Other Newsworthy Items

1. Alex Cora is on pace to play 90+ games and for those who remember, he has a 2 million dollar option that automatically becomes vested for next year if he PLAYS IN not starts 80 games. Love that we will be overpaying him yet again next year. Glad he's so good in the clubhouse...

2. Daniel Murphy is making his 1st start at 2nd base in Buffalo today. We will see how the transition to Mark DeRosa-lite goes, especially since we learned last year left field is not his forte (although that doesn't prevent him from being an effective infielder)...

3. Carlos Beltran is supposedly running at 80% and hoping to play in an extended spring training game this week according to WFAN's Craig Carton. Hopefully he doesn't have any more set-backs...

4. Chris Carter is getting close to Nick Evans territory and is barely being utilized (4 at-bats in two weeks) and hasn't started a game since the May 16-18th series. His dominance of right-handed pitchers and Francouer's struggles against righties is well-documented...

5. Agent Boras wanted Mets to Put Ollie P on DL, and send him to see the noted sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman. What makes this terrible is that JEFF WILPON is making the decision not to put him on the DL ‘because he didn’t think that was appropriate, or necessary.’ This is according to Peter Gammons. WHY ON EARTH IS JEFF WILPON MAKING THAT DECISION?  This sums up this dysfunctional organization.