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 [...]