playfully asked to see 8-year-old Maddie¡¯s swing to gauge what he was up against. After seeing the Montverde Academy student¡¯s impressive cut with a toy bat,
Mets finalize 1-year deal with veteran RHP Canning
NEW YORK -- Juan Soto aside, the Mets still need pitching to make this offseason a success. Well aware of that deficiency, they struck another deal to address it on Thursday, finalizing a one-year contract with right-hander Griffin Canning. The deal, first reported on Wednesday, will guarantee Canning $4.25 million
With passion for starting still alive, Holmes excited for Mets tenure
NEW YORK -- Clay Holmes never saw himself as a reliever only, as the type of pitcher incapable of hacking it in a big league rotation. He didn¡¯t feel that way when the Pirates transitioned him to the bullpen in 2018, nor when he became a standout closer for the
Late Mets photographer Marc Levine to be inducted into NY State Baseball Hall
NEW YORK -- Late Mets photographer Marc Levine will be posthumously inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame next year, the Hall announced this week. Levine, who died earlier this year, was the longest tenured photographer in team history, beginning in 1989 and working for 35 years.
Prospect stats of the year -- each team¡¯s best of 2024
We don¡¯t only deal in tools around here. Performance (i.e. what players do with those tools) matters, too. Stats form much of baseball's vocabulary. It¡¯s part of how we tell the stories of the game. Look no further than the 2024 Major League season, when Shohei Ohtani recorded the first
Which Met -- past or present -- will get number retired after Wright?
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Mets sign Jared Young as infield depth piece
NEW YORK -- The Mets continued adding to their collection of roster depth pieces on Monday, signing infielder Jared Young to a Major League contract. He¡¯ll compete for a spot in camp. Young, 29, has spent nearly his entire eight-year professional career in the Minors, reaching Triple-A in the Cubs
Who will sign Sasaki? 2 division rivals appear to have big edge
Ever since Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, met with the media at the Winter Meetings, there¡¯s been speculation about which team might be the best fit to land the prized right-hander, who was recently posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. As one executive put it when asked
Better than a bat flip? Lindor cartwheels on HR trot in charity game
Francisco Lindor knows how to have a good time on a baseball field. But ¡°Mr. Smile¡± took his fun-loving ways up a notch on Saturday night in Puerto Rico. During a charity home run derby and celebrity softball game hosted by fellow Puerto Rican MLB stars Jos¨¦ Berr¨ªos and Javier
Say what, Siri? You won't believe this CRAZY steal of home
It¡¯s been over a month since the last pitch of the 2024 Major League Baseball season was thrown, and if you¡¯re like us, you might be starting to feel it. Whether or not you literally spend your winters staring out the window waiting for spring, there¡¯s no real substitute for
Wright to have No. 5 retired, enter Mets Hall of Fame on July 19 (source)
NEW YORK -- The Mets are about to fete one of the greatest players in their history with the most prestigious honor a team can bestow. The team intends to retire David Wright¡¯s No. 5 and induct him into the Mets Hall of Fame during a July 19 ceremony at
With aspirations of building dynasty, Mets introduce Soto
NEW YORK -- As far back as 14 months ago, when David Stearns was interviewing to become the Mets¡¯ president of baseball operations, he had Juan Soto in his mind. Executives routinely attempt to forecast which players might be available. Soto, whom Stearns called a ¡°generational¡± player, was the most
Soto bet on himself from start, and it paid off with historic deal
Juan Soto. There¡¯s no one like him. It¡¯s not just the money he¡¯s going to make with the New York Mets ¡ though that¡¯s obviously, um, unusual. It¡¯s the specific way that Soto got to the largest payday in professional sports -- and where this contract will potentially now take
Mets, Soto finalize record-breaking 15-yr, $765M deal
DALLAS -- Many folks around baseball were still arriving in Texas on Sunday evening when the news began rippling through the industry. Only two words mattered. Soto. Mets. The details emerged rapidly from there, filling in the gaps of a long-anticipated marriage between one of this generation¡¯s finest hitters and