New York Mets

NEW YORK — Believe it or not, Yoenis Cespedes can play the guitar, too.

In fact, the way they tell it in the New York Mets clubhouse, he saw a guitar when he was with the Boston Red Sox last year, decided he wanted to play it and learned right away.

The way they tell it in the Mets clubhouse, there's nothing Cespedes can't do.

Overlooking Curtis Granderson has been a given. 

The New York Mets have so many storylines swirling around their clubhouse this season, and the New York and national media alike are covering them all top to bottom.

Bartolo Colon continues to defy what sports fans have come to understand about aging. The New York Mets starting pitcher gave up two runs to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. However, before his night was over, Colon made history.

The reason this is happening should have never happened.

The trade that has helped lead the New York Mets to so much recent good fortune was one the team's front office was not even considering until circumstances pushed it toward alternatives.

The Mets thought they had their outfield trade acquisition just before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, but it was not Yoenis Cespedes.

The New York Mets are taking precautionary measures with their ace, Matt Harvey. They are planning to monitor his innings the rest of the way as drama surrounds the powerful right-hander.

Will Harvey pitch anymore in the regular season? Will Harvey pitch in the playoffs?   

For the past few days, the burning question in the Big Apple has been whether Matt Harvey would pitch for the New York Mets in the postseason. There's a complicating factor, though: The Mets have to get there first.

After some initial concern from fans that he would go the Stephen Strasburg route, Matt Harvey confirmed he'll take the mound for the New York Mets in the 2015 postseason should the team qualify.

This will not be easily forgotten.

The New York Mets have trudged along, disappointing their fanbase for the last eight seasons, but 2015 changed that. They signed players, made trades and developed a promising young core—position guys and pitchers alike.

The New York Mets never wanted Matt Harvey to be Stephen Strasburg. As far as we knew, at least until Friday, Harvey never wanted to be Strasburg, either.

The New York Mets kept Thursday night's extra-innings game against the host Philadelphia Phillies alive even longer when pitcher Carlos Torres and first baseman Daniel Murphy combined to turn an interesting play at first.

With two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Phillies right fielder Jeff Francoeur sent a ground ball racing toward Torres on the mound.