New York Mets

It's getting bad for the New York Mets—as if it wasn't bad enough already.

They're 5-13 (one win in their last 10 games) and six and a half games out of first place already. After finishing 47-34 at home last season, the Mets are a woeful 1-9 at Citi Field so far.

From top to bottom, this team is a mess.

They're 29th in baseball in team ERA (5.18), 22nd in batting average (.238).

I saw this today on ESPN.com and just couldn’t help but comment on it: 

"There's nothing the Mets would love more this spring than to have Carlos Beltran play well enough to make himself tradable in July. So scouts are already bearing down on him just in case.

The New York Mets do not have the best farm system in the world. It's not the best in the National League, or even the best in the NL East, but there is talent there if you dig deep enough.

Despite his status as a Rule-5 pick and J.P. Ricciardi's voice trumpeting his name, Brad Emaus' stay with the New York Mets was short and uneventful.

Today, the Mets designated Emaus for assignment and called up Justin Turner from Triple-A Buffalo.

Emaus hit just .162 with one RBI in 14 games this season. Initially, the Mets loved his power and his ability to get on base. But he showed none of those skills during his time in the majors.

This article was originally posted on TheSheaFaithful.com.

The New York Mets are facing the dreaded "R-word" that's practically a forbidden phrase in New York: rebuilding.

Let's all face reality here: Not all athletes are the best role models. Heck, even some of them are the most negative people to mold your life after, but there are luckily some great ballplayers out there that are here to change that.

In part three of this 13-part series of the greatest Mets of all time, we move on to position players, beginning with catchers.

Almost a year ago to the day, the San Diego Padres placed RHP Chris Young on the 15-day DL because of right shoulder tightness after just one start.

As Keith Hernandez loves to say, "Almost only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades."

In this young season, the Mets have managed to take a season of hope, with so many changes in the off-season and a great 3-1 start, into a season of early heartbreak.  The Mets have taken two aspects of baseball that usually generate a winning formula and turned them into a stylish way to lose and torment the Shea Citi Faithful.

You know what I did yesterday? I wasted seven hours and a day off watching Mets baseball at Citi Field. That's right. I woke up early and took two trains just so I can sit and watch the Colorado Rockies pound the Mets into the ground in both games of a doubleheader.

Waste of money? Only $20.

Waste of time? Absolutely.