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Video: Olney And Kernan On Mets

ESPN’s Buster Olney and NY Post writer Kevin Kernan talk about Major League Baseball news. The Mets topics include Willie Randolph’s job is in extreme jeopardy barring a huge success [...]

Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in Management, Pitching, Video | No Comment

Mets Have Problems, I Have Solutions

The first two months of the season have proven that the New York Mets have an average record with above average talent. That’s on the manager. Beyond managerial problems, the [...]

Written on May 22, 2008 | Posted in Injuries, Management, Pitching, Trades | No Comment

Trade Talk: Heilman and Sosa

Adam Rubin of the Daily News reported last night that the Mets couldn’t trade Jorge Sosa while he was on waivers and Aaron Heilman is being shopped around.
On Sosa:
The Mets [...]

Written on May 21, 2008 | Posted in Pitching, Trades | No Comment

Pedro Martinez Pondering Retirement

Multiple media sources today are reporting that Pedro Martinez is considering retirement. No, not because he’s spent so much time on the disabled list over the last three seasons. It’s [...]

Written on May 20, 2008 | Posted in Injuries, Management, Pitching | No Comment

Mets Should Pay John Maine Now

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The New York Mets should continue the recent trend in baseball by locking up their young talent with long term contracts. The Mets have already done that with [...]

Written on May 14, 2008 | Posted in CitiField, Management, Pitching | No Comment

Flurry Of Roster Moves Shakes Up Mets

WFAN’s Mike and the Mad Dog just discussed several roster moves for the Mets today:

Mets purchase the contract of Claudio Vargas
Mets purchase the contract of Fernando Tatis
Mets activate Matt Wise [...]

Written on May 13, 2008 | Posted in Injuries, Management, Pitching | No Comment

Audio: Billy Wagner On ESPN Radio

Listen to Wagner’s weekly spot on ESPN Radio with Michael Kay.
ESPN Audio

Written on May 9, 2008 | Posted in Audio, Pitching | No Comment

Links: Jose Reyes and Oliver Perez

Jose Reyes- Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports writes about Reyes growing up in New York with the Mets. It’s a well written piece focusing on quotes from Reyes and Damion [...]

Written on May 7, 2008 | Posted in General, Pitching | No Comment

Just Say No To Turnbow

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Derrick Turnbow was designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers and some stories have surfaced in the media that the Mets management is considering picking him up. The [...]

Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in Pitching, Trades | No Comment

Santana vs. Other Met Mid-Career Acquisitions

Baseball Crank has a great chart comparing Johan Santana against other mid-career pitching acquisitions the Mets have made. The comparison is through their first seven starts.
Santana looks pretty good but [...]

Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in Pitching, Trades | No Comment