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Various media sources report that the Mets reached a Major League deal with catcher Rod Barajas Saturday afternoon. The deal is reportedly for $1 million with further incentives (although other reports disputed that) and is dependent on Barajas passing a physical.
Barajas is expected to be the team's starting catcher. He hit 19 home runs and drove in 71 runs in only 429 at bats for the Blue Jay
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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On Thursday, pitchers and catchers will report Port St. Lucie, Fla. for the formal beginning of the 2010 baseball season for the Mets. Normally, that would be the start of optimism -- for the end of a dreary, snowy winter, the coming of spring, the smell of freshly cut grass, the sound of the ball exploding off the bat in batting practice, the echo o
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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There’s just about three weeks until pitchers and catchers report to Port St. Lucie and although you can’t tell it from the front office’s behavior, the Mets appear to have failed to address their biggest offseason needs.
Pitching and defense.
Yes, they got Jason Bay, which is a nice boost to their lineup. They got Gary Matthews, Jr., who may not
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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So, it seems Carlos Beltran and the Mets are about to have a pissing match about his surgery. For those of you who missed it, Beltran went to his own doctor, Dr. Richard Steadman to have an arthroscopic procedure on his knee, the sore knee that caused him to miss half of the 2009 season.
The facts are pretty clear: Beltran and the Mets thought the k
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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Let's -- for a minute -- set aside any discussion about frustration with the Mets' ownership, ballpark and what-have-you. On this frozen mid-January day, let us just consider the Mets' offseason and roster shaping -- where things stand and where they might be going.
Mets' GM Omar Minaya waited out Jason Bay and signed him to a pricey but not insane
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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So sometime later this week, Jason Bay will officially be a New York Met, thus ending the winter of backup catcher-bullpen guy discontent.
What's evident here is this: the Mets played it right, didn't bid (much) against themselves and brought in a guy who is, by all accounts, a gamer to the pasture that is left field at Citi Field. They now have an
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By Mike McGann
Editor, FlushingUniversity.com
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Santa has been checking his list, twice, three times...mostly because he’s struggling with how naughty some people on it have been. Still he knows there are some good little boys and girls out there in Metsland and, digging through trade rumors stumbled upon Santa’s holiday list on an unsecured server.
For Mets fans: a prescription for Valium. Sa
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That clock started running a lot faster. Without Reyes and Beltran in the lineup -- and the pressure of a lot of home games early against good teams, things could get ugly quick.
At least for... 
The clock will start ticking towards the end of Omar and Jerry's tenure unless somehow they get off to a fast start....
Ah geez. Reyes will be shut down for two to eight weeks with this thyroid thing and likely will be on the DL to start the 2010 season.
You just cannot make this stuff up.
Ruben Tejada could be...
Everyone is shipping Mathews out the door and all he has shown thus far is some old fashioned baseball acumen. Pagan fits well with the park and can cover a lot of ground in the outfield, and that's...
They ought to start looking at 2B candidates for the minors, too, unless they feel that Havens or Tejada will slide over there IF Reyes is here for the long haul.
