John Harper of the Daily News, emphasizes just how precarious the Mets situation is this season regarding injuries to any of their significant players. If ever there is a season when any significant injuries could be deadly, it’s this one. How can it be any other way when the Mets’ best left-handed bat off the bench may well be Adam Loewen, a converted pitcher with 39 major-league plate appearances, and their sixth starting pitcher apparently will be [...]

Johan Santana and the Mets couldn’t have asked for more in the lefty’s return to the mound to face major league hitters for the first time since Sept. 2010. With a two-inning, 35-pitch limit, Santana threw free and easy, giving up a walk and hit in two shutout innings against the Cardinals. Manager Terry Collins said what’s next is to see how he responds in two days when the throws again. Coming off shoulder surgery, [...]

The Mets are playing two games today, but all eyes are on Port St. Lucie where Johan Santana will make the start against St. Louis. Here are the Mets’ lineups for today’s split-squad games: St. Louis at Mets 1. Andres Torres, CF 2. Jordany Valdespin, 2B 3. Jason Bay, DH 4. Ike Davis, 1B 5. Justin Turner, 3B 6. Josh Thole, C 7. Adam Loewen, LF 8. Mike Baxter, RF 9. Ronny Cedeno, SSLHP Johan Santana [...]

The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip A Fan’s Guide to Major League Stadiums (2nd Ed.) I received an email about a week ago from Josh Pahigian, co-author of The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip: A Fan’s Guide to Major League Stadiums. He wrote to tell me that his great selling book has been updated to include Citi Field and will be released later this month on March 27th. In it he lists Mets Merized Online as one of the [...]

“Kid gloves,’’ is the term with how the Mets will treat Johan Santana’s return this afternoon in a split-squad game against St. Louis. Santana, recovering from shoulder surgery, is scheduled for two innings or 35 pitches – whichever comes first – and regardless of how he’s doing there will be no debate. “I’m not going to do anything crazy,’’ said Santana, a phrase he’s uttered several times during his rehab from shoulder surgery. Santana has [...]

Scott Boras insisted to ESPNNewYork today that he was not singling out the Mets owners in his comments to the Times. The agent just believes in a general sense that major-market teams have a duty to their fans to spend at competitive levels. “I didn’t speak of anyone’s name,” Boras said. “I didn’t speak of anyone’s franchise.” Original Post 08:00 AM According to a report in the New York Times, agent Scott Boras strongly suggested that baseball and the Mets [...]

Matt Harvey got his first taste of facing major league batters yesterday when he replaced starter Dillon Gee in last night’s 3-1 loss to the Nationals and pitched two scoreless innings. Before the game, manager Terry Collins was asked what he would be looking for from Matt Harvey and Collins responded “good command”. What the Mets’ prized pitching prospect delivered however, hardly classified as that. Despite not giving up any runs, thanks to an inning [...]

Game Summary: …And we’re back! Welcome back to Mets baseball, ladies and gentlemen! The Mets first Spring Training game was against the Washington Nationals on a lovely Florida afternoon. Mets ran and stole like crazy but couldn’t get the RBIs and defense was shaky. Mets lose 3-1 to Nationals. Game Recap: Dillon Gee started off the first inning with the Mets going 1-2-3 with one strikeout. He retired the fourth batter to face him and [...]

The Mets begin their 2012 Grapefruit League season against the Washington Nationals tonight at Digital Domain Park. The game begins at 6:10PM and it will be televised live on SNY. Mets Lineup Andres Torres, CF Daniel Murphy, 2B Justin Turner, 3B Ike Davis, 1B Jason Bay, LF Lucas Duda, RF Valentino Pascucci, DH Josh Thole, C Ruben Tejada, SS Dillon Gee will start for the Mets. He was 13-6 with a 4.43 ERA in 30 [...]

Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the US District Court in Manhattan has ruled that the lawsuit filed by the trustree against the Mets owners will go to trial on March 19. The judge also ruled that the Wilpons are liable for the $83 million in fictitious profits. Irving Picard will have a chance to convince a jury that the Mets may be liable for an additional $300 million. So here we go… Original Post 10:00 [...]

Mets second base prospect Reese Havens hasn’t participated in workouts in over a week due to continued problems with his sore back. Yesterday, manager Terry Collins told reporters that Havens will get a cortisone shot today to try and relieve the stiffness he is experiencing. “Reese Havens, when he’s healthy, is an outstanding, fun-looking player,” Collins said. “He’s one of those guys you just know the ceiling — if we can get him in the lineup, he’s going to [...]