Sean McCraw called up to St. Lucie

To replace the struggling Mike Nickeas (.216/.389/.311) at A+ St. Lucie, The Mets have promoted catcher Sean McCraw from Savannah.
This move should benefit McCraw in terms of playing time, since with all the hype surrounding Francisco Pena, McCraw played most of his time as a DH, and occasionally filling in in the outfield and behind the [...]

Jose Castro Lands on the DL

Yesterday, the St. Luice Mets placed infielder Jose Castro on the disabled list with a hamstring injury.
Castro’s certainly not a prospect that excites me, since his value is essentially tied into his high batting average, which is also the result of a ton of infield hits, but he’s neverthelss a player that does have some [...]

Philip Humber Pulled Once Again

After missing his last start on Friday due to food poisoning, he supposedly has still been suffering from the same ailment and has been pulled from his start once again.
 The fact is that he really did have food poisoning on Friday. It’s plausbile to think, however, that Jim Bowden would finally drop his exorbitant asking price, with the [...]

Looking for Recommendations

I’ve had plenty to write about within the last week as a result of the trade deadline, but for the month of August, which is probably the last month I’ll consistently update this blog, since I’m a student and will not have time to write into well, yeah, June 2008.
So, I’m looking for some recommnedations [...]

Mets Acquire Luis Castillo

it’s official now: The Mets traded prospects Dustin Martin and Drew Butera to Minnesota for Luis Castillo.
To me, there are several ways to look at this.. The first way is that Castillo serves absolutely no purpose to the Mets this year except as a backup infielder. The only reason most people are seemingly worried about [...]