Ryan Church was supposed to be in the starting lineup today against Italy, but was scratched after he was seen hobbling around the clubhouse all morning with an ice pack attached to his right knee. It doesn’t sound like anything serious as he reportedly joked about it to reporters. With the news that Alex Rodriguez will miss the WBC, Dominican GM Stan Javier has targeted Fernando...
Read MoreESPN is reporting that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, will miss at least ten weeks due to surgery to remove a cyst on his hip. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will have surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip and will be out 10 weeks, Rodriguez’s brother told ESPNdeportes.com on Thursday. Joe Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez’s older brother, told Enrique Rojas of...
Read MoreThe other day I referred to a couple of reports that said the Mets were still looking to unload Ramon Castro and possibly replace him with Pudge Rodriguez. Castro’s name was also mentioned quite frequently around the time of the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. I wonder if the talk is having a little bit of a motivational effect on Castro who showed up to camp lighter and...
Read MoreA couple of days ago there was a photo in the paper of a smiling Pedro Martinez having a good time preparing for that annoying WBC with fellow Dominicans, such as, ahem, Moises Alou–didn’t that tell me all I needed to know?. He was wearing a Mets cap, and it took me a minute to realize that he isn’t really a Met anymore. That kind of affected me. I wasn’t sure why at...
Read MoreLet’s face it, we’re all concerned and rightly so about Johan Santana’s elbow. Take him out of the Mets’ rotation and suddenly we look like the Braves. But a few days ago I was reading the (awesome) USA Today sports page, and there was a capsule preview about the 2009 Mets, and about how Omar Minaya went out and grabbed two closers to make up for the absence...
Read MoreAnd your Opening Day starter is… Well, it’s still a mystery… Yesterday, several sources reported that Johan Santana would not be ready in time to make the start on Opening Day. Today, everyone is reporting that Johan Santana will make the start on Opening Day including Johan himself. “As of right now, my mindset is for Opening Day. That’s about it. I...
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