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NY Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran happy with rehab progress
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — Beltran says he could be ready by mid-April
6 mins agoPitching assignments revised (again)
Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News — The pitching assignments again have been rearranged. Oliver Perez will start on Saturday vs. the Tigers and be followed by Hisanori Takahashi, Nelson Figueroa and likely two of three from Sean Green, Bobby Parnell and Jenrry Mejia Johan Santana will start on Sunday at Florida. The rest remains the same - R.A. Dickey, Pedro Feliciano and (Parnell-Mejia-Green - whoever doesn’t pitch Sat.) John Maine will pitch on Sunday in a B game against a yet to be determined team. Fernando Nieve will start on Monday vs. St. Louis, followed by Jon Niese, Francisco Rodriguez and Ryota Igarashi.
26 mins agoBeltran feels for Reyes
Amazin' Stories | Bergen Record — Carlos Beltran arrived in the near-empty locker room at Tradition Field to begin his own lonely workout, trying to rehabilitate his knee from the Jan. 13 surgery. But for Beltran, it seemed easy. Three hours of hard work. A tangible result. So he felt for Jose Reyes, for the uncertainty and the fear that the Mets shortstop is going through. “Right now baseball in his case is secondary,” Beltran said. “It has to be secondary. I know he wants to come here and he wants to play and he wants to do everything the team is doing here. But his life is more important than anything else.” Beltran said...
1 hour agoRevised pitching assignments
Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News — Oliver Perez will follow John Maine on Saturday, after Perez's outing Friday was rained out in Fort Myers. Hisanori Takahashi is expected to pitch third. Then, two of three pitchers from Bobby Parnell, Sean Green and Jenrry Mejia will be used in the game. Saturday's unused pitcher will go Sunday instead in Jupiter, in a game started by Johan Santana. Also pitching Sunday: Pedro Feliciano and R.A. Dickey. On Monday, Francisco Rodriguez makes his first Grapefruit League start. Fernando Nieve starts that game, and Jon Niese and Ryota Igarashi also pitch.
2 hours agoRained Out - What’s Next?
Amazin' Stories | Bergen Record — So the Mets loaded themselves onto a pair of buses and rolled out of Port St. Lucie at 7:15 a.m. today, trudged nearly three hours across the state, and when they finally made their way through the constant rain they saw a glimmer of clearing - or at least a report that it was coming. Oh, and what they also saw was the Twins telling them, thanks, but never mind. After the long ride through the rain the Mets got word within minutes of their arrival that the game was canceled. So, back on the bus. It’s not a total loss - one Mets player who didn’t have to make the trip said, “There’s going to b...
3 hours agoNY Mets pitcher Oliver Perez will throw Saturday after rainout
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — Oliver Perez was scheduled to start
4 hours agoMets vs. Twins from Fort Myers rained out
Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News — The Mets game against the Twins in Fort Myers has been rained out. The team actually traveled the two hours, 45 minutes across the state and learned it was scrapped shortly after arriving.
4 hours agoReyes Mystery Clouds Mets Future
Amazin' Stories | Bergen Record — From the day that the season ended, closing the book on the disastrous 2009 season, the Mets have tried to turn the page and put the troubles in the past. But before they have even reached the starting gate, the 2010 season is beginning to look like a sequel – maybe even more problematic than the bewildering year behind them. Carlos Beltran is sidelined for months. Again. Jose Reyes is out, his return coming shortly. Or not at all. Again. In today’s Record, we detail the uncertainty. The diagnosis for Reyes has changed, or at least the prognosis, over and over, and it still remains a myst...
7 hours agoWith Jose Reyes out, NY Mets may again turn to shortstop Alex Cora
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — Cora had to replace Reyes last year
8 hours agoShort order for Ruben?
New York Daily News — The Opening Day shortstop for the Mets? With Jose Reyes expected to open the season on the disabled list, it very well could be Ruben Tejada.
9 hours agoNext game at Minnesota Twins on Fri, Mar 12 Postponed
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Closers who might interest Minnesota Twins St. Paul Pioneer Press
- Minnesota Twins game canceled St. Paul Pioneer Press
- Single-game Twins tickets go on sale Saturday Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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- Despite rain, Jurrjens finally gets to pitch Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dark Star, Fla. – Against all odds, it appears we might actually have a ballgame today on Dale Murphy’s 54th birthday. Or at least a few innings, which would sure be a nice development for Jair Jurrjens. The man has waited a week-and-a-half to make his first spring start because of the sore shoulder, and then he had to wait another day after his scheduled debut was washed away with Thursday night’s rainout against the Yankees. So the plan was to piggyback his start with Tommy Hanson’s today, Jurrjens going the first two innings and Hanson the next four. Not sure if they can g...
