Fossum pitched in relief of Oliver Perez and allowed a pair of inherited runners to score and also was charged with one run on three hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings.

The Mets originally DFA’d Nelson Figuerora to make room for Fossum who was expected to become the second lefty in the Mets bullpen, but that notion quickly fizzled out.

Takahashi had a 0.77 ERA in 11 2/3 innings in Triple-A Buffalo.

I used to like Takahashi a lot and I think he could be very effective out of the pen for us.

I would have loved to be a fly in the room when Omar and his brain-trust made the decision to DFA Darren O’Day, promote Nelson Figueroa, DFA Figueroa 18 hours later and promote Casey Fossum.

I bet the conversation went just like this…

Omar: Have a seat fellas, we need to figure out what we’re gonna do about this Mike Pelfrey situation.

Adviser 1: What’s there to think about? DL Pelfrey, he’ll miss two starts and call up Figueroa to replace him.

Adviser 2: That makes sense to me, based on their numbers at Buffalo, Figgy’s the logical choice. Shall I call the league office and tell them we’re placing Pelf on the DL retroactive to April 13.

Omar: That won’t be necessary, we’ll cut Darren O’Day instead. I’m not big on sidearmers anyway.

Adviser 1: But boss he had a solid spring, and he hasn’t given up a run yet this season…

Adviser 2: Huh, you want us to just release him?

Omar: Don’t worry about it, we have plenty of depth in the bullpen or haven’t you heard, our bullpen ERA is the best in baseball.

Adviser 1: Whatever…

18 hours later…

Adviser 1: Hello Omar, it’s me Adviser 1… Tough loss, but what a gutsy performance by Figgy, huh?

Omar: I’m glad you called. Get a hold of Manuel and tell him to designate Figueroa for assignment.

Adviser 1: Hey boss I think I have a bad signal, it sounded like you said we should DFA Figueroa.

Omar: That’s exactly what I said, I want to bring up Casey Fossum and make him our long man.

Adviser 1: But boss, Fossum is getting torched in AAA, I think his career ERA is well over 5 and he’s not fooling anyone with that mediocre stuff of his.

Omar: Nevermind all that, sometimes you have to go with your gut instincts, and I got a good feeling about this Casey guy.

Adviser 1: Well, you’re the boss, but I don’t think the fans will be pleased when they learn we just let two serviceable guys go without getting anything in return. I mean, what if they resurface with the Phils, or worse yet the Fish?

Omar: Huh, stop being such a pessimist… I think Casey Fossum is a great baseball name… It’s to bad he wasn’t a hitter or we could have had our marketing guys come up with a Casey at the Bat Calendar Day some time in July.

Adviser 1: I gotta go Omar, I have Manuel on the other line. I’ll tell him the news…