Don’t look for Jason Bay in the Mets lineup this weekend as he will sit out for the next couple of days with a sore back. Bay said his back tightened up on him taking batting practice on Friday and it still feels a little stiff this morning. He has decided to sit out for a couple of days to let it heal and hopefully some rest will do the trick. He did say, that if this were the regular...
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Since floating the idea that Bobby Parnell could be sent down to the minors to start the season yesterday, we have a little more clarity based on some new information. This morning, Andy Martino of the Daily News wrote that the Mets front office “has considered demoting reliever Bobby Parnell to the minors”, but a team source told him that they decided to reject the idea because of...
Read MoreEno Sarris of FanGraphs, posted his 2011 Organizational Rankings and ranked the Mets #21 out of 30 teams. Quite honestly, I don’t agree one bit with his low estimation of the team and while I’m not saying the Mets should be in the top five, I certainly could make a case that the Mets could have ranked somewhere around 12-15. The way they do it on FanGraphs is they break it up into...
Read MoreMets Prospect Hub Our good friends David and Tejesh from Mets Prospect Hub will be having their final pre-season chat on March 27th between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. The chat is this Sunday and will take place on their site, so mark it down somewhere on your calendars so you don’t forget. If you want to learn more about Mets prospects or have any questions at all regarding the Mets Minor...
Read MoreThe Mets made it official today and announced that southpaw reliever Tim Byrdak has been added to the 40-man roster. Byrdak, 37, will serve as the team’s left-handed relief specialist this season. Last season with the Astros, Byrdak went 2-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 64 relief appearances and held left handed batters to a .213 average. For his career, he has held lefty batters to a .202 batting...
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