3-6-13 – Johan Santana, Jenrry Mejia, Gonzale Germen, Shaun Marcum, Collin Cowgill

Andy Martino‏ - @MartinoNYDN

Baseball Insider: Mets privately expect Johan Santana to start on DL, but not seeking pitching http://tinyurl.com/axs7qck

-Boy, is is starting to really stink like bad fish heads on the Food Channel.

I hope this isn't drama and is something that can be fixed sometime in April. Then again, 2013 is starting to look like the kind of your that's going to net the Mets one of the top five picks in the 2014 draft. 

My 2013 prediction post coming up soon (and you thought Rubin was rough...)   

Andy Martino‏ - @MartinoNYDN -

RT @Kristieackert: Jenrry Mejia did not pitch flying back to NY for tests related to his physical.    -   MetsBlog - Sandy Alderson told reporters Jenrry Mejia is returning to New York to have a follow-up to the physical he had when he arrived at camp.

        -well, to be honest, Mejia has been off my dance card for quite awhile... I really thought the Mets had something here, but whatever it was was ruined by Jerry Manuel. For now, we'll let this play out... shit, the press releases are like the ff-again, on-again rotation slots for him when Omar was around. 

        -my best hopes right now is that he becomes a successful member of the 2014 Mets bullpen.

Shaun Marcum -

"I had a little shoulder flare-up last spring, so I wanted to be smart about it this spring, especially with the extended spring, and just make sure that I was ready for whenever my turn is in the rotation for the start of the season. Because that's the most important thing, not making seven or eight starts down here. The elbow, shoulder, all that feels good."

-Okay, THIS is the kind of stuff I want to hear come out of his mouth. I was always told he was a team kind of guy and it looks like he is, though there still seems to be some kind of disconnect between the veterans in camp and the management. 

3-5 SS game at Marlins - Gonzalez Germen surrendered two runs while recording only one out in the fifth…

David Rubin emailed me earlier this week and asked why this guy was on the 40-man. I have no idea why. I do remember that he went on the same day that Hansel Robles did, right before the Rule Five Draft. Obviously, the Mets wanted to protect him for some reason. Oh yeah, someone did tell me that they like the way he can go deep into games.

Collin Cowgill

In the eyes of your intrepid columnist, from the vantage point of early March – which means this opinion may as well be written on sand – the best bet looks like a Cowgill/Valdespin platoon. It would make total sense offensively and look adventuresome from the other side of the ball. It remains to be seen if Valdespin can keep his emotions and attitude focused enough for even a halftime gig in the outfield, so Met fans will have to hope that Collin Cowgill can hack his new responsibilities: we may have a fever, and the remedy might be more Cowgill.

You can't cut Cowgill.

This is what spring training is all about.

Cut the best OFer you had out there this spring and you cut the heart out of your fan base.