Gary Sheffield likely won't be without a team for long. 

The Mets had a quiet spring training, with a major league-high 16 players from the organization participating in the World Baseball Classic. 

--RHP J. 

After consecutive late-season collapses that allowed the Phillies to overtake the Mets in 2007 and '08, New York general manager Omar Minaya addressed the bullpen by adding a pair of closers -- Francisco Rodriguez and J. 

The New York Mets finished in Florida with a flourish. 

John Lannan's pitching line Wednesday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays - seven runs, 10 hits allowed in 4 2/3 innings - wasn't exactly what theWashingtonNationals had in mind for their ace left-hander in his final tuneup before Opening Day. 

A bad back cost Todd Helton in more ways than one. 

The Mets had a quiet spring training, with a major league-high 16 players from the organization participating in the World Baseball Classic. 

--RHP J. 

After consecutive late-season collapses that allowed the Phillies to overtake the Mets in 2007 and '08, New York general manager Omar Minaya addressed the bullpen by adding a pair of closers -- Francisco Rodriguez and J. 

The whitish limestone and gray granite walls of the new Yankee Stadium rise imposingly in the Bronx, a structure meant to awe like a modern Colosseum or perhaps Versailles. 

Johan Santana pitched three innings in his final tuneup for opening day, allowing a pair of solo homers during the New York Mets' 5-2 victory over the St. 

Edgardo Alfonzo didn't know what to make of the nickname bestowed on him when he was star second baseman for the New York Mets. 

Their top three starting pitchers are all nursing injuries. 

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