Outfielder Moises Alou will be out for the next four to six weeks after discovery he has a hernia.  Alou is to have surgery on the hernia Thursday.  He is going to have a long and boring four to six weeks as he can’t do anything baseball related the doctors are saying.

The injury to Alou could really open the door for Angel Pagan to crack the starting lineup.  Pagan has had a good spring training so far, so I think he could fit in nicely for Alou.

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Carlos Delgado is day to day after having an MRI on Monday and Ryan Church will be out for a couple of weeks with a grade 2 concussion the Mets reported today.

Delgado is having some problems with his hip and is expected to take a couple of days off just to let it rest.  It will be intersting to see how long of a season Delgado can play as he gets up there in age.  It really seems he has been injured a lot in the past few years, and the Mets are really depending on him to help them make a strong playoff run in 2008.  Time will tell if Delgado is going to be able to help out uch.

Ryan Church has been evaluated and has a grade two concussion that he suffered after a collission with Marlon Anderson on Saturday.  Chuch really just hopes to be back by opening day but he is going to lose out on some at bats that will allow Angel Pagan and Endy Chaves battle it out for the outfield position.

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The New York Mets dropped their first spring training game on Wednesday afternoon as they fell to teh Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-2.  It was one bad inning in the 7th inning that the Tigers scored all four of their runs.

Mike Pelfrey started the game for the Mets and pitched two scoreless innings, while Matt Wise, Brian Stokes, Pedro Feliciano and Jorge Sosa followed with a scoreless inning apiece.  Willie Collazo gave up all four runs and took the lose on the game.

As for the Mets offense, they quickly got out to a 2-0 lead in the game as they scored a run in the first and second innings.  In the first inning, Back-to-back singles and a walk in the opening inning set up Ramon Castro’s sacrifice fly to score Angel Pagan.  In the second inning, it was a Anderson Machado triple that plated Michael Abreu that put the Mets up 2-0.

Even though the Mets didn’t win today, you gotta like what they did.  Take that one bad inning out of the game and it could have easily been a Mets victory.  We will have to see how they rebound tomorrow as they face off against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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The New York Mets will be paying pitcher Oliver Perez more then what they wanted to after they lost his salary arbitration case.  The Mets had offered Perez $4.7 million dollars and Perez was asking for $6.5 million dollars which he will receive.

A little too much money for Perez if you ask me.  I don’t think Perez should have got that much money, more around the $5 million dollar mark would have been more acceptable I think.

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The New York Mets and outfielder Ryan Church have a signed a one year contract that will pay Church $2 million dollars.  That is a pretty nice raise for Church, who can get three more raises via salary arbitration before he is a free agent.

I like the signing, as I know there would have been atleast five other teams that would have signed him for that amount if not more.  Now Church just needs to stay healthy and help the Mets reach the post season.

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Johan Santana and the New York Mets used a couple extra hours to work out the details of a new six year contract that will pay Santana $137.5 million dollars.  The deal includes deferred money and a club option for 2014 with a $5.5 million buyout that could make the contract worth about $150 million over seven seasons. Depending on Santana’s performance, the option could become guaranteed.

Now the question everyone needs to ask, how will Santana perform with all the pressure he will have pitching in New York City?  Coming from Minnesota to New York is going to be a huge change for this all star pitcher.

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The New York Mets pulled off a huge trade today as they are set to acquire starting pitcher Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins for four prospects.  The deal will only happen if the Mets and Santana can agree on a long term contract in the next 72 hours however.

The Mets are sending Carlos Gomez and Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Twins.  That is a lot of pitching prospects for Santana, but that is something you have to give up to get a great pitcher like Santana.  The Mets are definately setup for a deep playoff run in 2008 with this trade.

Other teams in the National League are already talking having to face a Johan Santana and Pedro Martinez combination in a playoff series.  None of them are liking this!

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Outfielder Endy Chavez and the New York Mets have agreed on a two year contract that will pay Chavez just below $4 million dollars.  Chavez can also earn a little more based on incentives.

Good signing on both ends of the deal I think.  Chavez says he is 100% ready to get going and wants to help the team reach the post season.  He should feel more relaxed in my opinion all season long as he won’t have to play for a contact offer in 2009.

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The New York Mets signed eight new players today and invited them all to spring training.  INF Anderson Machado, RHP Juan Padilla, RHP Joselo Diaz, RHP Andy Cavazos, LHP Ryan Cullen, 3B Fernando Tatis, C Robinson Cancel and C Salomon Manriquez were all signed to minor league contracts.

Career minor league players is what you see right there pretty much.  Who knew Fernando Tatis was still trying to play baseball lol!  Dude needs to just hang up the cleats already if you ask me.

Right handed pitcher Duaner Sanchez has agreed on a one year contract with the New York Mets.  Sanchez is coming off shoulder surgery which caused him to miss the entire 2007 season.  He will be battling for a spot in the Mets rotation, and if he is healthy and throws the ball like he is capable of, he will probably land a spot in the bullpen.

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