Mets' Byrdak Set To Undergo Surgery, Likely To Miss Opening Day
Mets reliever Tim Byrdak is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, according to CBSSports' Jon Heyman.
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Mets reliever Tim Byrdak is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, according to CBSSports' Jon Heyman.
After his workout last Thursday, the Suffern native said the Mets were his "first choice."
Never let it be said that the Mets are lacking for drama. On an afternoon in which Johan Santana took another step toward Opening Day, the Mets announced that both David Wright and Tim Byrdak will miss more time.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said Sunday said he expects Wright will receive a cortisone shot. Wright will be checked Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Santana gave up two hits and an unearned run in his 42-pitch outing, walking two and striking out one. The run against him came in the third after an error by third baseman Ronny Cedeno.
Mets manager Terry Collins said after Saturday's 8-2 loss to Washington's split squad that Wright wasn't ready to play yet.
Dickey had a rough outing, giving up five runs and eight hits in three innings.
Matt Harvey stole the show once again on Friday. The young pitcher, whom Sandy Koufax was looking to meet at Mets camp the other day, retired all six Atlanta batters he faced.
Dillon Gee allowed two runs on five hits in three innings as the Mets defeated an Atlanta Braves split-squad, 5-3, on Friday.
Johan Santana is a pitching superstar, and that swagger is very important to a franchise that has not had much to puff their chest out about lately.
Fan's patience with the Knicks will end this season, and rightfully so if the team can't put something together in the playoffs. If Mike D'Antoni can get the Knicks out of the first round, I think he saves his job.
Mike Pelfrey allowed four runs and six hits — including a solo home run to Austin Kearns and a RBI single to Hanley Ramirez - in 2 2-3 innings as the Marlins edged the Mets 5-4 win on Thursday.
Would Reyes have returned to the Mets for something less than the six-year, $106 million deal he signed with Miami?
Jonathon Niese used his nervous energy to pitch two hitless innings for New York in a 7-0 win over a Miami Marlins split-squad that played without former Mets star Jose Reyes. Niese faced seven batters, striking out two and walking one while throwing 19 of 31 pitches for strikes.
Married to one of George Steinbrenner's daughters, Steve Swindal was a general partner of the Yankees from 1998-06 and chairman of the Yankees' parent company. These days, Swindal works with players who hope to join the Yankees — or any other team in the big leagues.
The Mets are playing it safe with Wright, who missed another exhibition Tuesday.
Everyone was in good spirits after the ace's start, and manager Terry Collins probably summed it up best.
For some reason, we always expect the newly rich to live well, not well beyond their means. But the 1986 Mets were ultimately the latter, and yet another one of their studs has been put to pasture.
To Johan Santana and the Mets, this was a most pleasant spring sight: a swing and a miss on a wicked changeup.
New York Mets ace Johan Santana pitched two scoreless innings against St. Louis on Tuesday in his first game facing Major League hitters in 18 months. Santana gave up one hit and one walk. He threw 29 pitches — 17 for strikes — in the Mets' second game of Spring Training.
"He's very, very aware that if he goes down for three weeks, we've got problems," said Collins.
Craig declared today to be 'Sports Armageddon' here in the big city and he had a laundry list reasons of why he feels that way.
Ticket sales for the 10,635 premium seats declined from $99.3 million in 2009 to $50.6 million through 2011. The seats are about 25 percent of the stadium.
Rick Ankiel's new batting stance is already paying dividends. Ankiel hit his first spring homer and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Monday.
Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison in a grand theft auto case. Los Angeles County superior court judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw a no-contest plea.
