No Reyes? No Problem.

Since Jose Reyes strained his hamstring on Saturday afternoon, The Mets have been playing all there cards right, as they have been 4-0 without him in the lineup. Update: the New York Post states that the Mets will hold secret negotiations with Jose Reyes to get a deal done and for him to get a new contract. Jose Is likely to go on the DL. If there was a worse time for him to go on the DL, i wanna know about it because the Mets face a stretch of 7 All-Star Pitchers in a row starting Thursday at Los Angeles. The pitchers are 7/7: Clayton Kershaw 7/8: Ryan Vogelsong 7/9: Tim Lincecum 7/10: Matt Cain then the Big 3 in Citi Field.
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Jose Report 7-6-11

MVP?: What is Greatness in Sports? Is it hitting 50 Home Runs in a year, Scoring 25,000 points in your career, or shattering tons of records? In my Opinion, Greatness is helping your team win games every time out. Thats what Jose Reyes has done all year for the Mets. Reyes has racked up ridiculous numbers as he leads the N.L in Batting Average (.354), Hits (124), Triples (15) and is second in Stolen Bases (30). The question is though, could Reyes beat out big bat guys like Prince Fielder and Joey Votto, or Triple Crown Threat guys like Matt Kemp for the N.L MVP award?

Hammy Whammy: Jose Reyes was looking invincible before Saturday's game Vs the Yankees, but then in the 1st Inning, he showed signs that he was just human, as he suffered a grade 1 Hamstring strain in the 1st inning. The Mets do not want to push Reyes to get back into the Lineup, Terry said earlier this week that it was stupid to have Reyes for one day or night then lose him for 3 weeks.

Comeback Kid: Going into the last day of All-Star voting, Jose Reyes was down by more then 221,000 votes going into the day, right behind Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzski. The Final vote count was that Reyes won by 800,000. This means that Reyes would have to AT LEAST gotten 1 million votes in the FINAL day of Voting to beat out Tulo for the Starting Shortstop position.

Reyes= Greatest?: Alex Rodriguez, usually not very sympathetic to players on his crosstown Rival, said on Friday night, right before the first game of the Subway Series, that Jose Reyes is the greatest player in baseball right now. Thats Right. A-Rod said this. He said he was better than himself, Derek Jeter, Mark Teixera, Curtis Granderson, Matt Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay. etc. Was A-Rod trying to play mind games with Reyes, or really being serious. Leave your Answers down below.

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Mid-Season Awards

Here are the Mid- season awards on the Mets so far this year.
MVP: Jose Reyes. The clear cut choice for this award as Reyes has been tearing it up all year and has been electrifying to the team.
Silver Slugger: Carlos Beltran. Beltran leads the team in Home Runs and RBI's so far this year even after having microfracture surgery last year.
Cy Young: Dillion Gee. Dillion leads the team in Wins and ERA as he started out the year 7-0.
Rookie Of the Year: Justin Turner. JT won Rookie of the Month in May and has shown us that he wants that 2nd basemen's job.
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Hot Hitters, Injury Report, Wildcard Bound?, Hot N' Cold, and Halfway There: Reviewing the 1st half of the 2011 Mets Season

