Put A Cap On That Last Friday, Mets starter Chris Capuano had a very telling response to a question of whether he would re-sign with the Mets in the offseason. Let’s see if you can catch what I caught. “I love New York. I love living in New York, and I’ve had nothing but positive experiences playing here, so of course I would love to be back. It all depends on how the Mets’...

 THE NL BATTING RACE The National League batting race wages on as last night, Jose Reyes had three hits for the Mets to retake the lead over the Brewers’ Ryan Braun. With only two games left to the season, Reyes leads Braun by just 3 ten-thousandths of a percentage point. Now that’s close! Hitter and Pitcher Match-ups Jose Reyes will face the Reds’ RHP Bronson Arroyo (9-12,...

The Mets and Reds play game two of this final series of the season as the Mets look to end their slide. To be honest though, the reason we are all watching at this point is mostly to see if Reyes can take the NL Batting title, as he just barely leads Braun. Capuano will get the start for the Mets tonight as he goes against Arroyo. Capuano is 11-12 with a 4.55 ERA going into his final start of...

Updated 9/26 I thought some of the comments that came out of yesterday’s loss were worth sharing. Mike Pelfrey seemed far from distraught from what I could see and matter of factly said, “I wanted to finish strong and obviously this is the farthest thing from it. The year didn’t go the way I wanted. It’s unfortunate, but I can’t change that. I have to get back to...

When the Mets announced their 2011 entries in the Arizona Fall League recently, people said, “Who are these guys?” and “Aren’t the Mets supposed to send their best prospects to the AFL?” Well frankly, they did. At least in nearly every case they sent the best prospects that they could. The Mets apparent strategy in selecting this year’s participants, entails...