I was thinking about the injury to Kendry Morales a couple of days after he broke his leg in a home plate celebration and the question that kept coming up was when did the home plate pile on start? I was watching the 1988 Mets Yearbook on SNY this weekend and noticed pretty tame celebrations [...]

The Mets received more bad news with respect to Carlos Beltran earlier this weekend. At this point it would be optimistic to get Beltran back by the All Star Break, if at all and, as Joel Sherman pointed out, how much could you expect from Carlos if he returns? It has gotten to the point [...]

Recently I was told a former Mets player believed the club “didn’t take losing personally” and that was one of the problems with the team. He didn’t say they don’t care, but rather the “let’s get them tomorrow” mentality isn’t going to get them where they want to be. That statement is probably an indictment [...]

Having gotten to know many of the Yankees pitching prospects personally, I certainly have sympathy for any who are bitten by the injury bug. I’ve seen both Chris Garcia and Jeremy Bleich go down this year.  The Yankees released Garcia May 14 to open up a roster spot. He underwent elbow surgery. Bleich, who in [...]

Spend your Sunday night with another edition of the Weekly Digest. Tonight we kick off the first hour by talking with NYBD contributors Howard Megdal and Jed Weisberger. We talk Mets the first half hour. I will discuss my fact finding about the front office dysfunction, the Mets draft focus, and Jerry Manuel’s job security. [...]

Since we are nearing the 2010 MLB amateur draft I thought I would pass along a future prospect that is wowing everyone down in Tampa. NYBD contributor Frank Russo talked to a few scouts who recently went to see Lance McCullers Jr. pitch and were blown away by the results. If you remember his father, [...]

We all keep hearing the Mets are leaning towards taking Zack Cox of the University of Arkansas. Cox has played third during his collegiate career, but recently made the transition to second. He appears to be a good hitter with average power, but the defense is suspect. One of the comps given was a young [...]

For the better part of six months we have been mentioning Cliff Lee in connection with the Yankees. There continues to be rumblings that Lee wants to pitch in the Bronx and be reunited with former teammate CC Sabathia. The Yankees have mutual interest, especially since they may have two openings in their 2011 starting [...]

Last year I was criticized for suggesting that Joba Chamberlain could use some hard time in AAA to learn how to pitch. Despite what the advanced metrics stated, Chamberlain often displayed poor baseball intellect and composure on the mound. The thinking this year was that a return to the bullpen will fit his personality and [...]

More great tidbits from Frank Piliere of AOL Fanhouse. Earlier today he mentioned some of what he was hearing regarding the Mets drafting strategy and now he threw us some tidbits about the Yankees. He mentioned the Yankees, who pick 32nd in the first round, are “heavily in on West Virginia SS, Jedd Gyorko.” Who [...]

We all know the Mets really need to have a huge draft this year. For the first time since 2005 the Mets have a top 10 pick in the first round. Of course, that year they selected Mike Pelfrey which is working out just fine right now. We will get more into the draft as [...]

Update 4pm: I asked Kevin Burkhardt on Twitter if the Mets are staying at the Pfister this year and he said “no.” Last year Kevin Burkhardt mentioned on SNY the legend of the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. You can hear more about it by watching the video below, but the long and short of it [...]

Jon Heyman reported on WFAN yesterday the Yankees have two kinds of players they would like to add: a relief pitcher, and a hitter to presumably replace the injured Nick Johnson. I called down to my sources to see what they believe could be coming for both the local teams. – The Yankees are interested [...]

I have been discussing for two years how unprepared WFAN is to deal with the future of media. As various forms of new media emerge, the gap between mainstream and fan has become blurry. Sure, we know who has access, but who has a more educated opinion is very much in question. This has never [...]

No one can claim that the New York Yankees have figured out how to prevent injuries to young pitchers. Jeremy Bleich is merely the latest pitching prospect of theirs to go on the shelf- and far from the first. But the Yankees do know two things that would serve the Mets well. For one thing, [...]