Drama of Rays, Red Sox and Braves made for unforgettable final day - Tom Verducci - SI.com

Great column by Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated. Probably one of the finest sports columns I've read in a long time.

Giants, Angels, Nationals lead teams who could use Jose Reyes - Jon Heyman - SI.com

All of the team's mentioned in the title of this post can use Jose Reyes, according to Jon Heyman. Fortunately, Heyman also writes:

"Reyes is said by people close to him to badly want to remain a Met."

A Met fan can hope, right?

Sam Borden - SI.com: The New York Mets have no choice but to trade Jose Reyes

What bothers me isn't that this guy suggested the Mets trade Jose Reyes. What bothers me is some of his points actually make sense.

MLB Players Poll: Most Overrated Player - Photos - SI.com

SI.com polled 185 MLB players to name the most overrated player in baseball. SI's photo gallery lists the top 16, which includes Yankee players in the top three spots and five Yankees (and one former Yankee) overall.

"Use your helmets to dig your own graves!"

Fred Wilpon seems to be channeling his own inner Peter Griffin by digging his own grave to Jeffrey Toobin in The New Yorker yesterday and by digging further in Sports Illustrated today:

"Phillips said other owners would have dismissed him before Wilpon did, describing Wilpon as fiercely loyal."

This is starting to sound like the end of the George W. Bush presidency, where his loyalty to people got him screwed over pretty bad. Let's hope Wilpon's tenure as the owner ends soon too.

Jon Heyman's NL East Predictions - SI.com

Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com already predicted the Mets would finish last in the NL East, now Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated gets into the act with not only a last place finish but a 74-win season.

Oh, and he doesn't seem like he thinks much of K-Rod either:

"The only safe prediction for the coming baseball season regards Francisco Rodriguez's $17.5 million vesting option for 55 game finishes. He won't be getting it, the games or the money.

K-Rod was brilliant this spring, and he may well continue that brilliance. But he isn't getting those games. Certainly not from the Mets. Nobody wants to pay more than Mariano Rivera money to another closer, least of all a team that has, shall we say, financial problems."

I personally prefer David Wright's sunny optimism:

"We have a bunch of guys with chips on their shoulders."

Let's Go Mets. Two more days until Opening Day.

In an equally shocking story, the sun rose in the east this morning.

How many different ways can you possibly say 'It's about time':

New York Mets release second baseman Luis Castillo - MLB - SI.com