Because the Mets need another outfielder: Complete trade for Emil Brown

The Mets now have 2,302,884 outfielders in their organization with the addition of Emil Brown from the San Diego Padres.

No word on who went West for Brown, but I wouldn’t worry that your favorite player is no longer with the Mets.

Updated – 4:10 p.m.: It’s a “player to be named later.”

In 736 career games spanning nine seasons, Brown has a .258 batting average and .323 on-base percentage.

Last season, with Oakland, he hit .244 / .297 / .386 with 13 HR and 59 RBI.

Brown will report to Triple-A Buffalo.

Could this mean the Mets are planning to keep Fernando Martinez around long-term?  Seems it.  That would also likely spell the end of Ryan Church in New York.

Baseball Digest: Fan starts rally to ‘Vote for Manny’

Just had an interview with Jason Rosenberg, the man behind the Vote For Manny Web site.  A Yankees fan starting a grassroots campaign to get Manny into the All-Star Game.  Quite a story.

Head over to Baseball Digest to read the article.

Maybe the WBC isn’t such a good idea

• Carlos Beltran** – Puerto Rico
• Carlos Delgado* – Puerto Rico
• Pedro Feliciano – Puerto Rico
• Alex Cora* – Puerto Rico
• Oliver Perez* – Mexico
• Jose Reyes* – Dominican Republic
• Francisco Rodriguez** – Venezuela
• David Wright – USA
• J.J. Putz** – USA
  *player currently on DL
  **player suffering from injury of some degree

Above is a list of New York Mets that appeared in the World Baseball Classic.  Notice a trend?

Obviously, Cora’s injury cannot be linked to the WBC.  For the other players, though, something could be made of their injuries and their connection to the WBC.

The quick jump into competitive baseball after months off, to common logic, seems like a bad idea.  There needs to be more time for the players to condition themselves and shake the rust off.

I like the WBC.  It’s a good idea, just poorly implemented.  I don’t have an answer or solution, but teams might want to take a better look at which players they allow to participate.

Hat tip to The Mets Police for bringing this to my attention.

The replacements

Here are the players on the 25-man Opening Day roster who are currently active on the 25-man roster.

• Ramon Castro
• Luis Castillo
• David Wright
• Daniel Murphy
• Carlos Beltran
• Gary Sheffield
• Jeremy Reed
• Fernando Tatis
• Johan Santana
• Mike Pelfrey
• John Maine
• Francisco Rodriguez
• J.J. Putz
• Bobby Parnell
• Brian Stokes
• Sean Green
• Pedro Feliciano

And now the players who made the Opening Day roster who are on the DL:

• Jose Reyes
• Carlos Delgado
• Ryan Church
• Brian Schneider
• Alex Cora
• Oliver Perez

Those who were released that made the Opening Day roster:

• Marlon Anderson
• Darren O’Day

The replacement players currently with the team:

• Livan Hernandez
• Fernando Martinez
• Angel Pagan
• Wilson Valdez
• Ramon Martinez
• Wilson Valdez
• Ken Takahashi
• Tim Redding

And those who have come and gone:

• Nelson Figueroa
• Jon Niese

The Mets have used 35 different players so far in 2009.  It’s only May 29.  Yikes.

Manuel’s Musing for May 28

“Because he's a first baseman and doesn't have to be in a position that requires a lot of range, I don't think it will be an issue.”

-Jerry Manuel on Carlos Delgado returning from hip surgery

Mini sabbatical

Update – Thursday:  Hey, Mets fans! The Internet and TV are on.  Blogging will resume Friday!  Thanks for understanding.

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I’m all moved in, but the Internet is off until Thursday afternoon.  I’ll be taking a few days off from the site as the one-man aspect is quite heavy on the work.

I’ll be tweeting during this time, so check back here or my Twitter page for updates.

No game chat tonight or tomorrow, but feel free to either use the comments or the Mets Chat in the sidebar.

Talk to you on Twitter or on Thursday.

Mets Game Chat: WAS @ NYM [Game 1]

A place to swap words with fellow Mets fans as the Mets finally return back to
Citi Field to take on the Washington Nationals.

(Chat removed, as usual.)

Movin’ out

Anthony works in the grocery store
Savin' his pennies for someday
Mama Leone left a note on the door,
She said,
"Sonny, move out to the country."
Workin' too hard can give you
A heart attackackackackackack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that all you get for your money?
And it seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
Mama, If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.

-Billy Joel

That’s exactly what I’m doing today. 

I’m moving back up to Connecticut to complete a five-week summer course in pursuit of my degree from Quinnipiac University.  I’ll be moving into my house that will be my home for at least the next year and I may be without Internet and cable for a few days.

I will try my best to blog from school or any hot-spot I might find in or around my house.  I can always blog from by BlackBerry, but it’s not too easy to write an entire post just using my thumbs.

If I don’t have Internet, think of this as a mini-sabbatical.  I’ll try to post as much as possible, but pardon the site for the next few days.  Maybe the Internet gods are looking down upon me favorably and I will have some luck, but time will only tell.

OK, that’s all.  A chat is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight, so drop by for that.  I’ll be heading up on the Merritt Parkway.  Wave to me!

Mets must be asking, ‘Who’s next?’

Add Ramon Martinez to the growing list of victims of the injury bug.

Martinez, filling in for the injured Jose Reyes, had to leave Sunday afternoon’s game with back trouble.

Here is an updated list of injuries on the Mets…

Injured and have gone on the DL:

• Brian Schneider – Back and calf strain
• Oliver Perez – Right knee tendinitis
• Carlos Delgado – Right hip impingement
• Alex Cora –Torn ligament in thumb

Injured and have not gone on the DL:

• Jose Reyes – Tendinitis in calf
• Ryan Church – Sore hamstring
• Carlos Beltran – Sore right knee
• Ramon Martinez – Bad back

It gets better.  Church may be heading to the disabled list with a bum hamstring.  That could, and most likely would lead to a promotion of top prospect Fernando Martinez.

Probably a little rushed, but what else are the Mets to do?  They need bodies.

Reyes will not start tonight and Martinez is still a question mark, so my money is on Fernando Tatis. 

Mr. Ed Ryan over at Mets Fever pointed out that Mark Kiger, an infielder was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo.  Could he be moved there to take over for a player heading up to the big leagues?  We’ll just have to wait and see.  (If anyone, it would be Jonathan Malo.)

So far in 2009, the Mets have had significant injuries at: Catcher, first base, shortstop, center field, right field, pitcher(s).

Wonderful.

Who’s next?

Manuel’s Musing for May 24

“OK, bring it on. We can deal with it”

-Jerry Manuel on K-Rod’s back spasms