Oliver Perez filed for free agency yesterday, as did Damion Easley and Matt Wise, according to the Associated Press.
The early buzz from New York is that Perez will initially seek a five-year deal worth more than $10 million per season, while eventually settling on a three– or four-year deal later in the off-season. 
I suspect the Mets will make a [...]

According to a statistical break-down by Beyond the Boxscore, the Mets not only had the worst second baseman in all of baseball, in Damion Easley, they also had the third worst in Luis Castillo and the sixth worst in Argenis Reyes.
…thanks to Nate for the info, i guess…
Naturally, according to the same post, the best [...]

Matthew Cerrone, from MetsBlog: Speaking of position players, I was sent a question from Ted in Brooklyn, and he asked, ‘When you have guys like Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes, who maybe weren’t hitting so well off the bench, why didn’t you turn to guys like John Rodriguez or Val Pascucci, who were hitting really [...]

Last night, Jerry Manuel said he doesn’t believe Damion Easley is healthy enough to help the team at second base.
Instead, Easley is still only able to be used as a ‘spot pinch hitter.’
Meanwhile, Luis Castillo is batting .200 in 15 games since returning from the disabled list, and Argenis Reyes has just one hit in his last [...]

Prior to yesterday’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that Damion Easley is still at least a week away from being able to, at minimum, serve as a pinch hitter.
Easley said he still feels pain in his quad when he walks, sits and gets up from sitting.
“Until I can get past that stage,” Easley told the [...]

In case you missed it, Damion Easley’s MRI exam revealed a strained right quadriceps muscle.
Jerry Manuel told WFAN prior to last night’s game that Easley’s quad muscle is still ‘tender,’ and he will likely remain unavailable until the weekend.
Easley told reporters that he hopes to take batting practice later this week.
For what it’s worth, the Mets are [...]

Jerry Manuel told WFAN prior to tonight’s game that Damion Easley’s quad muscle is still ‘tender,’ and he will likely remain unavailable until the weekend.
He also said that while Luis Ayala is ‘the guy,’ with regards to the ninth inning, he will not hesitate to pull him if he need be, though he does believe [...]

The Mets told reporters on Sunday that Damion Easley had an MRI on his right quadricep earlier that morning.
According to a report in the Daily News, Easley said he felt a ‘pop,’ in the quad, during Saturday’s double header.
Today, in Newsday, although he quotes Easley as saying the injury is ‘pretty minor,’ Jim Baumbach writes, “It’s [...]

The Mets told reporters today that Damion Easley had an MRI on his right quadricep early Sunday morning.
According to a report in the Daily News, Easley said he felt a ‘pop,’ in the quad, during yesterday’s double header.

Prior to today’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that he will begin using Ryan Church every day in right field, meaning Daniel Murphy, Fernando Tatis and Nick Evans will split time in left.
Tonight, Tatis will start in left field, instead of Evans, against LHP Jaime Moyer, because, according to Manuel, Tatis is better suited to [...]

Luis Castillo played in two minor-league rehab games for the GCL Mets this past weekend, once starting as DH and once starting at second, while going hitless in five at bats.
Meanwhile, in 156 at bats when playing second base this season, Damion Easley is batting .301 with four HR and 24 RBI.
…it’s going to be very interesting [...]

I wrote a column today addressing this and some other concerns at SNY.tv, but briefly:
Among qualifying second basemen, Luis Castillo has the lowest Revised Zone Rating in the Majors, meaning he converts fewer plays in his fielding zone than anyone else. The only player with more than 100 innings at second and a lower RZR [...]

In a column for MLB.com, Marty Noble notes how the recent success of Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes may keep Luis Castillo on the bench when he is eligible to return from the DL on Thursday.
Jerry Manuel, on who will start at second upon Castillo’s return:
“When the time comes, we’ll make a decision on that [...]

Damion Easley got the start at second base last night instead of Luis Castillo.
Jerry Manuel on starting Easley :
“He hit a game-winning home run, I ain’t going to take him out. You’ve got to perform. This is a business of performing, and if you’re performing and doing the things that we want you to do, [...]

This past weekend, the Mets signed 30–year-old free-agent OF John Rodriguez to a minor-league contract. 
Rodriguez, who was 1 for 3 in his first game for Triple-A New Orleans yesterday, hit .298 in 158 career games for the Cardinals in 2005 and 2006. 
He spent all of 2007 with Triple-A Memphis. 
Meanwhile, the Mets bench is hitting [...]