Good morning and welcome to another edition of Metsmerized Today. What an impressive performance by Livan Hernandez last night. Let’s see what the buzz is around the web. Jerry Manuel had a classic response when asked to comment on his fifth starters clutch performance. This quote comes courtesy of MetsBlog, “Well, I’ll probably get him a recliner in the locker-room, probably get him a big soft chair, and put him in that.  I call him [...]

This team when it comes to handling injuries is just horrible.  We saw it last year with Ryan Church’s concussion in Atlanta.  The Mets gave him a game off, flew him to Colorado and had him playing while suffering a concussion.  It was a major setback to the season as Church was not the same player when he came back after finally being put on the disabled list. This year in Spring Training there were [...]

According to WFAN, Ryan Church and Jose Reyes have been put on the 15-day DL, Omar Minaua told reporters today. Fernando Martinez has been promoted, and is on his way to Citi Field. The Mets also traded cash to the Indians for minor-league SS Wilson Valdez, who will be promoted immediately to the 25-man roster. Fernando Martinez will make his Major League debut in rightfield for the Mets tonight. He will be the everyday rightfielder [...]

Today’s Links Citi Field is looking a lot like a MASH unit these days, as the nagging injuries and those requiring a stint on the DL keep mounting. To begin, Jose Reyes attempted to do some jogging before the game but announced he was not close to returning. The Mets now delay any decision for now, as they consider whether they should place him on the DL on Friday. Why wait? Is there any benefit to rushing him back? Put [...]

As April came to a close, I was very alarmed at the state of our starting pitching. Aside from Johan Santana, everyone had an ERA over 5.00 and questions lingered about the makeup of the rotation. John Maine had an ERA of 5.40, Mike Pelfrey was at 6.32, Livan Hernandez was at risk of losing his job with a 6.75 ERA, and Oliver Perez was yanked from the rotation with a 9.97 ERA. There were concerns about [...]

Injuries, poor performance, Jerry’s invisible dog house, and expectations that were way off, have shaped the current Mets into something nobody could have imagined on April 1st. Omar’s master plan had too many holes and much like last season, it’s success was hinging on a huge contribution from a soon to be 37-year old slugger in the middle of the lineup. Sound familiar? Carlos Delgado may have struck the biggest blow to the Mets this season, when [...]

As reported in the Buffalo News, The Buffalo Bisons put up 15 hits Monday afternoon to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season with an 8-7 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Field. The IronPigs built a 4-0 lead through the first three innings before the Herd broke through in the fourth for five runs on six hits. Lehigh Valley regained the lead in the fifth when Miguel Cairo had [...]

Tonight the Mets return to Citi Field, banged up and bruised, but still only a game and a half behind the first place Phillies.  Their next 13 games are to be played exclusively against the Washington Nationals, Florida Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates.  These opponents have a combined record of 53-79.  The Mets must take advantage of this opportunity so that the next time the Phillies come to Citi Field on June 9, it’ll be them [...]

When I got home from work this afternoon, I went to check my Facebook profile and I found this wall post from by best friend, who will remain nameless and happens to be a Red Sox fan: “Now I have gloating rights. Sox won 12-5.” Okay, so I rubbed it in when the Mets won on Friday…..and came back in the ninth to stun the Sox on Saturday but yesterday’s game was just pathetic for [...]