Category Archives: Player Notes

All of New York was buzzing after the signing of a certain veteran righthanded pitcher this past Sunday … today we finally catch up with the newest Met, Brian Lawrence. MetsToday: After a flurry of cameras, microphones, and questions thrown … Continue reading →

I have two questions for you — no visiting Baseball-Reference, Googling, or otherwise cheating: 1. What was Yogi Berra’s career batting average? 2. Name one quote attributed to Yogi Berra. (answers come after the text ads, scroll down) OK, so … Continue reading →

Despite hitting safely in the first 14 games of the year, David Wright has not been … well … “right”. Nearly one-eighth of the way into the season, and through 69 at-bats, Wright is batting .261 with no homeruns and … Continue reading →

Wondering what Danny Graves is doing lately? After being signed by the Mets to save the bullpen from Braden Looper in 2005 — and subsequently released — Graves faded away from big-league baseball, save for a 13-game stint with the … Continue reading →

Just hours before the Shawn Green deal was announced, SI.com columnist Jon Heyman “broke” the story that the Mets were on the heels of a deal to bring Moises Alou to New York. The story to acquire the leftfielder came … Continue reading →

We’ve been teased for weeks now. First, it was the question of whether Shawn Green would clear waivers. He did. Then, it was a question of him waiving his no-trade clause. Despite reports to the contrary, the no-trade appears to … Continue reading →

A number of Mets fans are upset with Omar Minaya’s inability to acquire Barry Zito or Jason Schmidt at the trade deadline. Those fans’ feelings are understandable; after all, they’re used to seeing the crosstown Yankees make bonehead, short-sighted deals … Continue reading →

Now that it’s a few days removed from the frenzy of the July 31 trade deadline, it’s much easier to take a step back and absorb what happened. As we all know, there was the possibility of either Jason Schmidt … Continue reading →