Category Archives: News Notes Rumors

A few days after minor leaguer Jorge A. Reyes was suspended for 100 games for violating baseball’s drug policy for the second time, the Mets have another steroid-related issue to deal with. According to the Associated Press, the investigators driving … Continue reading →

Omar has been too quiet. Something has to be up. Unless we really think the signing of Brian Lawrence has been Minaya’s biggest project in this young season. Over at the Mets blog on SNY, Ted Berg has a list … Continue reading →

How did it ever come to this? After the Mets made Moises Alou their first, and most significant, free agent signing, the next thing Omar Minaya did was make sure he had plenty of horses behind the fragile Alou. As … Continue reading →

Not to be outdone by the crosstown Yanks, the New York Mets made their own big splash on Sunday, signing righthanded pitcher Brian Lawrence. It’s interesting, actually, that the Mets beat the Yankees to Lawrence, considering that the “other” New … Continue reading →

Were the critics correct? The preseason pundits told us that the Mets would not repeat as NL East champions because: The starting pitchers were too old or too young to be effective Moises Alou was too old and injury-prone Shawn … Continue reading →

Rumor has it that the A’s are shopping Rich Harden. Since we haven’t heard the Mets as part of the ploy to gauge interest in the enigmatic righthander, my guess is that there is an excellent chance of a trade … Continue reading →

In what could develop into a ridiculous controversy — but is more likely a writer grasping for straws in chasing a story, Florida Sun-Sentinel writer Juan C. Rodriguez exposed the fact that Omar Minaya was chatting with Miguel Cabrera prior … Continue reading →

The latest twist in the MLB steroid story involves the New York Mets. Relax, though, they’re not fingering any CURRENT Mets — not yet, anyway. 37-year-old Kirk J. Radomski, a former personal trainer and employee for the Mets from 1985-95, … Continue reading →