The Mets go into the 2010 season with plenty of question marks regarding a number of different things. One certainty however, is their ace Johan Santana who delivered four solid innings against the Marlins today in his second start of the grapefruit season. Many of us, including myself, have been anxiously awaiting for that one quintessential moment this spring when Santana would show everyone...
Read MoreHere it is, one day before “The Ides of March” and the so called pundits as well as the vast majority of the Mets faithful are in full panic mode and have come to bury Caesar long before the body is cold. Come on everybody, 2009 was officially over on Oct 3rd or if you prefer the Julian calendar how about 11:59PM and 59 seconds on December 31st. Just because two of our top five...
Read MoreAs most of us Mets fans know by now, Jose Reyes is expected to start the season on the disabled list due to an overactive thyroid. He is expected to cease all activities for 2-8 weeks. Both Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya have said that Reyes will most likely be replaced with 20-year old Ruben Tejada, who played in Double-A last year, this according to the New York Daily News. Tejada batted .289...
Read MoreAndy McCullough of the Star-Ledger reports that Carlos Beltran expects to begin playing in rehab games by early April. By April, Beltran believes he will be able to play in rehabilitation games. Then it would take about a week to 10 days before he could rejoin the club. Acclimating to baseball will be easy. Getting to that point will take some time. By Beltran’s estimation, if he were to...
Read MoreThe top stories for the Mets so far this spring is the (again) absence of Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes’, and the emergence of Ike Davis and Jenrry Mejia. Add a sidebar by the unsinkable Nelson (Molly Brown) Figueroa, and it has been business as usual at camp. Established players hone their skills and young ones aspire to impress. Certainly Mejia has. So much that his current manger, Jerry...
Read MoreFebruary started out with so much hope. As the players arrived in Port St. Lucie there were so many positive vibes. And fans picked up on it and became excited. The adage, hope springs eternal, was never more true. Now, three weeks later, everything has changed. It’s a nightmare and we are not waking up. The bad luck from last year is continuing with no end in sight. The winter of...
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