#Edwin Diaz confident Mets can build ‘great bullpen’

#Edwin Diaz confident Mets can build ‘great bullpen’

“Edwin Diaz confident Mets can build ‘great bullpen’” Edwin Diaz was the biggest piece to the bullpen puzzle that Mets general manager Billy Eppler needs to solve this offseason.  And in a Zoom press conference on Thursday, Diaz, speaking publicly for the first time since signing the most lucrative contract for a relief pitcher, $102…

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#Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres

#Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres

“Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres” The sellout crowd stood for most of the inning, twirling orange rally towels with each positive development. After slogging offensively a night earlier and then clawing to a one-run lead Saturday, here was the daylight the Mets so desperately needed. Before that seventh inning concluded…

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#Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels

#Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels

“Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels” ANAHEIM, Calif. — Taijuan Walker was the hardest-working pitcher on the Mets’ marathon West Coast swing that concluded Sunday night.  Seldom does a pitcher receive three starts on the same road trip, but there was Walker facing the Angels to bookend a journey that began with…

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#Michael Conforto undergoes season-ending shoulder surgery

#Michael Conforto undergoes season-ending shoulder surgery

“Michael Conforto undergoes season-ending shoulder surgery” PHOENIX — Michael Conforto’s free agency will spill over into next offseason. The former Mets outfielder underwent surgery on his right shoulder last week that will keep him sidelined for all of 2022, according to agent Scott Boras. The Post recently reported that Conforto had been given the option…

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#Mets bail out Edwin Diaz, bullpen in 10-inning win

#Mets bail out Edwin Diaz, bullpen in 10-inning win

“Mets bail out Edwin Diaz, bullpen in 10-inning win” PHOENIX — Slowly, the Mets began flushing what should have been a comfortable lead Friday night. There was Chasen Shreve allowing one run in the seventh and Trevor May a two-run blast in the eighth. But after Edwin Diaz recorded two outs so easily to begin…

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