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 [...]

“There is a strange charm in the hope of a good legacy that wonderfully reduces the sorrow people otherwise may feel for the death of their relatives and friends” - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra                       Legacy. Each one of us will leave one behind when we leave this world, whether it be good or bad. For some it may be philanthropy or achievement in sports, politics or journalism. For a great many people their most important legacy [...]

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 [...]

The more you see of Freddy Garcia, the more grateful you become that he was only signed to a minor league contract. Garcia started today’s game against the Cardinals and once again he had a brutal outing. His fastball hovered at around 85 MPH and was as flat as a pancake. This time, Garcia was able to complete two innings, but not before allowing two homeruns that were literally blasted out of the park. In two innings [...]