At 4:00 PM Rawlings announced their 2007 Gold Glove winners, and named New York Mets, David Wright and Carlos Beltran as winners in the National League. For David Wright, it is first Gold Glove, winning the award after his third full season. For Carlos Beltran it was his second time, as he also won a Gold Glove for the first time in 2006. Mets.com reminds us that Wright became the second Mets third baseman to [...]

I just wanted to pass this along to all of you… It sounds like it’s going to be a great time with several great speakers and die hard Mets fans. Please join us for a screening of Mathematically Alive – A Story of Fandom at the New Jersey Film festival from Friday November 9th through Sunday November 11th. Visit www.mathematicallyalive.com for more information. This engaging documentary is for all New York Mets fans and for [...]

With the GM Meetings set to begin on Monday, Steve Popper of the Bergen record is reporting that the Mets will be having a face-to-face meeting with Paul Lo Duca and his agent, Andrew Mongelluzzi. "We are open to finalizing a deal with the Mets," Mongelluzzi said in an e-mail. "The Mets have repeatedly stated that they ‘want the player’ and discussions will continue. However, I don’t believe that the Mets are ready as they are [...]

Okay, I’m just trying to see if I could figure out how to add videos to some of my posts. So all of you get to see this cool vintage Mr. Met commercial while I test out the functionality of my software. This video cracks me up.

David Wright is one of 10 players nominated for the Hitter of the Year award presented by Major League Baseball. Wright has put up some impressive numbers this year including becoming the fourth youngest player to join the 30-30 club. He finished with a .325 batting average, a .416 on-base percentage, 30 homeruns, 34 stolen bases, 113 runs and 107 RBIs. The other nine players up for the award are Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday, Ryan Howard, Chipper [...]

As the Mets continue to make a strong push to re-sign second baseman Luis Castillo, their negotiations may have just turned into a bidding war for his services. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Houston Astros are also in hot pursuit of the gold glove, second baseman and view him as the heir apparent to the recently retired Craig Biggio. Luis Castillo is by far the best second baseman available in this [...]

Omar Minaya is making sure of one thing this off season as compared to last off season… he is making a strong effort to re-sign each Met that made a strong contribution to the team last season. After a week in which he brought back Moises Alou and Damion Easley, Omar continued that trend by re-signing utility outfielder Marlon Anderson to an apparent 1-year deal with an option for 2009. The actual terms are expected [...]

I read an interesting article from Newsday’s Mets beat writer Ken Davidoff. In his article, David discusses how the Mets can easily add Alex Rodriguez by simply moving Carlos Delgado out of the picture and putting A-Rod at first base.. The only remaining option is to trade Carlos Delgado, and it looks like the Mets are prepared to do that. Not only did he have a down year offensively, but Delgado shriveled in the spotlight [...]

Much has been made of the Mets seeing if they have what it takes to trade for Johan Santana and signing him to a long term deal. Santana is certainly one of the best pitchers in the game if not the best. And while it would be great to see him taking the mound for the Mets every fifth day, I just don’t see how that vision can ever come to fruition. Earlier today I [...]

Today the Baltimore Orioles declined the option on pitcher Kris Benson and normally I wouldn’t even consider the thought of having him back on the Mets, but then something dawned on me. Maybe we should sign him as a number 5 pitcher and then after a few good starts we can trade him back to Baltimore, or anyone else for that matter, in exchange for one of their former first round picks. Think about it, I [...]