In a recent update to The Mill, at Baseball Prospectus, Will Carroll believes that 1B Mark Teixeira will ultimately remain with the Rangers, writing, “At least two teams are now out of the running.”
According to Carroll, the Rangers are still not satisfied with Atlanta’s offer, and continue to seek an additional player.
Meanwhile, in his recently [...]

At FOXSports.com, Ken Rosenthal reports that the Red Sox had a three-way deal in place to acquire White Sox OF Jermaine Dye, who will consider waiving his limited no-trade protection in exchange for ‘guarantees about playing time and incentive bonuses.’
…umm, is dye aware that he is hitting just .227…i’m not sure .227 should guarentee him [...]

The Mets (57–45) lost to the Nationals (44–58) by the score of 6 to 2 in Shea Stadium tonight.
The Mets are 3–3 against the Nationals this season.
For a recap and boxscore go to Yahoo! Sports.
…i’m not sure why SNY’s Gary Cohen seems so surprised that opposing batters continue to hit the ball so hard against Jorge Sosa, since [...]

The Game:
The first-place Mets (57-44) take on the Nationals (43-58) in the first game of a four-game set tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 pm EDT.
The Lineup:
Jose Reyes leads off, followed in order by Damion Easley, David Wright, Carlos Delgado, MOISES ALOU, Paul Lo Duca, Lastings Milledge, Shawn Green and starting pitcher Jorge Sosa.
The [...]

Prior to tonight’s game, Mets GM Omar Minaya told reporters that Pedro Martinez threw a 65-pitch simulated game today in Port St. Lucie, during which he used all of his pitches, including a curve ball.
…though the team will not say anything until it sees how he recovers from today’s session, from what i can gather, [...]

The Mets have activated OF Moises Alou.
He is in the lineup, batting fifth and not using crutches.
As such, Sandy Alomar Jr. has been designated for assignment.

The Phillies have acquired 2B Tadahito Iguchi from the White Sox for 22-year-old minor-league RHP Michael Dubee.
Iguchi was hitting .251 with 6 HR, 31 RBI and 8 stolen bases in 90 games with the White Sox this season.
..i’m shocked the phillies filled a need and even more shocked it came less than 24 hours after [...]

In his most recent edition of The Mill, at Baseball Prospectus, John Perrotto writes that the Angels are almost certainly out of the running for Rangers 1B Mark Teixeira, since they can no longer trade RHP Ervin Santana, who will be needed now that RHP Bartolo Colon is likely out for the rest of the [...]

This season, at the beginning of each series, MetsBlog will attempt to
get the perspective of the opposition and their fans. From this, we
hope to be better educated on the opposition going into a series. It
also gives us a fine opportunity to highlight some of our favorite team
blogs.As
the Mets prepare for the first of four with [...]

The crew from PressPass TV has posted a great look at what the Mets do during batting practice…

For more videos like the one above, check out Press Pass TV.

In his most recent column for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes that although, ‘privately,’ the Mets are worried about their starting rotation, the team continues to push hard for a relief pitcher, specifically Nationals RHP Chad Cordero, and a second baseman, specifically Royals 2B Mark Grudzielanek, Astros 2B Mark Loretta and White Sox 2B Tadahito Iguchi
…by [...]

Bob Raissman, in his media column on The Daily News, acts as the voice of fans, stating that the on-air behavior of SNY’s Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez is insulting to their viewers, writing…
“Unfortunately, viewers could not strike back with either catcalls or
spitballs. The most insulting (that’s what usually happens when
baseball voices treat viewers like [...]

In a radio promo for the CW 11’s weekend broadcast of the Mets, the copy on WFAN reads…
“This is the weekend Mets fans have been waiting for…as they play their division rivals, the Washington Nationals.”

…i’m sorry, did i step in to a time machine and hop twenty years in the future, or am i missing something here…serisouly, [...]

In an article for Newsday, Mark Herrmann notes that Robin Williams and John Travolta were at Shea Stadium yesterday filming a movie that included some Mets players and coaches.
…na-nu, na-nu…
…updated by Matthew Cerrone…
…for what it’s worth, as best i can gather, the film is called Old Dogs, and Robin
Williams and John Travolta play
two sports-marketing gurus…to impress [...]

…in an effort to reduce my addiction to WFAN, i’m trying to check out ESPN 1050 more…ESPN’s Linda Cohn is currently hosting the mid-day show, which would be totally fine with me, except that, unlike her normal, well-balanced, professional SportsCenter voice, today, on local radio, she has a very strong, very organic, totally-bizarre, new-york accent…nothing [...]