Terry Collins announced today that he will use whoever is “warm” in the lineup. Today, he has Murphy at third, Tejada at short, Johnson at second, and Duda at first. Juan Uribe will have the day off in his first game as a Met. Niko Goutakolis: I’m extremely worried that this will make Collins’ infielders nervous…

Logan Verrett has been re-called from Triple-A Las Vegas while Jon Niese goes on paternity leave. Verrett was pitching pretty good in his short stint with the big club earlier this year. He pitched to a 2.95 ERA, and had a 1.08 WHIP. Logan can start, pitch in long relief and can pitch in back…

It’s no secret that these are crucial games for the New York Mets, despite being only one game above 500, they are only three games out of both the wild card and the division. Yesterday, it was announced by Adam Rubin of ESPN New York that Jon Niese’s wife had gone into labor, it was…

Mets 2014 First-round draft pick Michael Conforto has been promoted to the major leagues straight out of AA Binghamton, GM Sandy Alderson says this is to appease the fans, and that it will improve the offense. While both of the above statements are true, this is not why Conforto was promoted. To me, Conforto was…

Cue the flashing “Let’s Go Mets” graphic: I’m not Todd Schnitt, but I enjoy doing podcasts. So, as I mentioned on Twitter a few weeks ago, I will be launching an independent podcast show on Blog Talk Radio. It’s called MetsPlus Live, and it will debut this Saturday at 12:30pm, and will be available on…

Today is my sixteenth birthday. And thinking back at the things I have cherished the most are family, other top priorities and watching Mets Baseball. I have been a Mets fan since 2006, but don’t really remember the 2006 postseason. I really would like to see Mets postseason baseball, and I’m saying that as a…

Anthony Recker will join the team in Washington for tomorrow’s critical series versus the  Washington Nationals after today’s 18 inning marathon. Johnny Monell, who hasn’t preformed well by any standards, will head back down to Triple-A Las Vegas. Monell  batted 178 while he was here, and didn’t provide the spark off the bench that they…

Today's lineup:@juanlagares2 CFMurphy 3B@mcuddy23 LFDuda 1BFlores 2B@Jmayberryjr44 RF@kplawecki26 CTejada SSNiese P#Mets — New York Mets (@Mets) July 19, 2015

Familiar face Zach Lutz has been re-signed by the New York Mets, Lutz was a member of the 2012 and 2013 Mets, and has gone overseas to play for the last two years. Lutz has been assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas, he will not be on the Mets 40 man roster. If he produces, he…

Overall attendance is up this year, 2015, for the New York Mets. Home games are averaging 29,284 fans per game at Citi Field this year, which is up by about a thousand fans compared to last year. While it is good that the Mets have an attendance increase, 29,284 (which is 17th in baseball) is not…