Some obstacles remain for David Stearns and the Mets to meet their lofty expectations following a trip to the National League Championship Series.

The former Mets ace has been receiving a taste of that satisfaction this weekend at Clover Park, where he is serving as a guest instructor for the team.

With Miami likely to trade pitcher Sandy Alcantara this season, the New York Mets are one of several teams expected to make an offer.

Mets left-hander Sean Man aea has a right oblique strain and has been shut down indefinitely, manager Carlos Mendoza said Monday morning. The injury to Manaea is the second major blow to a Mets rotation that is already without Frankie Montas until at least ...

Santana was in Mets camp over the weekend as a guest instructor at the invitation of manager Carlos Mendoza, who knows the former Mets and Twins pitcher from Venezuelan baseball circles. Mendoza recently learned via the team’s social-media accounts that Santana was Manaea’s favorite back in the day, and he made the introduction happen.

Though Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas are injured, other Mets’ rotation members Kodai Senga, David Peterson and Clay Holmes have looked strong.