Last night, Ramon Castro to the White Sox for RHP Lance Broadway.
Broadway, who is 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in in games this season, will report to Triple-A Buffalo.
Omar Minaya, on the decision to trade Castro, speaking to reporters after the game:
“On a night like tonight, when Omir Santos plays the way [...]

Update, 9:30 pm:
In a post to Twitter, SI.com’s Jon Heyman writes, “White Sox talking to Mets about catching, most likely Ramon Castro.”
Heyman adds, “That sound you hear is Jerry Manuel cheering.”
Original Post, 5:13 pm:
Adam Rubin of the Daily News believes the Mets are trying to trade C Ramon Castro before Saturday’s game.
Rubin reports Brian [...]

Last night, down one run, with two outs, 28–year-old Omir Santos hit a two-run home run over the Green Monster in Fenway Park, paving the way for a Mets win.
“This was a huge win for us,” Jerry Manuel said after the game.
Santos is hitting .270 with six extra base hits and 15 RBI during 24 [...]

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Ramon Castro left Saturday’s game with a tight right quadricep.
Omir Santos was 3 for 5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored on Saturday and Sunday.
According to Newsday, Castro said he could pinch hit and play an inning or two during yesterday’s game.
Prior to yesterday’s game, Jerry Manuel acknowledged Brian Schneider [...]

“Brian Schneider has been slowed further by a sore right calf,” reports Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post.
Schneider is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, May 3, in Philadelphia.
According to Hubbuch, “The Mets now are saying his return has been pushed back indefinitely after the calf issue developed this week.”
Hubbuch [...]

In a post to his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin explains why, ‘It’s plainly obvious Manuel wants to keep Omir Santos, and not Ramon Castro, when Brian Schneider is activated from the DL.’
In the ninth inning yesterday, the Mets down one run, the bases loaded and two outs, and Marlins closer Matt Lindstrom [...]

David Lennon of Newsday believes the Mets still remain very interested in free-agent C Ivan Rodriguez, ‘according to a person familiar with the team’s thinking.’
Lennon says the team is still concerned about Ramon Castro’s durability, and see Rodriguez as a better right-handed compliment to Brian Schneider.
Castro hit .245 with a .312 OBP in 52 games for [...]

Among some random notes from today is Jerry Manuel saying that he expects Brian Schneider to catch most of the games this season, with Ramon Castro filling in when Schneider is fatigued such as when there’s a day game after a night game.
Manuel also said he is looking to get Schneider a lot more at [...]

Joel Sherman of the New York Post believes the Mets are still trying to trade C Ramon Castro, in an effort to remove his $2.8 million from the payroll.
Sherman adds, “I heard the Brewers had some interest, but have mostly backed off of Castro now.”
Castro hit .245 with a .312 OBP in 157 games for [...]

In a post to his blog for SI.com, Jon Heyman says there are ‘indications,’ based on conversations with other team executives, that ‘the Mets appear open to trading either Ramon Castro or Brian Schneider.’
According to Heyman, “Should the Mets find a deal for their catchers, longtime Red Sox C Jason Varitek, a free agent, could be [...]