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[Youk]

LOL @ Russ Adams leading the team in HRs. Call up Ike!

He was rated kinda shitty before the season. Made him more realistic, and just moved him to Binghamton.

Wright finally broke out a little and he's tied with Adams with 4 HR.

[Youk]

Niese is bound to get a W.

Niese has been getting rocked. 33 hits in 29 innings.

[Youk]

He'll be able to beat Moyer/Sanchez.

Actually, he got skipped in both starts. My project starters are off because of a rotation switch.

[Youk]

Another One Bites The Dust
Two More Mets Go Down

NEW YORK (AP) - After a sweep by Philadelphia, and going .500 against San Francisco and Cincinnati, the worst news the Mets could receive was that two more of their players would go down with injuries. Even worse than that (it's possible), is that it is their two home run leaders, David Wright and Russ Adams. "I don't know what the deal is with all of the injuries. We're going to look into it," said GM Chris Eckenrod, who is going to have an interesting time replacing these two players. On the bright side, 2B Luis Castillo will be returning from the DL. Fernando Tatis is expected to replace Wright at 3B. David Wright is expected to miss 5 weeks, while Russ Adams is expected to miss 2-3 months.

In other news, Jose Reyes was the recipient of the NL Player of the Week award, batting .444 with 2 home runs and 9 RBI's in 6 games.

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• Mets release Frank Catalanotto
• Mets call up 3B Mike Cervenak
• Mets promote 1B Ike Davis to AA Binghamton
• Daniel Murphy gets hot, batting over .200 finally

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[Youk]

Oliver Perez has been too good in the bullpen to take out. He's my set-up man right now.

And a combo of Niese/KRod just blew a 6 run lead in the 9th to lose what would have been Niese's first game, and blow KRods ERA from 2-something to 6-something

[Youk]

UPCOMING GAMES
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Chris Stammen (2-1 3.58 ERA) vs. Jonathon Niese (0-3 5.24 ERA)
John Lannan (4-2 3.16 ERA) vs. Jennry Mejia (1-4 4.21 ERA)
Chien-Ming Wang (1-0 4.20 ERA) vs. John Maine (1-1 5.17 ERA)


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Jenrry Mejia (1-4 5.24 ERA) vs. Sean West (2-1 3.45 ERA)
Jonathon Niese (0-3 5.24 ERA) vs. Clay Hensley (0-4 8.45 ERA)
Mike Pelfrey (0-5 6.05 ERA) vs. Josh Johnson (5-1 2.89 ERA)
Johan Santana (1-2 3.31 ERA) vs. Ricky Nolasco (1-3 6.39 ERA)

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Mike Pelfrey (0-5 6.05 ERA) vs. Tim Hudson (4-2 3.43 ERA)
Johan Santana (1-2 3.31 ERA) vs. Derek Lowe (4-2 4.47 ERA)

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John Maine (1-1 5.17 ERA) vs.
Jennry Mejia (1-4 4.21 ERA) vs.

Hopefully the upcoming patch fixes the odd pitching matchups

[inthecards21]

very good-looking chise

[Youk]

Amazin-ly Bad
Mets lose 8 out of 11; Swept in 4

NEW YORK (AP) - Losing has become the way in Queens, as the Mets have now lowered their record to 15-27 this season by only winning 3 out of the last 11 games, and getting swept by Florida in four games.

"It's embarrassing . We can't see to all get it together at once, between the injuries and being streaky," said Johan Santana, who is 1-4, but has a 3.34 ERA. The latest Mets injury belongs to Jonathon Niese, who will miss 10 days with shoulder tendinitis. "My shoulder is just sore. I need to rest it for a couple of days and I'll be good to go, that's all," said Niese, who is 0-3 with a 5.82 ERA in 7 starts.

The injuries, however, have probably saved Jerry Manual's job. One source has said that if it wasn't for the fact that the Mets have had at least one major player on the DL at all times this season, Jerry would have been fired. "He has an excuse now. If this was their record and the team was healthy, he would have been long gone," said the anonymous team official.

