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There seems to be a rift amongst the Mets faithful, there are those that point at the second most runs scored and say the offense is fine while others say it needs improvement.To me last years offense never felt dominant, Ryan Church carried the offense for the first two months and Carlos ...

Rob Neyer from ESPN ,who I really enjoy reading even though he refuses to respond to my emails, really took aim at the Mets starting rotation today. The first thing that grabbed my attention was something he said about CitiField, which makes the inability to get Lowe somewhat puzzling if it's true. The obvious target seemed to be Derek Lowe, a big-game, big-city pitcher whose deadening...

The talk today from the blogosphere to WFAN is about the Mets pursuing Ben Sheets. Joe Demayo, our NYBD baseball insider, has been pretty consistent with his information. He believes that the Mets will attempt to sign Oliver Perez and not add another high priced starter to the rotation. That would complete a solid offseason, [...]

He's still out there... He's big, young, powerful and had tremendous patience... He is the only active player to have hit 40 or more homeruns and drawn 100 or more walks for five consecutive seasons. Of course we're talking about Adam Dunn. Has it really sunk in with everybody that the Mets will not get Manny Ramirez? Has it also sunk in that two would-be great bench players, will instead...

MLB Network will air the WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC TONIGHT ROSTER SPECIAL on Monday, January 19 at 6:00 p.m. ET, to announce the provisional rosters for the 2009 tournament. The one hour special will include live interviews with special guests featuring Team USA Manager Davey Johnson, as well as participating World Baseball Classic players Curtis Granderson of the Detroit Tigers and...

Johan Santana and Francisco Rodriguez are slated to pitch in the upcoming WBC.  Some people are worried that they will suffer a hangover from pitching in the tournament but I'm hoping they do exactly what they did in 2006.

Carlos Beltran, spoke to Daily News writer Christian Red, and I'm diggin' what he's sayin... To begin, Beltran weighed in on the recent comments made by Cole Hamels who said the Mets are choke artists. "I just have to say, the Phillies did play well. They were champions last year. This year is a new year. I still believe we have a great team. If he says those words...

Newsday is reporting that the two Cuban baseball players that defected from Cuba late last year, are now in New York and readying themselves to play baseball as soon as Opening Day. According to the article, both Yadel Marti and Yasser Gomez are negotiating with agent Jaimie Torres who happens to represent Jose Contreras. They are each working out and taking steps to do whatever...

Tim Redding appeared on MLB Network Hot Stove Friday night. You can watch the interview here …

I thought Mets fans would enjoy watching Pat Burrell show off his home in Clearwater, Florida. Who would have thought this feared slugger lives in a retirement community. With all due respect to Pat, some of his neighbors probably run as fast, and play left field, as well as he does. var a = Math.floor(Math.random()*9999999999+1) [...]

January is just a brutal month for us baseball fans. Spring Training is out there somewhere on the horizon, but yet it still seems so maddeningly far away. After the chaos of the Winter Meetings and the Yankee feeding frenzy during the holidays, the Hot Stove is winding down to a fizzle, and the only [...]

To all Mets fans out there I feel your pain! For two years we have been handed a plate of disappointment when everyone was sure it was in the bag. It has been so long since we have won a world series no matter how much money is thrown out there these  players basically fail to do what is expected of them. Also does anyone out there find it disturbing that players always seem...

As reported yesterday the Mets are one of four teams that Freddy Garcia is on the verge of choosing from, it's been reported that Garcia should pick between the White Sox, Mets, Yanks and Rangers within the next week. The Chicago Daily Herald says that Garcia is strongly leaning towards the ...

One of the things effected by the slow free agency market is that the Mets front office hasn't been afforded the time to negotiate with their arbitration eligible players. The Mets are an organization that attempts to settle without going to a hearing, in fact Oliver Perez was the first player ...

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