Both The New York Post and The Daily News are reporting that Carlos Beltran will likely take the field tonight as the Mets play the Marlins at 7:10 p.m. His willingness to start playing again even though the Mets are clearly out of any contention is welcome.

That leaves open the question of who sits in [...]

Brian Schneider has been mentoring new Mets catcher Josh Thole, who had a quick calll-up and only a few days to get used to all of the pitchers.

John Maine could make a start Saturday against the Phillies because it’s a double header. He pitched in a Minor League game Saturday and went four innings and [...]

Derrek Lee went deep twice and drove in three runs in his return to the lineup, leading Rich Harden and Chicago to a 5-3 victory over the Mets yesterday. Mets starter Nelson Figueroa, who allowed four runs, wasn’t quite as sharp as he had been in his last few outings.

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Just three days after surgery on his left elbow to remove bone chips, Johan Santana jokingly said he’s ready to pitch in Tuesday’s game. That won’t happen, but Santana nonetheless is optimistic about being ready for Spring Training.

Meanwhile, Bobby Parnell pitched a gem last night, going seven innings, striking out seven and allowing no runs. [...]

Angel Pagan CF
Luis Castillo 2B
David Wright 3B
Daniel Murphy 1B
Jeff Francoeur  RF
Cory Sullivan LF
Omir Santos C
Anderson Hernandez SS
Bobby Parnell (3-7, 5.80 ERA) P

Parnell tries to rebound against the Cubs who tagged him for eight runs in 4 2/3 innings in his last start. The experiment of Parnell as starter hasn’t gone well so far. His ERA [...]

Today’s starter Pat Misch and new call-up Josh Thole barely had a chance to get to know each other before being thrown into the fire together in today’s game. They had a bullpen session a couple of days ago to try to get on the same page.

Other than a passed ball early in today’s game, [...]

Angel Pagan CF
Anderson Hernandez 2B
David Wright 3B
Daniel Murphy 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Cory Sullivan LF
Josh Thole C
Wilson Valdez SS
Pat Misch (0-1, 3.41 ERA) P

Misch makes his second start with the Mets after a successful debut against the Cubs last weekend when he allowed only one earned run in seven innings. He will see a different face from [...]

John Maine is getting closer to active duty as he’s been throwing live batting practice and bullpen sessions. Jerry Manuel hopes to get him into a couple of games before the end of the season.

You can pretty much scratch Gary Sheffield for the rest of the season. He’s nursing an aching back and the Mets [...]

Tim Redding had another solid outing, allowing only two runs in 6 2/3 innings and striking out six. Brian Stokes took the loss as he allowed three runs to break the tie in the eighth inning.

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Angel Pagan CF
Luis Castillo 2B
Daniel Murphy 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Cory Sullivan LF
Fernando Tatis 3B
Brian Schneider C
Wilson Valdez SS
Tim Redding (2-4, 5.94 ERA) P

As Jerry Manuel said, David Wright is sitting out this game, just a day after he returned to the lineup and went 1-for-3 at the plate. Manuel said he wants to take it easy [...]

The New York Mets today announced the expansion of the Citi Field Fanwalk outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda to include a new offering of bricks that will be installed along the first and third base sides of the Rotunda for the 2010 season.

Citi Field Fanwalk: Amazin’ Moments will provide fans the opportunity to [...]

Forget Oliver Perez. Mike Pelfrey is the new Jekyll & Hyde of this team. The only pitcher left from the Opening Day roster sure isn’t pitching like one.

In last night’s 8-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Pelfrey was horrendous after getting a 2-0 lead in the first inning. He allowed two three-run homers and seven [...]

The New York Mets today announced that lefthanded pitchers Johan Santana and Oliver Perez each underwent successful surgery this morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.

Santana had successful arthroscopic removal of multiple bone fragments from his left elbow. Perez underwent successful removal of scar tissue from the patella tendon of his right knee.

Santana [...]

Last week’s question was: Which Met, who hasn’t yet been on the disabled list this season, will make a trip there next?

Although there were many more options, I’m only posting the results of the ones who got votes:
Johan Santana: 48 percent
Jeff Francoeur: 24 percent
Omir Santos: 9 percent
Francisco Rodriguez: 6 percent
Luis Castillo: 12 percent

This one was [...]

Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran this morning was examined by Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.

Beltran has been cleared to begin a rehab assignment playing without his knee brace.  He is scheduled to play this Wednesday night in Brooklyn with the Cyclones when they host Hudson Valley at [...]