Update, 5:00 pm:
Buster Olney of ESPN.com believes Gary Sheffield and Pedro Feliciano were claimed on waivers, but pulled back by the Mets.
In other words, now, neither player can be traded this season.
Original Post, 2:42 pm:
Jon Heyman of SI.com believes two teams were interested in acquiring Gary Sheffield from the Mets before his recent hamstring issue [...]

Joe Demayo of NY Baseball Digest believes the Mets and Yankees have interest in Pirates LHP John Grabow.
In a post to Twitter, Heyman also lists Nationals LHP Joe Beimel and Jays LHP Scott Downs as potential candidates.
Original Post, 12:30 pm:
This afternoon on WFAN, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said the Mets met yesterday to discuss the [...]

Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports believes the Dodgers would have interest in LHP Pedro Feliciano if the Mets become sellers at the July 31 Trade Deadline.
…this jives with what i said yesterday, in that, feliciano is the only veteran player worth anything on the roster, who is healthy and able to be traded, and who will [...]

Pedro Feliciano has appeared in 39 of the Mets’ 66 games so far this season.
He is on pace to make 96 relief appearances, ten more than his career high which he set in 2008.
Feliciano has pitched without rest seventeen times, on one day’s rest eleven times, and on two day’s rest seven times.
For a humorous [...]

Left-handed batters entered last night’s game hitting .125 against Pedro Feliciano, who had allowed just one run in his last 21 appearances.
Last night, however, in a tie game, during the seventh inning, Feliciano gave up a single to the left-handed hitting Nick Markakis and a two-run home run to the left-handed hitting Aubrey Huff, which were the [...]

Last night, Jerry Manuel pulled Johan Santana, who had thrown 108 pitches through one out in the seventh inning, with a runner standing on first, one out and the game tied at one.
Bobby Parnell relieved Santana to get one out, allowing the runner from first to advance to second.
…i probably would have left santana in, [...]

On Sunday, David Wright was kneed in the head while sliding into second base during the World Baseball Classic.
Wright remained in the game, but told reporters later he felt dizzy while insisting he was fine.
Meanwhile, Team USA will play Puerto Rico in an elimination game today, meaning either Wright and J. J. Putz or Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, [...]

The Mets beat the Orioles, 9-3, in their Grapefruit League season opener today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For a box score, go to MLB.com.
Pedro Feliciano was credited with the win for 1.1 innings of scoreless relief after Sean Green left the game in the first with a fingernail problem.
Former Yankee farmhand Matt DeSalvo pitched two [...]

According to a report on MLB.com, the Mets have signed John Maine to a one-year, $2.6 million contract, avoiding arbitration.
Pedro Feliciano is the lone remaining Met facing arbitration.

Friday night, the Mets traded Scott Schoeneweis to the D’Backs for RHP Conor Robertson.
This means, Pedro Feliciano is the only left-handed relief pitcher on the team’s 40–man roster.
LHP Joe Beimel is reportedly seeking a two– or three-year deal, worth roughly $4 million per season, and, from what I can gather, the Mets are not interested [...]

On Nov. 18, I wrote, “From what I can gather, the Mets are likely to make a trade for a relief pitcher, who has experience as a closer,” in addition to signing either Francisco Rodriguez, Brian Fuentes or Kerry Wood.”
In the post, I later suggested the Mets could be working to acquire Huston Street, in [...]

“Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman and Scott Schoeneweis are available for the taking,” writes Ken Davidoff in Newsday.
According to Davidoff, the Mets will also ‘investigate’ free-agent set-up men LHP Joe Beimel, RHP Juan Cruz and RHP Chad Cordero.
The Rockies, Cardinals, Cubs and D’Backs have interest in Heilman, wrote Adam Rubin in the Daily News on Tuesday.
Davidoff adds the A’s, [...]

For those keeping score, John Maine, Ryan Church, Angel Pagan, Aaron Heilman, Duaner Sanchez and Pedro Feliciano are all eligible for salary arbitration this off-season.
According to Rotoworld.com, Church, Pagan and Maine are under contract through 2011, while Heilamn, Sanchez and Feliciano are under contract through 2010.

In his lead for the Associated Press, Tom Saladino says it best, writing, “Another late lead and another bullpen meltdown for the New York Mets.”
In yesterday’s loss, Mike Pelfrey handed off a two-run lead to his team’s bullpen, but Brian Stokes let up one run in the seventh, after which Scott Schoeneweis, Joe Smith, Pedro [...]

Johan Santana will pitch Game 1 today against Mike Hampton.
Pedro Martinez, who had been scheduled to pitch Game 2, has been pushed back to Monday, and, instead, Jon Niese will start tonight.
In other words, expect the following rotation over the next week:

Saturday: Santana vs. BravesSaturday: Niese vs. BravesSunday: Oliver Perez vs. BravesMonday: Martinez at NationalsTuesday: [...]