Roster
Who Will Make Room For Milledge?
Lastings Milledge will join the Mets tonight and be the regular left fielder until Moises Alou returns from the disabled list. That much is given. What isn’t given is who Milledge will replace on the roster. It was previously reported in many venues that either David Newhan or Sandy Alomar Jr. would be sent down […]
Alou DLed, Vargas Recalled
As expected the Mets put Moises Alou on the DL with a pulled left quad and recalled Jason Vargas to start tonight’s game. This isn’t exactly a surprise as it had been speculated since Alou hurt himself on Saturday. But some had thought that rookie outfielder Carlos Gomez, batting .444 (4 for 9) with 2 […]
Urdaneta: First Down, Now Out
This week has gone from bad to worse for Lino Urdaneta. On Monday the Mets optioned the right handed reliever to Triple A New Orleans. Today rumor has it that Urdaneta will be suspended for 50 games for a steroids violation. with penalties like this out there and the known long term affects steroids has […]
Pelfrey Out, Gómez In
The Mets finally demoted Mike Pelfrey yesterday. The move was made to make room on the roster for highly touted rookie outfield prospect Carlos Gomez who was brought in as outfield insurance after Moises Alou pulled a quad on Saturday. Though no decision was immediately made it looks like Alou is headed to the DL […]
Pelfrey In Trouble?
It’s a little early to speculate but it’s possible that Mike Pelfrey‘s spot in the rotation could be lost to Jorge Sosa once Orlando Hernandez comes back from the disabled list. After a positive outing against Florida last week Pelfrey turned in another poor performance yesterday against Arizona. The Diamondbacks only managed 3 hits against […]
Bullpen Notes
With Duaner Sanchez out at least four months with a hairline fracture in his right shoulder and Guillermo Mota serving a 50 game suspension for steroids use the Mets bullpen is suffering. Aaron Heilman will now cover the 8th inning but he has been slowed by tendinitis and off season acquisition Ambiorix Burgos has had […]
Sánchez by a Hair-line
I’m a little late in reporting this since work has been very busy lately but… It looks like Duaner Sanchez‘s shoulder is worse than I reported last week. After cutting short a mound session last week trainers said Sanchez had some scar tissue come loose. An MRI and further examination showed that the righthander has […]
Sánchez Mound Session Cut Short
According to Mark Hale’s blog on the New York Post‘s website Duaner Sanchez‘s first sessions throwing off a mound ended abruptly after only a few minutes with the right handed setup man ‘over behind the mound’. Stay tuned because this may get interesting. Manager Willie Randolph has already said that Aaron Heilman will assume the […]
Milledge’s Hand and El Duque’s Neck
There was a brief scare as a result of a play in yesterday’s exhibition opener. Lastings Milledge got hit on the hand by a pitched ball. Luckily x-rays on the hand today showed no broken bones. Also, as a follow up to last week’s story about Orlando Hernandez going back to New York for an […]
El Duque Possibly Hurt
In what has been a very quiet start to camp the silence is now being broken. At issue is a possible injury to number two starter Orlando Hernandez who has flown to New York to have his neck examined. Apparently he’s been feeling some discomfort in the neck, which he did last year but didn’t […]