Three new players have joined the Mets this week. C Omir Santos has returned after being called up from AAA, while Henry Blanco was released. SP Bobby Parnell was called up from AAA to replace Niese in the rotation. When asked about the Parnell move, GM Chris Eckenrod said that he "talked to Jerry and he said that he preferred Olly [Perez] as the set-up man for now, so we brought up Bobby as he was our #2 option." The third player is 3B Joe Crede, claimed off of waivers on Thursday. "Joe gives us some insurance right now with David [Wright] gone, and let's us give Tatis a day off here and there," said Eckenrod, who has been actively trying to improve the team this season, to no avail.

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[Youk]

Draft Pool Released

[Youk]

Mets Trade For Cliff Lee
Unhappy K-Rod Sent to Seattle

NEW YORK (AP) - After the Philadelphia series last week, closer Francisco Rodriguez had his agent let GM Chris Eckenrod and the Mets know that his client will no longer settle for being a New York Met, and demanded a trade as soon as possible. "It was a shame to see a star player like that so upset with the direction of the team," said Eckenrod. Turns out it could have been for the best.

While early reports had claims of K-Rod being sent with Oliver Perez and others to Texas in exchange for MR Chris Ray and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, those turned out to be false. "We were in talks with the Rangers, but nothing materialized," said Eckenrod. The other team involved was the Seattle Mariners, who have been dangling SP Cliff Lee as trade bait for several weeks. Lee, who is 5-0 with a 1.20 ERA is a perfect fit in a Mets rotation that needed some help. "We felt that a starting pitching would benefit the team more than other other position player, right now," said Eckenrod at a press conference.

The official deal is for the Mets to send Closer Francisco Rodriguez, SP Oliver Perez, SP Ramon Ortiz (who was just acquired yesterday), SP R.A. Dickey, and RF Cesar Puello to the Mariners in exchange for Cliff Lee. "It may deal a blow to our bullpen, but if Lee pitches well enough, we won't even have to use the bullpen," joked Eckenrod.

[beamerball811]

That's a great deal for the Mets, hopefully Cliff can be a Cy Young candidate and get this team back on track...btw what is your record?

[Mit]

Damn. You sent a lot of players to the M's. Let's hope Lee pitches well for you, or else that trade is gonna come back to bite you.

[Youk]

very good-looking chise

Thanks man

That's a great deal for the Mets, hopefully Cliff can be a Cy Young candidate and get this team back on track...btw what is your record?

24-41. I've been getting killed by injuries. Every time someone comes off the DL, someone else pops onto it.

Damn. You sent a lot of players to the M's. Let's hope Lee pitches well for you, or else that trade is gonna come back to bite you.

Yea, I hope. The Mariners were hard to bargain with, but besides K-Rod, these were guys I was fine with parting with. The only reason I didn't mind trading K-Rod was to get a start pitcher in return.

[Youk]

More Pitching Help
Mets Draft SP; Continue to Spiral Downward

NEW YORK (AP) - On the eve of the final Subway Series of the season, the Mets are looking to be the exact opposites of their New York partners. The Yankees head into tomorrow's game with a 40-26 record, 5 games out of the AL East lead. The Mets, however, are 24-42, 16.5 games out of the NL East. Rumblings of firings have gotten stronger and stronger, and they are starting to get desperate for anything. Help is on the way, hopefully.

Though they don't project him to play in the big leagues this season, the Mets picked up SP Dylan Covey with the 6th pick in the draft. Covey is a projected Cy Young Award winner, and it will be hard for the Mets to even screw him up. Covey has not yet signed, but the Mets have offered around a $4.5 million signing bonus, reports say.

Two more Mets players have also talked to management, demanding trades. Both Fernando Tatis and Rod Barajas are veteran players who have lost their starting position during the season, and want to be traded to a team that will play them. "We will not comment specifically on this situation, besides to say that we are working to find the best solution for both parties," said a low-key GM Chris Eckenrod, who is usually more open about players.

News and Notes

• Jose Reyes will be the Mets lone representative at the 2010 All-Star Game
• The Mets reported had trade talks with the Pirates involving Tatis and Barajas for relief pitching
• Cliff Lee will sit out the All-Star Game, after being selected to AL team, then traded

Coming up, the Mets face the Yankees, Tigers, Twins, and Marlins to finish out the month.

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