Monday plans on being a busy day for the Mets. The deadline to sign draft picks is 11:59 pm and the club has yet to sign righthanded pitcher Matt Harvey, the seventh overall pick and a junior from North Carolina. Harvey was 8-3 with a 3.09 ERA this spring with 35 walks and 102 strikeouts [...]
Little is more enigmatic in baseball than the knuckleball. The number of pitchers who ever threw this pitch is exceedingly short and few are active at the same time. The knuckleball is a pitch designed to have an erratic, unpredictable motion. As its name suggests the pitcher grips the ball either with his fingertips digging [...]
On Thursday, Rod Barajas began his rehab assignment from a strained oblique in the Gulf Coast League (while hitting a three-run home run) and once he is fully healthy to return to the Mets the team will have a difficult decision. Will the Mets again roster three catchers and have Barajas, Josh Thole and Henry [...]
Last August the Mets had 12 players on the disabled list at the same time. They were: Carlos Beltran, Alex Cora, Carlos Delgado, John Maine, Fernando Martinez, Ramon Martinez, Jonathon Niese, Fernando Nieve, J.J. Putz, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, and David Wright. Earlier in the season Brian Schneider, Oliver Perez, Alex Cora, Tim Redding, Ryan [...]
The Mets find themselves in a precarious situation. After a stellar pitching performance from Mike Pelfrey on Tuesday in which the Mets won 1-0 over the Colorado Rockies, they are again at .500 with a 56-56 record and eight and a half games out of first in the NL East, while seven games out of [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1998: Mark McGwire homers off Bobby Jones in an 8-3 Mets win. The home run tops Hack Wilson's 1930 National League record of 46 home runs hit before September 1. In McGwire's 162 games with the Cardinals since a trade with Oakland on July [...]
The New York Mets are taking some serious body blows. Could the towel be coming next? Only an outstanding effort by Johan Santana prevented the Mets from being swept by the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend. After failing to win the rubber game on Sunday, New York limps back to Flushing to start a six-game homestand [...]
With no return date imminent for Jason Bay, the Mets decided to promote Fernando Martinez from Triple-A to help fill Bay’s spot in the lineup. The lefty-hitting Martinez, originally out of the lineup as the Phillies started southpaw Cole Hamels, entered Saturday’s game as part of a double-switch in the eighth inning. Sunday Martinez drew [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1975: Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey's 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24. 1988: The [...]
ESPN-New York reporter Adam Rubin speaks to Jeff Francoeur after Satruday's 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Francoeur woke up to learn friend Alex Cora was being released. He also learned Fernando Martinez was being promoted and his playing time would be reduced ...
Fernando Martinez returned to the Mets Saturday. He spoke to the media prior to the Mets 1-0 win Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies (video couresty of ESPN-New York) ...
The New York Mets have dropped below .500 for the first time since May 23, and 8 1/2 games behind the N.L. East-leading Atlanta Btaves. They are 6-15 since the All-Star break and quickly falling out of the playoff race. ESPN-New York reporter Adam Rubin talked to GM Omar Minaya about his job security and [...]