I piqued your curiosity didn’t I? Collins actually did say that, but he wasn’t referring to the trade deadline – he was responding to a question about moving Jose Reyes from the leadoff spot to batting third in the lineup. As ESPN pointed out last night, there are plenty of reasons why some people look at Terry Collins as the anti-Jerry Manuel. Collins provided yet another...
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The 2011 Mets… Who are they? What are they? The front office tried their damnedest to convince us this was not a throw-away season… But that’s exactly what it feels like. We pretended not to notice how bad our rotation was when Mike Pelfrey was tabbed to be the Opening Day starter. Some of us bit our tongues when Chin-lung Hu, Blaine Boyer, Scott Hairston, Brad Emaus and Willie...
Read MoreBaseball America Prospect Hot Sheet The Mets had two players appear on Baseball America’s latest Prospect Hot Sheet: Matt Harvey threw seven scoreless innings against Dunedin on Friday while allowing just three hits and establishing a career high with 10 strikeouts. He followed that with nine-strikeout effort against Clearwater. That’s all in a week’s work for Harvey, who in 59...
Read MoreSandy Alderson was the bearer of bad news tonight after the Mets 6-3 loss to the Braves. The Mets GM announced that third baseman David Wright will be shutdown from all baseball activities for three more weeks. Alderson said Wright was seen at the Hospital for Special Surgery today, but there were no x-rays or further diagnostic tests performed as was initially reported all week long. Wright...
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DON’T TRADE JOSE REYES DAY! FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CITI FIELD, FLUSHING, NEW YORK Today is “Don’t Trade Jose Reyes Day” at Citi Field. What started out as a cool idea by lifelong Mets fan Donna Bauer, has evolved into a big time event that will feature thousands of fans who will be rallying support and sending a message to the Mets front office to keep...
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