Ben Sheets hasn't pitched in the majors in more than a year, but that will not keep the Mets from keeping an eye on the former All-Star right-hander this winter. The oft-injured Sheets, who last pitched with the Brewers in 2008, has been sidelined...

Jeff Francoeur wasn't kidding when he told The Post this summer that free-agent right hander Jason Marquis badly wants to be a Met in 2010. Marquis backed that up this week, telling The Post he considers the Mets "a perfect fit" while expressing...

Wally Backman was hired Monday as manager of the Mets’Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League. A member of the Mets’ 1986 World Series championship team, Backman was hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004....

Though they are fixated on adding a power bat such as Matt Holliday’s or Jason Bay’s, the Mets are in the words of an involved party “absolutely in” on free agent Chone Figgins. One Mets official said Figgins would be “hard to fit” into...

Nelson Figueroa pitched a four-hitter for his first major league complete game, Angel Pagan keyed the offense and the NY Mets wrapped up a miserable season Sunday by completing a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 4-0 victory. Figueroa...