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Transaction Update
May 7, 2010

• CF Angel Pagan activated from disabled list
• RF Frank Catalanotto designated for assignment
• C Henry Blanco claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers

 

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Are You Kidding Me?!
More Injuries For The Mets

FLUSHING, New York - Just when you thought the Mets had enough injuries, another pops up. Between Carlos Beltran, Angel Pagan, Jason Bay, and now, once again, Jose Reyes, major stars are just falling for the Mets.

Reyes once again strained his bothersome hamstring while running the bases during a 7-4 loss against the Yankees. "I don't think Jose came back too early from his first injury, but that this was a whole separate injury," said manager Jerry Manual.

Injuries aren't the worst part of the Mets season so far, but instead the poor play of Johan Santana. Currently, Santana is 1-2 with a 5.77 ERA in 9 starts, with batters hitting .327 against him. Rumors have been flying around local media that the Mets would love to trade him, but GM Chris Eckenrod was quick to deny that rumor. "Why would we try to trade Johan when his poor performance would not get us the best deal possible? Actually, why would we try to trade Johan at all?" said Eckenrod when asked about the rumor.

Also disappointing this season is David Wright, who still has his power numbers, but is hitting almost 50 points below his career average. One reason for this is a high number of strikeouts by Wright this season. "I wouldn't say that I'm in a slump, but I'm not happy with the performance," said Wright. He continued to say that he is happy that "at least one thing is going right", in reference to his power numbers, and that it is easier to handle a problem when it is only one thing.

Currently, the Mets find themselves 3.5 games out of the NL East lead, behind the first place Philadelphia Phillies, and also the Braves and Nationals.

News and Notes

• Mets trade RF Frank Catalanotto to Philadelphia for MR Jose Contreras
• MR Elmer Dessens is demoted to Triple-A Buffalo
• SS Ruban Tejada is promoted to ML New York from Double-A Binghamton
• LF Chris Carter is demoted to Triple-A Buffalo

 

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May 2010 Results

Standings as of June 1, 2010

 

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Mets Batting Leaders
As of June 1, 2010

Mets Pitching Leaders
As of June 1, 2010

Mets Top Prospect Stats
As of June 1, 2010

MLB Batting Leaders
As of June 1, 2010

MLB Pitching Leaders
As of June 1, 2010

 

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Mets July Schedule

 

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News and Notes

• The Mets have sent extra scouts to check out top starting pitchers in the 2010 Amatuer Draft
• 2B Luis Castillo was placed on the 15-Day DL and will miss four weeks
• LF Jason Bay was activated from the Disabled List
• 1B Mike Hessman was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals

 

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2010 MLB Amateur Draft

FLUSHING, New York - The Mets had their highest draft pick since holding the 3rd pick in the 2004 Amateur Draft, and General Manager Chris Eckenrod was looking for one thing and one thing only: Pitching.

"We need to build our team around a young core of pitchers. We already have a solid core of Jose Reyes and David Wright on offense, with some young talent coming up through the minors, but we really lack with pitching," said Eckenrod. Though you could make an argument that the Mets do have some decent pitching, ace Johan Santana is having a career-worst season, and no starter has an ERA below 4.00.

One source said that the team's first choice was highly touted prospect SP Bill Tyler, but he was selected by the Kansas City Royals. "Don't be surprised if the Mets use one of their star players in a trade to acquire Tyler eventually, he is the exact type of player they want," said the source after the trade.

The Mets ended up using their sixth pick in the draft to pick SP Dylan Covey out of high school. The immediate scouting report for Covey says that he will be a "consistant candidate for the Cy Young Award every season." The hope is that he will pan out this way, unlike past Mets' pitching picks, including Mike Pelfrey.

The two major picks by the Mets were the 2nd and 3rd round picks of CL Alejandro Ruiz and MR Angel Canseco. Both are almost major league ready and both look to be future bullpen stars for the Mets.

