Just got a glimpse at today’s lineup against the Red Sox and to say I’m worried would be an understatement. Daniel Murphy – 1B Ryan Church – RF Carlos Beltran – DH Gary Sheffield – LF David Wright – 3B Jeremy Reed – CF Omir Santos – C Ramon Martinez – SS Luis Castillo – 2B (UPDATED LINEUP – Thanks Brooklyn’s Own!) I know that Jerry Manuel needed to be creative because Jose Reyes is [...]

I was looking at the league leaders while researching for another blog I am composing, and I was shocked to learn that the Mets, yes our Mets, lead the league in hitting. 1. .287 – NY Mets 2. .285 – LA Dodgers 3. .276 – Washington 4. .266 – Houston 5. .263 – Atlanta 6. .262 – Pittsburgh 7. .262 – Philadelphia 8. .257 – St. Louis 9. .255 – Cinncinatti 10. .255 – Milwaukee [...]

According to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse, the Mets have already been in contact with the Cleveland Indians about infielder Mark DeRosa. He writes, Even before Jose Reyes became the latest Met to suffer an injury, leaving Wednesday night’s game, the Mets had been talking with the Indians about acquiring Mark DeRosa to play first base in Carlos Delgado’s absence, an official from one of the teams confirmed to FanHouse. DeRosa could also help out [...]

Mets shortstop Jose Reyes will be in New York today for tests and imaging on his sore right calf. Reyes took himself out of last night’s game after he aggravated the injury running hard to first base to beat out a grounder. I did some research and according to WebMD, calf strains may be minor or very severe and physician grade the injury according: Grade 1 Calf Strain : The muscle is stretched causing some [...]

In the first major trade of the young season, the Chicago White Sox may have just landed themselves on of the games top pitchers, Jake Peavy. According to a report on ESPN by Peter Gammons, The San Diego Padres have agreed to trade staff ace Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox and are waiting for Peavy to decide if he will waive his no-trade clause, sources tell ESPN. Peavy has a full no-trade clause [...]

Mets play game three tonight against the L.A. Dodgers and look to avoid the sweep. Mets have Livan Hernandez starting for them. He is 3-1 with a 5.59 ERA in seven starts. He goes up against Jeff Weaver who is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA. Left-hander Eric Stults was scheduled to start for the Dodgers, but he was scratched Tuesday night because of a sprained thumb on his pitching hand. Hernandez is 9-13 with a 4.42 [...]

Jose Reyes came out of the game tonight after an apparent leg injury after trying to beat out a single in the third inning. The Mets released this statement on their website shortly after. Mets shortstop Jose Reyes left Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers in the bottom of the third inning after aggravating a previous injury to his right calf. He is day to day. Making just his second start of the week, Reyes had [...]

I was just reading Heyman’s Latest Scoop on SI.com and as usual, he made some excellent points today regarding the Mets. The Mets are probably going to need to trade for a first baseman (more on that below). But in the meantime, few scouts can understand why Daniel Murphy — the former fair-haired boy — isn’t getting a full crack at first base in Carlos Delgado’s absence. He’s supposedly the “heir apparent” to Delgado at [...]

Mets played game 2 of a three game series against the red hot LA Dodgers, who are starting to say “Manny who?” The Dodgers took game one of this series in extra innings. The Mets are 9-9 on the road this season, while Dodgers have the best home record in the majors (15-3). Mets send out John Maine who is 3-2 in seven starts with a 4.24 ERA. While Dodgers will have 5-1 record Chad Billingsley, who [...]

According to Adam Rubin of the Daily News, here are the main points covered during Omar Minaya’s conference call with the media. 1. As most of you already know, Carlos Delgado will be out an estimated ten weeks after surgery to repair his hip injury. The ten weeks is estimated based on the track record of other players with a similar condition. 2. Don’t look for the Mets to make a trade. Omar Minaya insisted [...]