According to Patrick Newman at NPB Tracker (via Nikkan Sports), 18-year-old Japanese lefty Yusei Kikuchi will meet with the Mets, as well as six other MLB teams, later this month.
Thanks to MLB Trade Rumors for the link, and for more on Kikuchi, check out Newman’s breakdown here.

The Mets beat the Marlins today, 4-0, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami.
For a full recap and box score, click here.
The least you should know:
Pat Misch was a little shaky at first, but kept the Marlins off the board and settled down to throw the first complete-game shutout of the season for the Mets. [...]

The Mets defeated the Nationals, 6-2, in Citi Field today.
For a full recap and boxscore, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
John Maine looked good, holding the Nats hitless through four innings. He got out of a two-hit jam in the fifth and finished the day with his first win since May.
Daniel Murphy provided the offensive [...]

The Mets beat the Cubs, 4-2, today at Citi Field.
For a full recap and box score, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
Whatever demons Mike Pelfrey was trying to chase with his Tuesday night jog in Colorado were nowhere to be found today. The young righty threw eight strong innings, allowing only five hits, one [...]

Omar Minaya will hold a conference call at 3:15 p.m. to discuss the trade of Billy Wagner and the injury to Johan Santana.
The call will air live on SNY, but I will attempt to live-blog it here for those of you who can’t watch TV at work.
…updated, 3:20 pm…
Minaya announced the Wagner trade and said [...]

According to Jerry Manuel, Johan Santana will miss his start tomorrow and has an appointment to see Dr. David Altchek for his pitching elbow.
Update, 4:50 pm, by Matthew Cerrone:
…from what i can gather, johan has been pitching with a sore back since the all star break, and has seen a specialist for it… but, i [...]

According to SNY, Jeff Francoeur’s thumb swelled up overnight and he is now in the Hospital for Special Surgery getting an MRI.
Last night, MLB.com reported that x-rays on Francoeur’s thumb taken after the game were negative.

Update, 6:10 pm:
The Mets have promoted infielder Andy Green from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Wright on the roster.
Original Post:
Omar Minaya announced after Sunday’s game that David Wright has been put on the 15-day DL with his head injury.
Minaya stressed that Wright wanted to stay with the club, but that after consulting with medical experts, [...]

The Mets beat the Giants today, 3-2, at Citi Field.
For a full recap and boxscore, go here.
The least you should know:
Mike Pelfrey dominated the weak Giants lineup until the 8th inning, when he appeared to tire and allowed the Giants to tie the game on a pair of doubles.
Luis Castillo provided the Mets’ first two [...]

Jon Niese left today’s game in the second inning with an injury to his right leg after stretching to receive an attempted double-play relay at first base.
Niese threw one warm up pitch after the play and collapsed in pain.  He was helped off the field by trainers and appeared unable to put any weight on [...]

Omar Minaya held a conference call today to update reporters on the Mets’ injuries.
…update, 3:07 p.m…
Minaya confirmed that the Mets will activate Angel Berroa.
…update, 3:10 p.m…
Jose Reyes had “a good day today” in Port St. Lucie and is “showing much improvement” according to Minaya. Carlos Delgado is swinging the bat and fielding in Port St. [...]

According to Baseball-Reference.com, the Mets pulled 26 percent of the balls they hit onto the field of play or over the fence in 2008, hit 59 percent up the middle and hit 15 percent the opposite way.
In 2009, they’ve pulled 25 percent, hit 56 percent to the middle and 19 percent to the opposite field.
In [...]

The Mets beat the Reds, 9-7, today at Citi Field.
For a complete recap, box score and stats, click here.
The Least You Should Know:

The Mets tallied 16 hits against Aaron Harang and the Reds’ bullpen. Every position player in the lineup except Angel Pagan got on base at least twice.
Mike Pelfrey was very Mike [...]

To watch today’s episode of New York Baseball Today, in which Bob Ojeda and I discuss Oliver Perez and pitching from behind in the count, click play below:

The Phillies defeated the Mets, 2-0, today in Philadelphia.
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The Least You Should Know:

Johan Santana allowed only three hits in seven innings, but two of them were solo home runs to Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley.
The Mets notched only four hits and their two best scoring [...]