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NEW YORK – The news is bad for Mets right-hander Kodai Senga, who learned on Saturday that he suffered a high-grade left calf strain. He is out for the regular season, but the team hopes he can return to action if the Mets advance to the postseason in October. The

NEW YORK -- Friday’s game had all the markings of another banner night for the Mets -- welcoming their ace back into the fold, celebrating the acquisition of a hard-throwing reliever, cruising to a fifth straight victory to move into second place in the NL East for the first time

NEW YORK -- Mets rookie pitcher Christian Scott has avoided a major elbow operation -- for now. An MRI on Scott’s right elbow revealed inflammation around his sprained UCL, but nothing that would warrant season-ending Tommy John surgery. He will refrain from throwing for two weeks before restarting a catch

NEW YORK -- Since the day Christian Scott signed his first professional contract, Mets officials have worked -- as they do with all pitchers -- to minimize his risk of an arm injury. The team has limited Scott’s innings. They’ve measured his biomechanical markers. They’ve communicated with him on a

MIAMI -- Starling Marte feels “close” to returning to play, the outfielder told reporters on Saturday prior to the Mets’ game against the Marlins. On Friday, Marte began baseball activities for the first time since he was sidelined with a right knee bone bruise in late June. So far, Marte’s

NEW YORK – Two days after being placed on the 15-day injured list, Mets right-hander Drew Smith said on Friday that doctors found significant damage in his right elbow and he will get a second opinion on how serious the injury is. The reliever has not ruled out Tommy John

NEW YORK -- From the time Starling Marte arrived at Spring Training, the Mets’ goal was to keep their oft-injured, 35-year-old outfielder as healthy as possible. Their track record of doing so came to an end on Tuesday, when the Mets placed Marte on the 10-day injured list with a

CHICAGO -- For two and a half weeks, the Mets have tried to manage Starling Marte's right knee condition. When Marte initially sat out a June 5 game in Washington, he called it a complete non-issue. But when Marte’s knee flared up a week and a half later in New

NEW YORK -- Closer Edwin Díaz's return from the IL on Thursday was a successful one. In his first game back, he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, picking up the win in the Mets' 3-2 walk-off win against the Marlins. "I'm feeling 100%, you know," Díaz said. "I thought I was

LONDON -- Top Mets prospect Jett Williams underwent right wrist surgery Thursday and will be sidelined until at least August as he recovers, the team announced. Williams, who began experiencing wrist discomfort in April, received a pair of cortisone injections in the area in hopes that conservative treatment would allow

NEW YORK -- A day after getting hit with a pitch on his right hand against the Dodgers, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso learned Thursday that he escaped serious injury. Alonso underwent X-rays, a CT scan and a bone scan, and the results were negative. He was able to do

NEW YORK -- For the Mets, an extraordinarily trying season took an even darker turn on Wednesday, when the club lost two prominent members due to injury. Moments after closer Edwin Díaz landed on the injured list with a right shoulder impingement, Pete Alonso exited the team’s 10-3 loss to

NEW YORK -- Amidst a rash of less positive injury news, one Mets player is trending ahead of schedule. Catcher Francisco Alvarez is set to begin a Minor League rehab assignment on Thursday for Double-A Binghamton, manager Carlos Mendoza said. Although Mendoza was unsure how long Alvarez’s assignment might last,

NEW YORK -- In the midst of another extended shutdown period without throwing, Kodai Senga expressed regrets that his rehab from a strained posterior shoulder capsule has unfolded the way it has. “I think that I understand my body well, and I think things could have gone better,” Senga said

NEW YORK -- After weeks of not swinging the bat because of a torn ligament in his left thumb, catcher Francisco Alvarez took batting practice before the Mets' 7-2 loss to the Giants on Saturday afternoon and didn’t have any problems after taking 22 swings in the cage. Although he

NEW YORK -- Ten days after sending struggling starting pitcher Adrian Houser to the bullpen, the Mets are shifting him back into the rotation. Manager Carlos Mendoza announced Monday that Houser will start Wednesday’s game in Philadelphia, which will mark the veteran right-hander’s first start since May 2. In the

NEW YORK -- Hours before the Mets’ series finale against the Braves on Sunday, a conference convened in the home batting cage. Brandon Nimmo was there, along with manager Carlos Mendoza, head trainer Joe Golia and two hitting coaches. The subject: Nimmo’s tight right intercostal. About 24 hours earlier, Nimmo

NEW YORK -- Kodai Senga is in a holding pattern as he continues working back from a strained posterior capsule in his right shoulder, with no clear timeline for him to progress in his rehab -- let alone to return to Major League games. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday

NEW YORK -- Mets reliever Brooks Raley is seeking a second opinion on his left elbow, the latest step in a process that could result in season-ending surgery. Raley indicated Saturday that he has bone spurs and at least some ligament damage in his left elbow, though he noted that

ST. LOUIS -- Neither Jett Williams nor Drew Gilbert, the two highest-ranked players in the Mets’ farm system, has taken the field in recent weeks. Both are dealing with injuries that will continue to sideline them for some time, though both are also recovering with an eye toward returning as

NEW YORK -- The Citi Field pregame routine took on an unusual air Monday, as a crowd gathered in the dugout shortly after 3 p.m. President of baseball operations David Stearns was there alongside a smattering of front-office officials. Manager Carlos Mendoza kept an eye on the proceedings, as did

LOS ANGELES -- As Francisco Alvarez spends the next 6-8 weeks recovering from a season-altering left thumb injury, he can at least lean on the counsel of one of his best friends. Teammate Brett Baty underwent an identical operation to repair a torn UCL in his right thumb in August

LOS ANGELES -- Entering this season, Francisco Alvarez ranked among the brightest aspects of an improving Mets organization. Coming off a strong rookie year, Alvarez profiled as one of the league’s most obvious breakout candidates. If he is to make good on that potential, Alvarez will need to wait some

NEW YORK -- Any thoughts of J.D. Martinez being a significant factor for the Mets in April have all but evaporated. Martinez is “very unlikely” to join the Mets on their upcoming West Coast trip, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, as he continues to recover from a bout of lower