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…

In the Daily News, Adam Rubin sits down with Willie Randolph for an exclusive interview that aims to break down his approach towards filling out a lineup card…
Rubin asks Randolph why he insists on batting Carlos Beltran third; who bats second when Paul Lo Duca gets the day off; and, lastly, would he bat Beltran second, with David Wright hitting cleanup, to [...]

In the New York Post, Joel Sherman quotes an American League executive as saying, “The Mets are in a lot of trouble if any of their five starters goes down or doesn’t perform well.”…
Sherman then quotes a more optimistic National League GM as saying, “I think that is reasonable depth.  [Brian] Bannister is a legitimate [...]

Former 1986 Mets OF Darryl Strawberry arrived in Port St. Lucie yesterday…
…making him…ding ding ding…the profile du jour…congratulations, darryl…
In Newsday, David Lennon explains Straw’s transition from player to mentor; in the New York Post and Star-Ledger, Joel Sherman and Don Burke write how Straw motivated Cliff Floyd last season, and hopes to do the same for [...]

The Mets will play an intra-squad game today at 12:30 PM EDT in Port St. Lucie…
John Maine, Aaron Heilman, Matt Lindstrom, Brian Bannister, Henry Owens, Billy Wagner, Alay Soler, and Jeremi Gonzalez, among others, are scheduled to pitch…
…two metsblog readers will be at the game, and will send in some notes when it is over…