Adam Rubin, in a post to his blog for the Daily News, is reporting that the Mets have now officially declined the option for reliever J.J. Putz.
In addition, the Mets announced that they have exercised the $500,000 option on Mike Pelfrey.

Prior to tonight’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that Mike Pelfrey will not make his scheduled start on Sunday against the Astros at Citi Field.
Manuel told reporters:
“This will be it for him…He will get a chance to kind of reflect back on the season, what was good and what he went through. I think it [...]

After last night’s 6-5 loss to the Nationals, Mike Pelfrey addressed the media, and said:
“I had good stuff, you know, but if you look at the box score, I made some bad pitches… I gave up a home run, and when I made a mistake, they hit it.  So, I don’t view this as any [...]

Mike Pelfrey was once again disappointing yesterday against the Phillies, allowing eight runs and ten hits including three home runs in six innings.
After the game, Pelfrey discussed his outing with reporters, saying:
“I thought I made some big mistakes – mistakes over the middle part of the plate…I’m disappointed, but we came back and won. That [...]

Last night, Jerry Manuel had the following to after the game, when speaking about Mike Pelfrey, who allowed five runs in six innings against the D-Backs:

“He was OK, but nothing great… I would say when you see his stuff you still get excited, but there has to come a time of maturation or development where [...]

Bobby Parnell has been moved to the starting rotation and will start Saturday against the Padres.
In addition, Mike Pelfrey will start Monday in Arizona.
…as Matt reported earlier, it had been speculated that Parnell would take over for Jon Niese and i think that they have nothing to lose at this point by seeing what he [...]

Yesterday, in a loss to the D-Backs, Mike Pelfrey used 107 pitches through just five innings - he allowed five hits and three runs while walking three and striking out six.
…it wasn’t an awful start, by any means, but it wasn’t a good start either… i like that he was able to keep it together, for [...]

Last night, Mike Pelfrey allowed seven hits and walked three, but let up zero runs in 6.1 innings pitched for a win against the Rockies.
Pelfrey, speaking to reporters after the game, said of his start:

“I felt good.  I told you I felt good in my last start.  For me, I felt better today, I felt [...]

Last night, in a loss to the Nationals, Mike Pelfrey allowed three runs  and six hits in seven innings, while walking and striking out two.
…it was a good start… not great… good… but, i can’t help but wonder the psychological impact of pitching for this team, when you know a) they can’t score a ton [...]

The Mets have set their rotation for the start of the second half on Thursday.
Oliver Perez will start Thursday night against the Braves in Atlanta, followed by Mike Pelfrey on Friday, Johan Santana on Saturday, Fernando Nieve on Sunday, and Livan Hernandez on Monday against the Nationals in Washington.
Jerry Manuel told reporters that Jonathan Niese [...]

Last night, in a win against the O’s, Mike Pelfrey allowed two runs and five hits through two outs in the sixth inning, before being removed with a runner on first.
Pelfrey set down the first 11 batters he faced.
…it was text-book pelfrey, and the type of game i always hope to see him throw… he was working his fastball inside, [...]

Yesterday, Mike Pelfrey allowed nine hits and nine runs while walking four before being pulled from the game in the fourth inning.
Pelfrey told reporters, following the game:

“That’s the worst outing I’ve ever had… We fight back and we score three runs and I gave it away.  The second four runs kind of takes the wind [...]

Mike Pelfrey, who allowed just one run and truck out six over 7.2 IP – his longest outing of the season, talked with reporters after last night’s win against the Marlins, and had the following to say about:
On his preformance:
“I know if go out there and pound the strikezone  and use all my pitches to get ahead [...]

In last night’s loss to the Giants, Mike Pelfrey pitched to 25 batters, allowing just two runs and six hits in six innings pitched.
However, Pelfrey also tied a franchise record with three balks, and so he was pulled from the game having thrown just 78 pitches.
The Giants scored both of their runs in the same inning [...]

In games when a Mets starting pitcher has thrown a Quality Start, i.e., at least six innings pitched and three or less runs allowed, the Mets are 12–3; they are 5–10 in games when they do not throw a Quality Start.
The Mets starting pitchers are 6-0 with a 2.44 ERA in their last seven starts, [...]