Mets spring training hats [Image]

Here are the Mets 2010 spring training hats…Does anyone actually buy/wear these hats?  Besides the players, of course.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of them in the “wild.”

They’re always so ugly, don’t you think?

Mets to hold voluntary minicamp

According to Brian Costa, the Mets will hold a voluntary 3-day minicamp at their complex in Port St. Lucie next week.

Costa tweets that Oliver Perez, Jon Niese, John Maine, Daniel Murphy and Johan Santana are among the players likely attending.

Surprised David Wright and Jeff Francoeur aren’t on this list, though they may be attending and just not listed. 

Or they’re at Howard Johnson’s house.

Championship Round: David Wright vs. Johan Santana

The moment we’ve all been waiting for: The 2009 Met of the Year Championship Round voting!

Vote for your pick based on his ability at the plate, on the mound, in the field, off the field, looks, style or anything you so choose.

Voting ends Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Ex-Met: Jose Offerman ‘punches’ umpire [Video]

Jose Offerman, who was a Met for 53 games, “punched” a Dominican League umpire and it was captured on video.

I guess it’s safe to say Offerman has no future in boxing.

Another Minaya quote

“It was a very good conversation. Everything is fine. Listen, we have no problems with Carlos Beltran. I have no problem with him and ownership has no problem. We love him. The only issue was with the process, not the player.”

-Omar Minaya to the New York Times

Mets, Maine agree to deal, avoid arbitration; Four file

According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, John Maine and the New York Mets agreed to a one-year deal moments after he filed for arbitration.

The deal is worth $3.3 million with the chance to make an additional $225,000 from bonuses based on starts, according to the AP.

Also filing for arbitration today was Pedro Feliciano, Jeff Francoeur, Sean Green and Angel Pagan.

Link: Minaya says he did not OK surgery

Head over to Newsday (one free page view a day) to read Anthony Rieber’s article about Omar Minaya and Carlos Beltran’s conversation.

The Omar quote is so Omar.

Mets sign Jolbert Cabrera; Eric Byrnes DFA’d

 Neither excite me very much, if at all.

2009 Met of the Year: Championship Round is set

It’s a re-match!

The 2009 Met of the Year award is down to two players.  Both No. 1 seeds have advanced the entire way and David Wright and Johan Santana will face off on Monday to see who is crowned the 2009 MotY.

Check back Monday morning for the poll.

Below is the full bracket from the 2009 MotY…Ed. note: I’m heading back up to Connecticut today for my last semester of college.  Crazy, I know.  If anything happens during my ride up, I’ll be sure to post something when I arrive.

Statement from Carlos Beltran

I am totally surprised by the reaction to my recent knee surgery. Any accusations that I ignored or defied the team’s wishes are simply false. I also spoke to Omar Minaya about the surgery on Tuesday. He did not ask me to wait, or to get another doctor’s opinion. He just wished me well. No one from team raised any issue until Wednesday, after I was already in surgery. I do not know what else I could have done. The most important thing here is that the surgery was a total success and I expect to be back on the field playing the game I love sooner rather than later.

Carlos Beltran through his agent Scott Boras