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...
Read MoreAs 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreLost 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,...
Read MoreHello fellow Mets fans. My name is Mike Farley and I’ve been a Mets fan since the early ’70’s. Yeah, I’m 40-ish but only 6 in dog years, and that makes me feel young. But this Mets’ team is trying to take years off my life, and after doing a bit of research today, I’m more than a little concerned. I just read the earlier post from...
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