New York Mets

There has been a lot made of the Mets lineup since Jerry Manuel dropped the "Jose Reyes to hit third in the order" bomb on us this spring. Well, he’s been there for a couple of weeks and the results have not exactly been thrilling.

The Mets designated outfielder/pinch-hitter Frank Catalanotto for assignment earlier this week, and instead of trying to hook on with another team, the 36-year-old is likely to call it a career, according to the NY Daily News.

The Mets are about to begin a stretch of games against some of the top teams in the NL, or at least teams that can give you trouble. Their upcoming schedule shows the Mets playing Florida, Atlanta, Washington, the Yankees, Philadelphia, and San Diego. This may be the run of games that will show you what the Mets are all about.

Hey sports fans, wanted to let you know that this afternoon, I was lucky enough to sit down for an audio interview with my old buddy Tom Finn, formerly of CBS Sports.

David Wright homered in his first game at Citi Field in 2010.  It looked like his 2009 struggles were behind him, but he’s now played 21 games at home and that is still his lone long ball.  Granted he has hit six HR on the road, but look at where they’ve come:

In my rant about Dallas Braden ’s

All of this talk seems extremely preliminary, but perhaps there is something to it. There have been rumors over the past couple of days involving either the Mets buying the Islanders, or simply the Mets building an arena next to Citi Field that would house the Islanders and perhaps a Major League Soccer team as well.

Yesterday, I posted a quick recap of Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran’s rehab progress, or lack thereof. In it I wrote that he had started light baseball activities, but that he was still experiencing pain.

It turns out that as I was writing that Beltran was working out. He told Newsday that while the progress has been slow, he was finally able to run without pain. That’s great news.

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 6-4, thus losing two of their last three and ending their six game home-stand at an even 3-3.

Sure, it was just one series loss. Heck, it was just one game.

But it was the continuation of a rather unsettling trend for the Mets—they have now lost all six of the rubber games they have played in 2010.

Ever since the departure of Carlos Delgado and injury problems to Carlos Beltran, the Mets haven't been able to find the perfect lineup. In 2006, when the Mets won 97 games en route to the NLCS, they had the deepest lineup in the entire National League. It looked like this day-in and day-out:

1. Jose Reyes

2. Paul Lo Duca

3. Carlos Beltran

4. Carlos Delgado

5. David Wright

6. Cliff Floyd

7. Shawn Green

8. Jose Valentin