After getting a taste of inter-league play against the Toronto Blue Jays the New York Mets come back to the comfort zone of the National League style of play to face the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Game 1: Monday 7:05 PM on SNY Pitching Matchup: Johan Santana 1-2, 2.89 ERA vs. Erik Bedard 2-5, 3.07 ERA Like the last series against

With the Mets bullpen being as shaky as it has been through the club`s first 40 games, the Mets will eventually have to call in reinforcements for the bullpen. Don`t be surprised to see any of these four pitchers warming up in the `pen at Citi Field sometime during the next few weeks. SPOILER ALERT: (Josh Edgin is NOT included)

1. Jordanny Valdespin’s time up was short-lived. He showed some flashes but for the was a bit shaky. He did not give Terry Collins confidence to that he could to the job at short and therefore did not see many starts or much playing time.  He’s back in Triple-A where needs to be so he can have getting regular playing time. 2.

The New York Mets start off interleague play in the American League at the Rogers Centre home of the Toronto Blue Jays. Game 1: Friday 7:07 PM on SNY Pitching Matchup: Jon Niese 2-1, 3.40 ERA vs. Ricky Romero who is 4-1, 3.88 ERA Tonight’s starters will feature a lefty-lefty match-up. The Mets are 6-9 against left-handed pitchers and the

Craziness ensued as the Brewers thrashed the Mets last night. In the 7th inning after the Brew Crew went yard one too many times, recently recalled D.J. Carrasco plunked Ryan Braun. In between innings Collins decided to remove David Wright in the 7th inning, a move which David did not agree with. When asked why David Wright was removed from

Picture this:  Your favorite football team just went into overtime in a crucial divisional battle, and the game ended at 2:00 AM.  Now imagine watching the same two teams play 12 hours later.  Ridiculous scenario right?  Who would do that?  Then answer is MILLIONS of baseball fans each year.  The Yankees nearly sellout 81 home games a year, not including

Frank Francisco blew the save last night, one that would have pushed our winning streak to 6 games, and a season high 6 games over .500. The loss is not catastrophic by any means, but it just reemphasizes that fact that we don’t have a shut down closer. As crazy as Francisco Rodriguez was, he was still a top level closer and despite his

Right now the starting pitching options are limited as the Mets look to fill the void left by Mike Pelfrey. Who would have thought we would miss Mike Pelfrey so much? Anyway, things don’t look great right now as Miguel Batista, Chris Schwindin and Jeremy Hefner leave you little to get excited about. But it appears things will drastically change

This is a year of transition for the Mets. In a year of transition the goal is to see what you have for the future as you look to build a winning team. Some but not all of the players who we are seeing in the lineup this season are part of the solution. The others may not be part

One thing I have noticed since seriously following the team back in 2007, is a recurring theme between Mets free agent pitcher signings and velocity. If we take a look at the major pitcher signings/trades over the last 5 years we have Johan Santana, Oliver Perez (after he was resigned in 2008), and Francisco Rodriguez. Don’t get me wrong, two