A few days before Johan Santana arrived at Mets camp, manager Carlos Mendoza learned that one of the team’s top starting pitchers, Sean Manaea, had grown up idolizing him. So Mendoza plotted with Santana,

Saturday morning, as Sean Manaea ate breakfast at the start of just another day at spring training, a man he had never met reached out for a handshake. Manaea’s eyes lit up. It was his “childhood hero,

W e spend all offseason working on our rankings for the upcoming Fantasy Baseball season, and then Spring Training invariably arrives and screws it all up. We haven't seen too man

Mets owner Steve Cohen spoke with reporters on Tuesday morning, discussing the organization’s spending outlook after another huge offseason. Cohen acknowledged that a winter involving a record-setting Juan Soto contract and retaining Sean Manaea and Pete Alonso pushed spending beyond his initial expectations.

Johan Santana discusses being a part of Mets camp, working with Sean Manaea and remaining involved with baseball

It's not clear what kind of workload he'll handle in his spring debut, but Holmes projects to slot third in the Mets' rotation to begin the campaign behind Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea.

The first two weeks of Spring Training have not been kind to the Mets. Three notable injuries, to Sean Manaea, Frankie Montas and Nick Madrigal, have completely changed the look of New York’s projected Opening Day roster.

The former Mets ace has been receiving a taste of that satisfaction this weekend at Clover Park, where he is serving as a guest instructor for the team.

The New York Mets have already lost two starters before opening day. Perhaps they feel a sense of urgency to add a star via trade.

M arcus Stroman is expected to start for the New York Yankees on Feb. 25 against the Minnesota Twins in what looks like another showcase for potential trade partners. The veteran

Mets left-hander Sean Manaea was having breakfast at Clover Park on Saturday when he looked up and saw Johan Santana, who he describes as his “first true baseball hero,” standing there. “He shook my hand,