With the recent departures of the WBC bound Mets coupled with the accumulating players with a variety of bumps and bruises, it’s a small wonder that they can even field a lineup card. Reese Havens – Havens was penciled in at shortstop for todays game against the Cardinals, but ended up being a last minute scratch because of a sore hamstring. Ryan Church – Church was seen hobbling around with an icepack strapped around his right knee [...]

I recently read an article over at Dugout Central, and the topic was who should throw out the first pitch at the new Mets and Yankees stadiums. They came up with some solid choices including Tom Seaver pitching to Mike Piazza, Jack Fisher and a combination of Davey Johnson and a Gil Hodges sibling. I have my own preference on who I’d like to see. Dwight Gooden pitching to Gary Carter – It’s time to heal the rift between the [...]

Mets Get A Peak Into Their Future! In todays game against the Cardinals, the Mets will get a look at 2008 first round draft pick, Reese Havens. Havens will be playing shortstop and batting ninth. Adam Rubin of the Daily News and frequent contributor to Baseball America, writes a short bio on him today. He was drafted out of high school by the Red Sox, but passed despite a $1.35 million signing bonus offer. In [...]

Ryan Church was supposed to be in the starting lineup today against Italy, but was scratched after he was seen hobbling around the clubhouse all morning with an ice pack attached to his right knee. It doesn’t sound like anything serious as he reportedly joked about it to reporters. With the news that Alex Rodriguez will miss the WBC, Dominican GM Stan Javier has targeted Fernando Tatis as A-Rod’s replacement for the World Baseball Classic according [...]

ESPN is reporting that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, will miss at least ten weeks due to surgery to remove a cyst on his hip. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will have surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip and will be out 10 weeks, Rodriguez’s brother told ESPNdeportes.com on Thursday. Joe Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez’s older brother, told Enrique Rojas of ESPNdeportes.com during a phone interview that immediate surgery was recommended, and that [...]

The other day I referred to a couple of reports that said the Mets were still looking to unload Ramon Castro and possibly replace him with Pudge Rodriguez. Castro’s name was also mentioned quite frequently around the time of the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. I wonder if the talk is having a little bit of a motivational effect on Castro who showed up to camp lighter and in his best shape in years. Castro is batting .286 this [...]

And your Opening Day starter is… Well, it’s still a mystery… Yesterday, several sources reported that Johan Santana would not be ready in time to make the start on Opening Day. Today, everyone is reporting that Johan Santana will make the start on Opening Day including Johan himself. “As of right now, my mindset is for Opening Day. That’s about it. I appreciate everything they’re doing, and Dan is doing, trying to protect me and trying to [...]

Open mouth… Insert foot… A-Rod has done it again… No he isn’t admitting to taking more anabolic steroids, I’m talking about opening the large orifice on his face that he sometimes opens and closes to prove his stupidity on a daily basis. After watching his teammate on the Dominican team Jose Reyes wreak havoc on the basepaths yesterday, A-Rod said this: “I wish he was leading off on our team,” A-Rod said with a chuckle. “That’s [...]

The 2009 PECOTA projections by Baseball Prospectus was the big topic on MLB Network recently, and a lively debate ensued on the decade old argument of how big a role stats play in the game. Harold Reynolds and Sean Casey stand up for the old standbys “touch and feel” and “heart”, with Reynolds going so far as saying that stats are ridiculous. I’m a little shocked at Reynolds’ position on statistics and he really comes off as being a [...]