The next time you see Billy Wagner walk to the mound in the ninth inning, you might be seeing history in the making… Well, maybe Mets history… Or maybe not… You see, Billy Wagner has started this season by pitching eight straight no-hit innings. Gulp… That’s right, he’s just three outs a way from a No-Hitter! Well at least the equivalent of a no-hitter… Right? This can only happen to the New York Mets… Either way, let’s root for Billy the next [...]

Mike Carp is pushing his way onto the minds of the Mets hierarchy with every passing day and every line drive hit. His stock had been on the rise a couple of years ago but then cooled off after an injury riddled 2007 season. He was hardly heard of again until the start of this season. He is now on fire and there’s no telling if this torrid hitting streak will land him on the [...]

Jeremy Cothran of the Star-Ledger takes a close look at Carlos Delgado in his column this morning. He is among the growing majority that believes Delgado is in a downward spiral that has created a black hole in the middle of the Mets lineup. For the better part of his career, there were few sluggers feared more in baseball than Delgado. Now he is one of the worst first basemen statistically in the majors — [...]

Adam Rubin of the Daily News had an interesting side note to his article this morning… Met starters are averaging 5.8 innings through the first 19 games. Met relievers have made 70 appearances out of the pen through the first 19 games. Last season the Met bullpen logged one appearance shy of 500 for the year. This year, they are on pace to make 597 trips to the mound if this keeps up. It’s still [...]

Sometimes logic eventually prevails when it comes to the New York Mets. In a surprise move, Willie Randolph finally dropped Carlos Delgado down to sixth in the order. It was a move that Mets fans have been screaming for on Mets blogs everywhere. Ryan Church will step in at bat fifth behind cleanup hitter Carlos Beltran. This may only be temporary as the Mets expect to activate Moises Alou from the DL some time this [...]

At least that’s what Joe Benigno of WFAN says. This morning after his opening monologue, he made a good case for his assertion. Why did Willie Randolph go out of his way to burn up Jose Reyes after the Cubs finale regarding the play where he threw the ball home and got an out? Reyes might have been able to go for the double play, but he played it safe instead and threw the ball home and got the sure [...]

Ok, ok. We were swept by the Cubs in a short two-game series in Chicago. The Cubs are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the National League this year, and since you can’t win ‘em all, at least we didn’t lose to a crummy team. Tonight begins the next chapter in the novel we call 2008… The Mets, without a doubt, must sweep the Nationals, in this also short two-game set. [...]

As much as I love Willie, sometimes I just have to question his logic. Case in point yesterday’s game against the Cubs… The Mets have just lost two heart breaking games and they surely needed a win in the finale against the Cubs. Why on earth would you pick that game to rest Ryan Church? Church is currently one of your best and most consistent bats in the lineup and his defense in rightfield has [...]

Where will the the saga of Carlos Delgado take us this year? It’s a long story, so you better grab a seat and sit yourself down for a spell. The tale begins in April of last season, and takes us back to the old days of the "Wild, Wild West", when a town would hire themselves a gunslinger to help rid the town of all the riff-raff and make it respectable again. Carlos Delgado was brought in to be [...]

What can you say about David Wright that hasn’t been said already? He continues to improve in ways that we as Mets fans have never been accustomed to. In many ways he is absolutely perfect in his on the field and off the field persona. Thanks to Wright’s four hit performance last night, the Mets find themselves all alone in first place in the National League East. I’m betting that they stay in first place [...]