- Recap: Baltimore vs. Florida Miami Herald The spring training game scheduled for Friday between the Florida Marlins and Baltimore Orioles was canceled due to rain and will not be made up.
- Stephen Strasburg's magic number: 158 innings pitched Nationals Journal | Washington Post The question of where Stephen Strasburg will pitch this season has of course been a dominant storyline this spring training, and it seems the most likely outcome will be 15 starts in the minors, a mid-June call-up, and then he's in the majors to stay. But what about how much Strasburg will pitch? Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman discussed the Nationals' policy of trying to protect young pitchers by using a system to limit innings. Their pitches will not exceed 120 percent of the number of innings they threw the previous year, whether that was in college, the majors, or the minors. Last year Str...
- The Nationals' draft plot thickens Nationals Journal | Washington Post For a while now, I've harbored a deep suspicion the Nationals would ultimately use their No. 1 overall draft pick this June on someone other than 17-year-old catcher Bryce Harper. It was an educated hunch, based on a few facts: 1. Multiple scouts have told me he had not separated himself from the rest of the elite class of No. 1 contenders, the way Stephen Strasburg did a year ago. 2. Some scouts have said they don't project Harper as a catcher, long-term. 3. Harper is being advised by Scott Boras, and has more negotiating leverage than Strasburg did a year ago, since Harper has the option of ...
- Florida Marlins-Baltimore Orioles rained out; ‘B’ game set for 10 a.m. Saturday Florida Marlins Blog | South Florida Sun-Sentinel The Florida Marlins and Baltimore Orioles were rained out Friday. The two teams have scheduled a seven-inning ‘B’ game for Saturday morning at 10 before the Marlins shoot south to Port Charlotte for the scheduled game against the Rays. The Marlins will field the following lineup in the ’B’ game: Jai Miller, CF; Scott Cousins, LF; Mike Stanton, [...]
- Nationals-Yankees game canceled Nationals Journal | Washington Post The Nationals and Yankees never had a chance today. It was called because of rain at about 9 a.m. before the Yankees even had a chance to arrive in Viera. (The bus had left, I was told, so it must have turned around.) No flyovers are planned. The Nationals aren't quite sure what they're going to do with their pitching and Jim Riggleman and Steve McCatty are meeting to figure it out right now. Jason Marquis and Matt Chico were going to be the day's starting pitchers. Yesterday, scheduled starters John Lannan and Craig Stammen couldn't pitch in a game and they threw simulated games in the bullpe...
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- Rain forces NY Yankees to juggle pitching assignments Ledger on Yankees | Newark Star-Ledger Fifth starter competition gets underway on Saturday; Pettitte settles for simulated game
- LT in the house Green Machine | Bergen Record Ex-San Diego RB LaDainian Tomlinson is visiting the Jets’ Florham Park complex right now, one day after he visited with Minnesota but left without a deal. The Jets are in the market for a veteran RB after choosing to let go of Thomas Jones, but Tomlinson is coming off the worst season of his NFL career. Frankly, I’m not sure the ‘original’ LT doesn’t have more left in the tank after watching this LT against the Jets in January in the playoffs. We’ll keep you posted.
- He’ll have a Gay old time this summer Knick Knacks | Bergen Record That old “Flintstones” theme lyric had kind of a different meaning back in the day, didn’t it? But about Rudy Gay. He’s a restricted free agent this summer, so he’s on the Knicks’ radar. But that also means Memphis can match any offer he gets from another team. Yet Memphis is the NBA’s smallest market and draws the second-fewest fans. And the Grizzlies’ owner, Michael Heisley, isn’t exactly Daddy Warbucks _ and has talked about selling the team. Which often means whacking payroll, cutting costs, etc. And perhaps not matching a big-bucks offer for one of his prime players (see Kenyon Marti...
- Avery takes the high road Rangers Rants | Bergen Record Sean Avery probably has every reason to be annoyed about being a healthy scratch for the first time this season and, let’s face it, it’s not like he hasn’t made some outrageous comments in the past. But give Avery credit for this: He answered every question about being scratched tonight and did so in the least controversial manner and, publicly at least, with the most respect for the decision and his role in it. About 40 minutes earlier, coach John Tortorella cited Avery not being engaged enough in all facets of the game, despite the coaching staff previously talking to him about improving on...
- Jay Pandolfo, Anssi Salmela back in for Devils; Mark Fraser will sit Newark Star-Ledger Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond also out against Penguins