Month: January 2012

According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the Mets have signed Omar Quintanilla to a minor league contract. Quintanilla, 30, appeared in 11 games for the Texas Rangers last season. He went 1-for-22 (.045) with a triple, two RBIs and nine strikeouts. At Triple-A Round Rock, Quintanilla hit .298 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 208 at-bats. He is a .213 career major league hitter in 522 at-bats...

I received an email over the weekend from a reader who wanted to know if either Wilmer Flores or Ruben Tejada were the longterm solution at shortstop for the Mets. Is Wilmer Flores or Ruben Tejada the Mets shortstop of the future? No – Neither Flores or Tejada will be the longterm solution at shortstop. To begin, nobody believes Flores will remain at shortstop for too much longer. He...

Here’s a shot of my friend Bryan Thompson’s amazing collection of Mets caps! (click image to enlarge) That’s 28 caps in all, but there may have been a new addition or two during the holidays, I’ll have to ask him about that. 😉 I love that khaki green colored one in the second row and the blue cap with Mets in script behind it. Do you collect any Mets memorabilia, baseball...

48 days until we hear that every Met player over the age of 30 is in the best shape of his life… 48 days until we start seeing images of Sandy Koufax and Fred Wilpon riding around in a golf cart… 48 days until Mets bloggers start flooding you with pictures of grass and dirt and baseball gear that’s lying around the practice fields… 48 days until we find out Daniel Murphy,...