Michael Conforto

Two weeks ago, the New York Yankees offered outfielder Aaron Judge $230 million to remain in the Bronx for the next 7 years. Judge said no. The surprising answer reminded many Mets fans of a similar situation involving one of their stars during spring training of 2021. Now that former Mets player is getting offers from teams he doesn't really want to hear from.

Call me harsh but I have little sympathy for professional athletes that turn down fairly valued hundred million dollar contracts. Then, when circumstances or injuries prevent that player from ever earning the amount of money that they turned down, you want to say I told you so.

Marcus Stroman left the New York Mets in December of 2021. More than two months after signing in Chicago, he's back, and blasting his former ballclub.

One could try to pick a "turning point" in last night's crazy game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds but it wouldn't be easy. Right from the start, the Mets scored 3 runs in the top of the first off of Reds starter Vladimir Gutierrez. Great start right? Well, New York's starter, journeyman Jerad Eickoff, decided to give the runs all back to Cincinnati, plus one, in the bottom of the first and so the game went from there.

The New York Mets fell out of the starting gate, to use a horse racing term, to start the second half. After watching Edwin Diaz melt down last Sunday, Met fans got treated to an encore Saturday night against the very same, last place Pittsburgh Pirates. The first place Mets limped into Sunday afternoon. The Bucs could smell sweep.

The Mets are not expected at all to bring back Yoenis Cespedes. So which free agent should they sign? ESPN's Buster Olney told "Armen and Levack":

Mets Manager Terry Collins has acknowledge he's at least considering benching Michael Conforto, putting Juan Lagares in Center Field and putting Yoenis Cespedes in Left Field. Lagares has hit .368 (7-for-19) with two doubles, two steals, one walk and three strikeouts this postseason...

The Mets finished off a gutsy one run win on Thursday night in Los Angeles to advance to the NLCS and Manager Terry Collins was the first to say he wasn’t surprised.

A big weekend for the Binghamton area as the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown inducted its 2015 class on Sunday afternoon. Craig Biggio, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez joined the baseball immortal and each provided great moments throughout their Hall of Fame speeches...

Michael Conforto, the Mets top hitting prospect and 2014 first-round pick, could be getting closer to the big leagues, reports the New York Daily News. The Oregon State product has spent just six weeks with AA Binghamton but is hitting a robust ...

The U.S. team beat the World Team, 10-1, in the MLB Futures Game yesterday in Cincinnati, officially kicking of the All-Star festivities. Mets 2014 first-round draft pick Michael Conforto shined for the U.S. team, going 2-2 at the plate. Conforto, the Oregon State product, also shined on defense, throwing out Seattle Mariners prospect Ketel Marte at the plate with this throw: Conforto is hitting .

There's plenty of reasons for optimism in Queens this season, as the Mets finally look primed for a potential playoff run. Jeff Paternostro of Amazin' Avenue, a blog dedicated to the Mets, joined Brady Farkas on Monday morning to break down the 2015 Blue and Orange...