Through June 30, Francisco Rodriguez had earned 20 saves while blowing just two, compiling a 1.23 ERA over the first three months of the season.
However, since July 1, Rodriguez has already blown three saves while earning just six, and he has compiled a 7.79 ERA over that stretch, including a 12.79 ERA so far in [...]

According to a poll in this week’s Sports Illustrated, 36 percent of 380 MLB players said they would least like to face Mariano Rivera with the tying run on third and fewer than two outs.
Francisco Rodriguez finished second with 12 percent of the vote.
The issue hits newsstands on Wednesday.
Rodriguez has saved 24 games in 27 [...]

In last night’s All-Star Game, David Wright went 1 for 2 with a run scored.
Lifetime, Wright is a four-time All-Star and is 4 for 12 with a home run and an RBI in mid-summer classics.
Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the National League, striking out one.
This was Rodriguez’s second All-Star appearance and fourth [...]

David Wright and Carlos Beltran were voted in to the All-Star Game as starters by fans around MLB, while Johan Santana and Francisco Rodriguez were selected by fellow players.
The four players going to the All-Star Game for the third-place Mets are the most for any team in the National League.
Santana told reporters that he will [...]

After yesterday’s game, Francisco Rodriguez told reporters that he would be available for tonight’s game against the Phillies, despite matching a career high 46 pitches thrown.
Jerry Manuel knew that sending Rodriguez out for a second inning might jeopardize his availability for tonight, but Rodriguez asked Manuel to let him back out for the tenth, telling [...]

Prior to yesterday’s game against the Brewers, the Mets did not take batting practice and all of their normal pre game activities, instead arriving at Miller Park all together on a team bus.
According to Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post players normally arrive to visiting ballparks in taxi cabs, but Jerry Manuel ordered a [...]

In his last four starts in Triple-A, Mets LHP Jon Niese is 3–1 with a 1.03 ERA, with 25 strike outs in 26 innings.
The Mets are 8–22 in games when the opposition scores first.
However, they’ve outscored opponents 36–12 in the first inning during games at Citi Field, where the Mets are 22–14 this season.
The Mets [...]

Last night, in a loss to the Orioles, Francisco Rodriguez walked Adam Jones to force in a run, after which Aubrey Huff hit a line drive to right field to score the winning, walk-off run.
…a) hello, huff… i will say this: he has to know he’s being observed by Mets people, sort of like an [...]

The Daily News and the New York Post recap the back-and-forth, or ‘war of words,’ between Yankees set-up man Brian Bruney and Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez.
…seriously, who cares… why exactly am i supposed to care what brian bruney thinks… i didn’t even know who he was until i read this article… this is the kind of [...]

The Mets bullpen has not allowed a run in their last 13 innings of work, including two scoreless innings last night from Robert Parnell, Pedro Feliciano and Francisco Rodriguez.
This season, Rodriguez is 16 for 16 in save opportunities, and has allowed just two earned runs in 27.2 innings, during which opponents have struck out 31 [...]

Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports lists the Mets as the fifth-best team in the National League in his weekly Power Rankings, behind the Dodgers, Cardinals, Phillies and Brewers.
Last Saturday, Francisco Rodriguez collapsed in the lockerroom from back pain, and was rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
He has since returned to pitch two innings, during which he [...]

Francisco Rodriguez told reporters he is feeling better today, and will decide after treatment whether he will be available to pitch today in Boston.
Rodriguez missed yesterday’s game with back spasms, and then went to the hospital following the game.
Meanwhile, according to the Daily News, “Ryan Church will be examined by team doctors in New York [...]

Update, 11:09 pm:
Adam Rubin of the Daily News reports Francisco Rodriguez has been taken to a local Boston hospital for further evaluation.
For further information and quotes from Rodriguez and Jerry Manuel, check out Rubin’s blog.
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According to his Twitter feed, Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post reports, Francisco Rodriguez collapsed outside the visitors clubhouse at Fenway [...]

Francisco Rodriguez pitched two scoreless innings last night, throwing 26 pitches to nine batters.
Jerry Manuel said after the game, despite not using Rodriguez since last Thursday, he would not be inclined to use him again today, during a day game, following two innings last night.
However, according to MLB.com, Rodriguez told reporters, “I’ll be ready tomorrow [...]

Francisco Rodriguez pitched to four batters to lock down his ninth save of the season, in nine opportunities, and his fifth save in a row and fourth and four days.
…the best part, i get the feeling K-Rod totally understands the Mets-Phillies rivalry…
“You knew they got a guy who’s a great closer,” Shane Victorino is quoted as [...]