I just read a new post from Ted Berg on his blog Ted Quarters. Basically Ted says that he cares more about Johan Santana being right than Santana’s wins and losses. All I know is that, in a season when the Mets’ wins and losses don’t really matter a hell of a lot anymore, I care a lot more about seeing Santana right, striking out lots of batters and dominating opponents, than I do about his [...]

In a season marred by poor coaching, poor play, and utter turmoil there is one light that shines brighter than the rest…his name is R.A. Dickey. After another R.A.Diculous outing (8 1/3 IP, 2 ER) the other night, the knuckle baller has lowered his team leading ERA to 2.41 and has allowed 2 or less earned runs in 12 of his 18 starts. I believe Bobby Ojeda of SNY summed it up best, when he [...]

When it comes to being a barnstorming radical – a demonstrating firebrand – who wants to chant something to the tune of “Hell no we wont go!” or “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Omar Minaya has got to go!”, I’m not exactly what you would call your typical Ceasar Chavez. No, in fact I’m not even what you would call a “union” guy – not that I favor anyone being exploited by their employer, although I [...]

The Buffalo Bisons lost both games of a doubleheader on Sunday, but that wasn’t all they lost. According to Bisons.com, Mets prospect Fernando Martinez suffered an apparent knee injury in the first game and did not play in the second game. Martinez played the entire first game, but could be seen nursing his right knee in the field and out of the batter’s box. Oberkfell said he aggravated the knee trying to beat out a [...]

Good morning, Met Nation. Looks like the Flushing faithful are enduring a busy weekend off the field. Jon Niese Well, what do you know? The old “pitch count” monster rears its ugly head again. The Mets are considering putting a limit on Jon Niese before the end of the season. One word: Redonkulous. They’ve already shown restrictions on Niese in spots where he was pulled after 6 IP (his avg start) and wasn’t at 100 pitches. He gave [...]

A sobering sign of the sinking morale in the Mets clubhouse revealed in a Tweet from Andy Martino of the Daily News. [tweeted]http://twitter.com/SurfingTheMets/status/21857745313[/tweeted] Before he left the Mets clubhouse for the last time, Barajas spoke with reporters. “It was disappointing. We were excited. I think all the Mets’ fans in New York were excited. Things were going great. We were putting ourselves in a great situation. Even to the All-Star break we were in a pretty [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 2/7/2, Pawtucket 9/12/0 Per Bisons beat writer Mike Harrington: @BNHarrington: Nieuwenhuis was in Cali at a wedding last 2 days. FMart tweaked knee. Herd had nine position players in 2nd game. Ugh. Follow him on Twitter, the @ is given… Josh Stinson’s AAA debut was going very well for the first 5 innings, he had given up 2 unearned runs on 3 hits in the first, then no hits over the [...]

The Mets do not complete the sweep as the bats were not hitting today. Pirates win 2-1 despite Santana’s complete game effort. Game Summary Johan Santana was on fire during the early goings of the game. He struck out the side in order in the first inning and didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning. Santana had his changeup on point today, matching it with his 90-91 MPH fastball. Santana now has had [...]

Breaking news Mets fans! Catcher Rod Barajas was just claimed off waivers by the LA Dodgers. Also, outfielder Jesus Feliciano will be called up to replace him. @KBurkhardtSNY Barajas claimed by the Dodgers. Jesus Feliciano will replace him. Barajas, 34, was hitting .255 with the Mets this season with 12 homeruns and 34 RBIs. He was hitting well during the first half of the season before falling into a slump and going on the DL. [...]

I read a solid article entitled “What If Billy Wagner Never Got Hurt?” by Brian Joura of Mets 360. Brian not only contemplates what could have been in the second half of the 2008 season, but also what might have transpired if the Mets signed an outfielder instead of K-Rod later that offseason.  We have seen how good Wagner has been this season.  If Wagner had not been injured in 2008, the Mets probably have [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 5/11/0, Pawtucket 4/11/1, Game 1 cf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 3, RBI, K, .342 2b Justin Turner 1 for 3, run, .311 lf Lucas Duda 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .314 1b Nick Evans 1 for 3, run, HR (4), 2 RBI (17), K, .321 rf Fernando Martinez 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .256 dh Val Pascucci 1 for 3, run, K, .271 3b Mike Cervanek 3 for 3, run, .249 [...]