The Mets looked like they were well on their way to a seventh straight victory as Clay Holmes left the mound. For the third time in his last four starts, the right-hander had allowed just one run. He exited the game after five innings of work with his team up 5-1. Then disaster ensued.

Danny Jansen's two-run homer capped a six-run sixth inning Friday night as the Tampa Bay Rays handed the New York Mets a rare home loss with a 7-5 decision in the opener of a three-game set.

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Kodai Senga’s hamstring strain is Grade 1, the least severe, meaning the right-hander will be shut down for about the next two weeks before being re-evaluated and ramped up to return. This places Senga’s timeline to be back in the Mets’ rotation in the second half of July.

While Friday's MRI showed "relatively good news" on right-hander Kodai Senga's hamstring strain, the major league leader in ERA still is set to miss at least a month, manager Carlos Mendoza indicated.

The New York Mets came into Thursday with a five-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East, and how that race for the divisional crown shakes out could be determined by how both teams handle the MLB trade deadline.

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The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the New York Mets looking to Tylor Megill (5-4), and Drew Rasmussen (5-4) answering the bell for the Tampa Bay Rays. Before this Mets vs. Rays matchup,

The trade deadline is 50 days away, and the Mets are feeling good. New York’s 5-0 win over the Nationals Wednesday pushed them 20 games over .500, good for first in the National League East. But the Mets need only look back 365 days to know how much can change for a team from the start of June until the trade deadline at the end of July.

The New York Mets are likely to be aggressive in improving the roster before July’s MLB trade deadline. And one

If the New York Mets are going to be active in the trade market as the July 31 deadline approaches (which all indications are that they will be), it's apparent