Wednesday’s Mets News
It seems like a Met a day is getting injured. The Mets are going to have to place a hospital on Tradition Field and relocate the team Doctors to Port St. Lucie. Mets are flying back and forth to New York to have MRIs and CT scans performed. At this rate, just bring everybody down to the Sunshine State. It also seems like Omar needs to assemble a whole new 2008 team because only Wright and Reyes are healthy.
The best Mets article of the day was “Mets Elect to Not Remember the Maine” by Matthew Artus. Make sure you give it a read.
Notes: El Duque unveils new delivery - The Mets need to give Mike Pelfrey the spot in the rotation and use Orlando Hernandez elsewhere.
Pedro gladly passing ace baton - I keep reading these articles about how happy Pedro is to pass the baton to Santana. It annoys me because Pedro would be the 4th starter if it was based performance rather than what he did in a prior life. He only started in 5 games last season, and he hasn’t been Pedro since he left the Red Sox.
Johan sharp in second spring start - Anthony DiComo summarized today’s game between the Dodgers and the Mets. Johan Santana got the start. The Mets beat the Dodgers by a score of 3-2. The Mets are 5-3 in the Grapefruit League standings.
Mets release ‘08 promotional schedule - The Mets will be handing out promotions during 35 home games during 2008.
Alou needs surgery for hernia - Anthony DiComo reported that “Moises Alou learned on Wednesday that he’ll need to undergo surgery for a hernia. The outfielder will be out four to six weeks.” Alou flew back to New York today to have an MRI performed. My Mets are dropping like flies. 4-6 weeks…
Valentin fighting to go out on his terms - Anthony DiComo describes the brace on Jose Valentin’s right leg.
Notes: Gotay’s MRI unconvincing - Anthony DiComo had this to say about Ruben Gotay’s CT scan, “A reading of Gotay’s CT scan on Tuesday revealed that an irregularity in his bone turned out to be the residue of a previous injury. Though the team wasn’t completely convinced, sending the scan results to New York for further review, Mets assistant general manager John Ricco remained optimistic.” DiComo gave provided some other health updates as well:
- Michel Abreu “strained his right hip flexor running into first base on Monday and is day-to-day.”
- Carlos Delgado and Ryan Church have been working out in a pool. Delgado has not set a return date yet. Church was supposed to return to the field today.
- Endy Chavez should return on the weekend.
Anthony also noted that Shea Stadium is banning smoking this year in order to get us ready for the rules of Citi Field.
Slider, not deal, a Maine concern - Anthony DiComo discusses that awful contract that the Mets just gave to John Maine.
Newsday:
Mets’ Beltran worried as he recovers from surgery - Carlos Beltran declared the NL East. You don’t want that guy to be worried about anything going into the season.
Finally, some good news: No broken bone for Gotay
E-mail from Port St. Lucie - David Lennon lets us know how Matt Wise is doing in Spring Training.
New York Daily News:
Moises Alou sidelined until May - Mets.com said 4-6 weeks on Alou which does not go into May. We’ll have to see how long Moises is really out.
With so many spring injuries, it pains Willie Randolph to think about them - Willie…all of us Mets fans feel the same way.
John Maine’s payoff pitch has to wait - Adam Rubin also goes over Maine’s new contract. Maine got the league minimum which is currently $450,000. I believe all of these guys are overpaid, but Maine should be ahead of Perez.
Ruben Gotay may be catching break - Adam Rubin also discusses the injury status of Gotay.
Smoking completely banned from Shea
New York Post:
MAINE STREAM - Bart Hubbuch stated that Maine is alright with his new contract.
BELIEVE IT, OR NOT - Joel Sherman noted that the Mets put a positive spin on Delgado.
AMAZIN’S ARE BACK IN MARKET FOR BACKUPS - Due to all of the injured players, Joel Sherman explains what positions need to be filled by the Mets.
REYES HAS 2K8 COVERED - Bart Hubbuch pointed out that Jose Reyes is on the cover of MLB 2K8. Supposedly poor performance follows being on the cover of the video game, but Reyes is not concerned about it.
New York Times:
Injuries Give Pagán Chance to Make the Mets - Ben Shpigel explains how Angel Pagan is doing in Spring Training.
The Star-Ledger:
Mets Elect to Not Remember the Maine - Matthew Artus is disgruntled about the contract that the Mets gave to John Maine.
Mets like new version of Pagan
Maine gets his contract renewed
March 6th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Can’t wait to see what Johan can do in the NL. I’m picturing Koufax numbers.