Mets’ options for rotation help are really embarrassing

ATLANTA — So seven arms have become four and now the Mets are looking for rotation help from the outside. And what’s on the outside?
Some really impressive names.
If it were five years ago.
Tim Lincecum, Jake Peavy, Doug Fister, Colby Lewis and Alfredo Simon are among the guys sitting around hoping for a phone call. And Edwin Jackson, who has pitched just about everywhere but New York, is on a minor league deal with Baltimore and hasn’t pitched yet.  More...

Mets bats come alive in Jay Bruce’s debut,

Mets bats come alive in Jay Bruce’s debut!

There was an added buzz for Tuesday’s Subway Series game at Citi Field with deadline acquisition Jay Bruce making his Mets debut. The ballpark could’ve been mistaken for the venue of a Springsteen concert rather than a baseball game with the number of “Bruuuuce” chants that broke out.
Bruce will provide a welcome power boost to the Mets’ lineup, but if they’re going to get back to the postseason their pitching needs to remain a strong backbone. ...READ MORE

Collins thinks Cabrera will be ready for Opening Day

 

Mets manager Terry Collins said he expects INF Asdrubal Cabrera to be ready for Opening Day (Mar. 17).
"Right now I think he'll be available," Collins said about the Mets' April 3 opener against the Royals in Kansas City.
Cabrera said that his left knee feels "much better."

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According to the Post - What the Mets cutting Tejada really means

Rival executive: What the Mets cutting Tejada really means

 

PORT ST. LUCIE — Ruben Tejada is now free to seek employment elsewhere.
The shortstop was released on Wednesday, after he went unclaimed on waivers, leaving the Mets with a vacancy on their roster.
Tejada, who was scheduled to make $3 million in 2016, was deemed expendable even with Asdrubal Cabrera sidelined by a strained knee tendon that may force him to the disabled list to start the season. By cutting Tejada, the Mets will only have to pay him about $500,000

A rival executive called it “surprising” the Mets dumped Tejada before setting their Opening Day Roster.

Opening Day  roster.

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Willie Brennan Tests his Velocity

Newly signed Roberto Colon could be key to NY Mets rotation's success

Around the Horn: Colon key to rotation's success

Without Harvey, Mets will lean on veteran right-hander and established starters

Colon headed to the Mets00:01:57

MLB.com's Pete McCarthy and Jim Duquette discuss the Mets' deal with Bartolo Colon and how he could round out the rotation

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With pitchers and catchers scheduled to report to Port St. Lucie, Fla., by Feb. 15, it's time to continue dissecting the Mets' 2014 roster. This is the second of a seven-part Around the Horn series taking a position-by-position look at the Mets' projected starters and backup options heading into the season. Next up: starting pitchers.

NEW YORK -- No Matt Harvey ... no problem?

That's the hope for this summer in Flushing, where a mostly unchanged rotation aims to thrive in the absence of its best pitcher. Harvey may not be available as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery, and the Mets will most certainly be weaker without him.
But they still feel their starting five is an overall strength.
"It's not an area of extraordinary need," general manager Sandy Alderson said earlier this winter. "Realistically, I don't think it's an area of weakness."

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Robinson Cano - a NY Met?

Jay Z Meets with NY Mets About Free Agent Robinson Cano | Jay-Z ...
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Jay Z Meets with NY Mets About Free Agent Robinson Cano Jay Z heads inside a studio in Soho for a hard day's work on Monday (November 18) in New York City. The 43-year-old entertainer reportedly met with New York… Read More