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...
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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...
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“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...
Read MoreScott 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...
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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...
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