After nearly a month away from the Mets, Francisco Alvarez is back. The righthanded catcher, who was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on June 22, will be called up, according to a source ... “He’s doing everything we’re asking him to do ... More Mets headlines.
The positive feelings surrounding David Wright’s number retirement stretched into Sunday with his bobblehead giveaway ... In the bottom half, Juan Soto worked a leadoff walk and Jeff McNeil hit a one-out double to put runners on second and third ... Lennon.
It's been a quiet transfer window for Newcastle United thus far with Eddie Howe having to deal with Alexander Isak's uncertain future while aiming to improve his attacking options ... .
David Peterson never played with David Wright at the major-league level. But it was away from the limelight in 2018 when Peterson, the Mets’ 2017 first-round pick, received an up-close glimpse of why the franchise’s captain was so revered ... ... Albanese.
Quarterly campaign finance reports came due last week for 2026 congressional candidates, and several of those running to represent the tri-state area were standouts — not only locally, but nationwide ... .