Francoeur has already raised his batting average 6 points and the Mets are 2-0 with him in the lineup. Yeah its early, but think about how long it has been since the last time the Mets won two games in a row.

Francoeur was demanded to be the star in Atlanta, but once the Mets are back to full strength and he's in a lineup with Wright, Beltran, and Delgado, I think we're going to see his true potential.

7/12/2009 5:28:01 PM

or see him flame out of the big leagues

one or the other

7/12/2009 8:16:54 PM

What's the injury status on Reyes, Beltran, and Delgado? When should we expect them back?

And what about Wagner and Putz? Once both are healthy we can send in a closer in the 7th

7/14/2009 9:59:40 AM

went to the first game of the Subway series at Citi Field last month, GORGEOUS sky, amazing experience.





[Edited on July 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM. Reason : /]

7/14/2009 10:50:15 AM

^^

Delgado is swinging against live pitching today and tomorrow in St. Lucie. If all goes well he'll be in rehab games starting next Weds/Thurs and probably back 3 weeks from now.

Reyes actually ran full speed and did full speed agility workouts before Sunday's game at Citi and showed no limp/pain apparently. Probably 2 weeks away with rehab included.

Beltran still hasn't resumed doing anything. I'd say 3-4 weeks with him, minimum.

Putz/Wagner are right on schedule. August 15 for both is my guess.

7/14/2009 11:02:27 AM

Citi Field was nice.

Had a great seat to watch the Mets get bitch slapped by the Dodgers. Everyone seemed to love Manny Ramirez. And it seemed like there were more Dodger fans than Mets fans there.

7/14/2009 11:39:31 AM

A lot of the older folks remained Dodgers fans after the 50s, and passed it on to their kids. My grandfather grew up in Brooklyn and he will cheer for the Dodgers until the day he dies.

7/14/2009 11:54:06 AM

^I assumed that was a big part of it.

I went to the game with my old co-worker and his brother and another friend of his. Only the friend was a Mets fan. The rest of us, came for the entertainment I guess

7/16/2009 12:19:10 PM

Quote :

"Thu, Jul 16 GM Omar Minaya said in a Thursday press conference that Reyes had “a good day Thursday” in Port St. Lucie and is “showing much improvement” in his strained right hamstring. Minaya added that out of Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Delgado, Reyes looks the most likely to return the earliest. Reyes took live batting practice off John Maine Thursday in Port St. Lucie, but has yet to run the bases. He has been limited to agility drills with some hard running in the outfield. No timetable has been set for Reyes to run full out or play a rehab game."

I am still kind of skeptical of when he will return since he hasn't run the bases yet. He HAS to be able to run the bases like Jose Reyes can run the bases for him to be activated. Its not like some power hitter's speed isn't at 100%. That is Reyes' greatest strength. Still, the news is better than it was a couple weeks ago.

7/16/2009 5:16:09 PM

Any chance that the Mets could get Halladay?

7/16/2009 5:26:03 PM

Do they have any money left to get Halladay?

7/16/2009 5:41:24 PM

what would you want halladay for? so you can miss the playoffs, not have him, get a slightly worse draft position, and spend a lot of money? just wait til next year

7/19/2009 9:21:42 PM

"ooooohhhhh Mr. Jones and Mr. Escobar... my ass hurts! owwwwwwww" - The Mets

7/20/2009 1:02:25 AM

Lol... are you seriously trolling about beating the Mets right now? They don't have literally half of their team and most of them are big contributors.

Lets go over the big pieces that are missing, shall we?

- Beltran, Delgado, Reyes, Sheffield, Putz, Wagner, Maine and Martinez.

This is such a lost year due to injuries it is not even funny. Just wasting one more year of Johan's and Beltran's prime and Reyes/Wright's affordability.

I literally just lol'd at the TV when Nieve was rolling around on the ground in pain last night and Saturday when Sheffield came up lame trying to make the throw. It's downright humorous at this point...

7/20/2009 10:35:51 AM

yeah the whole team is collectively pulling a Beltran

7/20/2009 10:40:11 AM

^^ dont give me that... you play to win the game... you PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.


and the ass raping by Chipper has gone on for years, healthy or not

7/20/2009 10:46:11 AM

^ LOL naming his kid Shea, classic

7/20/2009 10:48:07 AM

exactly, best fuck you in the history of sports

7/20/2009 10:51:10 AM

Yeah, both teams suck. They're both like at least 8gb.

7/20/2009 1:40:07 PM

^ nice fact checking. Atleast 8 games back Braves are 6.5 starting today. Obviously the Phils control the division, but the if the Braves can continue to hit even just a little, their pitching will keep them in the wild card race. I would not put money on it personally, but one can hope.

7/20/2009 2:53:50 PM

Oh wow, sue me. I was 1.5 games off.

Let me ask you something...

Have the Braves ever come from behind in the division to make the playoffs in this decade?

7/20/2009 3:07:10 PM

ahahha... I can't tell if this is parody or not but I'd believe it:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/07/its_come_to_this_for_the_mets.html

Quote :

"It's come to this for manager Jerry Manuel: He’s toying with the idea of using pitcher Livan Hernandez not just as a pinch hitter, but as a corner infielder. (Hernandez apparently loves the idea, and even took grounders at third during their last homestand.) Here’s the most disconcerting thing about this: Assuming he’d be equally inept at either of these corner positions, we guess we see the logic in using him at first, as Daniel Murphy could be moved to the outfield. But last time we checked, the Mets already had a third-baseman. In fact, it’s one of the few positions they haven’t had to worry about all year. Which we suppose can only mean one thing: Manuel is preparing for the inevitable David Wright injury — the one that would be the final nail in the Mets’ coffin. So much for optimism."

