The Mets’ first task this offseason regarding Jason Bay, and for that matter Johan Santana, likely should be to see if any team has trade interest. A swap appears unlikely, though, even discounting the no-trade clause each possesses.
Ike Davis belted two long balls to reach the 30-homer plateau and produced a career-high five RBIs as the Mets beat the Pirates, 6-2, Monday night. Jenrry Mejia, despite a high pitch count, contributed five scoreless innings to notch his first major league win.
Mike Puma in the Post quotes a team source as saying there is "zero" chance Jason Bay is released this offseason ... or even during spring training. The unproductive Bay is owed $19 million next season, including a 2014 buyout.
Closer Frank Francisco was unavailable with a sore elbow on Saturday and Mets manager Terry Collins doubts that he will have Francisco for the series finale against the Marlins on Sunday. Francisco has elbow tendinitis and has not pitched since Sept.
Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: R.A. Dickey is one win away from becoming the team's first 20-game winner since 1990. He shut down the Marlins for the fifth time this season, holding them to six hits and two runs over eight-plus innings.
All eyes will be on R.A. Dickey on Saturday as the knuckleballer goes for his 19th win. With three more starts lined up on the year, two against Miami and one against Pittsburgh, the veteran has a good shot at becoming the first Mets pitcher to win 20 games since 1990.
Jenrry Mejia struggled on the two-year anniversary of his last major league start. Mejia was charged with five runs on six hits and five walks in three-plus innings as the Mets lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 9-6, Saturday night.
Matt Harvey struck out 10 and limited the Washington Nationals to one run after Robert Carson bailed him out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the sixth. But Harvey suffered a hard-luck defeat in his second-to-last start of 2012 as the Mets lost to the Nats, 2-0, Wednesday night.
WHAT IT MEANS: Matt Harvey struck out 10, but the Mets’ bats again were dormant in a 2-0 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night at Citi Field. The lone damage against Harvey came on Ryan Zimmerman’s fourth-inning solo homer.
R.A. Dickey surrendered a pinch-hit two-run homer in the seventh to Tyler Moore to surrender the lead and the Mets ultimately lost, 5-3, to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night at Citi Field. Dickey remained at 18 wins with four starts left in his season.
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