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The Oakland Athletics traded their longest-tenured player, right-handed starting pitcher Paul Blackburn, to the New York Mets on Tuesday. Oakland is sending right-handed pitching prospect Kade Morris to New York in return. Blackburn, 30, was a 2022 All-Star and began the 2024 season with 22 1/3 scoreless innings across four...

New York City Rep. Ritchie Torres on Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to allow bodega owners to dip into federal grant money to fund panic buttons and other security measurres. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives, is the latest in a push to protect the businesses after a spate of attacks on bodega workers last month left many of the small businesses on edge and spurred ...

The first dominos in Oakland has fallen. The A’s have traded set-up man Lucas Erceg to the Royals and starter Paul Blackburn to the Mets, according to multiple reports, the first trades that Oakland has made ahead of Tuesday’s 3 p.m. PT trade deadline. For Erceg, the A’s...

Suddenly in serious pursuit of a playoff spot, the Mets made a move to bolster their rotation. The Mets announced Tuesday afternoon that they are acquiring starting pitcher Paul Blackburn from the Oakland Athletics. The Mets are sending out right-handed pitching prospect Kade Morris, the team's No. 25 prospect in the pipeline, in the trade.

QUEENS, NY — Needing to address their bullpen before the MLB trade deadline struck at 6 p.m. ET, the New York Mets picked up Tyler Zuber from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor-league right-hander Paul Gervase. The 29-year-old righty had missed all of the 2022 season and most of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Staying on the hunt for pitching, the New York Mets acquired starter Paul Blackburn from the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday for minor league right-hander Kade Morris. Blackburn was an All-Star in 2022 but has had trouble staying healthy at times. He missed more than two...

BROADALBIN - That didn’t take long. On Monday, the New York Mets recalled 2011 Broadalbin-Perth graduate Matt Gage from Triple-A Syracuse to the big league club. The move comes after Gage was traded to the Mets’ organization from the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 7. Broadalbin-Perth grad Matt...

NEW YORK — David Stearns' first trade deadline leading the Mets baseball operations department did not provide a major splash but still filled in many of the roster's cracks. On the trade deadline, the Mets added a starting pitcher, two relief pitchers and an outfielder. Here's how we grade...

NEW YORK — The Mets offense did not hold back in breaking out of their mini slump. After seeing their momentum halted against the Braves and going 20 innings without scoring a run, the Mets lashed out in their series opener against the Twins on Monday night. The Mets...

Sean Manaea and a pair of relievers combined on a two-hitter Tuesday night for the host New York Mets, who beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 in the middle game of a three-game interleague series. J.D. Martinez had two hits, including a fourth-inning RBI single, and Mark Vientos hit a fifth-inning...

The 2024 MLB trade deadline has arrived as Tuesday's 6 p.m. deadline nears. There's been massive deals throughout MLB already, with the Rays' proving to be sellers moving on from a number of players in there organization, moving the likes of outfielder Randy Arozarena to the Mariners and the Orioles adding starter Zach Eflin, reliever Seranthony Dominguez and outfielder Cristian Pache.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Manaea struck out a season-best 11 over seven dominant innings Tuesday night, pitching the New York Mets to a 2-0 victory against the Minnesota Twins. Mark Vientos homered and J.D. Martinez had an RBI single to help the Mets (57-50) win for the 15th time in 21 games. They matched their season high at seven games above .500, hours after the front office concluded a busy month by acquiring pitchers Paul Blackburn, Huascar Brazobán and Tyler Zuber at the trade deadline.

In their final game before the trade deadline, the New York Mets did their best Monday night to convince president of baseball operations David Stearns to continue adding to the team. The Minnesota Twins, in turn, were confident their most lopsided loss of the year was just an ill-timed hiccup. The Mets will look to lock up a series win on Tuesday night when the teams play the second contest of the three-game set in New York. Left-hander Sean Manaea (6-4, 3.74 ERA) is slated to oppose Twins right-hander David Festa (1-1, 8.16). Jeff McNeil and Luis Torrens recorded three RBIs apiece and the Mets batted around in two different innings in their 15-2 romp over the Twins. Pete Alonso's homer leading off the fourth sparked a six-run inning for New York, which sent 11 batters to the plate during a five-run outburst in the sixth. The Mets added four more runs in the seventh. The victory continued a two-month resurgence for the Mets, who have the best record in the majors at 34-17 since May 30. New York is in a virtual tie for the second National League wild-card spot with the San Diego Padres and a half-game behind the top wild card, the Atlanta Braves. The Mets acquired reliever Phil Maton on July 9 and made trades for reliever Ryne Stanek and outfielder Jesse Winker on Friday and Sunday, respectively. "I am just thinking bring more players to help us and keep going," said Mets left-hander Jose Quintana, who earned the win Monday by allowing one run over six innings. "We're in a pretty good race and we're playing together, and I want to stay and make the playoffs." Minnesota remained in a playoff spot Monday night, although the convincing defeat reduced its margin for error thanks to wins by the Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox. The Twins are one game ahead of the Royals in the race for the second American League wild card and two games in front of the Red Sox. The Twins are 34-24 since May 21, which is tied with the Houston Astros for the best record in the AL. They have won 14 of their last 19 series dating back to the three-game set against the Nationals on May 20-22. "The last time we got beat like that was probably in Washington and then we came back to win the next two games," Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers said. "So I don't think it's anything that we'll stew on for too long." Manaea didn't factor into the decision last Wednesday after allowing two runs over 4 2/3 innings in the Mets' 12-3 victory versus the New York Yankees. He is 5-1 with a 2.48 ERA in six career games (five starts) against the Twins. Festa also didn't factor into the decision last Wednesday after yielding one run over 4 1/3 innings in the Twins' 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The 24-year-old rookie has never opposed the Mets. --Field Level Media.

NEW YORK — For the Mets, the eve of the trade deadline this season has brought hope and a far different mood than 2023. Last season, the uncertainty was palpable. The mood was jarring in the visiting clubhouse in Kansas City after trades were hatched to send away Justin Verlander, Mark Canha and Tommy Pham.

Manaea strikes out 11 in mound gem that sends Mets past Twins 2-0 Sean Manaea struck out a season-best 11 over seven dominant innings, pitching the New York Mets to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Mark Vientos homered and J.D. Martinez had an RBI single to help the Mets win for the 15th time in 21 games. They matched their season high at seven games above .500. Manaea yielded two hits and one walk while allowing just one runner beyond first base. The 11 strikeouts were his most since fanning 12 for San Diego against Atlanta in May 2022. Ryne Stanek got two outs in the eighth and Edwin Díaz struck out Byron Buxton with two runners on to end the inning. Buxton whiffed all four times up. Díaz finished for his 13th save.