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/07/gary_sheffield_still_out_of_ny.html

[Edited on July 20, 2009 at 3:17 PM. Reason : thank God this is legit... I actually want to see this. Please Jerry!]

7/20/2009 3:16:33 PM

Johan could be your everyday shortstop until Reyes returns

7/20/2009 3:20:58 PM

To answer your Halladay questions, the Mets just reportedly turned down an offer for Halladay originating from the Blue Jays of Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Bobby Parnell and Ruben Tejeda...

Jon Heyman of cnnsi reported it on his twitter...

7/20/2009 7:34:35 PM

Best call Omar ever made is saying no to that deal

7/20/2009 7:52:00 PM

Francoeur is proving me right so far.

Tonight: 3-4, 1 run, 2 rbi, with a double and a homer

7/20/2009 9:15:47 PM

7/21/2009 1:20:15 AM

Current DL:

Beltran
Delgado
Maine
Martinez, R
Martinez, F
Nieve
Putz
Reyes
Sheffield
Wagner

7/21/2009 8:45:14 PM

Mets shouldnt have picked up so many pussies

7/21/2009 9:27:31 PM

I hope you're kidding. Beltran played in 161 games last year, and Delgado and Reyes each had 159. I wouldn't call them pussies.

7/21/2009 10:28:01 PM

whoa buddy... now I didnt start the talk about nationalities... but if you want to bring it up that's your call

7/21/2009 10:34:40 PM

Who is this studly young man who will be a star for the Pack in '10? What hat is he wearing?

7/21/2009 11:37:55 PM

I dunno, but he's already jinxing us apparently...

7/22/2009 1:47:36 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4347145

SO TUFF

[Edited on July 22, 2009 at 5:38 PM. Reason : link]

7/22/2009 5:37:50 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ap4Xj2KJvyajmaCzEKQTxOg5nYcB?slug=ap-mets-bernazardoutburst&prov=ap&type=lgns

Quote :

"The New York Mets plan to investigate reports that vice president of player development Tony Bernazard challenged members of their Double-A Binghamton affiliate to fight him during a postgame tirade."

^whoops didnt even click that

[Edited on July 22, 2009 at 8:15 PM. Reason : .]

7/22/2009 8:06:32 PM

Blinded by the lights! Wrapped up like a DOUCHE!

7/22/2009 8:36:21 PM

Ha ha Tony Bernazard. I used to have his 1987 Topps card when he was on the Indians. He was a "top prospect" or something.

The Mets are falling apart hard. Even if they did not have the slew of injuries this year, they'd still have one of the worst farm systems in baseball. Seriously nearly everyone of their minor league teams is straight up garbage.

7/23/2009 8:16:41 AM

what a fantastic aquisition

7/23/2009 9:51:54 AM

i'd be LOLing if it weren't for my Twins score in the background

7/23/2009 11:04:06 AM

^^ In defense of Franceour, stuff like that happens. He clearly lost the ball in the lights. He wasn't just "doing a Manny" out there. Plus Franceour is a solid defender even though he is a horrible hitter.

7/23/2009 1:19:25 PM

a new low for the Mets' season: today's BP playoff odds gives them a negative chance of winning the wild card


NL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs 1D Change 7D Change
Mets 44 51 .484 77.1 84.9 2.24925 -0.05193 2.19732 -0.63542 -4.25206

[Edited on July 25, 2009 at 1:51 PM. Reason : ]

7/25/2009 1:50:49 PM

we won a series! yay!

7/27/2009 3:05:37 AM

Well, in four days we'll either have hope after taking a series from COL and knowing Reyes will be back in 7-10 days or all hope will be lost losing the series and being buried for good from any playoff race...

Here is to hoping it is the former...

7/27/2009 12:40:02 PM

Quote :

"Well, in four days we'll either have hope after taking a series from COL"

Allowing the Braves to take hold of the Wild Card

7/27/2009 12:42:35 PM

Holy shit... THAT. WAS. AWESOME.

Quote :

"EPIC PRESS CONFERENCE"

Google 'minaya rubin'

Profit.

7/27/2009 5:20:51 PM

bye omar

7/27/2009 5:48:11 PM

as much as i hate the Mets, and want Ubaldo to do well since he's on my fantasy team, can they please beat the rockies since they're in front of the Braves in the wild card?

7/27/2009 8:31:27 PM

They say rihanna has been dating several mets players. They go on to say that she feels safe with them because they can't beat anybody.

7/27/2009 10:32:22 PM

^ if you are gonna troll, can we please get something LOL worthy?

that was weak

7/27/2009 11:11:31 PM

Showing some life despite the circus in the front office.

Big Pelf tomorrow is huge as a bridge to Johan, who will NOT lose a big game @ Citi Field... tomorrow is the biggest game of the year. If we can win that, we cut the lead to four games for all intents and purposes...

And Jose is on the way...

7/27/2009 11:23:10 PM