The Latest Breaking News from Carlos Carrasco

NEW YORK — When the dust began settling on what had been the wildest two weeks of spending in baseball history, Steve Cohen had emerged with a payroll of over $340 million and Hal Steinbrenner had shelled out $522 million on two players alone in Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodon.

NEW YORK — The Mets have picked up the option for 2023 on right-hander Carlos Carrasco, giving them two starting pitchers for next season. Carrasco, a 35-year-old Venezuela native, remains under contract through next season and will earn $14 million.

NEW YORK — The Mets left Georgia last weekend knowing full well they lost the opportunity to control their own fate, so when the out-of-town scoreboard read “FINAL” Tuesday night, there was little solace in the fact that the offense that deserted them against Atlanta was now clicking smoothly against…

NEW YORK — For now, the Mets’ hopes of capturing the 2022 NL East title are still alive. But they’re on life support.

MILWAUKEE — Step one, as they collectively called it, is done. The Mets are going to the playoffs. They guaranteed as much with more than two weeks remaining in the regular season by virtue of blowing away the clubs in the wild-card picture, earning that bit of uncertainty heading into…

NEW YORK — On the day when the entire sport honored Puerto Rican legend Roberto Clemente, the Mets’ Puerto Rican shortstop was one of the stars of the game.

The Mets led the National League East by 10 ½ games at the end of May. The Braves briefly nudged ahead of them Friday night. This has not been a vintage Mets collapse, though. They’ve been good since their hot start. It’s just that the Braves have been better than…

NEW YORK — Jeff McNeil ranged far to his right to field Luis Garcia’s potential inning-ending double play ball on the backhand. As the Mets’ second baseman started to transfer the ball to his hand for a flip to second, he dropped it for an error.

ATLANTA — For the second straight night, the Mets’ starting pitcher left the game after completing just two innings.

ATLANTA — Mets starter Carlos Carrasco was placed on the 15-day IL due to a low-grade strain in his left oblique. The Mets estimate his recovery timetable to be about three to four weeks.

ATLANTA — The Mets received a 13-1 Atlanta thrashing on Monday night in a game that featured DH/first baseman Darin Ruf pitching two scoreless innings, included a nearly hourlong rain delay and did not end until 11:33 p.m. And that might not have even been the worst part of their…