Beltran leaves with Right leg contusion;day-to-day

Carlos Beltran left Sunday's game in the 2nd inning with a right leg contusion after he fouled a ball off the inside of his shin guard. X-Rays were negative. The Mets have listed Beltran as day-to-day for the time being. Beltran leads the team in HR's and RBI's so far this year. Beltran is in Tuesday's lineup vs the Brewers
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Chants, Injuries, Tumors, and Crazy 8ths: Defining the crazy Mets Season 2011

NOTE: ALL Quotes and some stats come from ESPNNewYork.com
Chants: Crazy. That is what defines the Mets season so far this year. It got evan crazier Friday. During the 5th inning of Friday's game vs the Braves and after a leadoff triple by Jose Reyes, people in the stands started chanting: "Keep Jose!" "Keep Jose!" "Don't trade Rey-es" "Don't trade Rey-es" As Jose put on another exciting show Friday, with the exception of the 8th Inning. Reyes committed a E-6 on Alex Gonzalez's routine grounder went under his glove, and allowed the tying run, Dan Uggla, score. "They want me [here]" said Reyes, " But right now, my mind is on the tough loss today. We had the game all the way until the eighth and we let it go away. I needed to make that play. Mistakes are part of the game, but hopefully they don't happen again." Reyes had two facts in that sentence. The first is "we had it until the eighth and we let it go". The Mets have lost 6 straight home games when leading into the 7th Inning or later. The second is "mistakes are apart of the game" Reyes has had two routine groundballs go under his glove in his last 3 games.
Injuries: David Wright went to the doctor Friday to see if he could resume baseball activities. Wright has not played since May 15 with a stress fracture in his lower back. It looks like he wont be playing anytime soon. Dr. Patrick O'Leary said that Wright can ONLY do core exercises for 3 weeks. This means that Wright will not come back AT LEAST until mid-July. Another big bopper for the Mets who has been out for a long time is Ike Davis. Davis found out May 31 that he would have to wear a boot for 3 more weeks because his bone bruise in his left ankle has not healed. GM Sandy Alderson hopes that both of these guys will be back before the All-Star Break.
Tumors: Gary" The Kid" Carter has multiple brain tumors, and has glioblastoma according to Duke University doctors.On Monday, Carter is expected to start a treatment that includes 6 1/2 weeks of radiation and 1 year of chemotherapy. Please Pray for The Kid as He helped lead us to the 1986 World Series. Anyone interested sending wishes to Gary Carter, send a letter to this address
The Gary Carter Foundation
580 Village Blvd.
Suite 315
West Palm Beach Florida, 33409
Crazy 8ths: As I said earlier, the Mets have lost six straight home games when leading in the 7th Inning or later, here are the game Before and after (Courtesy of ESPNNewyork.com):
May 16 VS. Marlins Led 1-0,7th, Lost 2-1 in 11
May 27 VS. Phillies Led 3-2, 8th,lost 6-4
May 28 VS. Phillies Led 2-1, 8th, Lost 5-2
May 31 VS Pirates Led 1-0, 8th, Lost 5-1
June 1 VS Pirtates Led 2-0, 7th, Lost 9-3
Friday VS Braves Led 3-1, 8th, Lost 6-3

Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Rookie Power

The New York Mets, believe it or not, are one of the youngest teams in the MLB. The Mets have 7 rookies on their MLB roster who started out the year in the Triple-A Affaliate in Buffalo. Pedro Beato, Dillion Gee, Dale Thayer, Nick Evans, Ruben Tejada, Justin Turner, and Jason Pridie are those 7 rookies. All of these guys have helped us in games all during the year. Beato started out the year throwing 18 2/3 scoreless innings. Gee has started out the year 5-0, a Mets rookie record. Thayer has helped us get out of many jams this year. Evans walked during Thursday's game, which kept the 6th inning going. Ruben Tejada has gotten 5 RBI in the last 2 games. Justin Turner has gotten 18 RBI in the month of May and was named NL Rookie of the Month for May. Pridie has gotten 3 HR's in May with 11 RBI's. All of these Rookies have VERY bright futures ahead of them.

Reyes Activated, Buchholtz put on DL

Jose Reyes will be activated off the bereavement list Thursday and play in the 4th and Final game of a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. To make roster room for Reyes, the Mets put Taylor Buchholtz on the 15-day DL with a fatigued shoulder. The Mets have been 3-8 in the last 11 games, including going 2-8 in the last 10

Driven Wright out of New York?:Part 1

A source close to the Mets says that the Mets will probably finish this year with Jose Reyes and David Wright. That's the good news. The Bad news is that the Mets, in order to re-sign Mr. Electric, might have to trade slugger and norfolk-native David Wright at the end of the year. Jose Reyes will probably be the most coveted player before the trade deadline, which is July 31. Reyes as established himself that way this year, as he is leading the N.L in hits, stolen bases, and multi-hit games. David Wright has been hurt with a stress fracture in his back the last 2 weeks. Both have played in New York Mets uniforms their whole career. But the source says that the Mets will probably keep both of them except if they get a good deal for Reyes before the Trade Deadline. I would LOVE to see both of these guys back in Mets uniforms next year because they are the heart (Wright) and soul (Reyes) of this team. I will set up a poll and you guys give me your opinions. But the question still remains: Will David Wright be Driven Wright out of New York? Also the source said that Sandy Alderson could trade Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod), if it means keeping Reyes long-term

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.

Messy Mets

New York Mets Record: 60-61

Current Streak: L1

It All looked good for the New York Mets going into the bottom of the 7th Inning in Thursday night's game vs the Houston Astros. Pat Misch,who had only allowed one hit coming into the inning was on FIRE! But after 2 bloop hits by Angel Sanchez and Hunter Pence,things would only get worse from there from the already sloppy New York Mets. The Mets have only Scored 93 runs since the long gone All-Star break,the last in the majors. After Carlos' Lee's HR in that 7th inning,we kept it at 93 runs. The Astros would eventually win the the game off that One-Hit Wonder. My Moral of this post is that it seems that we cannot give our pitchers any run support. It's like when a team takes the lead from us,we basically allow them to steal that win from us. The Mets have probably had the most "Quality Starts" in the majors this year too. But our hitting is terrible.