There aren’t many definite keeper caliber players on the current Mets roster, but there is no doubt Tejada is one of them. He is not there yet, but he may be on his way to being a “core” guy for us. Ruben, 22, has shown that he has the potential to be a much better hitter than most fans, scouts, coaches, and probably our own General Manager, even thought. He appears to have all the [...]

The Binghamton Mets and New Hampshire Fisher Cats opened their sixth and final series of the 2012 season on Monday night at NYSEG Stadium with the visitors taking game one by a score of three to two.  The twenty games between the two teams this season are the most the B-Mets have faced any of their Eastern League opponents. Darin Gorski made his fifth start against the Fisher Cats, and twenty second overall, in the [...]

St. Lucie 7, Palm Beach 5 St. Lucie had an off-day, and will begin a series tomorrow against the Jupiter Hammerheads. Game time is 6:30 P.M. Asheville 5, Savannah 2 Alex Panteliodis had a mixed outing, and a combination of poor defense and some shaky late inning work lead to a 5-2 loss. Key Players: Albert Cordero – 0 for 3, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Hitting .197 on the season Brandon Brown – 2 for [...]

At this stage of the game, all the Mets have left are moral victories. One of those moral victories would be finishing the season at .500, another would be to finish above the Phillies and Marlins. Both of those goals took a hit with tonight’s 3-1 loss to the Rockies at Citi Field. With the defeat, the Mets are now tied with the Phillies for 4th place, 18.5 games behind the first place Nationals. R.A. [...]

According to what a source told ESPNNewYork.com, don’t expect Sandy Alderson to have any more to spend this offseason than he did last offseason. “They may have $10 million to $15 million max to spend — if Sandy is lucky,” the source said. ”The Mets’ internal conversations have been no increase in payroll next year — and may be another reduction, which would be a disaster.” Last week, the Mets general manager said that a formal [...]

Last night, while I was watching the latest episode of Breaking Bad, I was struck by a comment made by the lead character Walter White when he was asked by his partner Jesse if he was in “the money business or the meth business”. “Neither”, White replied. “I’m in the empire business.” His transformation to the dark side is now evidently complete and all it took was five seasons. I thought about that after the show because [...]

The Binghamton Mets were able to avoid the weekend sweep at the hands of the visiting Richmond Flying Squirrels by taking the rubber match on Sunday afternoon by a 5-2 tally.  With the win in the final game between the two teams this season, the B-Mets tied the season series with the Flying Squirrels 3-to-3. Gonzalez Germen made his twenty third start of the season for the B-Mets in the game.  In seven innings pitched, [...]

The International League announced today that Buffalo Bisons pitcher Collin McHugh has been named the League’s Pitcher of the Week for the period from August 13-19. McHugh was brilliant this week, allowing just one run in 12.2 innings of work for the Bisons against the Pawtucket Red Sox. On Monday McHugh took the hill at home and turned in 5.2 innings of one-run baseball, but left with the score knotted 1-1 and did not factor into the decision. Then [...]

Charlotte 5, St. Lucie 4 Another tough loss in the ninth for St. Lucie on Sunday. Key Players: Richard Lucas – 1 for 4, 2 RBI Danny Muno – 2 for 4, RBI, 2 R, SB Chase Huchingson – 7.0 IP: 12 H, 2 BB, 4 ER Jeffrey Walters – 1.1 IP: H, ER, 4 BB, 2 K, L Player Of The Game: Solid start for Chase Huchingson and it was good to see Lucas [...]

Welcome back to MMO’s exclusive feature Mets Minors Beat: The Monday Edition. Today we bring you the most interesting happenings from over the weekend in the Mets minor league system. This weekend the thing that really stood out was the pitching. There were some stellar starting performances by some familiar names that have been doing it the right way all season long. Collin McHugh and Jenrry Mejia keep showing why they are considered top Mets [...]

Updated Post 8/20 9:00 AM Terry Collins will meet with Sandy Alderson today to discuss whether or not struggling left-hander Johan Santana will be shutdown for the rest of the season. According to Adam Rubin, neither Collins nor pitching coach Dan Warthen were prepared to guarantee that Santana proceeds with his scheduled start on Thursday. Original Post 8/18 8:00 AM The New York Mets may decide to shut Johan Santana down for the rest of the 2012 MLB season after another dismal pitching performance according [...]