Your Thursday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

The Braves rivals are loading up for a World Series run with trades for top relievers.

The Braves could certainly use a team-wide “groove,” as Harris put it, as the team currently sits 16 games below .500 and 16.5 games out of first in the NL East ahead of their Wednesday ...

The NL East race grew more fascinating Wednesday as the Mets and the Phillies played a game of “any relief pitcher you can get, we can do better.” ...

The disappointing Braves are 44-60 on the season and buried in fourth place in the National League East.

The Atlanta Braves announced a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals after injury news emerged.

The Yankees traded veteran right-hander Carlos Carrasco to a Braves club that is desperate for rotation arms. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

Atlanta is struggling this season, sitting in fourth in the National League East with a 47-64 record and 14 games out of the final Wild Card spot. The team has just 5 wins since the All-Star break.

He hit 40 homers in the Phillies’ first 112 games — one more than Howard over the first 112 games of 2006. His .965 OPS is ...

Major League Baseball is bringing the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee next month for a historic baseball experience.

The Braves have acquired right-hander Erick Fedde in a trade with the Cardinals, FanSided’s Robert Murray reports. Some money is also headed to Atlanta in the deal, with ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez ...

MLB: Atlanta Braves promote Hunter Stratton (Sullivan East) from Triple-A Hunter Stratton grew up as an ardent fan of the Atlanta Braves and now he will get a chance to pitch for the team.