At MinorLeagueBall.com, John Sickels writes about the future of Jose Reyes, comparing him to similar players at his age from year’s past…

I will be appearing as a guest on the New Jersey Sports Network with Steve Zizzo, Nick Giarrusso and Eddie Borsilli at 9 PM EDT…
To listen live, go to NewJerseySportsNetwork.com…

At AtHomePlate.com, Frank Bundy III asks, “Why does everybody constantly call Jose Reyes a superstar?”…
He then goes on to use 1,600 words and three charts to tell “everybody” that they are wrong…
…thanks, frank…my question to you is: who is ‘everybody,’ and when did they ever say this about reyes…
…i’ve been blogging this team for two [...]

Cyril Morong from Beyond the Boxscore and Ken Arneson from Catfish Stew helped to create the Baseball Musings Lineup Analysis Tool, which basically uses some crazy algorithm to spit out your team’s ideal lineup…
…i entered the career average OBP and slugging percentages for David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Cliff Floyd, Victor Diaz, Kaz Matsui, Paul Lo Duca, [...]

In the Daily News, Adam Rubin notes that Dodgers RHP Jae Seo will not sign autographs for fans who hand him items with a Mets logo…
…hmm…bitter much…

…the buzz from port st. lucie is that Pedro Martinez threw roughly 30 pitches from the top of the pitcher’s mound today and is telling people that he feels good about the workout…
…meanwhile…
David Wright, Jose Reyes, Chris Woodward, Tom Glavine and Darry Strawberry, among others, helped to build a home for Habitat for Humanity in [...]

Albert Nunez is a managing director for a credit resource firm by day, but a ‘ridiculous Mets fan’ by night, and was kind enough to phone in a quick recap of his day in Port St. Lucie watching the Mets in a workout from this past weekend…

At No Joy in Metsville, Vinny gives a quick recap of Anna Benson’s appearance on the Howard Stern Show this morning…
“They traded [Kris Benson] for a bag of balls.  But you know what?  They’re still short on balls,” Vinny quotes Benson as saying…
…i hate writing about anna, as i am sure you can tell given the way i [...]

Mets RHP Pedro Martinez talked with New York 1 this morning from Port St. Lucie…
…i did not see the spot, but Daniel Massey, a reader of metsblog, did…
According to Massey, Martinez said…
…he had a tremendous amount of fun with the fans last year…
…on paper the team should be a contender this year… 
…it’s a fabulous, easygoing [...]

This Thursday, the Mets begin the first of 33 exhibition games, which conclude on April 1 in St. Louis…
This Thursday, March 2, Steve Trachsel will start against the Cardinals in Jupiter, FL…game time is 1:05 PM EDT…
On Friday, March 3, Yusaka Iriki will start against the Cardinals in Port St. Lucie…game time is 7:10 PM [...]

If you are aware of, or have started, a petition to your cable provider to encourage them to air SportsNet NY, please email me the link to mattcerrone@metsblog.com…
Thanks…