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 [...]

The Mets began game one tonight against the NL leading Dodgers (26-13). The Dodgers came in winning 5 of their last 6 games. The Mets have Tim Redding play his first game of the season after only allowing 4 runs in 13 innings in the minor leagues. He’s also 1-3 with a 5.64 ERA in four starts and six lifetime appearances against the Dodgers. Randy Wolf started for the Dodgers, Wolf is 5-0, with a [...]

Last nights loss coupled with the loss of first baseman Carlos Delgado for an extended period of time, is enough for me to begin to consider some serious options in terms of a trade. First lets consider the whys… 1. The experiment in leftfield with Dan Murphy has been shelved because Jerry Manuel feels he needs a presence in the middle of the lineup. Right now that presence is named Gary Sheffield. 2. Carlos Delgado’s [...]

Adam Rubin is now reporting that Carlos Delgado has met with doctors and will now have surgery for the hip condition that has kept him out for almost two weeks. Carlos Delgado will have surgery in New York on Tuesday, the Daily News has learned. He has a bone spur and labrum tear. Mets doctors will perform the surgery. The team did not give any estimate on how much time Delgado would miss, but 8 [...]

So for those who saw the final game of the series against the Giants, you clearly saw Mike Pelfrey looking uncomfortable on the mound. And I literately mean on the mound. The current record for most balks in the game is 5, set by Bobby Shaw in 1963. Mike Pelfrey gave up 3 in his start. This not only ties a Mets record for most balks in a game, but also is tied for the second [...]

Mets shortstop Alex Cora left Sunday’s game in the third inning with an injured right thumb. Alex Cora had to leave the game in the third inning after he injured his right thumb sliding headfirst into second base in the first inning. There was no immediate word as to the severity of the injury. Cora, 33, injured his thumb sliding into second base on a first-inning double. He remained in the game for another two [...]

Two days after shelving J.J. Putz for a few days with a bone spur in his right elbow, the Mets got some good news regarding their former closer Billy Wagner who is rehabbing in Florida. Adam Rubin of the Daily News reports, Billy Wagner has returned to Port St. Lucie after a month-long moratorium on throwing off a mound. It looks like his projection to return from Tommy John elbow surgery by August may be on [...]

Jose Reyes is out of the lineup for the third game in a row today because of continued soreness in his right calf.Alex Cora will replace Reyes at shortstop once again and will be hitting second in the lineup. Reyes said that their is still some tightness in his upper right shin and the calf muscle behind it. He doesn’t know how the injury happened but that it developed just before Wednesday’s game against the Braves at [...]