…over the last day i’ve heard from several people, be it other bloggers, writers, people within the mets or from other organziations, that philip humber needs tommy john surgery, it’s now just a matter of setting up the appointment and working out a projected rehab schedule…most reports have left this up-in-the-air, noting he ‘may’ need it, ‘may [...]

…booo…i was bumped from sports bloggers live…
…oh well…looks like i will appear on thursday, instead…
…damn you will carroll…

I will be appearing on AOL’s Sports Bloggers Live broadcast tonight at 7:40 PM EDT talking about the National League East trade market…
…once again i am batting behind the juice’s will carroll…check out his interview, as well, if you plan to tune in…he’s always full of a ton of information…

Gotham Baseball has updated their Rumor Mill by saying when it comes to the Reds, the Mets are having Adam Dunn pushed on them more than Sean Casey, and if Mike Sweeney is going to be had, it will be for Yusmeiro Petit, Mike Jacobs and Royce Ring, while the Mets get Sweeny and Jeremy [...]

Christian Red of the Daily News, who I still feel should just write under the name Red, posts a great column on Fernando Martinez, the 16–year-old, left-handed hitter recently signed by the Mets out of the Dominican…
“Fernando, in my opinion, is the No. 1 prospect on the island,” Rafael Bournigal, the club’s director of international [...]

Gotham Baseball’s Mark Healy caught up with Darryl Strawberry, who was in Brooklyn recently to work with former-1986’er Mookie Wilson’s young Cyclone hitters…
…and hat’s off to healy for asking straw about his on-the-field career, as opposed to his overly reported off-the–field career…well done, mark…

My email address, mattcerrone@metsblog.com, appears to be back on track…
…thanks john…your work at blog harbor is tremendous…anyone using another blog hosting service is foolish…
If you’ve sent me an email at some point over the last few days, feel free to re-send it…
Thanks again for your understanding…

The Baltimore Sun reports that a deal between the Marlins and Orioles ‘is almost complete.’  The trade would send RHP A.J. Burnett and 3B Mike Lowell to Baltimore, for closer Jorge Julio, OF Larry Bigbie and top pitching prospect Hayden Penn…
…now that’s a doozy…
Several reports, including the Sun story, suggest the Red Sox are in hot [...]

I’ve been having awful communication issues the past few days.  My MetsBlog email is bouncing anything sent to me all around the Internet, and at the same time my cell phone decided to go on the fritz…
In other words, if you’ve sent me an email or tried to call me over the last few days and [...]

…it’s July 18, and the nationals are still in sole position of first place…in fact, they’ve sat alone, atop the n.l. east for nearly six straight weeks…
…because of their lack of offense, with all due respect to preston wilson, and frank robinson’s need to keep tapping into the bullpen, eventually the nationals will lose a [...]

For those interested in Vinny’s conversation with Cow-Bell Man about the Bryan Kang Situation, be sure and hit No Joy in Metsville…
…listen, cow-bell man is the unofficial mascot of this team…if kang gets his way, and cow-bell man is booted from shea, there will be a revolt…
…this won’t happen, of course, since, as vinny points [...]

…this is far from ‘news,’ but i don’t know what other category to put it under…
According to Mark Hale’s notes in the New York Post, Doug Mientkieiwcz agreed to a dare by David Wright that if he gets his average above .250, Mientkiewicz will shave his head like Wright…
…cute…personally, i think the entire team should [...]

MetsGeek’s Matt Gelb conducts a 1,700 word Q-n-A with Scott Lauber, B-Mets beat reporter for the Press & Sun Bulletin…
…gelb asks lauber several interesting questions about the team’s philosophy under the current lind-staff, compared to the previous oberkfell-staff…
…other than that, when it comes to actual players, he asks more or less the same questions i did of [...]

Baseball America has offered up its Midseason Snapshot of the Top 25 Prospects in baseball…
…of note…
Mets OF prospect Lastings Milledge checks in at No. 15, down four slots from his pre-season rank, though they group him among 12 elite prospects who are ‘living up to expectations.’…
BA lists RHP Yusmeiro Petit and RHP Philip Humber amongst [...]

Mike Hampton was booed rather loudly by fans at Shea Stadium when he was introduced yesterday…
…this is interesting…i, too, have a ton of ill-will towards hampton for his comments and actions following the 2000 season…
…however, i try and never forget the following…
With the compensatory pick received from the Rockies when Hampton signed as a free-agent with [...]