Francisco Rodriguez was supposed to be the answer to the bullpen problems the Mets suffered last year. For the first half of the season, he was as good as advertised, picking up save after save and keeping his ERA south of 1.00. Then Luis Castillo dropped the pop-up at Yankee Stadium, giving Rodriguez his first blown save of the season. This was followed by long periods of inactivity due to...
Read MoreOliver Perez started the game against the team he broke into the majors with. Ollie had his best start since the last time he faced the Padres at CitiField. He had such an outstanding game, but got into trouble in the seventh inning. He walked back-to-back batters, the only walks for Ollie in the game. He later gave up a double that scored a run for the Padres. His mechanics have had a huge...
Read MoreBuster Olney of ESPN is reporting that a waiver claim has been placed on Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Alex Rios by an unknown team.. The 28-year-old Rios is batting .261 with 12 homers and 58 RBIs this season. He has a hefty contract that is paying him $5.9 million this season, $9.7 million in 2010, $12 million in 2011, $12 million in 2012, $12.5 million in 2013 and $12.5 million in 2014....
Read MoreINT AAA: Buffalo 4/9/0, Columbus 3/7/0 ss Argenis Reyes 2 for 5, K, .267 cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, 2b, K, .303 1b Nick Evans 0 for 3, BB, K, .177 dh Mike Lamb 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR, RBI, K, .252 c Rene Rivera 1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .243 rf Chip Ambres 2 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, K, .244 3b Javier Castillo 1 for 4, 3b, .255 lf Josh Petersen 0 for 3, BB, .243 2b Andy Green 0 for 4, K, .207 Kyle...
Read MoreThese are desperate times for the New York Mets my friends. It’s times like this that will test the true mettle of a team. Yesterday, I discussed the lack of toughness among the Mets players, and today I have to question the patience and the scruples of upper management, namely Omar Minaya. There are whispers in the organization that the time has come to bring up prospects like pitchers...
Read MoreThis season has offered many twists and turns thanks to the injuries to both the major league roster and some of the minor league rosters but one twist that I did not see coming at all this season would be the return of Anderson Hernandez. Lets take a little trip back in time to remember what Hernandez meant for the Mets. When he first started out he was pretty exciting.We got him in a 2005...
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