AAA International League: Buffalo 4/9/1, Syracuse 7/14/1 Jon Niese had a very good rehab outing today, despite giving up 8 hits (2 bunts and 3 bloops), he surrendered just 2 runs. Ruben Tejada had a good game out of the leadoff spot with 2 hits, and Josh Thole snapped a mini slump (2 for 13) with 2 hits and a walk. Jesus Feliciano DNP. ss Ruben Tejada 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (8), .296 [...]

Philadelphia Phillies: (28-21; Leader) The Phillies managed to take two out of three from the Marlins. They were shutout on Sunday, but the story of the weekend was Roy Halladay’s perfect game. There’s nothing more that I can say about it that hasn’t already been said on this site. The Phillies will play the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta with first place on the line. Atlanta Braves: (28-22; -.5) The Braves have been hot as of [...]

A couple of weeks ago, before accepting a demotion to the bullpen, it was reported that Oliver Perez refused a minor league assignment so he can sort things out with his pitching problems. This morning, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Oliver Perez has again refused a minor league assignment from the Mets.  Perez’s contract gives him that right, but after his latest implosion on the mound as a reliever, pressure is mounting for [...]

In a report to MLB Trade Rumors, Tim Dierkes posted of Nelson Figueroa’s release: The Phillies designated pitcher Nelson Figueroa for assignment to make room for Brad Lidge, tweets MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki.  Figueroa, 36, was claimed off waivers from the Mets on April 7th and tallied nine games for the Phils. Last year for the Mets Figueroa compiled a 4.09 ERA, 7.5 K/9, and 3.1 BB/9 in 70.3 innings.  Figueroa has spent most of his second career Phillies stint [...]

Well, while we were distracted by the games on the field, the MLB draft creeps ever closer. The draft is one week from today, on Monday June 7. By virtue of the tragedy that was 2009, the Mets will be picking 7th. The Nationals, Pirates, Orioles, Royals, Indians, and Diamondbacks will be picking one through six. So for the week leading up to the draft, we’ll be running a feature all this week looking at [...]

The Mets have ended this past week taking 2 out of 3 from the World Champion New York Yankees to sweeping the National League Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, impressively shutting them out in all 3 games. To call 2010 a rollercoaster year for the Mets is more than an understatement. To go from worst to first, back to worst and once again to being in contention in a few weeks is borderline manic, and we [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 7/13/0, Toledo 8/11/3 cf Jesus Feliciano 5 for 5, run, 2 2b (11), .403 (HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOO!!!) 2b Justin Turner 1 for 5, run, RBI, .268 1b Daniel Murphy 2 for 5, run, HR (1), 4 RBI (5), .261 3b Mike Hessman 0 for 4, BB, 2 Ks, .301 dh Mike Jacobs 2 for 5, run, 2b, .271 lf Mike Cervanek 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, .250 rf Russ Adams 0 [...]

The Mets avoided the sweep this afternoon and took the finale by a 10-4 score thanks to Dickey’s solid effort and a big day at the plate for Jeff Francoeur who exploded for four hits today. Game Summary R.A. Dickey gave the Mets another solid outing today and improved to 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA. Dickey worked seven innings and allowed four runs, three of them coming on a pair of home runs by Rickie Weeks. The knuckleballer [...]