Dr. Andrews backs up first opinion on Maine’s shoulder

As it stands right now, John Maine will not be going under the knife.

Mike Pelfrey relayed word from Maine that the doctors told him that is was “nothing structural,” citing the pitcher rushing back from his off-season surgery.  Pelfrey went on to mention that the pain may be coming from a pinched nerve.

Maine, like last year, could return late in the season, but nothing seems likely.  He will continue rehabbing and move from there.

At least it’s not structural.

Game Chat: COL @ NYM [Game 101]

Jorge De La Rosa (8-7, 4.78 ERA) vs. Jon Niese (1-0, 4.08 ERA)

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(Chat removed, as usual.)

Lineup for Game 101

Luis Castillo is back in the lineup after his wife gave birth to a baby girl.  Jerry Manuel mixed it up a little bit, bumping Daniel Murphy from the cleanup spot.  Omir Santos is catching both ends of the doubleheader.

1. Angel Pagan – CF
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. David Wright – 3B
4. Jeff Francoeur – RF
5. Fernando Tatis – LF
6. Daniel Murphy – 1B
7. Angel Berroa – SS
8. Omir Santos – C
9. Jon Niese - P

Help from unexpected places

When your lineup looks like this, you many think you know where you’re going to get your numbers from. Not so much today. Sure, David Wright drove in two runs, but the real story was the obscure players who contributed.

Cory Sullivan and Angel Berroa combined for three hits, two runs scored and three RBIs in the Mets 7-0 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Johan Santana turned in another gem, allowing only four hits over seven innings. He walked only one while striking out eight. Santana retired the first eight batters and the last seven batters that faced him.

The Mets stitched together five straight hits in the second inning (six overall), plating five runs. They added runs in the fifth on a Wright sac-fly and two innings later on a Wright double.

Wright moved into a tie with Keith Hernandez for 10th on the Mets all-time list and now has sole possession of 5th on the Mets all-time RBI list.

An all-around solid game for the Mets fifth victory in a row. If they can pull off a sweep of the Rockies by taking both games of today’s doubleheader, then things really start to get interesting.

Game Chat: COL @ NYM [Game 100]

The first half of a day / night doubleheader…

Jason Hammel (5-5, 4.28 ERA) vs. Johan Santana (11-8, 3.12 ERA)

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Some quotes from Omar Minaya on the Rubin fiasco

Jotted down quickly during the pre-game that SNY just aired with Omar Minaya speaking to reporters from the dugout of Citi Field…

• “I called Adam Rubin. ... I wanted to see him face to face. I wanted to apologize to Adam.”
• “You guys know me, that's just not the way Omar Minaya is.”
• “I want to apologize to the ownership group. I want to apologize to the Mets fans. ... I was wrong in saying those things.”
• “Those were comments I should not make, and I made those comments.”
• “Tony was let go because I made the decision to let Tony go, based on the investigation.”

Dessens out, Cancel in

The Mets have designated Elmer Dessens for assignment and promoted Robinson Cancel, according to Bart Hubbuch.

Hubbuch claims this move was made to add “depth due to knee issues for Brian Schneider.”  It is also because the Mets were going to be forced to have a three-man bench today, with Luis Castillo possibly missing the entire first game due to the birth of his daughter.

This also frees up Omir Santos on days Schneider is catching for some pinch-hitting duties.

Cancel was hitting .218 AVG / .266 OBP / .259 SLG for triple-A Buffalo.

Manuel’s Musing

“The hand was visibly swelling up and guys were telling him to rub some dirt on it and go out and play. He said, that's what he was planning on doing. You couldn't get him out of the lineup. You couldn't take him out of the lineup anyway.”

-Jerry Manuel on Jeff Francoeur’s hand

Tonight’s game rained out, day/night doubleheader tomorrow

Wednesday night’s game between the Mets and the Rockies has been rained out.

It has been rescheduled as part of a day / night doubleheader on Thursday.  If you had tickets for tonight’s game, they will be honored for tomorrow night’s game, not the day game.

Johan Santana will be pitching in the regularly scheduled 12:10 p.m. game, with Jon Niese shifting to the nightcap at 7:10 p.m.

Game Chat: COL @ NYM [Game 100]

Jason Hammel (5-5, 4.28 ERA) vs. Johan Santana (11-8, 3.12 ERA)

Join in for some game gabbing and barstool banter with your fellow fans!

(Chat removed, as ususal.)