It's been a frustrating start to the season for the 6-8 Mets.

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

In what was far from a shocking development, the Mets lost on Wednesday night by the score of 5-2 to St. Louis. John Maine was once again mediocre to say the least, and the offense was anemic. The Mets managed only two extra base hits, both of which were doubles by David Wright and Carlos Beltran in the ninth, and they were held at bay again.

It was another nice performance from the bullpen, who would get the game ball from me in this situation. Casey Fossum pitched scoreless baseball for his inning, and Brian Stokes did well in his inning-plus. Let’s start with Carlos Delgado, who I have a beef with.

Carlos, with the team down 5-1 and Wright on second with nobody out in the ninth, why are you swinging on 2-0? You can’t hit a grand slam with one guy on! You need to play disciplined baseball Carlos. I can’t believe I am saying this, but maybe it’s time you watched Daniel Murphy or Luis Castillo at the plate.

John Maine. All I have to say to you is BLEH. That’s the feeling I get when you trot out there right now. You know why you are struggling? Maybe it is because you walk Khalil Green-type players too much, and then you have to face the Albert Pujols of the world. That is never going to set you up to be a winning pitcher.

To be quite honest, tonight was about the Rangers for me, but the Mets better win tomorrow, and they are going to need a strong effort from Livan to get the job done. It will be a day game. You have to take at least one game when you are not even facing Adam Wainwright. Comeon guys. How about you start earning the big bucks that the people of New York pay you?

Tough luck for Figueroa, who did all he could to help the Mets win, but all he gets is the boot.

BY MICHAEL GANCI
EDITOR

We have quite the tough business here. First of all, we have all of these hopes in the young sidearmer Darren O’Day, and the Mets decide to offer him back to the Angels so they could call up Nelson Figueroa to make a start for the injured Mike Pelfrey. I thought the Mets would have been better served either placing Pelfrey on the Disabled List to be safe, or they could’ve used Brian Stokes, who has made starts before for the club. But instead, the Mets decided to offer O’Day back to the Angels. No word yet if the Angels have accepted him back. My hunch says that he will be back in California before you know it.

You think that would be it, but it isn’t. The Mets made another move after today’s loss to the Brew Crew. Nelson Figueroa, who was only made aware of his promotion what seems like hours ago, has been DFA’d, despite throwing six quality innings and giving up only three runs today. When you have an offense behind you that is supportive, that kind of performance would usually be enough to net someone a victory, but the Mets just couldn’t cash in when they needed to, and it cost Figueroa a lot. Instead of keeping him around, they have called up journeyman lefty Casey Fossum, who has been around. The trade essentially becomes O’Day for Fossum, which I am not in love with. O’Day could deceive, and the National League doesn’t have much exposure to him, but the lefty Fossum has faced everybody and their mother, so you would think that players know the book on him.

There are multiple ways in which this could pan out, but I think the Mets are going to regret this move. O’Day might be going back to California, and today’s start might influence another team to take a shot at Figueroa. You know the Nationals love picking guys up off of the scrap heap. Figueroa could fit in nicely for them.

Poor move, Omar. This is one I just can’t see the plus side with.