The Mets have been here before, saddled with an unproductive player and a huge contract. It wasn’t too long ago the Mets cursed the existence of Oliver Perez. Now it is Jason Bay. A significant difference is while Perez’s attitude in the clubhouse turned teammates against him, Bay remains a popular figure because he plays hard and hustles. He just can’t hit. With Andres Torres on the disabled list and David Wright possibly heading there, [...]

Andy Martino of the Daily News may have opened up a can of worms this morning with a couple of quotes in which he matter of factly states the following: As the Daily News reported in February, the Mets hope that Wright will justify another multi-year commitment, and remain the face of their franchise for years. The team’s outlook on Wright differs dramatically from their view last year of Jose Reyes, who most Met executives did not view as a [...]

According to Andy Martino of the Daily News, a team official told him that while the Mets do plan to acknowledge Jones’ distinguished career in some small way, they will not hold an on-field ceremony, present Jones with a gift or stage anything elaborate. Any tribute to Jones, the official said, will be extremely low-key. RJ Original Post 4/12 Could the Mets really have a plan to “honor” longtime Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones? WFAN [...]

BUFFALO BISONS AAA The Bisons got corralled Thursday afternoon by a score of 7-2 at the hands of the SWB Yankees in Buffalo. A three-run second off Chris Schwinden, and a three-run seventh off Jeff Stevens would provide the Yankees with all the scoring they would need, and they added a solo homer by Steve Pearce off Daniel Herrera in the fifth. Schwinden who struggled mightily with his command, pitched four innings and took the [...]

Starting Lineup: 1. Ruben Tejada, SS 2. Daniel Murphy, 2B 3. Justin Turner, 3B 4. Ike Davis, 1B 5. Jason Bay, LF 6. Lucas Duda, RF 7. Scott Hairston, CF 8. Josh Thole, C 9. R.A. Dickey, P The Mets start their first road series of the season tonight as they go down to Philly. After starting off the season 4-0, the Mets dropped two games in a row to Washington. Tonight’s game features the [...]

The Mets have issued a statement on David Wright‘s pinkie finger injury: “The injury to the little finger on David Wright’s right hand has been re-evalauated by a hand specialist in New York, who reiterated that David can return to baseball activity as tolerated. His playing status will be reviewed again tomorrow in Philadelphia prior to the game. David Wright was fitted for a splint on his broken right pinkie finger before yesterday’s game. Terry Collins said he [...]

One of the more light-hearted moments during yesterday’s SNY broadcast of the Mets 4-0 loss to the Nationals, came right after starter Stephen Strasburg threw pitch number 100 during the game. It was the first time Strasburg has hit the century mark in pitches thrown in his pro career with the Nats, said Gary Cohen. At which point SNY analyst Ron Darling blurted out, “no ambulance needed.” Honestly, it was pretty hilarious, especially if you [...]

I know the news has been relatively good about the injury to DWright’s pinkie. The prognosis is favorable, like the weather forecast for this weekend. But somehow I feel more sure about the weather being warm and sunny, than I do about Wright being able to play against the Phillies this weekend. Sure, it’s early in the year and we’ve got some guys who can fill in, like Turner and Cedeno….temporarily. But what if this [...]

The Mets got out of the gate with guns blazing to start the season, but were shooting blanks by the time they got on the first stage coach out of town and heading for Philly. Luckily, we did manage to learn a few things along the way. Any success that comes out of this season will hinge on our ace Johan Santana. If he can put it together and become a steadying force at the [...]