Notes: Pre-Game Notes from Pittsburgh
Update, 6:26 pm:
“An SNY producer has been sent home with the flu,” explains Adam Rubin, in a post to his blog for the Daily News.
According to Rubin, Mets assistant GM John Ricco said nobody on the team is currently experiencing flu syptoms.
Update, 5:25 pm:
In a post to Twitter, Newsday’s David Lennon says the Mets may have been exposed to some strain of flu, adding, “a member of their traveling party has come down with it.”
According to Bart Hubbuch, of the New York Post, also on Twitter, the person in the traveling party, who works for SNY, may have ‘swine flu.’
Yesterday, Mets GM John Ricco told the Daily News that Beltran and John Maine do not have a flu because they do not have a fever.
…forgive me if i don’t trust their doctor’s ability to read a thermometer…
Update, 4:45 pm:
Ryan Church and Jose Reyes were both unable to play in an extended spring training game today due to heavy rain in St. Lucie.
Original Post:
Yet again, Carlos Beltran will not be in tonight’s starting lineup, missing his third-consecutive start due to a stomach bug.
Instead, Jeremy Reed will again start in center field.
Luis Castillo will bat leadoff tonight, followed in order by Fernando Martinez in left field, David Wright, Gary Sheffield in right field, Fernando Tatis at first base, Omir Santos, Ramon Martinez at short, Reed and Johan Santana on the mound.
By the way, Martinez has four hits in his last 11 at bats, including two doubles, two stolen bases, two runs scored, two walks and two RBI.





