Oliver Perez allowed three runs in five plus innings in a rehab start for triple-A Buffalo tonight.
Perez is expected to start against the Dodgers on Wednesday.
“I’ve got to take in what took place, see about his velocity and all,” Jerry Manuel said.

The Mets lost to the Phillies tonight, by the score of 7 to 2.
For a full recap and box score, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
Livan Hernandez came back down to earth tonight, allowing all seven runs to score before the fourth inning.  He just didn’t seem to be all that confident, and was serving [...]

It is common knowledge that the Mets rank at the bottom of the National League with 50 home runs.
…however, these numbers threw me for a loop…
The Mets have the fewest strikeouts and the highest team batting average in the NL at .273.
They also lead the league with 79 stolen bases, have the second most hits, [...]

The Mets beat the Cardinals, 11-0, tonight at Citi Field.
To read a full recap, and see the boxscore, go here.
The Least You Should Know:

Fernando Nieve had another stellar outing, going six innings, while allowing no runs on three hits.  Not enough good things can be said about Nieve and his 1.31 ERA thus far. What [...]

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 [...]

The Mets beat the Rays, 5–3, tonight at Citi Field.
To read a full recap, and see the boxscore, go here.
The Least You Should Know:

Fernando Nieve pitched extremely well again, going six innings while only allowing one run on three hits.  He also set the Rays down in order on two occasions.
In the second, Brian Schneider hit [...]

Regis Courtemanche: The Mets have made it continually harder for me to focus on the positives lately. A big reason is because they have eight players on the disabled list. If you could get any one back right now, who would it be, and do you think it would be enough to make an immediate [...]

Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing recaps the unconventional New York City baseball tour he took recently.
…very cool, and to read about greg’s new book, check out my q&a with him here…
Brooklyn Met Fan says he wouldn’t want to be Omar right now.
…neither would i… the perfect storm of injuries and lack of depth [...]

Voting for the position players in the 2009 All-Star Game concludes on July 2nd.
As it stands right now, David Wright leads all National League third basemen with 1,256,736 votes, which is roughly 336,000 more than the Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman.
Carlos Beltran is hanging on to the third outfield spot, edging out Alfonso Soriano by a mere [...]

The Mets lost to the Phillies tonight by the score of 5 to 4 in 11 innings.
For a complete recap, boxscore and stats, go here.
The Least You Should Know:

Mike Pelfrey outpitched Cole Hamels tonight, going six innings and allowing two earned runs on six hits.  He did allow a home run to Chase Utley that [...]

On February 12th, I posted about my campaign to raise money this season for the American Cancer Society in honor of the five year anniversary of my father’s passing due to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
For every home run the New York Mets hit this season, I will be donating $5 to the ACS.
As a quick update, I [...]