I have an addiction. Unfortunately, many young men my age have bigger problems than I do. Some have fallen to drug or alcohol addictions, which is always a sad situation. They have their whole lives ahead of them, but they succumb to their addiction. I have an addiction. The first part of dealing with an addiction is to admit you have one. Just this past week, I came to the conclusion that I am addicted [...]

According to Scott Cacciola of the Wall Street Journal, R.A. Dickey declared himself fit to return to the mound for the Mets this week, and he was happy to report that the nail on his right index finger was 100% healthy. This is big news for the Mets, who are relying on Dickey—who owns two of the most important fingernails in baseball—to help bail them out of their early-season malaise. Dickey, a knuckleball pitcher, split his [...]

As was reported here last night, Terry Collins opted to start Daniel Murphy for a second consecutive start at second base before last night’s rainout. It is expected he will be at second base for tonight’s contest according to a few reports. Collins cautioned that he is not yet ready to call this a platoon, but was simply rewarding Murphy for playing a solid second.base on Monday night. David Lennon of Newsday writes that paience [...]

Mets Minors 4.13.2011 BUFFALO 8, PAWTUCKET 1: The Buffalo Bisons (3-3) climbed back to .500 this season, defeating the Pawtucket PawSox, 8-1, Tuesday night. Dillon Gee (1-1) went seven innings, giving up three hits and one earned run to get the victory. Gee struck out four and walked two. Dale Thayer contributed two scoreless innings in relief. Offensively, Zach Lutz went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo homer with two RBIs. Nick Evans also hit a [...]

Due to the implications from tonight’s rain out and Thursday’s doubleheader, the Mets may have to use R.A. Dickey on short rest or callup another starter to pitch Sunday’s game. Adam Rubin of ESPN believes that the Mets could send reliever Ryota Igarashi down to the minors and callup starting pitcher Dillon Gee from Buffalo to make the spot start on Sunday. With six games now in a five-day stretch, the Mets will need a spot starter Sunday, if [...]

The game has been scheduled as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Thursday, starting at 12:10 pm. In other words, a traditional doubleheader, and a very nice gesture by the Mets. Starting Lineup Jose Reyes – ss Daniel Murphy – 2b David Wright – 3b Carlos Beltran – rf Ike Davis – 1b Angel Pagan – cf Willie Harris – lf Josh Thole – c Jon Niese – p Terry Collins said that Daniel Murphy [...]

Mets GM Sandy Alderson does not expect left fielder Jason Bay to return from the disabled list until April 26th at the earliest according to WFAN’s Ed Coleman. Anthony DiComo adds, More than two weeks have passed since Jason Bay first strained his left intercostal muscle, and still the Mets have no concrete idea of when he might return. Such is the nature of midsection injuries. At the time of Bay’s injury, the Mets believed he [...]

The New York Mets are in serious trouble. Any fan watching the early games could have told you that, though. However, they are in worse shape than I ever thought they’d be in. Through the first ten games, their pitching as a whole has been absolutely horrendous. I’m not going to lie and say I expected Pelfrey to pitch like an ace. However, he’s not only not pitched like an ace, he hasn’t even pitched [...]

Mets Minors 4.12.2011 PAWTUCKET 15, BUFFALO 1: The Buffalo Bisons fell to 2-3 on the season after getting beat 15-1 by the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate. Dylan Owen, recently promoted from Double-A, gave up a three-run home run in the fifth inning. The PawSox went on the score six more runs in the sixth inning. Kirk Nieuwenhuis broke up the shutout in the seventh inning with a double and run scored. Lucas Duda, recently sent [...]

It wasn’t a “routine play,” but when Ryota Igarashi had the comebacker in the sixth inning, I thought to myself, ‘Yes! Throw home, step on the plate and then throw on to first base for the double play.’ Instead, Igarashi sailed a throw to Josh Thole, who then had to step on home plate for the force out but didn’t get the inning-ending double play. Instead, Carlos Gonzalez then hit a game-tying two-run single through [...]

As the calendar turned from March to April, I mentioned that in addition to the staying healthy, the Mets would need key performances at second base and first base to give the offense an added boost. Two players who were on my watch list were Ike Davis and Brad Emaus. Davis because questions over his prolonged slumps last season made me wonder if a sophomore struggle would follow, and Emaus because he had never played [...]