The Mets have been fortunate enough to face three teams that are playing some really mediocre to poor baseball over the last couple of weeks. They have gotten a pretty good break in that regard. Such is really what this has been – a solid break and some good fortune for the Mets. Not to be the downer on this party, but eventually good things come to an end.

I distinctly remember the first time I saw Mike Pelfrey in person. On Saturday, July 22, 2006, I watched a finely dressed hulk of a man walk into the lobby of the Holiday Inn nearby Shea Stadium, accompanied by a smoking hot lady. My dad, my cousin, and I stay there one weekend each summer [...]

Much has been made about the underwhelming quartet of pitchers slotted behind Johan Santana to start the season in the Mets’ rotation. And given the choice of Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Jon Niese, it’s easy to see why the majority of Met fans are pinning their hopes of finding a reliable number two starter on the power sinker of Pelfrey. The tall right-hander has the combination of pedigree, stuff, and age that can’t quite be claimed by the other three. Pelfrey has even flashed enough Major League success (3.72 ERA in 2008) to reinforce such high expectations. But even so, Pelfrey’s stats have yet to jive with his potential, and pundits have questioned his ability to succeed with his current repertoire. And now, this spring, we’ve been hearing stories about Pelfrey’s efforts to bolster that arsenal by adding a split-fingered fastball.

Early this morning Adam Rubin tweeted that the Mets have a possible rotation shuffle in the works, and that Mike Pelfrey will not be starting the second game of the season against the Marlins. Now there was no official rotation order to shuffle that we know of, but the supposed rotation order (Santana, Pelfrey, Perez, [...]

This off-season, like any other, has me feeling schizophrenic. I want to punish the Mets, dislike them for all the pain they’ve caused me, and find another team to root for. But I am bound by something bigger than myself, and after a long winter, I find myself embracing the same cautious, irrational optimism that [...]