Dave Racaniello is entering his 25th year as New York’s bullpen catcher thanks to a chance meeting with Bobby Valentine.

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When knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was enjoying the best years of his career with the Mets, catcher Josh Thole turned to a Rawlings women's softball catcher's mitt for a time to accommodate those ...

ATLANTA — R.A. Dickey claims he hasn't had a consistently good knuckleball through any start this season. The 42-year-old Dickey has still been good enough for two straight wins over Matt Harvey and ...

Mets No. 1 prospect Brandon Sproat catapulted ... in the main stadium at Clover Park in late February, Triple-A manager Dickey Scott walked to the backfields, where minor leaguers practice ...

A little more than a decade ago, a pitcher by the name of R.A. Dickey threw a kind of knuckleball that baseball had essentially never seen. Now Roki Sasaki might be taking it a step further.

Quick! Name the last Mets player to win National League MVP. Trick question. The Mets have never had an MVP in 63 seasons of play. A handful of players have gotten close, including shortstop ...

The Mets have an outfield problem, but relief could come soon. New York has six outfielders on their 26-man roster, taking space away for a much-needed utility infielder. One of those outfielders ...

A.J. Minter throws a pitch during a Mets’ spring training practice earlier this month. Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Manager Carlos Mendoza has indicated he would like to get Minter into five or six ...

The New York Mets have to make a decision every team faces now and again: How long should they hang on to a disappointing former top prospect? Twenty-five-year-old third baseman Brett Baty was ...