When Omar Minaya decided that Mike Pelfrey would slide into the number two spot in the rotation, many of us had raised eyebrows to say the least. Even though I would have rather seen Pelfrey hold down the fort at the bottom of the rotation I figured that maybe there was a slim chance that Pelf could pull it off. I based that decision on how strongly Pelfrey pitched down the stretch in 2008, His...
Read MoreShortstop Alex Cora became the latest Met to go on the disabled list after deciding to have season-ending surgery on his right thumb. Cora also has a torn ligament in each of his thumbs and will have surgery on this left thumb this Thursday, and surgery on his right thumb five weeks later. Cora, who signed as a free agent in the offseason, hit .251 with one homer and 18 RBIs in 82 games in his...
Read MoreFor the second straight game, the Mets were forced to play without any of their core players and this time it really showed as they were annihilated by the Giants 10-1. It was the Mets’ 12th loss in their last 18 games, and things are really starting to go downhill fast. Livan Hernandez started and he was absolutely torched by the Giants batters who were teeing off on him like it was...
Read MoreThe Mets have signed top pick, left-handed starting pitcher Steven Matz. Matz, out of Ward Melville High School in East Setauket and the 72nd overall pick in June’s First-Year Player Draft, signed for $895,000. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Matz went 6-1 with a 0.47 ERA in seven starts this season for Ward Melville. He struck out 81 batters while allowing just 11 hits in 44 innings....
Read More1. Mets have signed 13th rounder, LHSP Zach Dotson for 500k INT AAA: Buffalo 9/12/0, Lehigh Valley 4/11/0 2b Argenis Reyes 2 for 4, run, 2b, 2 RBI, BB, .291 cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, run, 2b, BB, K, .304 1b Nick Evans 0 for 2, run, RBI (26), 3 BBs, K, .196 rf Chip Ambres 2 for 5, run, 2 RBI, K, .259 c Rene Rivera 1 for 4, run, HR, 3 RBI, K, .246 lf Jason Dubois 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 2 Ks,...
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