Jeremy Hefner didn’t have his best outing of the season, but was victimized by a home run and some defensive errors and the Mets offense struggled against the Nationals in their 5-3 loss on Wednesday Game Recap Jeremy Hefner coming off of his last outing couldn’t duplicate the same level of success today against Washington. Hefner went six innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits, walking one and striking out three. The aforementioned [...]

Jason Bay was in the original starting lineup for today, but he removed himself because he is experiencing flu-like symptoms. Scott Hairston will take his place and bat sixth. Starting Lineup 1. Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF 2. Josh Thole C 3. David Wright 3B 4. Lucas Duda RF 5. Daniel Murphy 2B 6. Scott Hairston LF 7. Ike Davis 1B 8. Omar Quintanilla SS 9. R.A. Dickey RHP The Mets try to avoid the sweep today as [...]

Updated 7:00 PM Terry Collins said that there has been a slight change of plans and instead of Ruben Tejada going back to St. Lucie, he is instead headed to New York where he will be examined by Mets doctors. As I reported in an earlier post, Tejada pulled himself from a rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo last night in the third inning. Original Post 8:30 AM The news from Buffalo traveled quickly after shortstop Ruben Tejada [...]

This morning, Jessep already laid out a great case as to why first baseman Ike Davis should be demoted to Buffalo with all expediency and I don’t have anything more to add to that. But on that front, Terry Collins was asked again about the situation yet he continues to dance around the issue. Adam Rubin documented the moment on his blog at ESPN New York: The Mets have been resolute in dismissing the minors as [...]

I can imagine some of the stomachs churning already after reading that title. But as I was going through some of the Mets notes, it’s hard to ignore what an incredible impact Scott Hairston has made on this team so far this season. Hairston hit a home run and scored three runs last night after entering the game in the eighth inning. He became the fourth Mets player in team history to come off the bench hit [...]

The Mets have announced that left fielder Jason Bay has been activated from the 15-day disabled list and reliever Pedro Beato from the 60-day disabled list. To make room for Jason Bay on the roster, the Mets have placed pitcher Chris Young on paternity leave. Meanwhile, the Mets designated Josh Satin for assignment to clear a spot for Pedro Beato. So in the last 24 hours, the Mets have designated Jack Egbert and Josh Satin. Both of them must now pass [...]

When Kirk Nieuwenhuis was called up on April 7th, I’m sure a lot of people weren’t expecting Captain Kirk to have an major impact on the team going forward into the season.  Guess what? He has. Luckily, he has done all that and more for the Amazin’s. Not only has Nieuwenhuis provided the Mets with some key hits offensively, but his defensive ability has really shined and boosted the Mets outfield defensive alignment. With Jason Bay set to be [...]

If you haven’t seen comedian Jon Stewart’s reaction to Johan Santana’s no-hitter, I think you’re going to love this video… The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Stewart is a life-long suffering Mets fan just like many of us and he does an outstanding job of sharing his reaction which I’m sure was very similar to many of our own reactions. I’m still on a high from that night…

Columbus 21, Buffalo 3 By Andrew O’Brien The Columbus Clipper scored 17 runs through the first four innings Tuesday night en route to a 21-3 drubbing of the Buffalo Bisons. Dylan Owen (3-3) started the game for Buffalo. In three innings of work, Owen allowed 11 hits, 13 runs (all earned), walked five and struck out none. He allowed two home runs. His Triple-A ERA is now 5.32. Chuck James came on in relief of [...]