Mets prospect Dylan Owen threw seven no-hit innings in a combined no-hitter, leading Los Criollos to a 5-0 victory over Los Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League last night. Owen walked two and struck out three in his seven hitless innings of work and was making his third appearance this winter. Owen was a 20th round pick for the Mets in the 2007 MLB Draft and last season he split his time [...]

Adam Rubin of ESPN New York does a great job of doing a position by position analysis on the Mets to begin the new year. It’s definitely worth a read. Some of the parts I found the most interesting came at shortstop where Rubin wrote discussed the possibility of trading Reyes, If Alderson is adamant about not wanting to give players in their late 20s deals of five, six or seven years, then perhaps it’s worth [...]

I read an article today in the Philadelphia Inquirer, that said the Phillies have not discussed an extension with left-handed starting pitcher Cole Hamels. Theoretically, he is the next in line for a multiyear extension, but those talks have yet to begin. As the Phillies’ payroll grows, it’s natural to wonder where Hamels fits. Then again, it’s also possible that the Phillies will resolve the Hamels question before next winter arrives. But Hamels’ agent, John Boggs, [...]

Here is a video that should warm you up and get you thinking about baseball again. It’s a promo video from Sony Productions for the upcoming release of “MLB 11: The Show” which is due on store shelves on March 8th. Those are some of the most amazing baseball game graphics I’ve ever seen, I can’t wait until my son is old enough to play games like this with me! Hat tip to Mets Chronicles.

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe writes that with the holiday break now over, the “second season’’ of the Hot Stove is about to begin. He lists the Mets among some teams who might benefit from bargain basement players or January trades. Since they couldn’t enter into the primary market because of budget constraints , the Mets have to rebuild their pitching with the secondary market. They’ll have to take chances and hope to get lucky. Jeff [...]

One of the things that has long frustrated me regarding the Mets has been their failure to meet my expectations in the last few years. I go into each season with this heightened sense that somehow “this will be the year” when everything goes right, that we’ll have no significant injuries, and that many of our players will have breakout seasons. It hasn’t happened of course, and instead we’ve all been subjected to a lot of bad [...]