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MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Manager Terry Collins spoke to his father, Bud, early Sunday morning, before the Mets played the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field. Bud Collins said he needed a win for Father's Day. "I said, 'I'm not a father,'"...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange Cubs 5, Mets 2 NEW YORK -- Scott Feldman pitched seven innings of two-hit ball on Saturday and helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fourth inning of the Chicago Cubs' 5-2 victory over...

Feldman beat Mets with arm, bat NEW YORK -- First, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Scott Feldman made manager Dale Sveum look clairvoyant by delivering a two-run single. Then he made Sveum cringe by running the bases. Feldman pitched seven innings of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH The Mets are making final preparations for Zack Wheeler's arrival, now officially set for Tuesday in Atlanta. The team planned to cap Wheeler at 85 pitches in his final start for Triple-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Thirteen times previously, Matt Harvey had taken the mound this season. Thirteen times, he had avoided a loss. That all changed Thursday, when Harvey's seven innings of one-run ball came...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH First baseman Ike Davis will spend the next days, weeks or months -- no one knows for certain -- at Triple-A Las Vegas working on correcting the flaws in his swing. Manager Terry Collins...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH With Ike Davis working the kinks out of his swing at Triple-A Las Vegas, the Mets on Tuesday set about the process of replacing him. Rather than use minor league call-up Josh Satin or...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH The Mets had spoken about a potential roster shakeup for weeks, but until Sunday evening did not act upon it. That all changed after the team's 8-4 loss to the Marlins. The Mets...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Justin Turner is willing to do whatever it takes to find his way into the lineup, even if that means playing an entirely new position. A natural infielder, Turner was set to start...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH For the third year in a row, the Mets dipped into the world of high school position players, picking first baseman Dominic Smith 11th overall in the draft. Smith, 17, hit .493 with seven...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Facing the New York Yankees last week in the Subway Series, the Mets swept the four-games on the strength of standout pitching and timely hitting. They scored two runs in two of the games...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Statistically speaking, the Miami Marlins entered last weekend's series against the Mets as the worst team in baseball. They were losing at an historic clip, threatening to challenge...