Investigating Joel Piniero
The Mets are looking for pitching again this year, and as usual the collection of free agent pitchers includes a lot of players coming off career years and looking for a payday. Randy Wolf, Joel Piniero and Jason Marquis are exhibit A, B and C in this discussion. We’ll look into the others later, but now it’s time to discuss Piniero and the Mets. Piniero had a season that either screams fluke or is a great example of a changed appr

Investigating Luis Castillo Trade Rumors
Yesterday Twitter was all a-tweet with the rumor that Luis Castillo was going to the Chicago Cubs, Milton Bradley was going to the Rangers and Kevin Millwood was on his way to Citi Field. Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune was the first to report the rumor, which might make sense in the wake of news that Marlon Byrd is hitting free agency and the team could use an OF/DH type. Considering Bradley’s success in Texas, people felt the rumor had some legs. Today, the rumor was shot down by

Investigating John Lackey
Buster Olney ranks the Mets as the fourth-most likely team to win the John Lackey Sweepstakes.  This is on the heels of David Lennon saying that the Mets will be serious bidders on the Angel free agent as well. According to Olney, the Angels’ first of

Don’t Cry for Pedro, He’s Already Gone
After his decent finish to the 2009 season and his good start in the world series, Mets fans can be forgiven for wondering if perhaps Pedro Martinez would have been a good pitcher to re-sign going into this past season. They can even be allowed to ponder the possibility of signing him for 2010. However, the Mets brass will have been right to have done neither. Maybe Mets fans have longer memories than this. Surely, if they do, they remember that Omar Minaya proudly inked the future Hall of Famer to a four-year $53 million contract after the Red Sox balked at adding a fourth year. Pedro went out and promptly proved the Red Sox brass right. Year one went well

Arizona Fall League Report
Some Mets are still playing baseball. That’s right, the best and brightest prospects are in the Arizona Fall League and there’s good news to report. The best of the Mets’ meagre horde of prospects is first baseman Ike Davis and he’s shining so far in the desert. His .414/.438/.724 line looks outlandish until you realize that hitters are hitting about .300 on average. No matter, it’s good to see him doing well even if the pitching is sub-par. He has six doubles, a home run, and seven strikeouts against two walks in 29 at-bats. With Carlos Delgado on his way out and Daniel Murphy looming as a mil