MLB.com is reporting that the Mets top prospect Fernando Martinez is suffering from a sore elbow and is on his way to New York for a checkup.  Martinez said of the injury: “I felt my elbow tighten up the day before yesterday,” Martinez told MLB.com.  “It was a little swollen.  It’s better.  I feel I can play again. I  don’t think I need to fly to New York to get a check up but the [...]

As the long Hot Stove season winds down and the winter transforms into spring, the Mets are seemingly finished with their off season makeover. The Mets first priority was to overhaul a bullpen that was overworked, ineffective, and had become the object of most Mets fans ire. Gone are Aaron Heilman and his lefthanded counterpart Scott Schoeneweis, and in a surprising move, young Joe Smith was banished as well. Heilman definitely needed a change of [...]

The Manny to the Mets pipe dream is finally over.  It had nightmare written all over it.  GM Omar MInaya officially declared this last Tuesday. Let him go back to the Dodgers, hat in hand (for 25 mill, who wouldn’t grovel at that?). Whether Omar was parroting what the Wilpons have decreed is irrelevant.  Ramirez never stopped being a handful even as his stock plummeted lower than CitiGroup’s this off-season.  He was never a good [...]

Lost in the excitement of the Oliver Perez signing, is a very underreported yet very interesting fact. Most of us agree that the Mets overpaid to get the Oliver Perez deal done. It was a move I certainly won’t argue with. But, now that the dust has settled, it’s become apparent to me that we just gave Oliver Perez the same exact deal we gave to one of the top closers in baseball, Frankie Rodriguez. [...]

I had told Joe last week I was working on another article I was ready to post here on the site. However, in light of everything going on Citigroup and the New York Mets, I have decided to talk about something that has just come to the surface. We all know Citigroup and the Mets have been taking harsh criticism for the $40 million naming rights deal they have. Congress is accusing Citigroup of using [...]

With no major signings since yesterday, it is time to evaluate where MLB free agents 6-10(as ranked by ESPN) stand.   6. Orlando Cabrera: I find it curious that declining shortstop Edgar Renteria got a two-year, $18 million contract, yet his perpetual rival, the steady Orlando Cabrera, is not signed. His price has reportedly fallen to $6 million and the Oakland A’s are showing interest. They have not offered a contract yet, but they will. [...]

Last week, I posted a blog on how Joe Torre took a cheap shot at Mike Piazza, based on an excerpt from his book that appeared in the New York Post. Today, Ben Shpigel of the NY Times, reports on yet another swipe Joe Torre takes at a Mets player; Carlos Beltran. Scott Boras, Beltran’s agent, gave the Yankees one final shot at signing him and snatching him from the Mets’ grasp by proposing a six-year, $100 million [...]

Wow, Matt Cerrone did an excellent job of live blogging the Oliver Perez press conference. It felt like you were actually there in the way he delivered his content. Anyway, the big news other than the fact that the Oliver Perez signing was official, was that when Omar Minaya was asked about Manny Ramirez and any other additions, he was as clear as day. “There’s not going to be any more big moves after this,” Minaya [...]

Lately, it overtakes me when I’m washing the dishes, getting changed in front of my locker, trying to read a boring book, or while walking the dog. I find myself visualizing baseball’s most exciting scenarios, such as the big strikeout in the ninth w/ bases jammed, that fabulous leaping catch at the wall, a bang-bang inning- or a game-ending DP. But for me the home run remains the most heart-stopping, potentially exhilarating or devastating moment [...]

First let me introduce myself, which I probably should have done on my first post(Oh well). My name is Sach Chandan and I am a recent addition to the beat writing staff here at MetsMerized. My focus is on news from around the League. Today and tomorrow, I will be looking at the top ten free agents remaining after the signing of Oliver Perez. Today is 1-5 as ranked by ESPN. 1. Manny Ramirez: Enough [...]