The Mets sign another left handed bat yesterday in the form of utility man, Rob Mackowiak. If Mackowiak makes the team he will have a base salary of $600,000 and he has a chance to earn an additional $200,000 in bonuses depending on plate appearances between 250 and 500. Mackowiak, 32, played in just 38 games with the Nationals before being released. He hit .132 for Washington...

This is something Omar didn't do last off-season was stock pile players. The NY Post is reporting that the Mets have signed Rob Mackowiak to a minor league deal with incentives based on plate appearances if he makes the team or gets called up. I'm not really sure what the Mets will do with ...

Walt Jocketty said after the game that the Reds have signed Rob Mackowiak, an infielder/outfielder that Washington released. He'll play in Triple-A Louisville. Normally its the Nationals signing former Reds, but oh how the tables have turned!

May 28, 2004. The Pittsburgh Pirates were hosting the Chicago Cubs in a day-night doubleheader. Kip Wells took the hill for the Pirates, opposite Matt Clement for the Cubs in game 1.Both pitchers put up 0's through the first innings before the Cubs got a run in the 4th on a Corey Patterson RBI single. The Pirates answered with 3-spot in the 5th, as Randall Simon scored on a wild...

The New York Post is reporting that the Mets have signed lefthanded outfielder, Rob Mackowiak. In a continuing collection of lefty-hitting outfielders, the New York Mets have signed Rob Mackowiak to a minor league contract, the Post has learned. If Mackowiak makes the team he will have a base salary of $600,000 and he has a chance to earn an additional $200,000 in bonuses depending...

At the Winter Meetings a lot of changes were made to almost every MLB team. The White Sox were no different. Although it would seem that we have the perfect team and didn't need to make any changes, we were looking for an enhancement at infielder and got it in Rob Mackowiak formerly of the Pirates. D...

No real surprises here, but it does seem early to be sending this many players to the minor league side especially with the players in the WBC.The four who were sent down are Rob Mackowiak, Eddie Kunz, Valerio De Los Santos and Josh Thole. I said all along Rob Mackowiak would be in Buffalo hoping for a call-up. The guy is extremely versatile but other then a few years in Pittsburgh...

After about three and a half years of doing this blog, I thought that I needed to start doing some different things to keep the blog (and its main writer) Interviews are something I've considered doing in the past, but I've shied away from them for a couple of reasons. The first was ...

I've been at PNC Park for some crazy moments. I was there for the infamous Rob Mackowiak home runs during a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. I was there to see Brian Giles make the catch of the decade over the left field fence. None of those compared to what I experienced at PNC last night against the Cubs. There was the patented wild inning by Jose Veras where a lead...

The Mets held the second longest affiliation with a AAA club, from 1969 until 2006 the Norfolk Tide was home to the Mets Triple Aers. During that time the Tide went to nine Championship games and won five of them. But the Tide hadn't been to the Governor's Cup since 1995 and hadn't won since ...

It's so hard to make sense of the latest Mets wins and losses because most of the roster is off to the However, there are still jobs to be won and Today the Mets split a pair of games, they had a  8-3 loss to the Nationals and then beat the University of Michigan 18-7. ...

I can't fathom anyone else getting this completely worked up about their team picking up their 39th win one week into the month of August.

Over the next few weeks many players will battle it out in Port St. Lucie to try to win a spot on the New York Mets? bench. For the next few days we will look at some of those competing for the spot and analyze their chances at winning the job. The first player we will profile is a former top Minnesota Twins prospect, Bobby Kielty. Kielty, who was signed by the Twins in 1999, began...

I still remember the day the Ken Caminiti news broke. June, 2002. Without the internet as a major vehicle to drive the news at that time, the allegations hit the airwaves early in the week and on Thursday, Sports Illustrated came out with its memorable cover, a baseball crossed by syringes. I ...

WHAT'S THE NEWSThe retread purge is on!Rob Mackowiak and George Lombard have been released. Both were on the DL for like, ever. Well Lombard was, Mackowiak wasn't. But they both have been on the DL.With the trio in the outfield, Stephen Head and Wes Hodges back, and Jordan Brown, no need for either of them.The Indians did sign a few people, one is going to be filling some...

The Buffalo Bison's are reporting that Rob Mackowiak was released to make room for Brandon Knight who was re-assigned to AAA. A few years ago I thought Mackowiak would be a good signing as a AAAA super utility player who could be called up to play any position in a pinch but the team has better versions this year in Cory Sullivan and Bobby Kielty.The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A...

Johan Santana cleared another major hurdle after throwing a 36 pitch simulated game this morning at Tradition Santana threw a variety of pitches under the watchful eyes of the media, pitching coach Dan Warthen, Omar Minaya and even Fred Nick Evans, Rob Mackowiak, Rene Rivera ...

A few words come to mind when I think of the San Diego Padres offense. Punchless, anemic, hapless, weak, maybe even effete or feminine. But as I was sitting here watching Joel Pineiro - Joel "FREAKING" Pineiro - toss seven shutout innings while only allowing four hits in a 5-0 Cardinals win, I could only think of one thing to describe it: Impotent. Yes, one night after...

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 ...

With two spots up for grabs on the bench, there are at least six players in the running for those positions. The front runners appear to be Marlon Anderson and Jeremy Reed, however; those two have some very stiff competition from Bobby Kielty, Cory Sullivan, Rob Mackowiak, Angel Pagan and yes ...

We're now at the part of the summer when baseball roster moves become incredibly complicated and NBA personnel moves are incredibly underwhelming. We're past the non-waiver deadline in America's pastime and now all the big names in hoops have already signed. So why are we doing a rumors post? Hey, it's a slow morning and there's some interesting stuff going on...

Louisville lost 8-3. Box Score Michael Griffin went 2-5 with a double, RBI and a run. Adam Rosales went 2-5. Ryan Hanigan went 1-3. Rob Mackowiak went 1-3 with a walk. BJ Szymanski went 1-4 with a solo HR (8). Paul Janish went 1-4 with a double and a run. Josh Roenicke struck out 2 batters in 2 shutout innings. Chattanooga was off. Sarasota [...]

Jonathon Niese pitched a beauty tonight for Buffalo according to the teams site. The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, defeated the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals), 6-0, on Wednesday afternoon from Jupiter, FL. The Bisons will conclude their spring exhibition schedule on Tuesday against Memphis at Port St. Lucie, FL. LHP Jonathon Niese combined with three relievers...

There appear to be two separate competitions going on in regard to the bench. Fernando Tatis, Alex Cora and Ramon Castro seem to be locks.The first battle seems to be, between Marlon Anderson and Bobby Keilty for the pinch hitter, veteran leader. Anderson is a great clubhouse presence and has ...

Assuming that the Mets go with a five player bench and seven relievers in the bullpen, it really leaves just three open bench spots beacause naturally you have the Tatis/Murphy platoon and backup catcher Ramon Castro taking up two of those precious five spots. 1. CA - Ramon Castro2. OF - Fernando Tatis/Daniel Murphy*3. 4. 5. I put together a small chart that shows all of the potential...