Mike Puma

Mike Puma

Background

Mike Puma has served as Mets beat reporter for the New York Post since 2010. He began covering baseball in 1998 and has reported on 𓆉over 2,500 games, with the Mets and Yankees as his focus. He was part of the reporting team that broke the story an encounter with a wild boar led to injuries that derailed Yoenis Cespedes’ career. The Waterbury, Conn., native graduated from Fordham University with a biology degree (that has never been put to use) and resides in the Hudson Valley with his wife, three children and cavapoo💃 Reese. He is the author of “If These Walls Could Talk, New York Mets.” Before coming to The Post in 2007, he worked for the Connecticut Post in Bridgeport, Conn., and Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American. Mike’s unique perspective on baseball and life can be found regularly on Twitter: @nypost_Mets

Latest Articles

🌸 Mets using rare rest to make all-important NLCS decisionཧ

 𒆙 After weeks o🍌f scrambling, the Mets were in the unfamiliar position Friday of taking it relatively easy.

Mets learn the💙ir NLCS foe after Dodgers-Padres battle in do-or-die Game 5

💧 The Mets will be♎ heading to Los Angeles Game 1 of the NLCS.

Mets manager in awe of fans during special stretch run: 'Comes from their heart'

 Much of Mendoza’s appreciation stems from the support the Mets received during the regular season’s stretch run and the charged atmosphere for Game 3 of the NLDS.  🌸

Mets overcome arch rival Phillies 𝐆to adva♊nce to NLCS as Lindor hits game-winning grand slam

The Mets' improbable 2024 journey is going 🐭to the NLCS. 🐎 

Why Mets veteran's injury rehab could surprisingly take him to Arizona Fall League

The Mets’ search for rehab games for Je🍨ff McNeil could lead to Arizona. 🌜

Magical Manaea shows Phillies he's the King of Queens

Manaea mastered th♏e Phillies with one run allowed over seven innings, carrying the Mets to a 7-2 victory in Game 3 of ജthe NLDS.

Mets excited to finally return home as 'rocking' Citi Field gets first NLDS games since 2015

Carlos Mendoza insisted on multiple occasions d✨uring the Mets’ final homestand in September that his team would return to play in Queens this ♕season.

Mets' ace could be a Game 5 option — if NLDS gets that far

🐼Kodai Senga remains in the Mets’ pitching plans should the NLDS extend to five games. 

Rehabbing Jeff McNeil hopes to be part of Mets' postseason action

 J🎉eff McNeil has been working out. Now, it’s a🍸bout getting into baseball shape.

Phillies answer Mets' ninth-inning magic with deflating walk-off to tie NLDS

Tylor Megill s꧅urrendered a walk-off RBI single to Nick Castellanos 🧸in the bottom of the inning during Game 2 of the NLDS.

Mets' Game 2 starter knows this Phillies challenge well

“It’s going🌸 to be the same lineup and it’s going to be loud, of course." 🐽

 Cardiac Mets do it again to shock Phillies i🗹n come-from-behind Game 1 stunner

They are usu🍨ally down, but they are never out.

Mets v𝄹eteran takes next step in potenꦯtial injury return

Jeff McNeil’s ramp up for a potential return in the postseason is about to🍌 begin.

 𝄹 ⛎ Mets and Phillies add new layer to rivalry with first-ever playoff meeting

🌸 The Mets have faced thꦿat other NL East nemesis, the Braves, in the playoffs, but the Phillies are something new. When Saturday’s Game 1 of the NLDS is played at Citizens...

Mets make ꧙shocking decision for Game 1 starter vs. Phillies ꧟

The Mets have opened the NLDS with ꧅a stunn🅰er. 

Wha𒉰t does this unexpected Mets�� postseason run say about their future?

Maybe the Mets’ success this season changes the perception about the manner in which a team needs to be constructed. 🌠

Injured Mets ace 'in the conversation' for Mets' NLDS roster

MILWAUKEE — The Mets season lives, along with Kodai Senga’s chances of returning to🐲 pitch for the team this season.  After the Mets completed a wild 4-2 comeback victory over...

Pete Alonso's clutch three-run homer sends Mets to NLDS in Game 3 wild card thriller

Pete Alonso picked just the right moment to awaken, resurrecting the Mets season along with him. ♎

Pete Alonso staring down Mets end as slump threat꧃ens 🍬playoff run

A certain Polar Bear’s return from hibernation was high on the Mets wish list as they considered the task ahead of them Thursday nigꦰht.

ಌ Mets youngster staying reaꩵdy in case postseason shot comes

Brett Baty is ready if the Mets ꧅need him, but otherwise he is content t🃏o just play the role of cheerleader in the postseason.