Starting Lineup 1. Ruben Tejada SS 2. Daniel Murphy 2B 3. David Wright 3B 4. Ike Davis 1B 5. Lucas Duda RF 6. Scott Hairston LF 7. Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF 8. Josh Thole C 9. Jon Niese LHP IT’S T-SHIRT TUESDAY AT CITI The Mets look to get back on the winning page today as they open up a three game set against the Phillies in Citi Field. If records for July were held constant, this three [...]

In this latest gathering of the Knights of the MMO Roundtable, we ponder the age-old question about the Mid-Summer Classic. What are your thoughts on All Star fan voting especially when Home-Field Advantage is at stake? Jessep – I think people need to remember this game was supposed to be fun. Nobody was really begging for the MLB All Star Game to have added meaning, we just didn’t want it to end in a tie. [...]

Congratulations to this week’s MMO Player of the Week… Through the use of the scorecard, let’s take a look at how Daniel Murphy did this week: G AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG 6 22 9 5 3 0 3 10 0 1 .409 After going 352 at bats without a home run, Murphy broke that streak Wednesday against the Cubs hitting two home runs. He added another home run against the [...]

With the first half of the season is just about in the books, it’s finally time to separate the contenders from the pretenders. There are four teams that I believe are completely out of the playoff picture (Chicago, San Diego, Colorado, and Houston). All four will be sellers in a few weeks, attempting to unload salaries in return for prospects. The remaining 12 teams will be classified into three tiers. The first all have a [...]

Durham 3, Buffalo 2 By Sean Kenny The Bisons offense couldn’t overcome one poor inning by Garett Olson in their 3-2 loss to the Durham Bulls. Garrett Olson pitched admirably today, going five innings allowing three runs on six hits, while walking one and striking out three. Olson threw 93 pitches, and 60 for strikes. Olson was just victimized by some poor defensive play and three sacrifice flies. With the recent struggles of Jeurys Familia, [...]

I was happy to see Andrew Keh of the New York Times hit on something that his been really bugging me this season and that is the play of Mets centerfielder Andres Torres. I find myself either screaming at him for some dumb misplay on the field or running the bases, or rooting and cheering him on when he ignites a rally… Oftentimes this happens in the same game… He drives me insane… Take this [...]

Ken Davidoff of the New York Post, writes that the New York Mets want to upgrade their bullpen, and that former Met closer Francisco Rodriguez is one of a few players the front office is targeting according to what a source with knowledge of the situation. Davidoff points out a few good reasons why the Brewers may be in “sell mode” and  why “K-Rod would be an excellent fit with the Mets — as their closer:” Rodriguez, who is now [...]

Chris McShane of Amazin Avenue get’s the nod in this weeks edition of Fair or Foul after arguing that the Mets should designate Justin Turner for assignment in all due haste. He writes, Last night, Terry Collins inexplicably started Justin Turner over Ike Davis at first base. He shouldn’t have had the option. In limited playing time this year, Turner has been even worse than he was last year. He didn’t exactly set the bar high, hitting .260/.334/.356 with [...]

The Mets announced that they have signed Dominican SS Germán Ahmed Rosario during the first day of the International Free Agent signing period. Rosario will get a $1.75 million signing bonus, the highest bonus the Mets have ever paid an International Free Agent, topping the $1.3 million the Mets paid Fernando Martinez in 2005. Baseball America ranked Rosario eleventh among the top international free agents available and had the following to say in their scouting report (subscription required): Rosario [...]

R.A. Dickey has been named the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for June. No surprise here as we all knew how totally R.A.D. our knuckleballer has been this month! You can read all about his awesomeness below… Original Post 9:00 AM The MetsMerizedOnline Player of the Month for the month of June has shown he has a great impact on this team. This month, the Mets had a record of 15-13. Here is our [...]

I find it amazing how little attention RHP Luis Mateo gets when the topic of conversation is about the Mets’ best pitching prospects. If you didn’t know any better you would think that Zack Wheeler, Jeurys Familia, Matt Harvey and one or two others, were the only starting pitchers in the Mets minor league system. So let me introduce you to rising star Luis Mateo, currently the hottest pitcher in the Mets organization. This very young and [...]