Top prospect Fernando Martinez is the latest New York Mets player to go down with an injury. The rookie outfielder was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with inflammation in his right knee. The move is retroactive to July 4. To replace Martinez on the ...

Gary Sheffield has been given a cortisone shot behind his right knee and is out of the depleted New York Mets' lineup for the third straight game. Sheffield was given the shot Wednesday before the game against St. Louis, and the Mets said the slugging outfielder ...