Geelicious and Turning it Up

Dillion Gee Monday night tied a Mets rookie record, going 5-0 to start the season. Gee threw a gem against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who still haven't won a game at Citi Field. Gee also threw a career high 8 strikeouts. But after giving up a 2-run bomb to Chris Snyder in the 2nd on a hanging slider, the Mets Rookie didnt throw one more. Gee has gone back and forth fromn the rotation to the bullpen this whole year, But in His 5 starts, he has gone past the 5-inning mark. Another surprise rookie for the Mets this year has been Justin Turner. Turner has gone streaks of RBI games, 7 games (Mets Rookie record) and 6 once. He has really helped with the concern at second base and with David Wright out of the lineup, he has been tremendous at 3rd base. In other news, Angel Pagan will be in the leadoff spot Tuesday night.

Reyes on Bereavement list

Jose Reyes will be gone for 3 to 7 games as he found out on Monday that his paternal grandmother died in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He is now on the Bereavement list. Ruben Tejada will take his Place at ShortStop. The Mets are also letting Jason Bay have a day of Monday. To take his place on the roster, The mets activated pitcher/ setup man Bobby Parnell off the disabled list.

Mr. Electric

Jose Reyes has become a superhero. He has been one of the few bright spots for the Mets in 2011. Reyes, who has been the topic of many trade rumors lately and set to be a free agent after this year. But Jose has been raising his trade and/or free agent stock almost everyday. On Sunday, Jose got his 26th multi-hit game and was the main cog in our 17-hit attack vs the rival Phils. He is leading the league in hits and stolen bases so far this year. After, Fred Wilpon's comments last week, that didn't seem to phase him one bit. In fact, it seemed to fuel his fire. Jose has also gotten the Most Mets hits through 52 games. I hope that we keep Mr. Electric because he has basically saved this team.

Money Talks

New York Mets record: 23-28

Current streak: L3 (lost 6 of last 7)

The New York Mets made a lot of changes during the offseason. Firing Manager Jerry Manuel and hiring Manager Terry Collins. Firing GM Omar Minaya and Hiring Sandy Alderson. But one thing they did not do was take care of the Wilpons. The Wilpons have gotten the Mets in a big money mess after being convicted of contributing in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. Recently, a article in the New Yorker was posted that included Many Wilpon comments on Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and David Wright. He said that Jose wants Carl Crawford money but hes had everything wrong with him. He said that Carlos Beltran was 65 to 70 percent of what he used to be and saying that David wright was not a superstar. Recently though the Mets sold a $200M dollar minority share to investment genuis David Einhorn. This could get them out of the money problems. But the season on the field for the Mets has been even more of a rollercoaster. We started out of the gates a lousy 5-13. but then bounced back and went 17-9 to make .500, or 22-22. Since then we've crashed and burned, going 1-6 in our last 7. In back-to-back games VS the Phils, we've had a 1-run lead in the 8th but then they eiether tied it or took the lead. Including Today's wild game in which we started out by using our speed by getting 5 stolen bases in the first 3 Innings. Pelfrey also had another fantastic May outing ruined by striking out 6 through 4 Innings (72 pitches). Jose Reyes (Mr. Electric) got a league leading 19th stolen base and 25th Multi-Hit game. Then we went to the Bullpen. OurBullpen has been stellar in May with the exception of our skid. It continued when our bullpen gave up 3 runs to seal the loss. Tommorrow's Matchup: Vance Worley VS Jonathan Niese at 1:10 PM.