…there is some buzz from ESPN in Seattle that the mets could send RHP Aaron Heilman to the Mariners for RHP Gil Meche…
…not a single media outlet in new york will confirm such a report…
…Update…
…from what i can gather, this is literally just buzz…it may have stemmed from a team source through espn radio, not espn television, […]

The Mets lost to the Cubs by a score of 8 to 7 at Shea Stadium tonight…
For a full recap, hit up the Associated Press…
…a few thoughts…
…i love watching Greg Maddux get smacked around…mostly because the sight of him pissing and moaning, and rolling his eyes at every ball he throws has got to be […]

At FOXSports.com, Dayn Perry lists five trades that should happen, in his opinion, including a deal that would send RHP Paul Byrd from Cleveland to the Mets…
In 19 starts for the Indians this season, Byrd is 7–6 with a 4.28 ERA.  Opponents are batting .280 against him…
As Perry points out, Byrd’s ERA is less than the […]

Mets OF Fernando Martinez checks in at No. 3 on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet at Baseball America…
Martinez, 17, is 9-for-17 since returning from a one month absence from a sprained knee…
In 148 at-bats this season, Martinez is batting .345 at Single-A Hagerstown…
On the flip side, BA puts OF Victor Diaz on the Not-So-Hot List, following an […]

The Game…
The Mets (59-39) take on the Cubs (37-60) in the first of three this evening at Shea, starting at 7:10 pm EDT…

The Pitchers…

RHP Steve Trachsel (9-4, 4.68 ERA) pitches for the Mets…His last start was in Cincinnati last Wednesday — Trachsel was charged with 3 ER over 3.1 IP while walking four and giving […]

The Royals have traded RHP Mike MacDougal to the White Sox for a pair of minor league pitchers, reports ESPN News…
…it would seem this means Brandon McCarthy is now free to get shipped to washington in exchange for Alfonso Soriano, as Tim Kurkjian suggested a few hours ago…

At Mets Walkoffs and Other Minutiae, Mark shows how four players on the Mets tend to perform far worse at Shea than on the road…
For instance, Carlos Delgado is batting .291 on the road – .200 at Shea…
…ouch…
Though the Mets have the best record in the National League by two games, they are tied with […]

…given the potential return of Pedro Martinez in atlanta this weekend, i have received a ton of e-mails today asking what the team’s rotation will look like over the next week…
…from what i can gather, Orlando Hernandez may be skipped this time around, with the thinking that he can be a spot starter down the […]

According to Tim Kurkjian at ESPN.com, the White Sox are “extremely close’ to acquiring Nationals OF Alfonso Soriano for 23–year-old RHP Brandon McCarthy…
Kurkjian then notes that the White Sox intend to acquire Royals RHP Mike MacDougal to fill the bullpen void left by McCarthy…
…the buzz around baseball is that soriano will most likely end up in the […]

The deadline to complete a non-waiver trade in Major League Baseball is now exactly one week away…

At MLB.com, Mets 3B David Wright writes about his whirlwind experience during this season’s All-Star break…
Wright is batting .235 with six strikeouts in 17 at-bats over his last five games…

Joe McDonald, of NY Sports Day, is back with his audio program, Pro Baseball Central – now a daily podcast running roughly 20 minutes…
To subscribe to the podcast or to stream it live, go to ProBaseballCentral.com…

In an effort to cheer on Jose Valentin towards the 2006 Comeback Player of the Year, a Mets fan has created the following video, put to the music from Rocky…

…if he keeps it up, he’ll be in the running…no doubt…
…hey stache, i didn’t hear no bell…

Two Mets fans, Justin and Matt, have created Simply Amazin Cause, a blog dedicated to tracking the acquisition of Mets memorabilia and their charitable donations…
…nice job, gentlemen…please let me know if i can help in any way…

Mark from Staten Island writes…
“How is Brian Bannister coming along… Could the Mets package him in a trade?”…

Bannister told reporters that he felt fine following an 80–pitch simulated game in Port St. Lucie this past weekend….
…the buzz from the psl is that bannister may throw another simulated game later this week, followed by several minor […]