Hot Hitters: It starts with a spark. That's what can get a team going and get them to be a contender. Jose Reyes has been that spark all year for the New York Mets. Reyes leads the NL in Batting Average (.334), Runs (58), Hits (109), and Triples (13). Reyes is also 2nd in stolen Bases (27) Reyes, who just turned 28 on June 11, is just entering his prime and has been the topic of trade rumors throughout the year. Another hot hitter for the Mets has been Justin Turner. Justin, since he entered the Bigs 6 weeks ago, has been tearing it up. JT (Justin Turner) has gotten 2 Homers and 32 RBI in his 48 games played this year, also with a .267 average. JT also helped the Mets win their first walk-off win of the year last week by getting a bases-loaded- walk-off-hit-by-pitch to help us win 3-2 in 13 innings vs the Oakland A's. One last guy who is having a resurgent season is Carlos Beltran. Beltran missed the 2nd half of last year after having microfracture surgery on his knee. No one, evan the most optimistic Mets fan, could have predictedthat he be playing every day and be moving on his knee so well. Beltran leads the Mets in Homers this year with 10.
Injury Report: The Mets have lost two big bats since mid-May. David Wright and Ike Davis. David was cleared to resume baseball activities and has started taking grounders and twisting his body. Ike, on the other hand, his season does not look so good. Ike might need to have season ending surgery if he can't run in 16 days. Davis has been wearing a boot to protect his bone bruise. Johan Santana has been out since last year after having surgery on his throwing shoulder, but has started to throw off a mound. Chris Capuano, who tweaked his side earlier this week, says he will be ready for his next start on Wednesday vs the Tigers.
Wildcard Bound?: The Mets have been doubted ever since they have hired Terry Collins. SI before the season predicted us to finish last in the division. Yet, the Mets have proved all the haters wrong, as they are in contention for the wildcard spot in the N.L. The Mets are 7th in the wildcard race, trailing the Braves, D-Backs, Cardinals, Nationals, Pirates, and Reds. The Braves are the early favorites for the Wildcard spot, as noone expected the D-Backs, Nats, or Pirates to be evan close to this. The Cardinals recently lost their best slugger, Albert Pujols, for 6 weeks so that should dim their chances. The Reds are really the shaky team in this race. They have been REALLY shaky.
Hot N' Cold: The Mets have probably been one of the most streakiest team this year. They started off the year 5-13. But then came bck and went 17 -9 in their next 26 games. to be 22-22. then they went 6-9 in the next 15 games to be 28-31. Then turned it around and have been 11-8 in the last 19 games. The Mets are currently 39-39 and dn't know where their next streak will take them.
Halfway There: The Mets will be halfway through the year once they finish the series vs the Tigers.



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Who Is Terry Collins?

Terry Collins was named the Mets 20th Manager in team history on November 23rd, 2010 and signed a 2-year contract with the team. He spent 6 years as major league manager, he led the Houston Astros (94-96) and Anaheim Angels (97-99) to winning records and 2nd place finishes in his 5 full years. he got a record of 444-434 (.506) over those 5 years. He joined the Mets in 2010 as a Minor League Field Coordinator. Was manager of the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional League from 07-08, Led Team China to its First World Baseball Classic tounament victory in 09. Managed 11 years in the minors from 81-91. Former minor league shortstop, he played in the minors for 10 years with the Dodgers (74-78, 80,84) and with the Pirates (71-73) Originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the 19th round of the June 1971 Free Agent Draft. Was a native of Midland, Michigan, graduated from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in 1971 and was twice named to the NAIA College World Series All- Tournament Team in 68 and 70. Played 4 years of Baseball at EMU, had a .285 career batting average (led club in Batting avg in freshman and senior years) and paced his team in stolen bases all 4 years. Inducted to EMU's Hall of Fame in 1995. He now lives with his wife Deborah in his home in Midlothian, Virginia.

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Third Times The Charm?

On Wednesday night, the Mets will try to climb their way back to .500 when they face the Atlanta Braves. If they do win, they will be 34-34, or .500, The last time the Mets were at the elusive .500 mark was on May 20, when they were 20-20. Since that 20-20 record, The Mets have had two chances to get back to .500. The first was when they were 31-32, but then fell to the Pirates. The other was when they were 32-33, and also fell to the Pirates. Will the Third Time be the Charm for the Mets on Wednesday?
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Rockin' Rotation

Mike Pelfrey, Jonathan Niese, R.A. Dickey, Chris Capuano, and Dillion Gee. That's the Mets rotation. There's not really one guy in that list that jumps out at you, does there? But I bet you could not guess which team's rotation has had the best ERA in the last 17 games. That one. And the latest pitching gem was from Chris Capuano, who shut down the Pirates by throwing 7 scoreless innings in a 7-0 Mets Win on Sunday. Over the past 17 games entering Sunday, the Mets starters have had a league leading 2.53 ERA, or 32 earned runs in 113 2/3 innings pitched.


