What can you say about Mike Pelfrey that hasn’t been said already? I am running out of superlatives I can use to describe how special and how amazing his season continues to be. Last night’s performance may have been his best one yet… Nine solid innings of one run ball with eight strikeouts and no walks. A complete game three-hitter. The one run he gave up didn’t even come until the ninth inning… Outstanding. It [...]

As Joel Sherman of the NY Post stated in his article this morning… There are many categories you want your players to be among the league leaders. This is not one of them. The New York Mets have four relievers in the top nine in the NL in appearances. Pedro Feliciano and Aaron Heilman (68 games) are tied for third. Luis Ayala (66) was really pushed in Washington’s pen before joining the Mets, and that overuse [...]

Just before the start of today’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that the team will be closely monitoring John Maine before he makes his next start. John Maine, as most of you know by now, has a bone spur in the back of his shoulder as well as a strained rotator cuff that has already landed him on the DL once this season. Jerry Manuel said that if he does not like what he sees, Maine could [...]

I just finished reading this great interview Steve Serby of the NY Post conducted with Mets prospect Dan Murphy. Here are some of my favorite excerpts from the interview but please be sure to check out the full text and view the video he has too. Q: Your first home run . . . was that like walking on air? A: It was. . . . I don’t remember touching the bases. I think I [...]

This has been one heck of a season. It has taken me from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs. The agony and ecstasy of the 2008 season has been just that. For now, the Mets hold on to a slim 1 1/2 game lead over last seasons defending N.L. East champs, the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets can ill afford to play what amounts to Russian roulette with the 32 games remaining in [...]

Just when you thought Maine was coming back slowly, we find out that he’s actually worse than we all thought. I’m hearing reports from various sources that Maine will indeed get surgery on his ailing right shoulder to remove a bone spur. The New York Post said, “John Maine told The Post after tonight’s loss to the Astros that he expects to have arthroscopic surgery after the season to remove a painful bone spur in [...]

The Mets had three of the first 33 picks in this years Annual Baseball Draft. And while the first two picks have yet to impress, Brad Holt who chosen at number 33 overall, has opened eyes all over the baseball world. He first burst onto the scene when he made his professional debut with Brooklyn Cyclones and fired five no-hit innings. Since then he has continued to impress and just keeps getting better as he gains more [...]

The baseball gods must be smiling down upon the New York Mets this season. While most of us complained about the four west coast trips in April and May, the good thing about that grueling ordeal is that it’s smooth sailing from here on in. The only ones that can keep the Mets from winning the division are the Mets themselves. The schedule by all accounts was unfair in that of all the NL East [...]

It may be too early to start considering whether or not the Mets should pick up the team option for 2009 on Carlos Delgado for next season… or maybe not… The post Willie Randolph era has proved to be a lift for many of the current Mets, but nobody has lifted their production more than first baseman Carlos Delgado. All he has managed to do is hit .325 since Jerry Manuel has taken over, and [...]

It wasn’t long ago, when on the night before the start of the All Star Break, Billy Wagner blew a save and reaped the wrath of many Mets fans who growled at the thought of Wags being the lone representative for the Mets in the 2008 All Star game. Thanks to a last minute injury, David Wright was able to join Wagner in Yankee Stadium, but that’s not the point of this rant. Billy Wagner had [...]