Month: July 2013

Mejia Tosses Five Scoreless Innings

Lynn Worthy, beat writer for the Binghamton Mets, reported that Jenrry Mejia pitched five scoreless innings in a rehab start on Saturday night for the B-Mets. Mejia, pitched the second game of doubleheader against the Portland Sea Dogs and limited them to just three hits and two walks in five scoreless innings while striking out one. The one-time top pitching prospect for the Mets, was on a...

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Keith Law: Josh Satin Is A Terrible Ballplayer

Keith Law is pissing me off more and more lately. His apparent dislike of anything associated with the Mets becomes more blatant and over-the-top as time goes by. This week, he really went out of his way to kill the Mets system is a series of questions posed to him during a chat on ESPN Insider. Take a look… Dave (San Diego): Any small sample of an apology for calling Josh Satin worse...

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Mets at Pirates: Torres To Make First Start, JP On Montero

New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates Carlos Torres (0-1, 0.51) vs A.J. Burnett (4-6, 3.05)   Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Marlon Byrd – RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF John Buck – C Omar Quintanilla – SS Carlos Torres – RHP Game Notes Carlos Torres makes his first start as a member of the New York Mets and the seventh start of his major league...

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Ricciardi Says Mets Would Have To Be Overwhelmed To Trade Byrd

Echoing the sentiments around MMO, Mets special assistant J.P. Ricciardi told Jim Duquette of SiriusXM Radio this morning that the team is not looking to trade outfielder Marlon Byrd, and that it would take something serious for the Mets to move him. Byrd, who is batting .263 with 15 home runs and 49 RBI this season, spoke to MMO on Wednesday and expressed his desire to remain with the Mets, but...

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Sights and Sounds of the 2013 All-Star FanFest!

Let’s get this 2013 MLB All-Star FanFest started… On your marks, get set, go… MLB mascots kick off today’s 5K All Star Run… John Franco wants to know if there’s a Doctor in the house… Mookie and Ozzie and some dude with a big head… I have no idea who what that green thing in the White Sox hat is…. Now that is one cool baseball! Hmmm…....

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