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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 Schneider will be activated tomorrow.

Rubin also provides information on where Castro might be traded, and how the Mets plan to manage the roster if he’s unable to moved.

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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 games for the Mets this season.

To hear Santos speaking with reporters following last night’s win, check out Bart Hubbuch’s blog for the New York Post.

In the Daily News, Adam Rubin writes, “Brian Schneider could return to the Mets from the DL within a week.”

… a few weeks ago, the talk was that santos would get sent down when schneider returns… now, i see no way the Mets can let this happen… castro has to go, unless the Mets again plan to carry three catchers… however, given all the injuries, and playing short handed, how is that justified… sorry, ramon…

Castro, who played just 52 games each of the last two seasons, is batting .239 with a .316 OBP in 24 games this season.

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In case you missed it…

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 is dealing with a calf injury, though he initially went on the disabled list with back pain.

However, Manuel would not give a specific timetable for Schneider’s return.

In 16 games for the Mets, the 28–year-old Santos is hitting .300 with eight RBI and five extra base hits.

Meanwhile, Castro is hitting .292, and also has five extra base hits with eight RBI in 16 games for the Mets.

…from what i can gather, schneider is at least a week or so away from being able to return, though it will probably be longer… and so, who knows where santos and castro will be at that point… but, it will make for an interesting situation when schneider returns, because, most things being equal, i have to believe the Mets send santos down… unless, of course, they decide to carry three catchers and one less relief pitcher, like they did through much of last season…

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“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 continues on to write how Schneider’s status will impact, or not impact, Omir Santos and Ramon Castro.

…i still believe santos is sent to triple-a regardless of how he does, or how castro behaves… unfortunately, it’s not like the Mets to cut a player like castro, in favor of a younger, potentially-better player, like santos… at least not yet…of course, this is all meaningless right now, if schneider is unable to return any time soon…

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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 on the mound, Manuel chose to pinch hit Santos in place of Castro.

Santos popped out to end the game.

Rubin writes, “Manuel has a motive aside from trying to win the game Wednesday and thinking Santos is a better choice than Castro to come through. It may simply be to get Castro outta here, by trade or designation for assignment and release.”

SNY cameras showed Castro walking out of the dugout and in to the clubhouse mid-way through Santos’s at bat.

Following the loss, Manuel told reporters he chose to pinch hit Santos for Castro, because Santos has a ‘shorter swing,’ and he believed he would be a better match up against Lindstrom’s 98–mph fastball.

…not that i am castro’s biggest fan, but, castro’s supposed longer swing didn’t seem to be a problem getting two hits and an RBI against Josh Johnson… i’m just saying…

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Last night, Mets C Omir Santos hit a first-inning grand slam for his first major-league home run.

…SNY’s Ted Berg ironically calls him Extra Base Omir, but it’s becoming less ironic every day…

The 28–year-old Santos has a five-game hitting streak, during which he’s batting .300 with three extra-base hits.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, courtesy of ESPN.com, Santos is one of four active players who collected his first career RBI on a grand slam. 

In a report for the Star-Ledger, Brian Costa explains why Santos chose to sign with the Mets as a minor-league free agent.

…last week, i sat in the dugout and watched santos shave down his bat handles with a plane… it was like woodshop class, as you can see in this photo i took… wood shavings were all over the bench… he told me the league will not allow black handles for the bat he uses, and he doesn’t like tape, and these are the only two bats he has, so he was shaving off the paint, ever so softly, trying not to thin out the handles too much… it was like watching a surgeon perform on a patient… a) i’m surprised the player is left to do this, and not some clubhouse attendant, and b) i think it’s funny that a baseball team has a wood plane lying around…

“I think he handles the game plan very well,” Jerry Manuel said of Santos last night.  “The pitchers like throwing to him.  He gives them a good target, he gives the umpire a very good look at pitches.”

…like i said last night before the game, from what i can gather, as long as Ramon Castro isn’t hitting, Jerry Manuel will get santos as much playing time as possible, to see what they’ve got… Brian Schneider is due back around May 3…

…it will be interesting to see what happens then, considering, according to previous reports, the Mets had been shopping castro all winter…

…in the end, santos will likely be sent back to the minors, but i do believe manuel would rather have the best defensive catcher he can find, in place of offense from that position…

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