R.A. Dickey took a giant step forward on his quest for that coveted NL Cy Young Award tonight as the Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 3-0. The Mets knuckleballer spun a complete game shutout to earn his seventeenth victory of the season, tying him with Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto for the most wins in the Majors. Dickey allowed just five hits, walked three and struck out seven batters in what would be [...]

With only a week to go in the minor league season, this series you’ve all grown to love will unfortunately be coming to an end after next Friday’s edition. So it is with great pleasure that I present to you this Friday’s edition of the smash-hit feature exclusively on MMO, Mets Minors Beat. This week we look at some amazing pitching performances, some late-season promotions, and the end of some player’s seasons. Keep reading to [...]

The Minnesota Twins places All-Star catcher Joe Mauer on revocable trade waivers earlier this week, and, not too surprisingly, no team put a claim in for him. The 29-year-old is due $23 million per season through 2018, so team’s likely balked at that salary. I heard some reports that the Mets should have gone after Mauer if the Twins were willing to work out a deal. I know it’s slightly after the fact (at least [...]

When the Mets signed Jon Rauch who was coming off one of his worst seasons in his career, there may have been none that were more critical of giving him a $3.5 million dollar guaranteed contract than I was. In fact, at the time and considering how little money we had to spend, I still say it was a questionable move for a pitcher who was expeted to provide middle relief and occasional setup opportunities. [...]

Adam Rubin of ESPN recently tweeted that he spoke to Hairston, and although Hairston doesn’t know who claimed him off of waivers, he figured it was the Arizona Diamondbacks. There are two basic reasons why the Diamondbacks may have claimed Hairston – the first reason could be to block Hairston from being picked up by another NL West opponent – the second reason could be that they have an actual interest in Hairston. That second [...]

Buffalo Bisons 10, Rochester Red Wings 3 Jeurys Familia ended his 2012 season on a high note as the young right-hander earned the win in one of his better performances of the season as the Bisons outslugged the Red Wings 10-3 at Frontier Field in Rochester last night. Familia pitched struck out a season high nine batters and walked just one in seven innings of work in what is presumably his final start of the season according [...]

Recap: Now locking up two consecutive series victories for the first time since the All-Star Break, the suddenly streaking New York Mets came to the ballpark today looking to complete a sweep of the rivaled Philadelphia Phillies. However, that wasn’t the case as Jon Niese failed to fend off the Phils following an early lead, falling by a score of 3-2. With Kyle Kendrick on the hill, the Mets offense took advantage of the short [...]

St. Lucie 5, Bradenton 1 Jacob deGrom continued on his strong season and the Mets were off and running on the basepaths in their 5-1 win. deGrom pitched six effective innings and struck out six to improve to 3-0 in the Florida State League. He allowed one run and five hits while issuing two walks. Hamilton Bennett tossed two scoreless innings and struck out one. Adrian Rosario pitched a scoreless ninth. Travis Taijeron’s solo homer in the fifth tied the score.Danny Muno’s RBI groundout [...]

Friday, August 31, 2012 • 7:10 PM Marlins Park • Miami, FL RHP R.A. Dickey (16-4, 2.76) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-9, 4.54) Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Lucas Duda – LF Mike Baxter – RF Andres Torres – CF Josh Thole – C R.A. Dickey – RHP The Mets head down to Miami today to take on the Marlins in what [...]

Updated Post 8/30 Terry Collins said it is a mistake to suggest the Mets’ goal for the remainder of the season is to finish in third place, ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins. “You know, it’s not a goal. I don’t know where that’s coming from,” Collins said. The Mets manager says his goal is to reach .500. “The goal is to play as good as we can for as long as we can. For me, our [...]

Good Afternoon Mets Fans! Tonight at 6:00 PM will be the debut of our Mets Merized Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio. We have a great one-hour show planned, and we are happy to announce that our first guest will be notable and featured columnist Craig Wolff of the Newark Star-Ledger. Craig started his career with co-host Stephen Hanks at SPORT Magazine in the late 1970s, when the Mets were in the doghouse. He went [...]