New York Mets

Yankees, Mets Quiet in October

This year has provided a rare occurrence for New York: both baseball teams did not make the playoffs. Now, despite the recent increased competitiveness of the Mets, their fans are more used to failure than Yankees fans are. So for their fans, switching focus to something else in October or watching the Yankees would not [...]

Sources: Mets Contact Sox About Manny Ramirez

According to the Star-Ledger, officials from both the Mets and Red Sox have confirmed that trade talks about Manny Ramirez have taken place between the two teams.
The Red Sox suspect that GM Omar Minaya wants Ramirez more than Mets ownership does. Regardless, the Mets are reluctant to part with top-prospect talent in exchange for outfielders [...]

Manny Ready to Leave, Four Teams Interested

Could Manny Ramirez really be traded before the July 31 trading deadline? Manny appears ready to leave.
“If the Red Sox are a better team without Manny Ramirez, they should trade me; I will not object. I don’t have any preferences. I could choose a team that offers me the best conditions or one in the [...]

Randolph Fired, Wang Out Until September

Sports in New York are in a frenzy this morning, waking up to news involving both of their baseball teams. Perhaps of more interest to Red Sox fans, Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang’s foot injury is worse than originally thought. While running the bases in the 13-0 victory over the Astros in Houston, Wang suffered a [...]

Dumb#!@ Twins Trade Johan for Nothing to Mets

Santana delivering to the plate. Now he’ll be doing it for the NL (Courtesy of ESPN.com)

I don’t believe there was anyone in baseball who thought the Twins were running this sweepstake right.
The talks were rampant when the Yankees and Red Sox were tossing around prospect names to be traded to the Twins. News was buzzing. [...]

All Quiet on the Johan Front

Talks have been quiet on day four of the Winter Meetings. Johan doesn’t look to be moving anytime soon.
The Twins have been going around to other teams looking to get a better offer than the Red Sox.
One team they have talked to is the Seattle Mariners who have CF Adam Jones and P Brandon Morrow to [...]

Pedro Martinez Returns to the Majors

In Pedro Martinez’s first major league start since September 22, 2006, he managed to win against the Reds.
“So far, so good,” Pedro said, “It was good enough. I did what I was supposed to do. I got 75 pitches in. I gave my team an opportunity. I felt I settled down after the first inning [...]