If Mets want home runs, change the personnel

We've got breaking news from the Big Apple, where apparently New York Mets management has decided the team didn't hit enough home runs in 2009. This i...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 9, 2010

WASHINGTON - JULY 21: Oliver Perez #46 of the New York Mets pitches during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals on...

Perez tops list of key No. 2 starters

...are, in no particular order, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, Jonathon Niese, Fernando Nieve, Josh Fogg and Oliver Perez. You look at the makeup of that group, and you consider the strength of the Phillies...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 2, 2010

Mets' Santana throws off mound

New York Mets ace Johan Santana threw off a mound on Tuesday morning, throwing about 25 pitches at the Mets' minicamp in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Fixing the MLB draft

Management's internal discussions about how to restructure the draft process are still in the early stages. And keep in mind that any change that Majo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 26, 2010

Mets' Santana to test elbow Tuesday

Mets starter Johan Santana plans to throw on Tuesday as he recovers from surgery.

Beltran can resume work in 12 weeks

Carlos Beltran will miss 12 weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

A variety of reactions to McGwire admission

For some in Major League Baseball circles, there was steroid fatigue the day after Mark McGwire's admission. "I'm so sick of this stuff," one executiv...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 13, 2010

Signing Bay continues disturbing pattern

...There was the ill-fated Pedro Martinez deal. And the on-deathbed-ill-fated contract for Oliver Perez. They blew money ($25 million on Luis Castillo. They lavished it ($37 million in a closer...

Bay will help but won't solve pitching problem

...is coming off a half-season ruined by shoulder weakness that could recur at any time. Oliver Perez might not make the Triple-A Syracuse rotation if it weren't for his contract. The...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 29, 2009

Bay's fantasy value may drop with Mets

When your team hits the fewest home runs in baseball (95, 27 fewer than anyone else), there's only one thing to do: Sign the player who hit the ninth-...

Three Strikes -- Happy Halladays edition

Strike One -- The Halladay Effect Dept. I swapped e-mails Thursday with one of my most loyal readers, Julian McCracken, about ways to measure the tru...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009