Santana Aces His Latest Test

According to David Lennon of Newsday, Johan Santana is ahead of schedule and will face live batting practice today. The news comes after many speculated that he will miss his opening day start on April 6th because of tightness in his elbow. Santana threw a strong 46 pitch bullpen side session on Wed. He was slotted to throw two more sessions before facing live hitters. He...

After the elbow soreness scare, Dan Warthen mapped out an entire spring training plan for Johan Santana which would have had him starting the season in the first game in Florida. However, since then Johan has declared himself healthy and pushed forword his efforts to get ready for the season. ...

According to ESPN, Johan Santana threw 36 pitches to batters and he says he feels great. "I pitched today with no problems in my elbow or my arm or anything, so I am fine, and at the same time I was working on my pitches and I was able to command it, so that's what you want to see," Santana said. Santana worked mainly on his fastball with some off-speed pitches...

Johan Santana is quickly becoming my favorite Met. The guy is a battler, a warrior, and a massively talented and impressive physical specimen. Last year, down the stretch, when his team needed him... NY Sports Dog--a Place for Mets Fans

Last year was supposed to be the season in which the Minnesota Twins finally had to deal with reality. They traded Johan Santana to the Mets because they couldn't afford him any longer, and the heart and soul of the team, Torii Hunter, left for the glitz and glamor of Los Angeles. Then the Twins ...

Angel Pagan was a late scratch from today's game. The Mets announced that Pagan had a sore elbow and was replaced by one of his competitors for a spot, Cory Sullivan. Pagan has to be the front runner for a spot on the bench, he's batting .467 as a switch hitter, can play ever outfield position ...

There are so many Mets players at the WBC, that there isn't much going on in camp. But one of the only interesting things happening is the competition for the fourth outfield position. As I see it there are three outfielders fighting for one spot ( sorry Rob Mackowiak enjoy Buffalo). All are ...

Last week it was reported that the Mets maybe willing to eat Marlon Anderson's contract if he was beat out for a spot on the roster. At that time it was believed that his chief competition was Bobby Keilty, not only is Keilty a right handed pitcher but he could also replace Anderson's veteran ...

Thanks to Adam Rubin of the Daily News for revealing the Baseball America Mets Top Ten Prospects. Adam, also covers the Mets for Baseball America, and he is very tuned into the Mets Minor Leagues, more so than many others who claim to have an inside track. He always gives us a good read on how our prospects are doing throughout the year both on his blog, and also in his Mets Minor...

RECAP:Baseball is finally here as the Mets opened their Grapefruit League schedule against the Orioles. The Mets piled up nine runs on fifteen hits while only giving up three runs on nine hits. Luis Castillo led the offensive assault out of the lead off position with two hits and four RBI. Angel Pagan and Nick Evans had three hits each and Ryan Church had three RBI out of the cleanup...

Here is the latest entry of the Mets Top Prospects list, this one comes from Minor League guru, John Sickels of Minor League Ball. I find it interesting how the one common factor in all of these lists is that Brad Holt has moved into the top five. The other thing is how each list flip-flops between Wilmer Flores and Fernando Martinez in the top spot. I don't understand why...

I completed a post the other day, I might add purely speculation in which I pondered whether the Mets were considering moving Nick Evans to 2B. Jose Reyes and David Wright will anchor the left side of the infield for several years to come and there has been some talk of Dan Murphy moving to 1B ...

While trying to get out of the funk from today's loss which wasn't helped by tonight's Phillies win, giving them a four game sweep of the Brewers, I tried to look at the positive things that came form this weekend's series....Sandwiched between the two bullpen meltdown losses, that weren't helped by lack of clutch hitting was a masterful performance by Jon Niese...

Marlon Anderson, Jeremy Reed, Angel Pagan, Cory Sullivan and Bobby Kielty are in a heated battle to claim a spot on the Mets bench as the fifth It looks like Manuel will have a tough decision to make when the time comes as all four are making strong bids to stay with the It was ...

I thought it was interesting that Adam Rubin the other day completed a post on his early 25 man roster predictions, Adam thought the Mets may carry Nick Evans for the first week and then call-up Livan Hernandez as the fifth starter when needed. They could actually carry a sixth bench player even longer if they allowed the longman to make two starts in April.But the Mets went through...