Our own Connor O’Brien posted an nice piece on his site Up Along First in which he reviews the Jenrry Mejia to the bullpen experiment – version 2.0. “Since moving to the ‘pen, Mejia has been dreadful”, Connor writes. .”He has allowed runs in three of his five appearances, including last night’s game in which he was charged with four runs (three earned) on three hits and a walk. He was pulled after recording just one [...]

One of the things I’d like to try on a regular, if not daily basis, is a Mets’ oriented notebook. There’s so much going on that I don’t want any of it to get by the boards. After the game, Terry Collins revealed Frank Francisco had suffered an injury and was unavailable, leaving Collins with five relievers in the bullpen. Frank Francisco has a tight left oblique, and Mets fans know what a puzzling and aggravating injury [...]

It’s an oversimplification to think Chris Young made one mistake last night when he grooved a fastball Raul Ibanez drilled for a game-tying, three-run homer. His biggest mistake that inning was the leadoff walk to Mark Teixeira. Young was already nearing 100 pitches when the inning began. I was surprised he went out, but understood it followed with Terry Collins’ loyalty to his starters. I never would have let him pitch to Nick Swisher, was [...]

That’s just one theory that’s floating around after ESPN’s Adam Rubin posted this on Twitter: For conspiracy theorists: Buffalo lists Monday starter as TBA (Owen on DL). That’s ZACK WHEELER day w/ B-Mets. Heard zero promotion chatter though. We actually came to that same conclusion a couple of weeks ago when we pegged Collin McHugh for his subsequent promotion to Buffalo that followed five days later. This might be nothing, OR Rubin could really be [...]

McHugh Gets Roughed Up By Durham Bulls By Connor O’Brien The Bisons fell to .500 once again as they were defeated by the Durham Bulls last night by a score of 11-5. Collin McHugh took the mound for his second Triple-A start for the Bisons. He had struggled in his debut in Norfolk, giving up four runs over five innings and earning a loss. Last night wasn’t much better. Durham jumped on McHugh early, as [...]

Pissed off, man. We drop this one to the evil empire 4 – 3. Summary This is a game where the stat line will not tell the whole story – for two different reasons. One, you can dominate the opposing team for 6 innings, but you always need to be afraid of that one blip on the radar that starts the snowball effect. And two, our Amazins’ are lacking in HR power, with about 58 [...]

A collection of random Mets thoughts for today… After sitting last night against Andy Pettitte, Daniel Murphy is expected to start today against the Yankees’ Ivan Nova tonight. Depending how he does will determine if he’ll start tomorrow against CC Sabathia. Murphy has been in a tailspin for weeks, especially against left-handers. For awhile, Terry Collins stuck with him, but the Mets have been getting mileage from their bench. Last night Justin Turner delivered a [...]

Starting Lineup Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF Daniel Murphy 2B David Wright 3B Lucas Duda RF Ike Davis 1B Scott Hairston LF Omar Quintanilla SS Josh Thole C Chris Young SP Mets Notes Prior to tonight’s game, Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey will receive their NL Player of the Week awards in a pre-game ceremony. Santana won for the week of May 28-June 3, after tossing the first no-hitter in team history on June 1 vs. St. Louis. Dickey was named [...]

Buffalo Falls To Durham After Late Bullpen Collapse By Connor O’Brien Last night in Durham, the Bisons fell to the Bulls in the opening game of a three-game series by a score of 6-5. Garrett Olson took the mound for Buffalo. In his previous start, he had struggled, failing to get out of the third inning against Pawtucket. Last night, however, went much better for him, as he went five innings while only allowing one [...]