Goodbye Anna, Hello Melissa

With the signing of Jose Lima to a minor league contract yesterday the Mets brought in an excellent replacement for those who feel that something is missing since Anna Benson and her husband, Kris Benson, were traded to Baltimore.



Shoeless Pedro

Today’s news out of St. Lucie involves a shoe. Or rather the lack of a shoe.



Wright In Camp Early

As I mentioned yesterday pitchers and catchers report to spring training later this week. Hitters aren’t required to show up until next week. But that didn’t stop David Wright from



Pitcher and Catchers Report This Week

It’s been mostly quiet the last few weeks but with pitchers and catchers reporting later this week it looks like things may begin to pick up again soon. After watching Olympic coverage of the half pipe and luge last night it’s hard to believe that it’s almost spring training again. Isn’t it interesting how spring […]



Carlos Beats Carlos

Carlos Beltran beat Carlos Delgado in a one on one home run hitting contest in Puerto Rico yesterday 8-6. For more on the contest click here and here.



Pedro’s New Shoe and other tales

Pedro Martinez talks about his toe injury, his special Nike shoe and other issues on ESPN.com.



Hoch on Nady

Bryan Hoch has written a nice article about Mets outfielder Xavier Nady.



ARod May Bump Wright off of American WBC Team

Don Burke has an interesting look at how Alex Rodriguez‘s decision on playing in the WBC directly affects David Wright‘s participation.



Mets Non Roster Spring Training Invitees

Pitchers: Rafael Cova, Pedro Feliciano (L), Jeremi Gonzalez, Jeremy Hill, Tim Lavigne, Dae-Sung Koo (L), Darren Oliver (L), Jose Parra, Matt Perisho (L), Jose Santiago, Jason Scobie, Mike Venafro (L) Catchers: Drew Butera, Zac Clements, Bobby Estalella, Jesus Flores, Aaron Hathaway, Joe Hietpas, Sandy Martinez, Andy Wilson Infielders: Brett Boone, Juan Tejeda, Brett Harper Outfielders: […]



Mets Put an End To Arbitration Again

Víctor Zambrano and Chris Woodward have both agreed to contracts bringing the total number of Mets eligible for arbitration down to zero. That’s a good way to go into spring training. Zambrano’s contract calls for him to make $3 million guaranteed. There are incentives involved but I noticed that an incentive to win the CY […]