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News: Oliver Perez is a Free Agent

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 [...]

Stat: Mets have Not-Good Second Basemen

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 [...]

Q&A: MetsBlog and Minaya on Triple-A Bench

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 [...]

Note: Easley is not your Second Baseman

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 [...]

Health: Easley unavaiable for at least a Week

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 [...]

Health: Expect Easley to be out for the Week

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 [...]

Note: Easley not Ready, Ayala has a Short Leash

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 [...]

Health: Easley Out, Who’s on Second

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 [...]

Health: Easley’s Quad

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.

Note: The Mets have Two Platoons

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 [...]