Julian Tavarez was DFA’d by the Red Sox and elected free agency instead of going to Pawtucket. The Boston Globe is reporting that Bartolo Colon told the paper that Tavarez said that he wants to pitch for the Mets.
Tavarez pitched in nine games for the Sox this season to a 6.39 ERA. I don’t think that the Mets need an Aaron Heilman clone at this point. Thanks, but no thanks Julian.
New York Mets manager Willie Randolph is coming home from Colorado to a well publicized meeting with the Wilpons tomorrow. Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jon Heyman is reporting tonight that Randolph won’t be fired at this meeting.
The report doesn’t seem to offer any factual evidence such as a quote from a team employee. It’s more conjecture based on the Wilpons’ past behavior to predict future behavior.
Basically, the column states that Willie will probably be given a very short amount of time, as little as a week, to display a change in the team. He may be given just the homestand against the Marlins and Dodgers to prove that the Mets are on the right track.
I’m not so sure that the Wilpons won’t make a change tomorrow.
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Injury update- Pedro Martinez is working out today in the Domincan Republic and plans to travel to Florida tomorrow. He says that he’s ready to pitch at the Major League level now, but the Mets want him to get one start in Florida before joining the Mets. The plan is for him to pitch for St. Lucie of the Florida State League.
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The Mets lose another road series on the eve of Willie Randolph’s meeting with ownership in New York. The Mets have now lost 6 of their last 7 games and looked completely uninspired today making two ugly errors in the field and more baserunning problems.
Aaron Cook went through the Mets like a buzzsaw today giving up only four hits and one walk over nine innings.
John Maine wasn’t particularly good but kept the Mets in the game. He went six innings giving up four runs (three earned). That should be enough to keep the Mets in the game in Colorado.
Jose Reyes let a ball go through his legs with a man on first that would have been a double play. That led to a three run homer by Seth Smith in the fourth inning and that was all that the Colorado Rockies needed today.
Reyes was also picked off first. The second time in this series that he’s been picked off. He’s playing like his head is in the clouds.
Carlos Delgado also had an ugly error at first base. For both Reyes and Delgado it was their sixth error of the season.
The Mets head home tonight to begin a three game series with division leader Florida Marlins.
New York Mets (23-24) at Colorado Rockies (19-30) 3:05pm
John Maine (5-3) vs. Aaron Cook (6-3)
What to watch: The Mets have a chance to win the rubber game of the series in Colorado today. Maine’s last start on Tuesday was forgettable. Otherwise, he’s had a good season. I think that we’d all like to see Nick Evans in the lineup again today after his monster Major League debut yesterday. Willie Randolph would feel much better about his meeting with the Wilpons tomorrow if he went in off winning the road series in Colorado.
It’s been well publicized since yesterday that Gary Carter was interviewed on satellite radio and went into great detail about his desire to manage the Mets. He talked about the team’s lack of spark under Willie Randolph and the sub-.500 record that the Mets have had over the last year. He also mentioned that he called the Mets to inquire about the job.
Carter blames the media today instead of his own statements for making him look like he’s throwing dirt on Randolph’s grave. Listen to Carter with Steve Somers on WFAN below.
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