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5 starter. Minaya likens the plan to what happened with Mike Pelfrey last year, when Pelfrey assumed the No.

As Thanksgiving approaches, the Mets are still two reliable starters short, with only Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey and John Maine assured of spots in next seasona TMs rotation.

The Mets project three definite starting pitchers in their 2009 rotation: Johan Santana , Mike Pelfrey, and John Maine .

First off, on the awards: I'd like to say that there are no egregious picks this year! I think that reasonable people can disagree about the MVP or Cy Young or anything like that.

Concerned about his role for next season, Aaron Heilman called general manager Omar Minaya yesterday to talk about possibly moving back into the rotation for the start of spring training .

Aaron Heilman went 3-8 last season with a 5.21 ERA and 80 strikeouts over 76 innings.

When teams are winning consistently, everybody talks about chemistry. When you go 70-92. it is often said that the team "has no chemistry." Winning creates chemistry.

With visions of quality pitchers dancing in his head, Mets general manager Omar Minaya was on his way home to New York on Thursday, when he paused to sum up four days in the sunshine alongside the Pacific Ocean ...

The Mets are in a period of transition from the look of their minor league organization.

In a post to Amazin Avenue , Eric takes a look at long list of things that have happened since the Mets last won a World Series, during which over 50,000,000 fans have walked in to Shea Stadium, under the ...

Promoted from the journals, here's john's look at John Maine . You can find his previous studies here and here on Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey, respectively.

Omar Minaya has stated on several occasions that the Mets would explore both external and internal options to fill the closer role in 2009.

Bobby Parnell pitched at two levels in the Minors and in six big league games in 2008.

John Maine wasn't trying to be a hero. His objective was to help the Mets win. That's why he tried to come back and pitch in the final week of the season.

How could it happen again? How was it possible that the Mets, one year after the biggest late season collapse in Major League baseball history, repeat such an epic failure? In a scenario that was eerily ...

The Cubs have picked up the option on Lou Piniella's contract for 2010. Cleveland Indians Cliff Lee was named AL Comeback Player of the Year.

I was out at Shea today, undoubtedly for the last time , and witnessed what was probably the second-best clutch, must-win pitching performance in Mets history, behind only Al Leiter's 1-hitter in the 1-game ...

Omar Minaya will be open for business this winter. After watching his team choke its way out of the playoffs on the last day two years running, the Mets' red-faced GM vowed yesterday that no stone - or ...

Omar Minaya said the process of preparing for the 2009 season began as he drove home from Shea Stadium on Sunday night, after the Mets lost to the Marlins and were eliminated from postseason contention on the ...

For 145 games, the New York Mets mean business. The first six or seven innings each night, no trouble at all.