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The New York Mets today announced that they signed righthanded pitcher Ryota Igarashi to a two-year contract. Igarashi, 30, was 47-29 with 54 saves and a 3.25 ERA in 507 games for the Yakult Swallows of the Japanese Central League from 1999-2009. He recorded 630 strikeouts in 570 innings for an average of 9.95 strikeouts per nine innings. He is expected to be used as a setup man for K-Rod. Here is some footage of  him: Read Full Story

The Jason Bay situation seems to be a one horse race (Mets) as the Seattle Mariners have traded for Milton Bradley to be their left fielder. It seems that the Mets will be bidding against themselves for his services. The Mets apparently have upped their offer to five years according to New York Post . But some are reporting that the Mets might go six years (which would be a mistake). Some sources say the deal is close to being done and it will include five years with a sixth year option... Read Full Story

The Mets are always caught with their pants down and today proves to be true. Now that John Lackey the Mets number two free agent target has been gobbled up by Boston and the Phillies have pushed themselves way past the Mets with the Roy Halladay trade,  What do the Mets do now? The Mets now have to bolster the rotation. If you look at the free agent starting pitching market, it looks very  slim. The Mets have only to look  forward to see what Aroldis Chapman has in Houston tomorrow in... Read Full Story

Last night at midnight was the deadline for non tendered contracts (basically means they will not offer a contract to them and will become free agents)   The Mets have decided not to bring back Tim Redding, Jeremy Reed, and Cory Sullivan, and Lance Broadway. For a full list click here . The Mets have many holes to fill on their roster. The so called pursuit of John Lackey remains a mystery. Yesterday there was published reports that they might have made a offer but then it was shaken off... Read Full Story

The Mets have flirted with the idea of having either Jason Bay or Matt Holliday play left next year. The problem is the Mets do not want to shell big bucks at a outfielder because their other glaring needs at catcher, starter and reliever. So the Mets will continue to cut the coupons and try and find outfielders with out big price tags. The Mets according to the NY Post have interest in Josh Willingham and Juan Rivera. Rivera has two years at $9.5 million left on his contract, and has... Read Full Story

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post , the Mets are looking into trading for starting pitcher Gil Meche. The Mets will have their feelers out for John Lackey , who the Mets think would be a ideal number two behind Johan Santana. The Mets do NOT want to give Lackey more than 4 years. Someone will probably break that barrier, so the Mets are looking into other options. Omar Minaya and Royals GM Dayton Moore spoke several times before these meetings, and plan to expand on talks... Read Full Story

Hello to all, hope your holiday season so far has been pleasant. I took time off from writing about the New York Mets because of last year's disaster. I have been doing a lot of work ( to pay the bills) and ignoring the fact that the Mets were not even close to making the play-offs and the Hankee's won the World Series. This off-season will be a long and dragged out process.. The Mets have been pondering the names like John Lackey, Jason Bay, and Matt Holliday, but none seem to be sure... Read Full Story

Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News is reporting that there is some speculation going around that the SNY announce trio may not be back in full next season. Raissman, who always does a stellar job covering the network, reveals that there are some rumblings going around that Keith Hernandez may not be back in the booth next season. This speculation is fueled by comments made by the former All-Star first baseman following Sunday's game win against the Houston Astros. Following the game as... Read Full Story

Flash back to August 21st, 2005. It was a hot late-summer afternoon at Shea Stadium where the Mets were hosting the Washington Nationals. By the fifth inning, the Mets found themselves trailing 7-0. All appeared to be lost until a rookie came to the plate by the name of Mike Jacobs . Jacobs, a highly ranked Mets prospect, made his major league debut and promptly hit a three-run home run on the first pitch he saw. The Mets went on to lose that game 7-4, but Jacobs continued his torrid hitting... Read Full Story