Two months into the season, the Mets have used an inordinate amount of players thus far. This has been due in part to injuries, but it has also been the product of the Mets organization’s unwillingness to deal with mediocrity. Jack Egbert, the “power-hitting” Jeremy Hefner, Chris Schwinden, Rob Johnson, Omar Quintanilla, Jordany Valdespin, Vinny Rottino and even Kirk Nieuwenhuis all started the year in the minors and weren’t expected to be big-time contributors this [...]

Tomorrow is June 1st, and with June comes the start of trade rumors galore. I’m not a big trade rumors guy to be honest. I think reporters do get valuable information, but I think so much changes on a day to day basis that trade talks can end before they are even reported. The Mets will wake up on June 1st as the 2nd National League wildcard team. Maybe I am crazy, but I think [...]

Losing sucks in general, but losing the way we did last night always carries the added stigma that the loss might have been avoidable if not for a critical turning point that sealed the team’s fate in the most horrific of ways. Dillon Gee started the game and was pitching solidly coming of his nine-strikeout gem in his last start. He had scattered a few hits and the only blemish was a solo home run to newly [...]

Last week I put out Version 1.0 of my MLB Mock Drafts. I had the Mets selecting highs chool outfielder Courtney Hawkins with their first pick, 12th overall. Now, I have Hawkins already gone by the time the Mets pick and instead have the Mets drafting High School SS Gavin Cecchini. Cecchini is considered by many to be one of the top 5 HS bats in the 2012 Draft. Also i’ve read many articles by [...]

Buffalo 3, Columbus 2 By Andrew O’Brien In a pitching duel, Buffalo and Columbus combined to go hitless for five straight innings before the Bisons scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the tenth inning, beating Columbus, 3-2, Wednesday night to take the first three games of the four-game series. Josh Satin led the 10th inning off with a ground-rule double and later scored on a two-out wild pitch. Buffalo and Columbus combined [...]

Dillon Gee went pitch for pitch with Cliff Lee, but the bullpen imploded as the Mets lost 10-6. Game Recaps  Dillon Gee had a good outing on the day, scattering six hits while giving up two runs, walking one and striking out five. Gee had good control on the day, and the only two hits that hurt him were a Ty Wigginton home-run and a Brian Schneider double. Gee threw 110 pitches, 72 for strikes. [...]

I haven’t talked minors in a bit so let me ramble off a few thoughts and a few factoids I’ve picked up from the beat writers and affiliates. Lets start with this little tidbit from the Buffalo Bisons who say that after one week of All-Star voting, Matt Harvey leads all Starting Pitchers in votes and that recently promoted Omar Quintanilla leads all Shortstops. Very cool indeed, and honestly, I did not know that they [...]

Updated 7:40 PM The big man upstairs has spoken according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York: Chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, while expressing hope David Wright will be a Met long term, noted there is no urgency since Wright is under the team’s control through the 2013 season. The comments came a day after GM Sandy Alderson said he did plan to engage Wright’s agents during the season. “There’s no gun to anybody’s head,” Wilpon said. “So let it [...]

Jordany Valdespin was called up from Buffalo in what seems to be a precautionary move in regards to exactly the extent that Ronny Cedeno’s injured calf is hurt. During the press conference, Terry Collins said that Cedeno was currently being examined by doctors, and when asked of his opinion of Ronny’s condition said “He’s ok – not good. The tests will determine what happens to Cedeno” If Cedeno is injured, it seems as if Omar [...]

Joel Sherman of the New York Post, put together a list of five things he says have improved for the Mets since last season. 1. The Madoff mess is behind ownership: This might not please fans who wanted the Wilpons out, but they were not selling. Thus, the sooner they could begin trying to fix the finances, the better for the organization. 2. The growth of the farm: Zack Wheeler wasn’t even a Met at this time [...]

When you think about some of the really good trades the Mets have made, the Cone and Hernandez deals quickly come to mind first. But the Mets have made some other pretty good trades in their history and I’ll take a look at them in this new series of posts. Following the 1983 season, the Mets traded a middling relief pitcher, Carlos Diaz, and the veteran utility man Bob Bailor to the Dodgers for a [...]