2010 Mets Draft Picks

Drafted SP Dylan Covey in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall pick).
Drafted CL Alejandro Ruíz in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 36th overall pick).
Drafted MR Ángel Canseco in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 6, 66th overall pick).
Drafted SP César Benques in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 6, 96th overall pick).
Drafted LF Tsurayuki Tanaka in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 6, 126th overall pick).
Drafted SP Diego Pérez in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 6, 156th overall pick).
Drafted CF David Hopkins in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 6, 186th overall pick).
Drafted MR Andre Gillingham in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 6, 216th overall pick).
Drafted LF Ismael Sánchez in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 6, 246th overall pick).
Drafted 2B Bernie Lester in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 6, 276th overall pick).
Drafted RF Pedro Vega in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 6, 306th overall pick).
Drafted MR Ronald Carter in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 6, 336th overall pick).
Drafted MR Mark Marshall in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 6, 366th overall pick).
Drafted 1B Tony Paredes in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 6, 396th overall pick).
Drafted 1B Orlando Quintela in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 6, 426th overall pick).
Drafted MR Dan Barber in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 6, 456th overall pick).
Drafted 3B Jaime Martínez in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 6, 486th overall pick).
Drafted SS Kevin Monger in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 6, 516th overall pick).
Drafted C John O'Connor in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 6, 546th overall pick).
Drafted MR Chris Goodwin in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 6, 576th overall pick).
Drafted 2B José Peña in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 21, Pick 6, 606th overall pick).
Drafted SP Edgardo Márquez in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 22, Pick 6, 636th overall pick).
Drafted SS Manuel Garza in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 23, Pick 6, 666th overall pick).
Drafted MR Natale Fonzi in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 24, Pick 6, 696th overall pick).
Drafted 2B Gary Godfrey in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 25, Pick 6, 726th overall pick).
Drafted MR Loren Price in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 26, Pick 6, 756th overall pick).
Drafted 3B José Rojas in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 27, Pick 6, 786th overall pick).
Drafted MR José Rocha in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 28, Pick 6, 816th overall pick).
Drafted RF Domingo Hernández in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 29, Pick 6, 846th overall pick).
Drafted MR Máximo Morales in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 30, Pick 6, 876th overall pick).

NEWS AND NOTES

• Activated 2B Luis Castillo from the disabled list.
• Placed SS Russ Adams on the 15-day disabled list.
• Recalled SS Ruben Tejada from Triple A Buffalo.
• Demoted CF Angel Pagan to Triple A Buffalo.

 

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Mets Shut Down Beltran
Continued Injuries Are "Hurting Team"

FLUSHING, New York - Carlos Beltran is once again "day-to-day" with a nagging shoulder injury and thumb injury. That was enough for GM Chris Eckenrod who announced that Beltran was being placed on the Disabled List and won't be activated for at least 3 weeks. "Carlos is continuously coming back too soon and we need him to rest for a bit," said Eckenrod.

The move wasn't taken well by manager Jerry Manual, according to insider sources. Manual was upset with GM Eckenrod taking away another star off his already hurting lineup. When asked about the rumors, Eckenrod said "those are not true, and if they were, I'd rather have Beltran miss 3 weeks now then aggravate an injury and miss the season."

NEWS AND NOTES

• Demoted SS Ruben Tejada to Triple A Buffalo.
• Placed CF Carlos Beltran on the disabled list
• Activated SS Jose Reyes from the disabled list.

 

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JUNE 2010 STANDINGS

MLB BATTING LEADERS

MLB PITCHING LEADERS

METS BATTING LEADERS

METS PITCHING LEADERS

 

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Mets Trade Oliver Perez

FLUSHING, New York - In a stunning turn of events, Oliver Perez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers today, in exchange for minor league RF Kyle Russell and SP Vicente Padilla.

Just several weeks ago, trade rumors were popping up about Oliver Perez being traded to the Chicago Cubs, but they were immediately denied by GM Chris Eckenrod, who said then that a Perez trade was not likely to occur during the season. When asked today about those comments, Eckenrod said "sometimes a trade comes up that changes your mind."

Padilla had a 3.97 ERA and 7 wins with the Dodgers, but recent comments about the team's play after a loss seemed to set off management, who looked to trade Padilla immediately.

The Mets came out winners in this trade, as they picked up minor leaguer Kyle Russell, who could become a major part of the Mets bench in coming months, as well as Padilla for a cheaper price than expected. "We aren't afraid of players with problems. Vicente talked with us after the trade and confirmed our belief that this was not a large issue," said Eckenrod.

NEWS AND NOTES

• Placed CL Francisco Rodriguez on the 60-day disabled list.
• Purchased the contract of CL Alejandro Ruíz from Triple A Buffalo.
• Demoted CF Angel Pagan to Triple A Buffalo.
• Activated SS Russ Adams from the disabled list.

 

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I'm not even going to write this one up, because it is too ridiculous. Carlos Beltran has been activated off the DL, but wait, he's re-injured two days later and is back on the DL.

 

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Bay Demands Trade, Wishes Come True

FLUSHING, New York - The mighty have fallen, and fallen hard. Jason Bay, who was the major player in the Manny Ramirez trade just two seasons ago, was traded for two bench players this afternoon.

Some may ask why the Mets sold him so low, but the evidence is right in front of them. Bay's contract is about to jump from $6 million per season to $16 million per season, and with his recent benching for performance, the market is low for Bay. "We needed to make a trade as soon as possible. Both us and Jason wanted this to be over quickly, and there were not many teams willing to take on the salary," said GM Chris Eckenrod.

In the end, Bay was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Rick Ankiel and Victor Soto, both outfielders. The Royals are a surprise team as they would not be one to spend money, but the thought is that maybe with Bay back in a small market, he will relax and play better, and the Royals could trade him higher.

 

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Update coming, I have been away for the past few days.