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Standings Update #1

Here is how the Mets are doing in the standings through 71 games
NL East: Tied for 3rd Place out of 5, 9.5 gms back of leader Philidelphia
National League: Tied for 10th Place out of 16, 9.5 gms back of leader Philidelphia
Wild Card: Tied For 7th place out of 13, 3.5 gms back of leaders Atlanta and Arizona
Overall: Tied For 18th place out of 30, 9.5 gms back of leader Philidelphia
The Mets are 35-36 (.493) 16-18 at Home, 19-18 on the Road, 301 Runs Scored, 304 Runs Allowed, Last 10:6-4, 11-10 in Day Games, 24-26 in Night games, 35-36 on Grass, 8-13 in 1-run Games, 2-4 in Extra Inning Games, 35-36 is our Expected W-L Record, 15-15 vs the NL East, 10-10 vs NL Central, 8-8 vs NL West, 2-3 vs Interleague Teams, 26-28 vs Right Handed Pitchers, 9-8 vs Left Handed Pitchers
All Standings come from ESPN.com, These Standings are as of 6/19/11
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$66 Million Dollar Baby: The Struggles of Jason Bay as a Met

Is it Citi Field, the pressure of the New York spotlight, or just age? whatever it is, it's been causing 4-year, 66$ Million Dollar outfielder Jason Bay to struggle ever since he was signed in 2010 as a Met. Bay has only hit 8 HR's in his career as a Met and lately has been in a awful 0 for 20 slump. He's been batting .216 this year and battled a rib cage injury for the first month of the year. In 2 combined years as a Met, Bay has only played 133 games. In the previous 6 years as a Pirate and a Red Sock, he played more than 145 games in each year. Terry Collins even tried to move Bay down to the 6 hole this year, to take some pressure off of him. That still didn't work, as he's be 0 for 7 in the 2games hes played in the 6 hole. Bay has gone .171 with Runners in Scoring position this year. "Lets be honest- im here to hit and i haven't been hitting" Bay said before Saturday's game. So, What do you think has been causing Bay to not hit all of a sudden? leave your comments below and i will look into them.
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Is Citi Field Too BIG?

A Joke. That's what former Mets Outfielder Jeff Francoeur calls Citi Field. He could be right. The Dimensions at Citi Field have cut down on the Mets Home Runs substantially. The dimensions at Citi Field are: Left Field 335 ft Left Center 379 ft Center 400 ft Right Center 383 ft Right Field 330 ft. But two big bats in the Mets lineup have been hurt by the big ballpark. David Wright and Jason Bay. David Wright has hit most of his Home Runs on the road in some of the more "hitter friendly" ballparks. Jason Bay has only hit 8 Home Runs in 128 games at Citi Field. Bay hit 36 bombs with the Red Sox in '09. New GM Sandy Alderson has found the good in this large ballpark. Sandy says that it should help attract free agent pitchers in the future. Look at Chris Young, he was picked up during the offseason and before he blew out his shoulder, he had a 1.29 ERA at Citi. Just think of this: If we moved the "Great Wall of Flushing" in Left Center Field 10 feet closer to home plate and reduced its height by 10 feet you would increase homers to that part by 35% and overall homers by 22 percent. If we changed the "Mo's Zone" in Right field by the same dimensions as earlier said, it would increase homers there by 25% and overall by 9%. If this was done, just think how much more homers David Wright and Jason Bay would have! Also, when Sandy Alderson was GM of the Padres, he moved PETCO Park's walls forward. Before this move, that ballpark had 3rd worst number of Home Runs of any ballpark in the MLB.
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